ChrisBcritter

Thanks! I guess that makes it 1976. Not sure which model I brought, but it was probably this one: AMT '57 Chevy on an MPC Super Stocker chassis.

While getting ready for the big move back to SoCal, I found this in my old papers: The contest was held here in Chicago at the annual Speed and Custom Car Show - but I don't remember when this was. Anyone know what year was the eighth annual contest?

Like little robbers!

runneth over with

I'll freely admit to taking part in such a creation - twice; first time at the Museum of Contemporary Art when the public was invited to glue all kinds of little items on a '76 Cutlass sedan (haven't found a photo yet), and second when I was part of the crew that glued some 22,000 mirror tiles on the now-sort-of-famous Disco Pinto: I mostly worked on the driver side front fender and the passenger door.

And while you're at it, a piece of masking tape on the back of the part before you cut the sprue will help keep it from flying off to who knows where.

One issue of this trailer had a set of two-piece open rims; the outer rim was a stepped ring and the inner rim had a raised center with lug nut detail. Nice looking piece I've never seen since (lost it and the lower spring/axle piece in the last move). Not the same as the '66 Vette open wheels; this fit a 13" tire. It has the old Chevy-pickup-style rear fenders. Looking forward to seeing the new 6-cylinder; hopefully it will be an improvement on the original (no axle holes now!) plus we'll get a separate battery, radiator, and master cylinder this time. REALLY hope the missing/polished-off detail on the interior will be fixed.

I found a couple of my old sketches wile going through the basement. Didn't get too far on this drawing, but didn't get too far on the build either. I cut up two '62 Dodges when they were cheap; still have the parts stashed away. I extended the chassis to have a four-wheel steering setup, and reworked the side sculpting into a Buick check-mark shape. Headlights were supposed to be those odd little "micro lights" from the '65 Chevelle wagon; tail panel was a custom piece from the '65 Continental with two long thin horizontal taillights. Front bumper is the '57 DeSoto unit from the AMT custom parts pack. I suppose it could be called the XNR II.

I equally concur

Great thanks to Dave and the crew - this forum has meant a lot to me and I hope to enjoy it and contribute more in the future.

Pop or Lube?

Of course a lot of old stuff, because I saw a lot of it when it was new: Batman SCTV Adam-12 I Love Lucy The Mothers-In-Law (not easy to find now but worth looking for) The Fugitive (thanks loads, MeTV, for not running the final season ) Dragnet (both the '50s and '60s version, plus the radio show whose stories were recycled into the TV series) Currently I've enjoyed Young Rock, and Air Emergency. Mysteries of the Abandoned was pretty good too.

"I seed it. It was rapped arownd a treee."

If you do, this may help - The plane Dana Andrews climbs into, and a recently-discovered image of the same plane in service: It was a trainer in the US during the war; the nose art Round ? Trip and bomb mission markings were added by the studio.

right through material

Has anyone ever compared one of these Batmobiles to the Revell Lincoln Futura to see how well the basic dimensions match? Might be interesting...

how buffalo fly

What's on second?

Sorry to see him go. A couple favorites: He had a good dramatic part in the TV movie The Deadly Tower from 1975 plus some great comic bits in 1941 - especially the part where he sets up the antiaircraft gun in his front yard while rattling off all the instructions Dan Ackroyd told him NOT to do.

And with the DecoColor one Snake mentioned, DON'T forget to shake the pen to mix the ink before you use it the first time - I made that goof and it never worked right after that; got clear carrier from the tip and the silver pigment wouldn't draw through enough to cover anything.

Hi Paul, I do have the setup but it's earmarked for a '53/'56 pickup conversion. Watch eBay parts sellers for it (especially Andy aka vintagemodelcarparts, and sportfuryus); they turn up now and then.

Paul, if it's not too late to save you some effort, that whole blower setup is a custom item in the AMT '63 Ford pickup.

Love these old compact gassers! Karl, you're probably going to hate me for pointing it out so late, but if I ever tackle one of these bodies, here's my Job 1: Fix Jo-Han's error and relocate the B-pillars and door jamb back at least 1/8". Quickie 'shop: That's just the OCD in me, though. You've done a terrific job x3!

Where there's a will...

I thought this show was hysterically funny when I was a kid: