ChrisBcritter

Thanks to an under-descriptive ebay listing with only one photo, I scored these cheap: Never thought I'd find a '60 Chrysler! The listing just mentioned the Lincoln but the lot included both cars. Now to find a set of wire wheels and tires from the '56 300...

Anyone make a resin copy of the Jo-Han '64 Dodge Polara promo (bench seat) interior? Modelhaus makes it for the Plymouth but not the Dodge, so another project is hung up at the moment.

Just got back from the DuPage show and managed not to buy any new projects. That said, I did score some stuff to apply to my current projects. For my '62 Impala convertible I found a very battered original AMT '62 Chevy hardtop for $5; poor thing looked like it was sat on and glued back together - but it had a front seat that didn't have seat belts glued to it; plus one of the taillight units wasn't glued. (If anyone else has a gluebomb '62 I'll have a few leftover bits - rechromeable front and rear bumpers, a salvageable dash and windshield, rear quarters that haven't had skirts glued to them and the taillight panel.) Another vendor had a mint set of wheelcovers with tires and wheel backs for $5, so it looks like I have all I need to finish it. For my '61 Ford wagon project I scored a pair of '58 T-birds for $5 each, which will provide the engine, drivetrain, front suspension and a few other bits. And for the '57 Fairlane 500 project I got a $3 '57 parts pile kit that will help in converting it to a four-door, plus the dark brown paint for the two-tone roof and sides. Another vendor had a boxful of tires for 25¢ each - got a full set of MPC Goodyear G70-15s for the '67 Chevy pickup. Anyone else there today? I had a brief chat with Bob Dahl of Bob's Paints. Nice guy and I'll be doing business with him soon.

I'll be there - look for me in the leather jacket and black Tulsarama T-shirt. Might bring a couple kits to let go cheeep (if anyone cares about Hubley Model As anymore).

First-rate build and photography! One of the best ideas I've heard in a long time! High-end version of the MPC "Switchers".

Sweet job, Stan - other than the top, it looks like my old ride from 20-some years ago:

I had an early issue of the kit and the wheels/tires were definitely larger: ): Bigger sidewalls, too. Looks like what the kit needs most is a pie cut to make the boattail slope down at the rear, the grille shell slanted back a bit more, the fenders modified to tuck under at the bottom, and a set of decent wire wheels and tires (I'd take a look at the Monogram '32 Cadillac for those).

And the AMT windshield won't fit since the Hubley kit is 1/24. I have an unbuilt one I started a long time ago (molded in white). In a fit of masochism I opened the hood and started detailing the chassis with '59 Skyliner parts; that's where it sits now.

Absolutely love those Falcons - I had a 1969 version that if you looked real close, you could read the odometer (all zeroes!). Great job by AMT. Question is, why didn't the kit come with a stock version in '68 or '69? Was there a stock version in '66-'67?

Got a couple sets of old AMT tires and wheels from ebay, so I can put a set of stock(ish) chrome reverses and tall narrow whitewalls back on my '62 F-100. Looks like Firestone Supreme whitewalls are getting up in value now.

100%. If you remember details about side marker lights, it helps - plus I remembered the '69 grille from my Jo-Han Road Runner.

Is that a copy of the Badger 350, and will the parts interchange? Looks just like the old 350 I used to have.

Here's something you could do with gluebomb vans and pickups: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/dodgevrolet-convertible-van-truck-1519850028/@matthardigree

Looks like a GM X-frame chassis - wonder what they based it on?

Found these on a Flickr page about the Chinese air force in the 1930s. Note that it's right-hand drive:

I liked tin toys because you could inflict realistic crash damage with a hammer! But $17,000.00? I'd buy a real '62 Imperial with that kind of disposable income, and have enough left over for a nice promo.

That second image got me - I really had to look again to be sure those were models!

For the replica of my uncle's '57 Ford I need to duplicate the color Silver Mocha, a very dark brown (same color the Revell '57 Ford wagon was molded in). Testor's One Coat Root Beer Brown is as close as I've found but it's not dark enough. Now if I paint it black first and go over it with the Root Beer, is that color translucent enough to be darkened by the black? Thanks!

I had one as well, 20k mile '71 in Bright Aqua with white top and interior (rare color combo, Marti report said only 117 made): Unfortunately it had sat for nearly twenty years, plus it spent its life in Pacific Palisades so all the pot metal had to be replaced. Got it running and (sort of) driving, found most of the chrome on a car in the Sun Valley Pick-a-Part, then went broke again as usual and sold it to a friend who sank a lot more money into making a reliable driver out of it. As I've mentioned before, Dennis Doty once told me AMT was going to make a Mark III for its '69 kit lineup, but it didn't happen. Wonder how far they got with the tooling? One thing about the diecast: It should have very narrow whitewalls, like about 1/2" (my car had four of the five original tires).

And now Bobby has recorded what will most likely be his final album, because of the increasing effects of Alzheimer's. http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/242805101.html

My dad used to work for Pettibone; they made material handling equipment. Sometimes he'd bring home photos of the machines in use:

Got outbid for a bunch of small items on eBay and missed a nice built-up '32 Chevy sedan delivery that sold for only $21.50 , but got the Revell stock '40 Ford Standard coupe to part out for my ITC '40 Mercury. I can see the hood will take a bunch of work to fit... also picked up some dark blue Tamiya paint for the '64 Polara and some 3/32 aluminum tubing for the dual exhaust under my '67 Chevy pickup. I may be in serious danger of actually finishing something soon.

Failing that, you can try cutting around the seams with a photoetch saw. "Patience is a virtue" will never be more applicable...

Got a replacement hood for my '64 Coupe deVille today - some Testors paint remover cleaned it up perfectly. One of these days I'm going to repaint it gray with a black top and interior and add Illinois plates to match the car from Cooley High.

Best you can hope to do is heat it again to flatten it somewhat and make it look like crash damage, or chalk it up to experience and use it as the base for an aftermarket body conversion (luckily you have many choices nowadays). DO take note of where it was in the dehydrator - maybe you have a "hot spot" in there.