ChrisBcritter

Looks like the wheels and tires from the Monogram '32 Cadillac would be a big help in improving the Auburn's appearance.

Can't believe someone hasn't come up with this idea already (did a lot of image searching and had to 'shop it myself):

I spy a Minicraft 1/144 scale Douglas C-54 on the right side of the fourth photo - nice! Any more Minicraft kits there? Did they have the Lindberg Mercedes vintage racer in there with the Stutz?

Looking at the rear wheel wells, I'm thinking slicks and a big rake like a T-bucket - keep us posted!

Rats - didn't read this notice until 4 AM Sunday. Thought it wasn't until October, but I had too much month at the end of my money anyway What's the date for February?

Actually, after a bunch of searching, I found that there never have been any 6-lug spiders. No biggie - I'm not that far along anyway. Sorry for the detour! Now back to the topic at hand...

Thanks Bill! Now if I removed the centers and trimmed them I could make six-lug spiders (if there ever was such a thing?).

How much time do you give it between the black and the clear? That engine looks terrific!

Could someone please post a front and back photo of the six-lug wheels? They might be good for the '67 Chevy pickup I have in the works.

Hope they do the A990 first - really want to build the Chicago police car from Cooley High without having to do another roof transplant. Maybe a longshot, but how about adding a photoetch grille and wheel spokes?

Great save on this one, Richard! If you like, you can type [ img ] before and [ /img ] after each of your photo links and they should show up on this page. (Without the spaces I had to add before it would make sense...)

Fine work on the little Chevy. What kit was the rear bumper from?

Now that is boss. I'll be reading up on it. Thanks!

Yep, and the mirror could be tilted with a thumbwheel to get the best angle for the driver. Nice idea, but did any of you Buick owners have trouble with reflections or glare at night?

Too bad nobody was running T-birds at NASCAR or road courses in '71 - a Holman-Moodyized version would have looked badass. If you don't like it, you could always build it as a famous movie car:

In my experience it made the plastic (AMT 1962 plastic) more brittle but didn't seem to affect it externally. I wrapped a piece of cloth over the car and soaked that rather than pouring it in a bowl so I used less liquid. Now I just use it with a brush to dissolve stubborn spots or stains that the purple stuff didn't remove.

Another gem, Tulio! It also demonstrates what a good job AMT did on the tooling. I bet it was a lot of fun getting the teeth out of that grille (been there, done that).

Same here and I've been very happy with Flickr, less so with Photobucket. I post photos on the H.A.M.B. "Vintage Shots from Days Gone By" thread and I got sick of PB shutting off my photos for a week or so at the end of the month due to "bandwidth usage" - never mind that I'm nowhere near my photo capacity. No such issue with Flickr.

Just got the reissued '53 Studebaker a couple hours ago over at HL with the coupon - and was disappointed to find it had the old '60s Firestone 500 narrow whitewall tires rather than the new vintage-style wide whites I was expecting (since the box art shows wide whites). Is this a factory error that Round2 would correct, or am I out of luck?

Nice rich color on that wood - like a fresh restoration photographed on an afternoon in late autumn.

Good find, Walter - could we see some photos of what's inside? Don't think I've ever seen this one.

Is the Premier Renault 1/25 or 1/32? Just saw an unbuilt boxed Hubley Dauphine go for over $300.00 a week ago - might be time for Hubley's successors to look for the molds. If that Ranchero is the styrene version I certainly would be willing to take it off your hands! At least you could flip 'em all on eBay for a tidy profit.

I especially like the last photo. Those aftermarket wire wheels could be made by using these photo-etched Tom's Modelworks airplane wheels: 24.95 mm diameter, intended for 1/28 scale aircraft.

This is one of those times I could slap my forehead and say "Why didn't I think of that?" Nice work Alan!

Sometimes you strike out at estate sales, but sometimes you score. Case in point - I spotted this photo on the sale website: Hmm. So I drove out to Palatine in the rain at 5:30 AM and got my name on the waiting list to go in (#6). At 9:00 when they opened, luckily the five people in front of me weren't after models, so I snagged these: The '65 Rambler American promo is very cherry other than a little rubbing on the bumper corners; it's a keeper. The '32 roadster is the 1964 Ford promo issue with some parts off the trees and a few small tire marks, but all there including perfect decals and the note from Ford in the bottom of the box. The '49 Ford promo is the first version, with the suicide rear doors, in a metallic gunmetal color. Needs a good cleaning but has little of the usual warpage/shrinkage in the body. I think the two Fords may be trading material, although the blown Chrysler in the roadster kit would look good shoehorned into my ITC '40 Mercury (it's going to be built as a gasser when I get the parts together and fix the body so it actually looks like a Mercury). Best part: paid $9.00 for all three and I couldn't get out of that house fast enough - after thanking the sale staff.