ChrisBcritter

Biggest peeve for me was that the AMT kit's wheelcovers were flat-faced (no detail past the rim; all details even with it or recessed) - like Jo-Han wheelcovers. Monogram got them right.

I'm surprised some enterprising customizer hasn't taken a clapped-out '54 Caddy sedan and cut it down to make a copy.

Picked up a 75-piece tin of Dremel accessories on special at my local Ace Hardware for $9.99 - that will be a big help. (If you're in the Northbrook area it's the one at Dundee and Sanders - they had a couple tins left.)

So, Tulio, have you ever built a Revell '57 Country Squire or Ranchero? I'd love to see your version of one of them (or their resin equivalent; there's a Ranch Wagon body available that way).

Beautiful save on this one! I have a '59 convertible in the to-do pile. I wonder how a '60 Trumpeter Pontiac chassis and drivetrain would fit?

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: