ChrisBcritter

I'll be following this one! The 1/1 photo does give one ideas... BTW, the headlights you're using are the custom units from the original AMT '57 Chevy.

Got the windshield and frame from the Deora kit (thanks gardnerpag44!); it's getting used for its original purpose: back window for a Hubley '60 Ford wagon. Now if I can figure out what I did with the Ford's windshield...

For me, rarest finished would be my '60 Corvair: Rarest unfinished would be an ITC '40 Mercury convertible.

Oh yeah - forgot the '66 Rambler wagon - got one in black and gold. Bill, can you use a Marlin front bumper to replace the broken one? They get parted out on eBay now and then.

My friend/boss has one. The VW setup fits pretty well under the boattail; I'm sure some liberties were taken with the original dimensions: Bringing it home from the estate auction.

Merry Christmas to my fellow modelers - And remember, if you're nice to Santa, he'll be nice to you!

Time to pull the trigger, I guess:

Rod it he, I want to put a VW drivetrain under it and make a kit car!

Let's see: got the '56 Plymouth, Olds, and DeSoto, '58 Olds, two '59 DeSotos and a '61 Dodge. Sure wish I'd grabbed a '57 Olds and the '58-'59 Cadillacs.

Don't bother with Edsel promo wheels either; for some reason it has an enlarged version of the 1/1 car's dog dish hubcap! The ones on the newer kit are OK unless you don't want to use the optional tri-bar spinners; then you'll have to fill in the three little mounting holes.

With plenty of flash in both white and chrome for your scratchbuilding needs! (Seriously, the chrome can make good mirror faces.) Still love these Eldos; used to draw them on my notebooks in third grade.

Shouldn't that be "Charger, Ford LTD, Monaco"?

Exactly; that's why I'm going with Monogram wheels/tires/etc. on my Hubley '60 and '61 Ford wagons - those really need 1/24 parts to look good. The custom wheelcovers in their old '55 Chevy kit are nearly-perfect copies of the '61 Ford ones, and the T-bird wire wheels in the original-issue '40 Ford pickup are like fine jewelry (somebody should recast these!).

Whereas some English actors could do excellent Southern accents (Charles Laughton was great at it - check out Advise and Consent). If you're familiar with the Chicago area accent, compare Dan Ackroyd in The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 - in the sequel he's really "pushing" the accent hard compared to the original.

'57 Lincoln, actually - '58-'60 had a larger hub (it was intended to have the Teletouch pushbutton transmission like the Edsel). The AMT '59 Craftsman part could be modified to match, however. Thanks - this will be a big help!

Almost forgot: Air compressor that switches from running your airbrush by day to running your CPAP at night.

I have the scriber; the blade is a bit too thick for cutting out doors and trunks but it's good for scribing into smooth plastic, or making the first cut if you want to deepen a shallow panel line. I really like that cement and its small brush applicator (mine hasn't fallen out - yet...).

Sweet job on the body/paint work. Is that Testor's Root Beer lacquer?

Looking forward to seeing more of this! A handy hint: this kit has issues with alignment of the cab and hood; I wound up channeling the body 1/16" over the fender unit and it was a big help. (Not trying to hijack - it's an old work-in-progress) Really helped with the body/hood/grille fit. (You'll need to trim the bottoms of the inner door panels a bit, too.) Good luck!

A magnet that works on plastic and finds parts in carpeting. Knife and saw blades that never dull - and fingertips that are impervious to them. A home vacuum metalizer for chrome that costs under $50.00 (before the 40% off coupon). Photoreactive paint that dries instantly with UV light like Bondic (and comes off with Super Clean in five minutes). Speaking of: Red, blue and amber Bondic. Remote hypnosis to put all other bidders to sleep when a '61 Tempest shows up on eBay. Vinyl tires that never melt styrene. Oh, wait - Monogram came up with that formula about 60 years ago; maybe others could take heed?

From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) - Dave Edmunds (written by Bruce Springsteen)

Has anyone run into this situation? I used both Purple Power and oven cleaner to strip what appears to be very old metallic lacquer from a Hubley '60 Ford wagon. I finally got nearly all of it off after soaking it for a week in a fresh tank of Super Clean; however there is still a powdery residue remaining after I rinse and dry it, especially in the crevices. The surface has slight etching from the lacquer; I sanded the body down and that seems to take care of most of the etching and the residue, but I really want this thing clean before I prime it. I haven't tried the isopropyl alcohol yet (can get the 91% at Target OK), but will it work on old lacquer?

From an early '70s classified ad in Motor Trend: "1953 Lancia (pronounced lawnchair in Beverly Hills)"

Beautiful work! (And who would have thought we'd see three well-built 1936 Toyodas in Under Glass this year? I wonder who's going to tackle building the weather-beaten, cobbled-up Siberian sole survivor that's now in Holland?)

Here's your color chart for '79: http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1979-International-pg01.jpg