ChrisBcritter

Beautiful work, wheels and all. A couple more good colors for these cars - Gunmetal on the '62, and coppery brown on the '63:

Reminds me of the Monty Python "Killer Cars" sketch where the cars are chased off by a giant mutant cat!

There's another tonneau cover you could use to mold tuck 'n' roll - and the pattern runs sideways unlike the '59 El Camino. Nice custom grille on this truck too - would look sharp on a real one.

I remember seeing that before; didn't the guy open the boxes to show at least some were builtups?

How about posting those here on 1:1 when you find them? I'd like to see that setup - how did they rig the pushbuttons? Was it a drag racer or street machine?

Let's start with all the paint issues in the last photo.

Here's glass from an AMT '64 Fairlane; should be the same (not mine): http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-1-25-64-FAIR-LANE-GLASS-USED-CIRCA-1964-/400686705915?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item5d4ac9ecfb

Looks just like the one Harvey Keitel drove in Mean Streets.

(pounds head against wall)

Something I've been wondering since I had one as a kid: was the MPC Zingers '57 Chevy based on or copied from the AMT 1/43 kit?

Just needs more appropriate music - like the theme from King of the Hill. Yup.

Check out Andy Southard's Custom Cars of the 1950s photo book - on page 62 there's a shot of a Renault 4CV like this one, black with a full scallop job in red and silver topped off with wide whites, Olds Fiestas and... side pipes??? Might be something to try with the next one.

Sweet! Keep us posted on this one. (And please PM me if you won't be using the stock glass.)

It's case-by-case basis with me. A friend gave me several built/semibuilt kits in the year before he died (and his partner gave me some more afterward), saying it was better they'd go to someone who would do something with them; so two Continentals are being stripped and completed, but the '61 Buick wagon in two-tone pink and white will get some Bare-Metal and that's about it. Now if I'd found this sweet '60 Buick that sold on eBay a few months back, I wouldn't touch a thing:

Awwww. The MPC '69 Grand Prix also came with skis and racks.

I'm happy with that - when the starting prices are reasonable. If an original part I need bids up past the Modelhaus price I'll let it go (unless Modelhaus doesn't make the part). I'll have pieces from four different '61 Continentals in my convertible when it's done.

What, the find or the eight pages (so far) of shrieking?

Since Tulio hasn't replied yet, let's try Google Translate: Opening title: Who - fire, who - bask Russian proverb Closing title: unplanned attraction for foreign participants Cup Baikal ice sailing Baikal 2013

Nice clean work as always, Tulio! Plus you have all those nice leftover parts. Now if you don't want to do a '57 Ford, you can use a '57 Chrysler:

Only old Buick piece I have now is a custom rear roll pan for a '63 Electra, unfortunately. Did you get the roof? These are the bumpers which are coming - I've IDed most of them, I think:

Take a look here: http://www.edsel.com/registry/index.html Check the numbers beginning with "OS15Y" and "OU15Y"; those are all convertibles (only 76 built!), and maybe you can build one of the survivors. I'd like to do one of the two surviving pilot production cars; both are Bronze Rose Metallic - one has a black interior, the other red and silver.

Got my .015 wire today too; probably will try to do the stock wheels for my Monogram '34 Ford cabriolet. It'll either look good or it may just put me in the room with the rubber walls once and for all.

Please let us know how you like it! Dropped in on the Libertyville, IL Hobby Lobby today and picked up the one thing I needed most: a magnifying viewer. Plus some music wire to try and see if I can re-spoke some wire wheels, or lose the rest of my marbles trying. If anyone here is in the area, they had one of the '78 Ford 4x4s that just came out, and two sets of AMT M&H slicks (but no other tires). The clearance section had some Meyers Manx buggies for $13.19, Revell '48 Ford coupes for $15.39, Double Dragsters for $14.99, and three or four of the AMT Diamond Reo semis for $22.19.

And you wouldn't have to weather it! Wonder what the good doctor paid the neighbors for it? Bet they'll be kicking themselves when it gets auctioned. Then again, the doctor could have suffered some financial "oops" and needs the money worse than he needs the Vette, even after he takes a tax hit for capital gains. I've been there a few times on a way way smaller scale...

You may want to dab some extra rust around the edges of the rust holes, where the paint would be discolored or missing.