John Goschke

Great start! Wheels in the chassis shot look outstanding.

B&N in Plymouth Meeting, PA has it.

Very crisp paint and foil work. Especially well done are those long thin moldings on the upper body edges.

My sympathies on the loss of your friend. Really nice tribute finishing the build. The model looks great!

Really well done! Love the orange highboy!

That is some pretty trippy work there! Fun to look at once you see that there aren't any AMT '58 annuals or early Johan kits!

Wow, that is a really goofy illustration!

Very cool! Love a nice survivor! That purple engine is a bit of surprise!

Stellar work as always, Steven! Love the color combo, and I've never been a fan of black either, particularly on ragtops, but there's an exception to every rule, and here it is! What adhesive did you use for your rear window and how did you keep the window tight and wrinkle-free? I'd like to steal your idea for my '58 Impala, though the plastic I'd like to use is from a mattress cover package and is more transparent than a poly bag.

Another reason I was building 72nd WW2 aircraft back then.

Well, since I'll be building a mild custom out of one of mine, the omission of the "Pontiac" script on the grill is a good thing! The parking light issue a relatively easy fix with a little pearl white and a brush. Or if I really feel ambitious, a piece of clear plastic could be notched into the bumper. I think the amount of body-colored sheet metal revealed between body and grill should be adjustable with some judicious cutting and repositioning.

A hearty "Hear, hear!" on all points, sir niteowl! "Childhood, puppies, and freshly mown grass," – that paragraph is priceless! Thanks for my smile for the day.

Nice work! You're careful detail painting really sets it off. An antenna that's more in scale would make it even better!

Brilliant design, outstanding workmanship! This model is a true work of art.

Very interesting project! It is really looking like the Kurtis at this point. Congratulations on the great progress from that funky lump with the AMT '51 Chevy windshield frame sticking out of it. I'm interested in your use of brass to define the hard edges of the grill opening and the wheel openings and to keep them chipping, I assume. It also looks like you're using it along the lower edge of the body as well, correct? What are you using to attach it to the resin? What body filler are you using?

Beautifully done!

Personally, this is the most exciting kit to come along in ages! So gratifying to see that it looks right from every angle. Congratulations to Dave Metzner and the other folks at Moebius on this great kit! You've made this former '61 Pontiac owner, and proud "rivet-counter," very happy. Thanks, Tim, for the well-documented preview.

Oh, boy! That's great news! I may have to clear the bench in January!

Beautiful!

Outstanding! Your changes have made a world of difference. Paul Hannon's Studebaker-powered '29 has been a favorite since I was a kid and my Mom bought me the Hot Rod mag in which it was featured. The solid color, low stance, and especially the chopped windshield, well capture the character of the car.

The Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels we see so often on restored Thunderbirds today were not offered until 1962 with the debut of the Sports Roadster option with the fibreglass tonneau cover. As they became a popular retrofit for the two-seat T-birds, the restorer clubs approved them for restored cars even though they were not an original option in '55-'57.

There was no kit of the '58 Lincoln. AMT did do promotional and friction model versions. IIRC they were four-door hardtops, and, of course, molded in warp-prone acetate. The '59 and '60 were available as two-door hardtop and convertible styrene kits from AMT. Modelhaus may offer a resin kit of the '58.

Nice job! Promos are great raw material!

Really interesting analysis at that Hemming's link! Am I correct – they seem to be implying that this seemingly abandoned gow job might have evolved into Iskenderian's car? That's a cool speculation but seems a bit of a stretch! There were more than a few of these types of early hot rods running around back then, and this sorry sucker might just as easily wound up in a WW II scrap drive or may have survived to be rebuilt as one of the many later anonymous hot rods that ran on the dry lakes after the war.

Looks like a very solid car, Steve! Great color combo and very desirable equipment. Seems relatively uncommon to have one without a vinyl roof – they look better that way, plus you won't have the rust nightmare the vinyl tops usually cause. Good luck getting her back on the road!