John Goschke

Outstanding build! The Testa Rossa looks terrific in that color!

Beautifully done section job!

Another great one, Andy! Great job on all the added detail!

They definitely make great kits of interesting vehicles!

Philadelphia Area Car Modelers... http://www.pacms.org/ Meeting first Friday of every month. Come on down!

I'm in Philadelphia -- Well, actually I'm typing this from work in Ambler, Montgomery County. -- but live in Philly.

Very clever and superbly executed!

Amazing project! Fine tribute to a great car.

Really outstanding build from a very tough kit!

Seems to me folks have been having this discussion about the impending death of the hobby since the '70s, but we're still here and talking about two great new kits from a new manufacturer elsewhere on this forum and others.

I love old AMT kits. Give me four screws 'n two wire axles and I'm happy. But, yeah, the wipers are less than stellar. Solution; I make my own. Recipe: styrene rod shaft, carved ABS arm, styrene strip arm extension and blade, Testors gloss black, Alclad chrome, insert shaft in hole drilled in cowl after carefully shaving off the molded-on wiper-shaped bumps. Separate wipers included on the chrome tree would be great if they were somewhere near scale and were molded and plated with no flash, but that doesn't seem possible given the examples I've seen. Yeah, I'm looking at you, Revell... As for door handles, most of what I'm building these days are mild customs so they usually get shaved off, but I have made my own from ABS or styrene, cut them out of another kit body (ie. cut out of AMT '57 Ford then fitted to AMT '58) or robbed them out of a similar kit (Revellogram '59 Impala for AMT '60 Buick, and other '59-'60 GM cars.) Speaking of those handles from the '59 Impala, they do get plated with a little bit of flash present so they need meticulous cleanup and touch up, or stripping and replating which is a bit of a peeve, so I guess it's sort of a trade off.

Outstanding work!

If you're looking around for a fairly easy, no nonsense kit to build this is definitely not the kit you want! Wildly inaccurate with a bazillion fit problems.

Very, very cool!

Outstanding builds! The TR-3 with those wire wheels is especially realistic looking.

Very clean build!

Beautiful build, Rob, from a tough kit! Looking forward to getting at least one. Worth it just for all the early '60s parts and those great wheels and tires.

Not just you. Me too.

Beautiful build, Art! Those colors remind of the simillar tu-tone colors offered on the '50 Ford Crestliner (or was it the '51?)

I've always liked that ad! Lots to look at there! Notice that Lincoln and Continental are shown as separate brands/marques just like Ford and Mercury. That didn't last for long. Starting in '59 things would get a lot more consolidated and simplified. Jairus, Edsel actually did produce the two-door Roundup wagon as shown in the ad, though it was pretty darn rare. Unfortunately it wasn't available with the cool Bermuda-style pseudo-wood trim like in your terrific concept illustration. When I was a kid we had a white '58 Ford Del-Rio Ranch Wagon (the fancy tudor) with a red interior and the 300hp 352. It was a very cool car even though I was a little disappointed that my Dad wouldn't get an Edsel. Later I owned two '58 Fairlane 500s. A Town Sedan with the 300hp 352 and a Club Victoria with the smaller 4V 332. Great cars but seriously prone to rust! I built AMT's hardtop kit in the same colors as the one I owned, though mine didn't have Cruiser skirts. However it did have the nice "hockey stick" stainless rocker moldings that conveniently covered up the rust!

Words to live by right there, Jairus!

Very, very clean work on a great looking car!

Really nice textures and weathering.

Thanks very much for the comments, guys! I'm glad you like the 'bird and would like to think Larry would approve.

This kit makes me very happy! All the builds look awesome!