ChrisBcritter

I saved this '61 Continental, whose quarter panels had been hacked down, by splitting it between the doors and at the rockers and adding a '62 rear half. Oddly the backside of the plastic varied in thickness but the outside matched: By going slowly with the trimming and test-fitting about a hundred times, it went together with no filler needed.

Hey Steve, I'm getting the NOS underhood parts for a '64, and I won't need the radiator and its panel - you want 'em, you got 'em.

Not too bad; Tom and I were down at the corner when we got there at about 11:35 AM, and at noon we went straight in. It was all pretty orderly and I didn't get stuck next to anyone who hadn't showered in a year. There must've been about 30 people ahead of us; I can't believe nobody snagged the Dodge and Plymouth first. Upon inspection, the Plymouth does have some sanding damage to the trunk lid trim so I'll have to redo part of it; delicate work but I can manage. I'll scratchbuild the missing taillight pods and add some spare '62 lights to them.

Went to Model Empire's annual sale today: All that 'n' a bag of parts. The '61 Dodge is an X-El reissue; the '61 Fury only needs stock wheelcovers and taillights. The second red 'vert is a '62 Bonneville that appears to have been channeled or sectioned or something; frankly I wanted it for the console and buckets to put in my '62 Catalina. I might swap in the 'Cat's tufted interior and take a whack at restoring this old custom. Best part is I got all of them very cheap - the Fury was highest at $17 (!!) - but prices were kind of all over the map today (a scruffy built Aurora '42 Packard Meat Wagon ambulance was $89, while a nicer built Mod Squad Woody was priced at $7). Oddest parts find: the grille from an ITC '51 Ford Victoria - wish the dash and hubcaps were there; the only other decent parts in that thing. Also grabbed about four Styline '57 Chevy front ends, so when the reissue of the kit comes out, let me know if you need one!

AMT '62 T-bird (the new one). I was just messaging another member the other day about it as a possible replacement to add rear end detail for the '61-'65 AMT Continentals.

I've seen Alumilite has a product called AlumiUV that is a clear UV-cured resin; has anyone had experience with it? Most importantly, does it cure with the same UV light that comes with Bondic, or a UV flashlight? I notice the AlumiUV is around $20 for a 4-ounce bottle which is a way better deal than either Bondic or Lazer Bond by volume. Over to the experts... thanks as always.

Niiiice! Did the same thing to my '61 Comet and '60 Chrysler (used a '62 chassis under that one). Really adds a lot to the look. Will you be dressing up the lower A-arms too?

Well this was weird. If you've seen my Wanted listing, you know I needed the firewall for my '63 Bonneville. A set of underhood parts came up on the 'Bay and I went for them - but a bidding war started and I was left in the dust. Then I checked the seller's other listings and noticed he had the same set for a '64; only difference seems to be they added a separate radiator wall. Got the only bid in and won it for less than a fourth of what the '63 bits went for, and got the top boot as well . Now for that left taillight... Off to Model Empire with Feretzrus (Tom) tomorrow; if you see me in my Tulsarama t-shirt, say hi!

Juha and Tapani would be my choice to take over Modelhaus, from a quality standpoint.

Santa baby, I want a Buddy L Texaco... You know With all accessories shown Santa baby... hurry down my chimney tonight! Thank goodness I have (or have had) pretty much every car kit I want. Between my blueprints and the MRC kit I could scratchbuild one, but it would still be fun to have the original.

Good luck - they only had this one in Deerfield; the Schaumburg store only had one Winnebago. At least with the coupon you'll get it for under $20 plus tax.

Picked up this Greenlight diecast Shasta trailer at HL yesterday; since I can't leave well enough alone I added a set of '57 Plymouth-style cone wheelcovers from the parts box over the modern wheels: Now for an appropriate wagon to tow it: (The owner's in the office picking out side mirrors, OK? )

Terrific job, Matt! Great play on words for the name, too - and I love that that rich deep purple.

Nice surprise to see this little truck again! Hasegawa produced this truck much earlier than the 1987 copyright; I bought one in the late 1970s to kitbash into this: '36 Ford bus in U.S. Army colors. I used the front clip and wheels from the fuel truck and modified the grille to taper like a Ford; the rest was a widened and heightened Mini-Lindy school bus body. It was intended to be a background miniature for my Pearl Harbor movie project that never got made other than the models. No real detail underneath but you can see how it was done: The truck itself is a nice little kit; you could scratchbuild a cab and make other conversions with it.

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Anthony, will this be a reverse engineered version of the Jo-Han kit? The proportions of its body were so good I don't see how they could be improved. Updated chassis of course, but otherwise if it ain't broke...

Great little weekend toy for that "midlife crisis on a budget". Now let's see someone do it with the Monogram Bugatti!

You're about at the point of no return with it now; might just as well do it as a topless funny car since you already have that nice big hole for the drag chute. '61 kits do turn up now and then as builders; main difference is that they don't have the front fender ornaments. That said, '61 coupes in resin are showing up on eBay now; one of those bodies (plus a back window and rear bumper, sourced from a warped '60) would be all you need to restore this car.

Longshot of course, but the Aurora '50 Mercury Mod Squad wagon had that dash - maybe someone could cast it?

Would the '32 Ford so-called "Jalopy Stock Cars" qualify?

If that's your build, PLEASE don't tell us how you weathered it...

If you mean how to say it, I'd guess "one to one".

Frankly, I'd rather have the '73 Monte Carlo (skip the flame job, I'd build it stock). That whole "take the rear half of a later body, narrow it down and make a highboy" thing is a a fad I hope ends soon. I'd like it a lot better with some kind of original '20s-'30s roadster or coupe body.

I just hope the reissues will make enough money to get the '64 Cutlass tool restored; at least we know for sure that exists (albeit in rusty condition with the Funny Car body). A quasi-reissue of the Show 'n' Go might be doable, based on the '32 Vicky tool with the existing two-door sedan body plus a few new parts like the quad-light nose retooled; sort of like the Soapbox Derby Champions II and upcoming Polyglas Gasser II.

Let me see if I can get a casting made from it.