John Goschke

Cool build of an unusual and interesting subject.

Great job!

Nice build and outstanding photos!

Really clean build! Nice color too! Reminds me of AMT's mid-'60s Craftsman-series reissue of the annual kit in blue plastic.

Great job on a tough kit!

Very interesting project! Looking forward to more.

Love it! Nice build of what appears to be a great kit.

I'd be really interested to see photos comparing the side profiles of bodies of the Modelhaus resin repro of the Johan '58 Plymouth with the AMT kit and an original Johan '59 Plymouth or Dodge kit or styrene promo re-issue body. While I'm assuming the Modelhaus body is based on an original Johan promo with the typical warp straightened, I've always been curious how they dealt with the fact that the acetate promo and friction bodies shrink overall. The warping is caused by the acetate shrinking more or less depending on the plastic's thickness, or the body's contour, in a given area. Sorry if this is getting a little off-topic.

Maybe one of the kit makers should include one of those stupid crybaby dolls that seem to clutter up every Main Street car show in the last five years... On second thought, never mind. What we REALLY need is a little baggy of 1/25th scale angel hair so we can do an authentic early '60s show display!...

No clearer demonstration has been presented than this image compiled by Harry P. in a reply to a thread on the importance of kit accuracy. In addition to the bizarrely curved side molding, note also the seriously flawed side window opening. Just terrible, and virtually unfixable.

Yep. And the mirrors are good. I used one on a '56 Desoto.

Really looking forward to the '57 Ford! The kit looks perfect in the photos. I hope the '57 Chevy BelAir ragtop will have the windshield frame molded to the body rather than a clunky, ill-fitting chrome piece like the ones in the '55 Chevy and '59 Cadillac convertibles!

Well if it's a reissue of AMT's '58 Belvedere, "Christine" box art would be really appropriate because that kit is a horror show!

Very cool!

Love the wheels! The whitewalls are a bit "gangsterie."

Nice clean build! I think the '55 300 looks best in this color!

Beautiful!

Thanks for clearing up the mystery, Bill!

I have two of the one in the top pic, though I think mine says "Sedan." I'm pretty sure the plastic is identical in all the issues shown. What I want know is, what's the deal with extra, separate running board?!

Looks great, Tommy. Good to see progress on this one!

Great job on a tough kit. Those things didn't fit well when the molds were new and I'm sure they haven't improved in the nearly fifty years since the kit was introduced. It still looks every inch an XKE!

Wow! The rebuild look so much better! Nice work!

Just beautiful! Great solution on those hinges. Love the color and your tasteful custom touches. Nice to see a diecast used as raw material for a change.

Really nice mild custom, Drew! Great color combo and the taillights are just perfect; those Oldsmobile-style bullets are THE classic choice for the '52-'54 Ford. A simple nose, deck and door handle shave do wonders to clean up the original design. Since you asked the only things I'd like to have seen done differently would be the rear end just a bit lower than the front. As a general rule cars with skirts tend to "flow" better with a little tail-dragger stance or at least low and level. Perhaps you could've carried the Olds theme a little further with a set of Fiesta caps from the Revell Roth '56 Ford pickup. Oh, and the front turn signals would be clear rather than amber on the '53 Ford (and just about every other pre-1962 American car.) Looking forward to your next custom!

I wonder if the reason most car modelers don't seem to be fazed by such discrepancies in the shape and contour between two different kits of basically the same subject (and the flaming that occurs when inaccuracies are pointed out in new kit releases) is related to the thinking that consistent scale in new kit releases is not important, comes down to this — many, if not most, car modelers don't care about scale fidelity, consistency, or accuracy.