ChrisBcritter

I don't care!

I've never walked out of a movie I've paid to see (yet); the closest I came was for John Landis's first film, Schlock! aka Banana Monster. Saw it in a nearly empty theater as a double feature with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (way better). Funny thing was, I saw it again in a theater full of people and everybody was laughing their heads off - including me. Herd mentality? ONE funny bit: where Schlockthropus almost gets run down by a '61 Falcon, and he trashes it - perfect Laurel and Hardy tribute. Two more come to mind: Eyes Wide Shut - my friend was getting pissed off at me because I was laughing at the ridiculousness of all the hooded, robed shenanigans - I kept thinking about the secret society having a bunch of seamstresses busy with the costumes: "Darn it, Marge, I have to let the judge's robe out again!" "Hey Myrtle, at least we don't have laundry detail this time - yecch!" Second: The Adventures of Hercules, the second Lou Ferrigno version. Again with the unintended laughter; again I was pissing off the friends I came with; this time it was in a magnificent old movie palace in Mexico City. It was just so incongruous to see cheapo junk on the screen in that beautiful place - all marble lobby/stairways and neoclassical designs that would have been right at home in New York or Hollywood. Wish I could remember the name of it.

in friends' pants

No real order here, and it's tough to pick ten, but: Jo-Han '62 Chrysler 300 Revell '62 Imperial Crown AMT '63 Nova wagon AMT '57 Ford Fairlane 500 MPC '65 Dodge Monaco AMT '60 Ford pickup AMT '60-'63 Falcon AMT '61-'65 Continental sedan Lindberg Mercedes SSK Monogram '40 Ford pickup (original)

Got the '60 Ford F-100 hood emblems from Rookie Resin today and they look terrific!

over a surfboard

As did the original issue Monogram '40 Ford pickup. I cast a bunch of resin copies of them before I realized the Revell kit made them easily available...

How about a link for the ad? My friend the collector was just looking at a low-mile clean '85 Chevette in Oregon - for $4600...

Cold pancakes yuck

OK I understand. Is it still on for a December release?

Thanks again - Any more test shots you can share?

Got outbid as usual for a '60 Ford pickup hood emblem, so I ordered a full set from Rookie Resins - which works out cheaper for all three . Also picked up a '59 Continental steering wheel; with a few mods to the center it will be correct for the '59 Century Coronado boat.

Just now put in my order - even with postage, it's still cheaper than what just a hood emblem sold for on eBay today. Thanks Bill! By the way, have you thought about my suggestion for '60s Econoline emblems?

About a year ago, Revell announced a lot of new products that were coming soon - mostly paints, but also a two-part acrylic filler. Haven't seen anything on it since; anyone know more?

Another fine '58 from your workbench!

How about just putting a nice big 1/25 scale padlock on it? Nice weathering!

Peteski, how about a build thread on that drill? I bet a lot of us would like to see it - sounds like just the ticket for drilling out distributor caps for plug wires.

Don't Pickett scabs

I also had a friend in high school named Bill Gudmundson - really admired him because he made his own stop-motion kaiju movies shot on 16mm. I worked with him on one of them, building miniature sets like a collapsing parking garage. I also rebodied the back half of a Jo-Han '72 Torino with aluminum foil so it would be crushed realistically by a falling sign, and did the same with the front of a '74 AMX, dropping it vertically through a billboard. Also set off a firecracker under my '70 LTD, which I salvaged but the chassis still has a hole in it. The movie turned out well - it helped get him into the Columbia College film program. I've lost touch with him over the years, but apparently he's still in the business, producing resin kaiju monsters.

My dad visited New York on business in April 1956 and took some pictures. Guess what's playing at Loew's State?

Let's do an A/B comparison: This bodes well for a full detail kit! Note the mounting points for a separate radiator, battery, master cylinder, and possibly heater blower motor, and (Nova experts please chime in) what looks like a more accurate treatment on the shape of the inner fenders and shock towers. Chassis: (Sorry about the red clay - it was a dam for making a mold of the crossmember) This sure looks like they scanned an original chassis; it's a very close match. Those front stabilizer arms shouldn't have an S-curve, though, and the lower control arms are as simplified as they always were. The front motor mounts are a bit more substantial. Bravo, Round2 - Looking forward to more!

Picked up two more sets of '66/'67 Corvair 13" five-lug steelies. I should have enough now to attempt a four-lug conversion I can cast up; a lot of early '60s compacts need them along with six-cylinder early Mustangs and Pintos.

I picked up the reissue of the AMT '70 Wildcat a few years ago; I keep thinking dangerous thoughts like "Why not put an engine in it like the '69 had?" I gotta stop listening to those voices... So I picked these bits up today - '69 engine and firewall (with an interior attached): Still need the radiator wall if anyone has one, but it's a pretty simple part if I have to scratchbuild it. I would like to get the drive belts and accessories from an original '66 Riviera to add all the power accessories this car should have. Bet I'll have hours of delightful fun separating that firewall from the interior

Hi Rich - I recently got some NOS underhood parts from a '68 Toronado; I probably won't need the front inner fenders so PM me if you can use them. See if these match the one you have: