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"Makeover" seems to cover it pretty well. "Rebop" I've heard used before too, long long ago.

That's the one I meant - hope they go 1/24 like they did with the Opel.

I think all we can hope for on the vintage classics is if some overseas outfit tries it - ICM may be the best bet right now; still hoping for that Packard limo. (I'm thinking dull faded paint, a few dings, a couple missing hubcaps, '63 CA plates and a dozen surfboards strapped to the roof... )

I wondered about those too. Could those actually be the brake drums for the stock/custom wheels that insert into the wheel backs? I don't see the drums anywhere else.

And for us completists, there's only one display spotlight instead of the original three (but there are still three lenses). Looks like the front and rear suspension tree is not shown as chrome? Could be a printing error because that tree also has the hood ornament and the smaller custom headlights. Finally, is that the DeSoto front bumper I see just above the stock front bumper? Can't use it without the Styline front end, but it may be good for something.

Check Hobby Lobby for the masking pens - the Deerfield store was closing them out for $4.10 each. If I didn't still have a nearly full bottle of MicroMask I would have bought one.

Got one in the to-do stash but the glass went AWOL in the big move, so dead issue for now. Did MCG do a photoetch set for it? Single- as well as dual-headlight grilles would be a no-brainer here.

On the '57 Ford we have "30 parts restored and 11 retooled"; he moves the box so fast it's hard to see what's in it. There's no image of the box bottom on the site, so I downloaded the video, ran it through my editing program to go frame by frame, and it looks like we aren't getting the Styline custom front and rear ends . One blurry frame seemed to show the pods for the vertical quad headlights are back, so at least that's something...

Is there any chance PMC produced the 1/25 scale Texaco station for Buddy L as a subcontractor, or did they just supply the vehicles that came with it (IIRC '59 Ranchero or '60 Chevy sedan)? Boy, if the molds for that ever turned up...!

Bondic will yellow a bit over time, so be careful there. I just used it to cast a taillight lens for the Lindberg Granada, and there's a difference between the clear plastic original and the copy. My tube of Bondic is about a year old.

Too bad they're so rusty, but it would be interesting to put an original promo lined up with the molds to see exactly how much the acetate has shrunk over the years.

(Ugh. Thanks for the 404 error right after typing the whole post. Here we go again) Just got back from the DuPage show with a few goodies. Traded the Revell '30 A for a Moebius '65 Belvedere I; lo and behold the body is straight - so I may do the four-door conversion myself. Also picked up a set of Jo-Han Royal Lancers from Okey Spaulding, a near-mint unbuilt Pyro '32 Pierce Arrow convertible for $3(!), and something I'd heard of but never seen: a set of Auto World Auto Hinges from 1963. The instructions show someone successfully opening the doors and trunk of an AMT '49 Ford with an Auto Cutter . They're nicely made wire hinges with styrene retainers, and I'm looking forward to needlessly complicating adding detail to one of my projects with them.

Could be - I didn't get the name of the gentleman I traded it to.

Swapped the one I got from HL (with the coupon) off to a dealer today for a Moebius Belvedere I - good deal, like getting 1/3 off on the Plymouth.

Terrific job of recreating the ol' family car, Mitch!

Wrote a long post and got a 404 error and lost the copy. Rewrote it and got another 404 but this time I copied and pasted. Then got a "This post cannot be edited" response. Typed in "test" and that posted. Pasted in the message again and got yet another "This post..." etc. Pasted it in as a NEW message and got 404ed. What's the issue?

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Getting the big 404 too. Edit: Except just now. (sigh)

VERY interesting! Is this the solid wood prototype that would have been used to scale down to 1/25 for the molds? I thought AMT worked in 1/10 scale for those.

Does anyone here (Art, Tim...?) know how far AMT got with the '69 Continental Mk III before it was canceled? I'm guessing it would have been based on the tooling from the Thunderbird?

Think I'll drag mine to DuPage on Sunday and see what they're going for.

From my brief experience, the Molotow chrome does not take to handling well - I'd use it only at the very end of the assembly if possible, and on smaller items. For longer trim - especially if I have to handle it - I'll use foil. Has anyone tested Alclad or SpazStix clear over the Molotow ink yet? As far as mistakes, I've been able to clean them up with a thumbnail on glossy areas; on bare plastic a light scrape with a knife blade is fine (I just did the horn ring on a '41 Lincoln steering wheel and it looks great).

Just be glad it's a 300 and not a New Yorker! Love the paintwork you've done; really gives me something to shoot for.

The two Caddy 'verts arrived this afternoon ('63 built kit/'64 friction) in excellent shape. The seller even packed them inside a vintage Tommy Ivo Showboat box!

Beautiful job, Yuri! You put a lot of work into that front bench seat; was it modified from a promo? I just got this one today and will be making a mold from it: