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I feel like I won the lottery... Bought these on ebay a few days ago and they showed up today. All three were sold as incomplete for parts, $7 for all plus shipping. I just inventoried them and the Dick Tracy box is full of misc old Ford stuff from different kits, no body, and the '61 Ford has the chassis and some customizing stuff, no body, then I checked out the Green Hornet, and it's COMPLETE! Even had an extra pair of nice wheels with drag slicks as a bonus. I have the Round 2 version of the 61 Ford Styline kit sealed and realized tonight that it is based on the one I just got.

She's a keeper!

Funny you say that, Paul. That '56 is actually in pretty nice shape and a decent build and paint job by somebody. Really just the wheels need to be put back on and a couple minor details to touch up and she's good to go. I have three on the bench right now, so I could not resist putting it there for now. Those opening doors and trunk work so well for the junkyard look! But that will probably be one of the first ones I get on the shelf once I'm done with one or two of the ones I'm on now.

For some reason over the last few months I have become addicted to scale "parts cars". I have about 8 of them that I built in my early 20s 30-35 years ago that time has not been kind to, but they have sentimental value to me. I have about 30 more that I have accumulated over the last few months from ebay. I was piling them on top of cabinets or whatever and decided I should do something a little more realistic with them. I used to love roaming the junkyards as a pre/early teen in the early '80s with my buddies, drooling over the cars from mostly the '60s / early '70s, some '50s that still had potential back when you could just walk in there and roam around with no liability concerns from the owners. So with some materials from Hobby Lobby and some spray paint, I have created this over the last few days. Going back to Hobby Lobby tomorrow for some more stuff, and about 6 more junkers on the way from ebay LOL. This is about all the room I have for this diorama so I will have to stop buying "parts cars"..... Or not.... buy more and swap them out every so often. My wife is pretty supportive. Thinking of a fall foliage backdrop behind it soon. Also all the dust on the cars is legit. The green Torino for example I built about 35 years ago and it has been sitting out unprotected for a good deal of that time. The blue Monte Carlo was painted by a friend of mine around '88 and I traded him something for it, don't remember what, but same deal on the dust. My sister visited recently and swiped the roof of it instinctively because it was so dusty and I let her have it LOL! She was swiping away 35+ year old dust!

Thank you all so much for the suggestions. I will give them a try and let you know how it turns out! Sounds promising! 👍

So I just finished BMFing the sides and back windows of this and realized that the windows get glued on from the outside. I BMF'd from the outside around to the inside. The side windows fit in nicely, but I'm afraid that if I try to glue them in 1) the glue won't stick to the BMF, and 2) there's no way for wherever I glue to not show up on the window. How have others done this? I will gladly remove some BMF if I need to in order to make it stick, but still wondering how to glue without making it show on the clear. I hadn't BMF'd the back window trim yet in this pic, but the rear side window shows you what I'm talking about. The windshield isn't such a big deal I don't think, as I BMF'd the windshield (as opposed to the body) which will hide the glue. Oh, also the back window doesn't seem to fit well, so I was thinking of gluing it on from the inside. Anyone else run into that? Or I could trim the window to fit from the outside. My buddy had this exact car as a 1:1 when we were teenagers in the late '80s, so he's holding me accountable! TIA for any advice.

Thank you for your reply. I think we are actually on the same page! Early 2000's for a few years I had a '95 Caprice X-Maine state police car with the LT1 that I put some mods into including 4:10 posi, tuning, exhaust, upgraded brakes, SS springs and bigger sway bars and autocrossed with it once. It was my 1st time and didn't do that great but respectable, had an absolute blast and got a TON of compliments on the sound and got kudos for bringing a full sized car to an autocross. It is alot of fun to see the reactions. Another buddy at the time who was also at that same event had a sweet '95 Caddy Fleetwood with the same motor but with a T-56 that looked factory. Talk about people scratching their heads! 😆🤣 Can't wait to see what you do with it! Enjoy your time with it!

I don't appreciate you calling my buddy stupid, and I didn't say he wasn't keeping the stock parts. I also didn't feel the need to go into detail about all the upgrades he may or may not do since this post is about your car, not his. He and I are both well aware that there is more to waking up a motor than just slapping a 4bbl on it. Just my opinion as I said on 22s (or bigger). Normally IMO, nothing ruins the look of a classic car more than big flashy wheels, although I have to admit that your rendering does look pretty darn good! Regardless, it's your car and not mine, and I am still looking forward to seeing the progress and happy for you that you got it back!

Michael and Paul, Wow! Both are stunning! I can't wait to see these progress. Although I can't imagine them looking any better than they do right now! Paul, what is that motor from?

Thanks, good to know about the parts. And ANYTHING glued in the '60s can be considered to be glued down hard, right? LOL Back then the glue was stronger than the plastic! Now you breathe on it too hard and it comes apart...

Yeah, his is 100% original right down to the stupid 2BBL on the 400. He's upgrading that But the cool thing about yours is you can make it yours! I also love the "I owned it, sold it, bought it back" thing. I did that with a '96 Impala SS, but then I sold it again a second time... 🙄 But the 2nd guy I sold it to is local and doing good things with it so I don't feel so bad... the first guy I sold it to was a freaking moron. Another story for another day... Anyway, looking forward to seeing how yours progresses! There is no wrong way to do it unless you put 22" wheels on it IMHO LOL!🍻

I love it! I have a real soft spot for the Colonnades. On graduation day in '88 my buddy and I took his dad's nice but unregistered '74 maroon and white S3 Laguna for a joyride around the beach, unbeknownst to his dad! His dad bought it new and had taken it off the road while it was still decent in order to keep it decent for "someday". Well it is still sitting in the same spot in his garage where we parked it 37 years ago! No one has moved it since. His dad passed away recently and my buddy is in line at a restoration shop to get her back on the road. Must be exciting to get her back! Good luck!

Right?! 🤣 Everybody will be doing that before you know it! And thank you, Steve!

This was part of a 20 pc lot of "junkyard" cars that showed up the other day. Going through them seeing what I have and just enjoying checking them out. Most of them I recognize as they are from the '80s on up, and I started buying and building models in the mid-late '70s (born in '69), but I'm sure I have nowhere near the knowledge as alot of others here. Two or three of these I don't recognize, and this is one of them. It's a "screw bottom" which to me means older than '80s, but I could be wrong. Also the lack of quality of the "chrome" suggests older also. My gut feeling is that there was no part swapping here, seems like a "box stock" build, but of course once again I could be wrong. I did search some to see if I could find it, but I'm sure there are plenty of people here that know instantly what this is! TIA. Looks like it was painted with a brush in a sandstorm LOL!

X2! Love it.