StevenGuthmiller

I'm guessing that you meant, "the Charger looks nothing like the Marlin". Well, they're not carbon copies, but you have to admit that they share a lot of the same styling cues. The basic profile is very close. From a distance, they would be hard to distinguish from one and other. Steve

The Barracuda is not that bad of a kit. I've built a few over the years & was happy with the results. It all depends on what you expect from a kit. This kit was originally tooled in '69 & has not changed since, so it will be on par in the detailing department as most kits from that era. Half of the fun of building an old kit is seeing what you can do to improve them. Steve

The only issue that I have with this generation of Charger is that every time I look at one, I think of one of these. Steve

I would expect nothing less from "The Dude"! Steve

That is a nice one! If I used the same criteria, mine would either be a Johan '62 Chrysler 300 convertible, or an AMT '62 Ford Sunliner. Steve

I've had a lot of different favorites over the years, but it always comes back to the '61 Oldsmobile Super 88 hardtop for me. Why? I don't know! I just love the look of it! Steve

Maybe the real stuff, but not the Testors lacquer. I pulled it out last night & checked. I don't see any indication of any metallic in it. Steve

I use a little bit of water, let it sit for a few minutes to help loosen the polish & then scrape it out with a sharpened tooth pick. If you color your panel lines after polishing as I do, it's not much of an issue. Steve

This is why we're "modelers" and not "assemblers". Go ahead and fix up that engine compartment & maybe swap engines. The old MPC kits had some pretty bad fender well detail & they were always for too narrow to help facilitate easy assembly. But they're not that difficult to upgrade with a little ingenuity & some plastic stock. I had the same issue with the engine room on my latest '67 Bonneville build, but I put a little bit of effort into it & it now looks every bit as good under the hood as a modern kit. There's a whole world of subject matter out there that would be cast aside if we took the attitude that they were not worth building. Steve

There are adds on my screen here all of the time. But who looks at them? I've never even paid any attention to them. By the way Dan, I now see the same "dream girl" add you're looking at. Attractive? Yeah, I guess, but it looks more like it should be an add for breast augmentation surgery! Steve

I wish that the '56 would have been available at the time that I built the '55. I like the '56 better, but with all of the kits that I have waiting to be built, I really don't know if I'll ever get to it. Steve

Very nice! The color is "period" perfect! I have several of these AMT '60 Lincolns & I have started a couple over the years, but I have yet to finish one. I really need to do that! Steve

I bought a can probably 6 years ago & have still not found a car that I want to use it on. I'm just not a fan of a solid maroon. Personally I think it looks best on a 40s or early 50s car. I don't build many of them. Steve

If you're talking about favorite kits, as in, "favorite one to build", for me it was hands down, the Moebius '55 Chrysler 300! I've never built a better engineered kit! Everything fit together exactly as it should with no drama or the temptation to pitch it against the wall. It took a little shoehorning to get the chassis mated to the body, but once it snapped into place, there were no fit issues of any kind. As a matter of fact, the firewall on mine came unglued as I was fitting it into the body, but once the chassis snapped in, the firewall fell into place just as tight as could be! You will never know that it is not glued. I assume that the engineering of the Moebius '56 300 would be just as good. Steve

That would explain it. I'm pretty sure that I have a can of the Honduras Maroon & I was fairly sure it was a solid color. You picked the right one! It looks terrific!! Steve

Tonight it was "French Onion Chicken". Chicken, breaded & fried, covered with caramelized onions & Swiss cheese. A simple arugula and cherry tomato salad on the side. Steve

I forgot to post this one from last week. Coq Au Vin.....sort of. Chicken in a red wine sauce with mushrooms & pearl onions & smashed taters. Steve

Sounds great! Anything in an egg roll wrapper has to be! Steve

I did know that the Tiger used in Fury was "Tiger 131", the only operational Tiger left from a museum in England. I saw a documentary about that particular tank a few months back. It was quite interesting. Apparently the movie was filmed in England mostly because of the availability of operational WWII equipment. 10 operational M4 Shermans were also used. Steve

Ah, I see. The tires just seemed a little too nice to be the kit tires, although the Revell wide whites are miles above the AMT ones. Really? That's Honduras Maroon? I didn't think that was even a metallic color. Or isn't it? It sure looks metallic in the photos. Really nice looking color! It looks pretty close to correct "Copper Maroon". Steve

This is unusual. I have never seen this kit before. Now the tough question. Do you leave it as is because of the rarity? Or do you cut the hood open & do a chassis & engine swap? Hmmm, that's a tough one! Steve

Your friend does nice work! Steve

Love it! What's the color? And where did the tires come from? Steve

Yeah! C'mon Alan! Stop toying with us and post a pic! Steve

I didn't know that there was any link to a real person & the movie, but I enjoyed the movie a great deal. "Hey boys, you think Hitler would "BLEEP" one of us for a chocolate bar?" Steve