ChrisBcritter

Just to clarify, what is the inside diameter of the new tires? MM or inches is fine.

Casting lenses to replace molded headlights?

If you really want to get detailed, you can remove a little of the foil next to the windshield and back window to simulate the rubber gaskets around the glass, since it's already black underneath. Your last photo reminded me that AMT made a mistake - five-lug wheels (should be four-lug).

Boy, I wish they'd sell the new parts as a conversion kit! How do the new wheels and tires measure up in size (inner and outer diameter) to the old AMT or Jo-Han compact car tires? They could be just the ticket for my '61 F-85 wagon.

Yes! Please show us the new grille and how well it hopefully fits. And the new wheels and dog dish hubcaps - plus what kind of tires they have.

Oh man - vandalized or just rifled through? It happened to me just before Christmas several years ago; thank God they didn't bust the models. And the cops caught the bastard as he was leaving.

And while we're at it, we might as well ask for clear red taillight lenses as well (which would have been nice for the '65 Ford reissue).

Oh, you absolutely bet I would - I'm doing it now whenever I can scrounge extra lenses.

Lesson learned: Burnish down your shipping labels! I'll put clear packing tape over them sometimes to make sure.

Hope one of you can get this: Here's the website with location and directions: http://cwsmarketing.com/lacounty.htm Good luck! (Some neat 1/1 cars there too.)

As I mentioned, here's my restored '60 sedan and phantom '61 convertible Corvairs: The phantom '61 also has a phantom column shift - back in the late '70s I didn't know the lever was on the dashboard.

Good luck with it! I also rebuilt an unpainted '60 gluebomb and painted it light metallic green; nice kit. Only problem is that the lower rear pan doesn't fit well at the sides, but a little scrap plastic and filing should fix that. Also remember the rear windows only roll down 3/4 of the way, so you'll need some clear acetate for them.

Back with more. From the 1959 classic The Giant Gila Monster, a rare sight: Promos that haven't begun to warp yet, especially the PMC '58 Ford wagon, AMT '59 Buick and Pontiac, a Hubley (?) diecast MGTD plus the ancient Monogram '32 Ford kit (note the seam running down the deck lid) with fenders, hood and exhaust modified to match the 1/1 car in the movie: And from one of MST3K's greatest short film subjects, Mr. B Natural, this AMT '56 Buick Roadmaster: What else can you find?

Oh, I can think of quite a few: Monogram 1/8 Jaguar and Vette in Superman (1978): Same movie, another Vette painted to match a '74 Firebird: More coming!

Those two astronauts seem quite surprised to see it!

That's interesting to know. Could we see some photos of the result?

I have three of these already; one will get the Jimmy Flintstone delivery body and be curbside, another will get the Shelby treatment under the hood plus I'll cut the doors and tailgate from the spare body, and the third I built stock back in the '70s from the "Baja" series reissue. Then I have a '61 Falcon coupe that I started to build as a contemporary street machine; it's about 75% done. Only thing is it's been sitting that way so long that it's now a nostalgic late '70s street machine... One bit of trivia about that kit: that '61 grille is different from the one in the '61 coupe kit. If you look at the original '61 issue part, the pattern is engraved more deeply than it is on the reissue - plus if you look very closely around the headlights on the reissue version, you can see a remnant of the '60 grille pattern (which must be why they now had to tool a new '60 grille).

Seeing if that's a gun in his pocket or if he's just glad to see him?

"I only had two beers and three brains, officer..."

I've only tried this once, but it seemed to work: I burnished a piece of aluminum foil over a fender and left a lip around the edges. I then removed the foil and bent it, causing it to buckle like sheetmetal does. Then I poured resin in it and basically slushcast a fender that had pretty realistic damage when it set up. Just cut off the good part and replace it with the damaged one.

This should be interesting... but I'd be so tempted to saw off the rear fenders and trunk behind the wheelwells and extend them about six or eight scale inches to correct the length. I think this is why my projects take forever...

That's interesting - I haven't heard of that process. How does it work?

How are you going to build the body? I'd be looking at flat, muffler shaped metal cans (like car wax cans).

Doesn't the AMT Custom Parts Pack reissue have a set of those wheels?

That would be my next option; I have other Continentals I could pull a mold from OR I could get a '65 convertible and swap the rear quarters... Still, with all the years the '65's been in production, you'd think someone would have done a photoetch set by now?