John Goschke

Dash looks great! This technique works well on the panel lines (door opening, cowl vents, etc.) but doe not work on body sculpturing like the side cove on the driver's side.

Great work on those mirrors, Steve, especially the exterior one!

$15.00 if it's sealed and I can't see whether the tires have burned a hole in something or not.

Looking pretty good, Frank! I Iike the burgundy red and the unchopped top! I love these old AMT Deuces! A couple suggestions... You'll definitely need to trim the firewall. This kit is engineered so that the channeled fenderless hot rod version's cowl top should line up with the top of grill shell. I'd also suggest a dark wash, or maybe some dark grey pastel weathering, on the wheels to bring out some definition and give them some depth. Might consider doing the same to the engine block. The Krylon Pebble Satin is looking a bit too much like grey kit plastic.

I suspect the lighter color on this "Classic" (cough!, cough!) is Light Gray Fern Metallic. Looks greener here than the color swatch. All these greyish metallics are a nightmare to match (particularly in scale) and photograph. Must be a racing car with the Edelbrock sticker in the window.

All I'm finding is a "Light Gray Fern Metallic" for GM in '84. Is that the color you mean? Swatch is from this page... http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/colour_swatch_gm_1984A.htm

Thanks, guys! Ed, I'm kind of seeing it in pale blue. In 1958 Pontiac used a color called "Kashmir Blue" that was very light, but quite vibrant I thought might work. Ford had a light blue called "Azure Blue," but that's not as light as I wanted.

Since this weekend's update to this thread got lost in ozone... here it is again. Sorry if this seems like deja vu... While shopping this fall I was on the lookout for a source for largish pieces of transparent red plastic for taillights for the '58 Ford. Browsing through the dollar store with my wife looking for Halloween stuff we came upon a shelf of these multicolored piggy banks, including this guy in red. Wow! Enough taillight stock to last a lifetime for a dollar! Got it home and cut out pieces the same size on each side of the bank so the curvature would be the same and shaped them to fit the taillight housings. Also cut sections from a piece in a vintage Aurora Grill & Trim parts pack to use as "reflectors" that had horizontal bars in spacing similar to the '57 Chrysler grill I had fitted to the Ford. To tunnel the new lights deeply into the light housings I opened up the back of the openings so the lights could be inserted from inside the body. I also cut in the license plate housing AMT forgot in the lower middle of the rear panel above the center of the rear bumper. For these shots I used a rear bumper I modified by raising about a scale inch to more correct height and had replated for another '58 Ford kit. The bumper for this model has been modified in similar fashion. Additionally the bumper bolts have been smoothed off for a cleaner look and the bumper has been polished for replating. I reinstalled the front bumper and grill slightly further back (2 to 3 scale inches) to lose the jutting-lower-jaw look.

Beautiful paint and superb engine detail. You can mark down another vote for the open wheel look! Though a set of '57 Dodge Lancer caps'd be good too...

And that's a ton of money for a "model" that, judging by the photos, looks a badly-proportioned toy.

Very nice build!

By way of illustration, here are shots comparing the Tom Coolidge's Promolite Olds two-door sedan and the Revell/Monogram '59 Impala hardtop showing how much lower and shorter in length the two-door hardtop roof is than the sedan. The '59 and '60 GM sedans and the Buick and Cadillac six-window four-door hardtops all used the same roof stamping, rear window, and windshield. The roof section Tom used for his sedan conversions came from a '59 or '60 Johan Cadillac.

Nice work for such a quick turnaround! Very attractive color combo!

Glad you were able to get the paint issue under control without a strip-and-respray, Steve! Looks beautiful!

You are correct, Scott. Fairlanes and Fairlane 500s bodies have entirely different sheet metal from the cowl back. The '57 and '58 Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop convertible has its own unique doors, quarter panels, decklid, rear panel, and floor pan.

Correct. The SMP '60 had an engine and opening hood, as did the AMT T-bird and Buick. First year for that feature. However, it's also worth noting that the original issue SMP '59 Corvette has the correct interior, with horizontal pleated seats. Later reissues of the '60 kit, including those labeled as a '59, have the 1960 interior, like the gold custom Russell C. posted. Here's an original 1959 SMP...

While MPC's '56-'57 and '60 Corvettes are nice kits, the detail I could never get past was the awkward shape of the side cove (model photo found on the web - it's not my build.)

'58 Fairlane 500 Club Victoria in "Sun Gold" & "Raven Black."

Nice purchases! In spite of the fact that I've already got a '59 Edsel, that one makes me hungry for another!

Easy. If I've said it once, I've said it 1,000 times... but let me put it this way; I'd happily buy a half dozen or more AMT '58 Plymouth Belvederes if Round2 would tool up a completely corrected body for the useless lump that's in the kit. A corrected engine wouldn't hurt either.

That came out great, Steve! The '60 Chryslers were the best-looking of the uni-body Forward Look cars, I think, and the ones closest in spirit to the original '57s in design. Sorta makes me want to dig the '60 Chrysler out of my stash for a rebuild!

Another obscure but attractive two-seater, the Facel Facelia. Great subject for a nice 1/25th curbside kit.

Clean build in an extremely attractive color combo!

Nice job on a tough kit.

Or perhaps a 1/25th Simca Sport Océane? In a curbside kit from Tamiya maybe? Brigitte says "Oui!"