StevenGuthmiller

All beautiful Bill! Although the first one may be just a bit over the top! They certainly don't have the "style" today that they did back then! I may be old fashioned, but I have a really hard time getting excited about any thing on the road today. Steve

Where I come from, & I drive for a living, most of the Buicks you see on the road are old guys who really shouldn't be driving any more! I've always thought that they fall into a Mercury Marquis, Buick LeSabre "syndrome" category. Once you get to a certain age, you can't really handle driving anymore, so you need to wrap as much steel around your ass as possible! Unless you're a tree hugger, then the environment is more important than your own life, so you buy a Prius! Steve

Looks like a perfect place for Alclad to me. Steve

Rubber band tires hell! Look at how much room for suspension travel they left between the tires & fenders! I'll bet it rides like a brick on a cinder block!! Steve

I'll keep the Bugatti! Steve

Sorry Bill. I thought the OP was looking for something "similar". Or maybe I'm reading impaired. Thankfully, I don't think anyone has probably kitted anything that heinous! Steve

The first photo looks like it has a Bugatti grille on it. There is an older kit of a '31 Bugatti Royale. Probably as close as you're gonna get. I actually have one still. The second car looks like one of those ugly ass Hollywood Frankenstein's monsters!! Steve

Bill, you'll really notice how well this kit was engineered when you get to the part where you have to mate the body, chassis & firewall together. It's frustrating as hell!! everything fits so tight you need a shoehorn to get them together. When I was building mine, the firewall became detached while I was trying to get the parts together. When the chassis suddenly popped into place, the firewall had no where else to go except exactly where it was supposed to go! It fit tight without any glue! in my opinion, that's one sign of good engineering. I'm sure we've all had the situation where as you just get the chassis fitted into place, the firewall comes loose & ends up becoming a floor board or a radiator brace instead. Not with this one! So as far as assembly issues.....Yeah, it's tight! But, that's the way it should be. Steve

Welcome Bill! Steve

Ugh! Another "Cheese Head"! Welcome Jim!! Steve

You need to get one Dave! Quite possibly the best engineered kits in history! Steve

That's a steal Lucas! Steve

I think I'm gonna vomit! Steve

True! a lot of the older bodies were just as nice, if not nicer than the new stuff! The old Johan kits were amazing! Steve

You can't go wrong with an "In Violet" '71 Hemi Cuda! If it was real, you could retire in style! Nice work! Steve

I never thought of that! Steve

That didn't stop me. My daughter was born in '88 & my son in '93. I built models up until 2001 when we moved into our new house, & then started again in 2012. Although back then I could only manage to finish about 2 a year. Steve

You are all too kind! Steve

Thanks guys! The fun for me is taking these old annuals that were generally built so "horribly" back in the 50s & 60s & see what can be done with them with little more than what was in the box, with possibly a few added "goodies", some paint & foil, & a few of the more modern techniques. I think these guys got it "mostly" right back then. Although they do have their issues & can be a little challenged in the detail department, they can still make a pretty decent looking model. Steve

I have a couple of those kits, the '56 Chrysler & the '56 Caddy. Never built one of them, but I have tinkered & they seem to fit together pretty well. Have to come up with your own glass though. Steve

I've had a couple of those in the past couple of years. A '60 Imperial & a '60 Mercury. I believe the Mercury had the bumpers off of the trees, but the Imperial was basically brand new! Unfortunately, It doesn't jog my memory, as I was a little too young then. I hadn't been born yet! Didn't get to start building models until about '71 or '72. By then I had pretty much missed out on all of the great old annuals, which may explain my "psychosis" today! My biggest memory of buying a brand new kit was the "sweet" almost sickening smell that would blast you in the face when you opened up one of those "molded in color" Monogram kits back in the 80s. Anybody else remember that? Maybe it was some sort of chemical to induce "Model kit mania" in young minds! Steve

Thanks everybody! I appreciate it! Steve

I used to get a lot of Testors paints that had bad nozzles. When I finally found a good one, I'd switch it from can to can. Steve

Thanks guys! My intention was to start a really nice '59 Bonneville next, but I hadn't decided on a color until a short time ago, so I had to order paint & it'll be a couple of weeks until it arrives. To kill the time, I think I'll finally build a '62 Chrysler 300. I've been meaning to do that for about 30 years! I think it's about time! Steve

Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised to see one some day in the future. Steve