ChrisBcritter

Only thing I saw that I liked was the Revell snap '63 Vette at $17.99, so I could get it for $12.59 now - or wait till Sunday, print the 40% off coupon and get it for $10.79. I just ended up buying some Alumilite resin with a half-off coupon instead.

Seven minutes of video, and the idiot cameraman/editor can't provide ONE side view shot? Jeez. Here: Sleek! Ditch that rocker panel chrome piece and the C-pillar emblem, and you'd think it was an early West Coast kustom.

Hi Darren, Your great ideas just keep flowing... in a way it'll almost be a shame to see it finished. Here's my Flickr set showing my old Aztec photos - sort of a family album for me and my friends when we were performing back in the '70s and '80s: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62734960@N02/sets/72157638506039783/ Might give you a few ideas for decorations (or maybe make some 1/25 Aztec dancers to display with it?).

Trading material? Somebody here was looking for NASCAR stuff.

Can anyone ID the car being worked on in the first photo? Maybe a Valiant?

Got a set of jeweler's files from Hobby Lobby that have already come in handy on the '61 Lincoln project (filing glue marks off the windshield before polishing, and making final tiny adjustments for the big surgical procedure - combining the good front half of the '61 body with the good back half of a '62).

They look so cute when they're sleeping...

Bzzzt! Wrong - thanks for playing. There's no shortage of AMT '59 and '60 Edsel kits and promos out there. (Unless the author meant to say "...after the 1960 model year...") It is nice to see what the early Tenite promos looked like before they started warping and shrinking. If only Cycolac could have been used earlier...

oops double post...

I'm watching that auction too - not going to bid, just want to see what it goes for since I have a dismantled builtup in similar shape. Been debating for years whether I should open the hood and put in the whole driveline and chassis from a Monogram '59 Eldo.

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)