ChrisBcritter

Wonder if any were left behind in Vietnam or Thailand?

I see what you did there...

OK, I'll do the same.

Got a set of Revell Bronco steelies (thanks Vince!), and sure enough they're sized perfectly to fit the old AMT compact tires once you cut away the flanges and ribs, and trim down the front hubs. Being 5-bolt, they're a good match for '62-'65 Fairlanes, '63-'65 V8-only Falcons and Comets and '65-'69 Corvairs. I imagine they'll work for hot rods/drag cars as small front wheels too. Just as well, because they sure don't work for the Bronco!

Thin, perforated self-adhesive material... Have you tried Band-Aids?

Glad to see this one back up (and now two of them!). What mesh are you using for the hood scoop? I have some Eduard 00 108 2x4 mesh; I can send you a little piece to fill the hole.

You had better luck than I did:

Either that, or the potential for flexing/rattling? In any case, I thought the story was that AMT worked from a prototype that had the pillars removed for photography of the interior. By the way, Bill, I found a trick for replacing the missing pillars on the '61 Continental and the missing gas tank straps on the AMT '57 Ford chassis: I took a piece of Evergreen #281 .060" H-column and sliced off one side of it. Not only does that give me the tank straps, but slicing it off makes the remaining T-section curl just enough to match the curve of the Lincoln's missing B-pillar. A little notch in the roof and between the doors to fit and it's in there solid.

Beautiful work! It's not easy to foil that fine trim on the fender edges, not to mention blackening all those tiny holes in the grilles. I have two '61s in the pipeline now; note AMT forgot to include the B-pillars on the '61 sedan body.

Oh boy. '58 Ford street machine (straight axle, jacked up, dual carb SOHC; I may actually finish this one!) '62 Impala vert (original issue) '64 Malibu '64 Corvair '64 Caddy vert promo repair; also '63 Falcon and '63 Tempest promos - fixing or replacing windshield frames on all three '64 Coupe deVille redo '65 Econoline "This Van Rated X" from Smash-up on Interstate 5 Several '61-'65 Continentals Four '60/'61 Falcons (Ranchero, Courier, two coupes) '61 Comet (Bellflower style lowrider) '40 Mercury vert gasser '60 Chrysler Windsor mild custom '56 Chevy Superior school bus (1/48 - kitbash from Revell stakebed truck and a toy bank) '65 Nova hardtop (Rat Packer modified back to correct wheelbase with an original '65 Craftsman interior and part of a junker '62 vert) '65 Monaco hardtop etc., etc., etc.

You've really done justice to the Imperial, Gene! (Note my avatar ) Are the wire wheels from the Moebius Chrysler 300?

Very, very sharp, Dave! Did you convert a PMC model or was this a resin? I've got a PMC version I'm kitbashing with Skyliner parts which will look a lot like this someday (I hope).

Cooley High, '65 Belvedere Chicago police car and '64 Cadillac CDV (current project). Gone in 60 Seconds, '71/'73 Mustang Eleanor and '70/'71 Montego 1-Baker-11 (would need some serious scratchbuilding to make a sedan)

Just got a complete new AMT '57 Ford interior for 99 cents, which will help to kitbash my uncle's 4-door Town Sedan. (Two more sets of door panels and I can do my '58 Edsel Ranger properly!)

That is your best bet; IIRC all the AMT 13" steel wheels from their early compact car kits were 5-lug - which was only correct on the Valiant, plus they were missing the raised areas between the lugs. The '69 Corvair and '60 Ranchero wheels are 5-lug as well.

Close - the bottom series was just called the Ford 300; then the base Galaxie, Galaxie 500 and Galaxie 500XL. I do wish MCG would do a '63 photoetch set...

From looking at the photos of the kit's engine, I'm not sure what that thing is supposed to represent. The main offering from Century was the Gray Marine engine, which is based on the AMC 327 V8. I've found other images of them with Cadillacs, Chrysler Marine Hemis, Ford Y-block and FE marine engines as well, so you can probably swap in whatever you can fit to the bellhousing and scratchbuild the marine parts.

The molds are probably long gone, but the Aurora Mod Squad '50 Mercury wagon had figures of Pete, Linc and Julie. I still have the Julie. Here she is in 1/25 scale: And here she is as the 50-foot Woman:

I've had a few Mini-Lindys over the years; just have three now - an unbuilt fire truck, an AMC Gremlin, and a school bus that I kitbashed into a 1936 Ford Army bus using parts from a 1/72 scale Japanese WWII fuel truck.

More stuff to pack up??? Congrats, Steve - couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

At the model club meet last night, I picked up a set of chrome reverses with Baby Moons for the '65 Econoline movie truck project, and a sharp set of Appliance wire mags that should look good on my '69 LTD when I get around to it. Thanks to Steve G. for bringing that huge bin of tires and letting us root through it!

Good score! Fiddly kit to build (and the rubber tires split after I built it) but one of my favorite old planes. If I got another, I'd like to build it as one of the target tugs based at Las Vegas during WWII; their last hurrah before the smelter:

Do any of the Ollie's have the Lindberg Coronado boat kit yet?

Sold for $1358! i***r came in with ten seconds to go, holding off previous winner y***a and c***n's final bids in the last four and five seconds. What a race!

Wonderful display! What did you use for the plank flooring? And are you going to try a resin '48 Tudor Sedan next?