ChrisBcritter

Check page 670 posts 13385 and 13386 of the "What did you get..." thread; member Jmaracing just got an early (Trophy series?) '65. Maybe he could post some photos?

I wonder if you could get the same results by putting the whole setup in the sink and pouring boiling water over it? I know that kind of plastic warps in the dishwasher.

Bien hecho Raymond! The wire wheels look like the ones from the AMT '65 Riviera.

Rob, is it OK if I post this on the Hokey Ass Message Board? Probably someone there can ID it. Back wheels look like '36-'38 Ford.

Enjoy: Whittling and sanding and polishing Cutting up and combining two or more junkers to make one good car Discovering new tools and building supplies Finding NOS parts on eBay Building vintage, rare kits that haven't been reissued twenty times Can't stand: Shelving projects because of parts that are unobtanium Engine wiring Tires that melt wheels or anything else they touch* Painting Getting outbid for NOS parts on eBay The cost of vintage, rare kits that haven't been reissued twenty times AMT butchering the '63 Nova wagon** body and losing the rest of the molds *Monogram tires seem to be an exception; I have 50-year-old Monogram builtups with no melt from the tires - what was their formula? **you can also replace "'63 Nova wagon" with any other kit that was changed into an AWB funny car, Modified Stocker, or the lousy stinkin' Barnabas Collins Van.

You mean the Nissan 70 aka Graham Crusader?

Ugh - what a hassle. At least now we know not to use Testors clear coat. Which clear will you be using instead?

Very sorry to hear about this. Obituary here: http://herald-review.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/holthaus-steven-andrew/article_4d422ee1-100c-55bf-8fa4-4f539d8d10b3.html

The transition from the body to the roof C-pillars looks good now! I bet a lot of old '61 Chevy/Pontiac/Olds/Buick kits will be getting this roof spliced in.

Very surprised yesterday to see a green vintage Morgan 3-wheeler turning east on Route 176 from Waukegan Road - absolutely cherry (and dwarfed by all the other cars around it!).

Drove over to Streamwood at 4 AM to go to an estate sale (and signed in fourth on the list) - they let us in at 8 AM and I headed for the room that had these: Unfortunately everything was marked at retail (like $40 for the '70 Bonneville and $20-$25 for the rest) except the AMT '70 Impala at the bottom left - sealed inside, grabbed it for ten bucks; plus for two bucks more, a boxful of vintage kit wheels and hubcaps (including a set of '57 Plymouth wheelcovers, 1 3/4 sets of moon discs, '36 Ford custom hubcaps, some nice mags plus axles and screws), a Mini-Lindy 1/64 AMC Gremlin and this decal from the long-gone Santa Fe Speedway: Any Chicagoans here remember their radio jingle? "Come on down to the Santa Fe Speedway Get goosebumps as they scream down the straightaway Super Stock cars slidin' this way and thataway Round the clay track at the Santa Fe Speedway!" I have a much larger version of the image on Flickr if you like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62734960@N02/16566763084/sizes/o/

Niiiice. I may be able to help you on the stock wheelcovers - let me check the stash. I also have a line on a pair of Revell '62 Dodge wheelcovers (same as '63) that are more accurate - I have to pick 'em up and cast some copies.

Congratulations!

Great details here - notice the little notches in the wheel trim rings for valve stems. Gabriel, in which photo do you see the intake and valve covers together? Photo #3 shows the valve covers and valley cover as separate items, and photo #4 shows the manifolds for the six Stromberg carbs on the far right. If you mean the object in photo #7 to the right of the brake drums, I'm pretty sure that's a fuel tank.

Nope - Firefox.

Tulio, have you ordered one yet?

I've only used about 35% - and that wouldn't explain the "3 characters" notice.

Twice this week I've been unable to reply directly to a PM - I'm getting some sort of weird error message (last one was "need to type more than 3 characters" after I'd written a whole paragraph). I have been able to send them only by going to the other person's profile page and sending it as a new message. Anyone else having this issue?

A little info on the accident I posted a couple years ago on the H.A.M.B.: Re the Dream Truck: It may not be well known just how the accident happened. Spence Murray spilled the beans with this tidbit tucked into a 1967 Rod & Custom tire article:

Now that's intriguing - is that one on the far left an AMT '57 Ford with the front clip from an Edsel? How did you build it?

OK. Sorry to go OT - but is anyone else noticing Photobucket images are taking forever to load on the page? They're doing the same thing on another (aviation) forum I go to a lot. ETA: Just tried it on Chrome as well - still no go.

How long has this been in production? I thought it was supposed to be out a while ago; then we'd hear nothing for a while, then some stills would be leaked, then nothing for a while, then finally the (impressive!) trailer.

Just one bump to see if anyone has a '58 they can measure (a Modelhaus copy would work too).

OK, shutting this one down.