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    I've been using the Tamiya PE blades for a while; you do have to be careful not to put too much pressure on them because they will bend (although they can be straightened pretty well). To me they're indispensible for fine work; I've removed well-glued windshields without damaging the trim.
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    To expand on this, as I posted in the Tips section: The interior bucket is a modified '64 Dodge promo interior; the '62 Plymouth uses the '64 Plymouth promo interior. The package shelf was altered to fit the more rounded back window, and a small piecut wedge was added on the side panels where the dashboard mounts. Both are not too hard to fix. Good news if you want to do a correct bench seat '64, bad news if you want to do a correct '62. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/107174-stock-64-dodge-polara-interior-non-500-update/
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    I'm starting to get more serious about detailing as a personal challenge; never got much into engine detailing but that will be next. I've been doing little improvements to the one-piece chassis on my '61 Comet, and cut up the interior on the '60 Chrysler to deepen it and redo the seats, then add custom upholstery, cranks and handles. Carving all those little parts is what I seem to like best, along with repairing old builtups (spent last night redoing the windshield frame of the '59 Edsel, drilling tiny holes and making tiny reinforcement pins to fix the split and take the sag out). Still, engines don't excite me that much, but I'll get there eventually.
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    Oh yeah... the guys who made the Panzernest.
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    Got a real nice set of bumpers for the '59 Edsel - thanks Larry Ray! Also fixed the damaged quarter panel and screw pillar, and sent a polite email to the seller. And my DVD is still in San Juan. Maybe they're having the Flying Nun bring it by airmail.
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    A perfect match:
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    That's true; I'll take it downstairs later and try to get it to pop out (at least the crack didn't go into the emblem). (Hey - remember the DVD I mentioned? It's just now been located. Turns out the USPS must have wanted it to have a nice tropical vacation on the way - it spent the last four days in Puerto Rico! )
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    I am going to discuss this with the seller. Odd thing is the box appears to have no damage at all - maybe it was dropped and landed flat, but... In the end, however, I have a non-gluebomb '59 Edsel for $20 and change (and a parts trade for the bumpers) and it still doesn't need anywhere near the amount of work many of my other cars, that cost more, did. In other words, I got a screaming deal but now it doesn't scream as loud.
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    The chassis is sort of half-and-half - the front wheel drive and suspension setup is pretty nicely done but the rear axle and mufflers are molded in. The wheelcovers are the same as on their '70 Coupe deVille and are wrong for the Eldo, besides being too flat (this was a problem nearly all JoHan wheelcovers had). The centers stand out because of the offset wheels used with FWD.
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    The '59 Edsel arrived today: Thanks for the damages, USPS! (Maybe the seller could have padded it more, but I've gotten plenty of stuff mailed to me with less padding and no damage. Plus they also lost a $15.00 DVD I was supposed to get last Saturday; they're "investigating" it...)
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    I saw their infomercial which makes it look like you get twice as much for the price, and then read a lot of online complaints about the ordering process. Caveat emptor 'n all that.
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    As if Motorifics weren't expensive enough...
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    I thought so; I've been there and I remember those buildings from Touch of Evil.
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    From the hardware department at Swillmart - "Where Quality Is A Slogan"! Edit: Actually the Lampoon Newspaper's ad was for Lumberland:
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    (not Steve, but...) Even better - a rubber band! I built one according to the instructions (it has ball bearings that need to be lubed with Vaseline) for the Car Craft Dream Rod, which spun right off. Maybe with a heavier model it would work...?
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    Thanks for the tip - although I already worked out a trade with Larry Ray for the bumpers. Congrats on getting the '65 Dodge! (Has anyone ever gotten one of those rotating display stands to work properly?)
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    Beautiful job, Tulio! Always liked the '56 in black. Did the doors give you any trouble? And will you try a glasstop Crown Vic next?
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    Interesting how much is original: chassis is there, engine and underhood accessories are there, dash and steering wheel and at least part of the interior as well. Note the odd "T" shape of the chrome tree - like maybe the stock bumpers/grille may be blocked off. If the molds turn up this may be a case like the AMT '65 Cutlass - so close and yet so far.
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    I've got a nice vintage built-up of the old Merit kit: One of eight Merits I got from an estate sale in Van Nuys many years ago. Wish I could have met the guy who built them.
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    Today? MAD Magazine was hitting that issue over 50 years ago. The more things change...
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    Just for fun, here's a very rare shot of the original car, in an ad from the 1959 Bullard High School yearbook from Fresno, CA: (The Ala Kart's owner, Richard Peters, was from Fresno.)
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    Wow - I'm looking forward to more (a green '50 Deluxe was my first car). At least it looks like the '51 promo was molded in styrene - no warpage there. Hopefully you can resell the '50 kit on eBay to offset some of the cost.
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    Well, this was a big surprise. This car had been sitting for a week with little action, but it was from that same seller who has a big following. Just before the end I threw out a lowball bid and sat back to watch the feeding frenzy from my fellow piranhas. Figured it would go for double what I bid - instead I won the thing: '59 Edsel 'vert that looks never to have been sullied by fender skirts, side pipes, antennae, scoops, louvers, extra tail fins, hot lacquer, 80-grit sandpaper or three tubes of glue. Plus it has new Modelhaus wheelcovers, taillights and fender ornaments. Downside: No front or rear bumpers, so I'll be on the lookout... Anybody have a set?
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    Beautiful job, but I think you may have installed the rear bumper upside down? (...And this is coming from someone who's had a Craftsman '66 in process two years waiting for foiling and reassembly... )
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    The Estafette wasn't imported to the U.S., but a few snuck in through Canada - this one, with '50 Buick taillights, was burned up for an episode of Adam-12 (images from imcdb): Apparently they were supposed to come here (brochures were drawn up and a dealer in Kentucky even had an ad) but the plans were cancelled at the last minute.
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