ChrisBcritter

Shortened through the doors, maybe. The body lines around the windows, cowl and beltline are nothing like those of a real '28 Dodge, anyhow...

Hmm. Would it work as a photoetching agent?

Check the art supplies section in the paint pen area.

Yay! Got a Jo-Han '59 Dodge dashboard to convert for the '59 DeSoto coupe project; thanks Ronn (now I have to finish the thing).

Oh, Mark, you got some goodies there - I had that Matchbox Stranraer flying boat for decades and finally sold it cheap when I was downsizing and needed cash. Still kicking myself... I was going to build it as a Canadian civil version with engines and props from the Airfix Lockheed Hudson.

Bet it was a relief to find so little damage! By the way, remember the trim on the back edge of the roof should be flush with the roof, not sticking up.

A bit of mesh is in the mail. Happy modeling!

First thing I thought of was the 1953 Henry Gregor Felsen novel Street Rod and what the main character's '39 Ford coupe looked like when he bought it - "faded to the color of an old hat." Is the issue with the fit of the hood a result of using the Lindberg fenders with the AMT body?

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.