ChrisBcritter

Bravo Snake! Also have a mold for the Jo-Han Chrysler's firewall, as the heater box and vacuum booster/master cylinder are more accurate than the Revell unit - which has what looks like a Treadle-Vac canister and no master. Also made a mold for the Jo-Han taillights and "new improved" wheelcover, so I can turn out a few more sets. ETA: Figured it out. This is a '62 Chrysler: And this is a '61, which Revell apparently copied. Maybe they didn't have access to the underhood info - which would also explain the wrong air cleaner and valve covers:

^^^Different item. This is the Go Chrome; $53.42 USD for a 400ml spray can: https://www.stardustcolors.co.uk/chrome-paint/1229-brush-on-chrome-chrome-paint-using-brush.html#/201-packaging-spraycan_400ml Also $16.79 for a 30ml "liner" - looks like the Molotow refill; same size - but Molotow costs $28.98 on Amazon.

You, me and a bunch of others! I couldn't put two Legos together without turning it into a project.

What did I accomplish today? Well, after an evening's work, I GOT THAT GRILLE OUT!!! I'll have to rebuild the radiator wall but at least there was no damage to the grille or the opening. Thank goodness for battery operated mini-grinders and photoetch saw blades!

Sorry to hear this, Carl. I hope you can still get some respite from your troubles by visiting here.

Very clean, sharp and aggressive-looking machine! Nice job especially on the taillights and front parking lights.

Magnificent! THIS is the kind of stuff I come here for!

Good luck with it! Has anyone here tried to convert one of these to a Spitfire? Very clean '59 Merc, too; thank goodness the OB didn't glue fender skirts to those finely ribbed rear quarters. I've also got a '59 Park Lane convertible; built it from a Craftsman kit many years ago. Painted it Lime Gold over black primer, did the side spears in ivory, and left the interior in gray primer. Did all the chrome in silver paint. It's one of those models I really should redo, but it's not awful enough to push to the head of the line.

Will it still work on XP with Chrome? There are a ton of sites now that either give me clock errors or unsupported protocol errors, or plain old not secure warnings (like Fotki, but those I can work around). If not, what about Windows 7? Yeah, I'm a dinosaur...

The sold listings tell the story; this is the current top dollar paid:

And there's one on eBay right now, NOS: https://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-1973-MERCURY-COUGAR-ORIGINAL-ENGINE-BAY-PARTS-NOS-KIT-7322-CIRCA-1973/233704121620

up the steam

Those are probably special effects mortar cannons; it gets blown up in this scene per IMCDb. The scene is from the movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.

I'd expect to see a Seville as a Greenlight diecast, if anything. Maybe they could do the Gucci special edition?

I remember their ads in Car Model magazine and got one of their catalogs; didn't they specialize in mostly European and Japanese 1/43 diecasts?

Patience won out! Been watching for a Craftsman issue of the AMT '59 Continental Mark IV. The original issues are usually gluebombs with all the custom parts attached, and are almost always convertibles with windshield issues. Besides I had one when I was little - I remember taking a knife and trying to scratch a new trunk opening on it . This one finally showed up at a reasonable price; ten of us were watching all week but luckily mine was the only bid: The original builder did a really fine job of detail painting the trim and taillights! Note the trunk lid isn't damaged in the center where it was cut from the sprue at the factory, like many are, and the hood ornament is intact, thank goodness. Always liked this dark charcoal almost-black color AMT used for the plastic - keeps it from looking quite so enormous .

Thoroughly agreed, along with the Packard Meat Wagon ambulance and LaSalle hearse.

with surprise inside

It all comes down to quality of engineering, doesn't it? Revell's '55-56 cars were intricate and pretty good representations of the real cars - if you could get everything lined up during body assembly. The Chrysler has issues with the fit of the roof and worse issues with the hood - if you line it up at the cowl, it's crooked in front. I'll get the thing tamed eventually. The later multi-piece Revell kits seemed to go together better - especially the '59 Skyliner and Vette.

Completed listing - ask if they'll do more: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Acme-Resin-Casting-Jo-Han-1960-Dodge-Phoenix-Rear-Bumper-Kit-W-Clear-Lights-/233479194857

Great old Dodge - did you go for Acme's rear bumper/backup light conversion?

The '61 Lark friction promo landed safely today; shaved off a bit of flash around the taillights and that was that. I'll fix the rear bumper later. Too bad Jo-Han only made them as kits in '62, and that the earlier promo molds didn't turn up when the USA Oldies came out.

Eh? Armadillo taxis?

Of Laramie somewhere

a tail feather