ChrisBcritter

Let's see. I had the '61 Ranchero when I was a kid (not seen here). I have the '40 Ford sedan molded in white (the Pyro '40 Tudor looks like it was cribbed from this one!), the '60 T-bird, and I had an Avanti but it looks like it got left behind in my move last year like many of my other models. Nice kits all.

Interesting - how did you get that nice even dust effect? (And if this was a stocker when you started, do you have any of the original tires left over?)

Such elegant cars they were... and you captured that understated look so well. Could we take a look under the hood pleeeze? Wish AMT would find the molds for it, or for the '69 if they updated it to that year.

Let's just call it "Weathering Heights".

Age two, playing with my Matchbox Karrier Bantam Coca-Cola truck and Ford Anglia, which somehow I still have.

'57 Buick Century (not Roadmaster like the promos) '56 Continental Mark II '69-'71 Continental Mark III '56 Plymouth Fury '58-'60 Rambler American

Weird piece of trivia about the stock wheel covers - they're way too flat to represent the Nova items, but that error makes them a near-perfect match for, of all things, the optional wheel covers for the '63 Olds Starfire!

I've been looking up the 1/32 AMT All Stars kits lately, and I have a question: All the kits except the '32 Ford 3-window coupe have a 1/25 AMT counterpart. Did AMT have plans to release a 1/25 three-window in the mid-sixties that got canceled? Also, if anyone has one of these All Stars coupes, does it have the same body issue that all the 1/25 AMT '32 Fords have ("sectioned" on the sides)?

They pop up now and then on eBay; here's an incomplete kit that combined with yours would make a whole one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMT-M764-1936-Ford-Coupe-1-43-Mini-Kit-Unbuilt-in-Box-/360691841541?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item53fae8ba05 (I'd make him an offer of about 1/3 his price at the most! The last several ones sold went for $5-$10.

AMT 1/43 scale '36 Ford. Here's mine, originally molded in yellow:

Looks like India Ivory over Regatta Blue. Nice!

I'm surprised to see how they molded the rear springs to the frame; probably makes locating the rear axle easier. Now let's see: lowered, deep maroon paint job, white Carson top, skirts, Caddy sombreros, DeSoto bumpers...

If that Olds didn't interest you, I can only imagine what you'd do with a car that did! What ratio of clear epoxy to clear red did you use, and does it affect the drying time much?

Oh yes - wonderful site. I've contributed several movie pages to it myself; has anyone else here? Amazing variety of people around the world have done pages you wouldn't expect, like Cooley High which was done by someone from Syria, or Heisser Sommer, the East German beach party movie that was done by yours truly.

I have a better choice, but he doesn't have marquee value. Carroll Shelby, 1966: Actor Christopher Lawford in The World's Fastest Indian: I thoght he looked a lot like Carroll in that movie.

Weren't the interiors shallow through '63 but deeper in '64-onwards?

Actually the first batch came out in '74; it was announced in Car Model magazine shortly before they quit publishing.

I like the look of some of them; the zebra skin in particular looks pretty close to scale, and one of the floral designs might work for a Barracuda ModTop! Some of the plaids might be good for '50s accessory seat covers as well.

To clarify on the '58 Edsel: '58 Ranger/Pacer/wagons = FE 361 cubic inch V8 "E-400" '58 Corsair/Citation = MEL 410 cubic inch V8 "E-475" Those were the only Edsel engines available in the U.S. that year. In '59 you could get a 223 six, or 292, 332 FE, or 361 FE V8s. In 1960 the choices were the 223 six, the 292 V8, or the FE 352 V8.

I don't think the trim rings will fit if you use the Toronado covers; the rings are seated on the center rather than the rim. Thanks for posting those photos, Casey! My first '40 kit was that same issue, molded in tan, back in '66 or '67.

I saved this clipping over 40 years ago and fixed it up best I could. Now who makes 1/25 scale horses?

'58 and '59 Pontiacs, not sure if current Chevy tooling would give a head start. I'd suggest Trumpeter to do a '59 since they've done a '60; but considering all the issues with that car and its price I'd rather leave the job to Revell.

Michael Lamm wrote a piece for Motor Trend back in 1975 about future collectible cars that had some correct predictions; most particularly saying that Superbirds and Daytonas would become "tomorrow's Auburn Speedsters". He also said two-seat Thunderbirds had "probably peaked" at $5000. I'll post it here when I find it.

Very sharp work on this one - reminds me of some of the ones I've seen on the H.A.M.B. with the same treatment. One minor suggestion - you need a little patina/wear on top of the door from the driver's elbow! Edit: Do you have a rear view shot of it?

And foresight is usually 20/400, like the folks who paid over sticker to get a '78 Corvette pace car replica or '76 Eldorado convertible to put away when they could have bought a used Cobra for the same money. My former boss has about 170 cars, but the one that was the best investment was the '89 Porsche Speedster he bought new and drove very sparingly (it now has 8,000-something miles). He's had almost 25 years of enjoyment out of it, and the nice ones are now hitting the $100,000 mark at auction.