John Goschke

Wow, flashback to Levittown (PA) Parkway, 1974!

Really beautiful build, Sean! AMC was building some great looking hardtops in the mid '60s.

Really beautiful build! Outstanding in every respect.

Excellent build! Good job getting that top grafted on!

I also try to remember to note on the bottom of the box what I pulled from a kit. I also tend to keep going back to the same few kits to rob parts from because in some cases they were purchased primarily for their parts, not because I wanted to build the kit (Revell's Orange Krate and Miss Deal Studebaker in particular).

Nice work on this old kit! Great color – works nicely with the wild decals.

Very impressive model engineering! I'm amazed that you were able to get such nice narrow shut lines on those doors and still have them operate; well done! Good call on the wheel tire choice; WWs and Caddy caps would've been inappropriate for this car. BTW, I hear you on the snow... just came in from five hours shoveling! With an inch-and-a-half of slush on the bottom this time it is HEAVY!

Nice build! Very attractive color.

That's one handsome fink! Well done.

Thanks for the feedback, gentlemen! Very gratifying!

Really sharp car. Looks much better without the white letter tires.

That is really beautiful!

Love it!

Nice! Wood looks good!

Thanks, guys! Combination of rattle can and decanting to airbrush.

A paint experiment that's made its way to the shelf as a completed model. The Revell Snap-tite, this is the second time I've built this kit, a fun, low-stress project that has tons of potential! Wheels & tires from Revell "Miss Deal" Studebaker drag car, steering wheel from Monogram 1/24 "Little Deuce," seats from Revell old-tool SWC Willys. Paint; Testors "Fiery Orange," Tamiya Gold, Racing White, Racing Blue Metallic under Testors Wet Look Clear. I cut the ugly rear-mounted gas tank and cover off, bobbed the rear frame and added some aluminum tube tail pipes. More here... http://public.fotki.com/Froghawk/34-ford-3-window/

Rob, that looks like the Monogram (now Revell) 1/24th kit originally sold in the '60s as the "Little Deuce." Nice build though. Plowboy, I don't think the recent issues of the kit have the up-top. Even the early '70s issue I used as the basis for the blue, flamed Deuce didn't have it (I used an original issue top from my parts box.) Also, keep in mind that the original top is stock height and profile, the top on my models are heavily modified.

I like to hand paint on a chassis that's been sprayed with flat black primer. Don't paint the raised all the way down to the underbody panel because (1) the paint will flow along the interface between the raised detail and the underbody, spoiling the illusion that it's a separate part and (2) the part of the raised detail left black creates a shadow line enhancing the illusion that it's a separate part. SMP '59 Corvette. Testors Silver for mufflers, Testors Silver and flatblack mixed for steel color on pipes. Liquitex Glossies acrylic aqua on shocks. Liquitex Glossies acrylic black on suspension and driveshaft. One-shot lettering enamel on the goofy engine and trans. Before final assembly all the visible areas inside the body and splash pans were brush painted with flat black. AMT '59 Thunderbird. Same as above except for Testors gold on the engine and trans. Liquitex Glossies white was later used on oil filter.

It's been relisted... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181319772734

None of the above. I think you should build a Palmer 32nd scale '63 Corvair...

Not a model. It's a tin toy with weird proportions. But tin toys are very collectible. Even when I was a kid I hated tin toys because they weren't realistic enough. Still don't do anything for me. I'd rather have the SMP annual.

In spite of its inaccuracies, I love this old kit, which originally came out in 1959. In 1960 it was re-released with an opening rumble seat and side mount spare tires — that's the kit that was the basis for all subsequent reissues. It's undergone many minor changes to accessory parts, especially wheels and tires. It can be a simple fun build, but later issues need more parts cleanup than the early issues. Here are two I've built, one a detailed late '40s channeled hot rod and an early '60s style simple build with no added detail, just a change in body angle, painted flames, modified up top, '59 Ford steering wheel and, later, with '57 Olds wheelcovers. Here's the model above as originally built “out-of-the-box”, shown with its chopped 5-window shelfmate.

Yeah, Bill, not to mention the AMT '59 Buick and Pontiac I've got on my build roster that'd certainly benefit from the '60 Impala roof transplant! Yikes! Thanks for the info on the rockers. I s'pose the problem I see on many builds of Revell's '59 and '60 Impala could be a "tolerance stack" issue between body, glass, interior, and floor pan on final assembly. Good luck with molding the glass. Sounds like a worthwhile experiment!

Great color and nice job on the rub-out!

Most impressive as always, Bill! I truly admire your skill in getting a model with so much detail to sit and fit just right. The roof swap really makes a difference in accurate appearance of the model and if I every build this kit it'll be the first thing I do. Maybe I missed it but how did you fix it so the inner rocker panels don't stick out below the bottom edge of the body like every other build of this kit I've seen?