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  1. Richard Bartrop
    It's an actual Tucker, even if it only existed on paper. Preston Tucker did try to get back into the car business with the Carioca, but he died before he could take it any further. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2018/12/04/rob-ida-concepts-working-to-recreate-tuckers-last-car-the-1955-carioca
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    Ever find something about a model after years of being blissfully unaware, but once you know it, you can't unsee it? Johan's Cadillac V-16 is a still a really nice kit, and a very faithful replica, but the taillights on the '30-31 V-16 are supposed to be different from those on the rest of the Cadillac lineup for those years. Here's what they're supposed to look like: And this is what comes in the kit: So I decided to make some new lenses. I beveled the inside of some cut off a slice, and repeated. After sanding them down to the appropriate thickness, I glues them to a sheet of patterned Evergreen sheet that has some finely spaced grooves. A short length of .010 rod was used to make the screw at the top. Once everything had set, I cut away the new lenses from the sheet, and rounded the backs with some sandpaper. I sanded the kit lenses flat and added the new pieces. A Molotow pen was used to restore the chrome.
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    The funny thing about the term "phaeton". We use it now to describe a stately and luxurious vehicle, but the original horse drawn phaetons were lightweight carriages designed with speed in mind. That they're named after the original reckless teenaged driver should tell you who they had in mind as a customer. https://www.theoi.com/Titan/Phaethon.html
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    Come to think of it, has anyone else ever made a kit of a Model A Phaeton?
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    That's a topic that's probably outside the scope of this forum, so I'm not touching it. It's good to see that they're still in business and making new product. The country could use the money. We've gotten used to the 60 year old AMT kit being the only game in town when it comes to Stock Model As, so it'll be interesting to see how this new kit shapes up. As for being 1/24 rather than 1/25, it will be interesting to see how much of a difference it actually makes in practice.
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    I've used the gold BMF, and the gold colour does come off if you rub too hard.
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    Piece of cake. Sent.
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    "Trim excess balsa away as needed" aka "Remove everything that doesn't look like a Chrysler D'elegance" That would be a nice one to have in styrene, though.
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    I picked one up today, and it looks like I lucked out on the windshield frame. It looks like you'll has some cutting and filing ahead of you if you want to adapt the wheels and brakes from the Revell '29 A kit. I don't have a problem with the Chevy engine, though it would be nice to have some different options for the intake side. A six pack of carbs always looks good, with either air cleaners, of a set of snorkel intakes like on the Tweedy Pie.
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    I orders the '32 Roadster and the Model A during a Cyber Monday sale, and when I went to the LHS to pick them up today, the Chrysler and the Model T were there on the shelf just begging me to take them home. The box damage is the is the result of the bus driver noticing a red light too late, but fortunately, the contents all look okay.
  12. Richard Bartrop
    Then you'll love the Cramer Comet that was in one of the earlier issues of HRM.
  13. Richard Bartrop
    The thing with the Zs is the same issue you get with Jag E-types and '53 Studebakers. They already look so good that it's hard to improve on them, even though so many have tried.
  14. Richard Bartrop
    From a meet in '57, showing the state of the dragster's art. I love the nose art on the coupe in the lower left. Art Arfons tries something a little different. By the late '50s real steel was getting scarce, and fiberglass became an option. From Jun '57, August '58, and May '59. By the end of the decade, we see the classic FED. Dec '59, and American introduces their classic five spoke mag. Ford advertising its compact Falcon, pointing out how the engine is up front where it will protect you, unlike certain competitors **koffkoffchevycorvairkoff**
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    I made it through the '50s, and a few things that caught my attention. Looking at what was showing up in the Roddin' at Random and the letters page, I wasn't aware just how popular these faux Caddy Lyons hubs were right up to the middle of the decade. I know they were a thing for customs, but you also saw them on rods as well. Also popular were these mock wire wheel hubcaps. Of course now, they're just the complete anithesis of cool. Even back in '56 some companies were pushing environmental awareness. Some background on the Ardun heads. Up to now, I hadn't been aware that they were made in England, or of the Sydney Allard connection. VW with a Studebaker Hawk nose. I wonder if it inspired the Rolls-Beetle kits of later years? And speaking of inspirations, I wonder if George Barris saw this when he was building the Ala Kart? And in the late '50s, we saw a new take on pinstriping.
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    Also, artist's acrylic paint, the thick stuff that come in tubes, does a respectable job of simulating spark plug boots.
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    Plastruct makes some really thin (.01") styrene rod that I like to use for wiring. It'll take a bend, but still has lots of flex for the final positioning. You can also glue it together for bundles when looms just aren't an option.
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    Looks like the Corvette will be available just in time for next Christmas. Hopefully, this mean they're taking the time to get it right.
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    You did a great job on a challenging kit.
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    I always get strong Xenia vibes off the Aerocoupe, which is not a bad thing at all.
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    Nicely done. I have the 1891 open version in my stash somewhere.
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    Seeing as how both Round2 and Revell have '59 Chevies, how about a long roof version?
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    Same here, and I won't even gripe about the wheels or the engine. No, I'm not a fan of the wheels on the T bucket either, but they're really not a deal breaker.
  24. Richard Bartrop
    That looks so much like the Mercury Mark Gustavson had in Scale auto many years ago.
  25. Richard Bartrop
    The 72 is my favourite from the wing era. Possibly one of the best looking racing liveries ever, and it inspired a few imitators.
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