ChrisBcritter

I hate being attacked by giant Mercurys...

I think that may be foamcore.

Great kits; I'm building one as a hobby-class modified stocker with a small-block. Wish Revell had made the flat hood sooner; it would have saved a bunch of work cutting out and filling in that bubble! One other thing it's good for: if you cut out the window frames they're a close fit to convert a '63 Galaxie notchback promo to a two-door sedan.

Did Checker buy up Studebaker's wheelcover dies? They look like the fullsize ones from early '60s Larks. I wonder if a good curbside snap kit would be a better way to go with Checker. (A little less money to tool up?)

Lead? Some of the tutorials I see on YouTube refer to it as graphite.

Newspaper clipping I saved when I was a kid. I'd like to find the original AP photo...

Made it to the estate sale after all, but of course most of the models were gone. Got the dregs - an unbuilt AMT '63 Impala (up for trade), a junker '41 Continental (missing hood, top, spare tire, rear bumper and one whitewall insert) and about half of an unbuilt '59 Caddy convertible (body, chrome, interior, engine and top). The Caddy finally answered my question as to whether it will kitbash with the Jo-Han '60 Fleetwood - yes and no. Width and height are identical, but the '59's wheelbase is about 1/4" longer . Wheelbase on the Jo-Han chassis is 5" or 125" full scale; the real car is 130". I think it'll be easier to shorten the Monogram chassis than it would be to lengthen the '60 body (although some of you guys could pull it off perfectly, I'm sure...).

I'd really like to see someone kitbash (or a resin conversion for) a '59 Chrysler 300; surprised it hasn't been done already.

Found out too late - I can't make it to this sale so I'll pass it along to anyone in the area. Address: 2124 Parkside Drive, Park Ridge, IL 60068 http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/IL/Park-Ridge/60068/725955 There's definitely some good stuff:

Got a sealed '51 Chevy fastback from one of blzzzfn's Saturday night auctionfests; threw out a low bid and got it a bit below retail.

I have one other clear (airplane) model: Glencoe's reissue of the old Strombecker Republic Seabee (the windows were molded into the fuselage): (Image from britmodeller.com forum member Swordfish Fairey) Trouble is there's no interior; you have to either scratchbuild the whole interior or paint over the windows. I'll probably build the interior on mine as the rest is pretty simple.

^^^ What he said. Do you ever use rubber thimbles?

I bet when the price comes down we'll be seeing it used on emergency and police vehicles - and legally restricted on private cars, like dark tint and blue dots...

I wouldn't say "horrible" for the most part; maybe "simplified"... except for the typical flat Jo-Han wheelcovers; I've been patiently watching eBay for wheelcovers from the Revell '62 Chrysler Newport which are correctly shaped.

Re the Astro Supremes: Weren't there a few late-'60s/early-'70s MPC kits that had them too? '71-'73 Cougar comes to mind.

Again, love the Monaco and Lincoln (my Monaco's in the gluebomb thread). Were they screaming deals, or just reasonable? Last night picked up some Testor's dark green metallic so I can two-tone my prepainted green '62 Catalina, and Michael's gave me a 50% off coupon for this week. What to choose, what to choose...

The AMT and Revell Valiant kits sure inspired a lot of wild custom treatments.

Look up Dennis Doty and tell him I said hi!

And the Pyro '48 (looks kinda like a) Lincoln Continental.

'65 Riviera wire wheels Radir mags from the Fireball 500 The deep two-piece chrome reverse wheels from the '57 T-bird if they still exist (Were those only in the Here Comes the Judge version?) '57 Plymouth wheelcovers that were in the original issue '62 Impala Kelsey-Hayes wheels from the '34 Ford coupe (or just put them in all the AMT '32 Ford kits) '65 Dodge Coronet wheelcovers from the AMT trailer kit (Jo-Han and Lindberg '64 Dodge Polara and 330 and Polar Lights '65 Dodge Coronet can use them) '36 Ford wide-5 wheels Open steel wheels from the '58 Impala or '59 El Camino (chromed, maybe?)

Well, this gets the "What were you thinking?" award for the RHD conversion alone . I have a '61 as well; those front bumperettes I'm using for grille bars in a sectioned '49 Ford. I built the Valiant stock but really should redo it someday (bad gray paint job).

Those sharp wire wheels from the '65 Riviera and the Radir mags from the Fireball 500, and maybe the deep two-piece chrome reverse wheels from the '57 T-bird if they still exist. Pipe dreams: the perfect '57 Plymouth wheelcovers that were in the original issue '62 Impala.

Now for some of the others: (I bid on these two at the same time and figured I'd get outbid on one and snag the other - nice going, dummy; ended up having to buy both. The one on the left is in marginally better shape so I may make the other a hardtop.) (I have the rest of the missing parts except the engine and wheels, so I picked up an AMT Challenger for those bits.) (This poor thing needs lacquer crazing sanded down and chrome redone, but it's all there.) (Not too bad; seen much worse. Debating whether to make it a hardtop or just use a closed convertible top from a Revell Chevy.) (Got this pile a couple years before the reissue; those battered quarters mean it's going to be some kind of custom. Mostly I've put a lot of effort into grinding away at it to get the grille/bumper to fit without any gaps. Guess what? The reissue has the same problem.) (And finally one that isn't so ugly.)

Well, you've seen these two: The '61 Continental gained stock parts courtesy of eBay: but the tops of the quarter panels and the emblems had been ground off by the PO. I decided to part out an incomplete '62 convertible (after sanding off a crazed lacquer job) that had good quarters, cutting each body between the doors and at the rocker panels: It wasn't easy getting everything lined up (scrape a little here, file a little there, etc., etc.) but it finally did. Here it is now, nearly ready for final putty and paint:

And here's the 1920's idea of blinged-out: