Smitty

You did a masterful job on this one Jay. Yours is the type of model that inspires me to do better. In fact I have one of these in my pile that I should get to work on. It's nice to see that they can really turn out so well in the right hands. Thanks for sharing this.

Thank-you Cliff! I'm honoured. Posting on this board has been a great experience. I should have started a long time ago. I finally got around to getting myself a decent camera. This board will also serve as an incentive for me to complete more models so that I can post them as well. Eric

Nicely done Terry. Very sharp. The interior looks good too. I like the fact that you chose a non-high impact colour. It sets it apart I think.

Thanks Mr. Buick. Here's the grill.

Thanks a lot John. The bench seat was made by using the two kit bucket seats as a base. I cut the seat back/headrests shorter and laid thin styrene sheet over the seat cushion and backs to join them together. All the sides were filled in with styrene as well. I sanded the edges to reduce the square 'blocky' appearance they had. The headrests were carved from blocks of plastic. The inserts, (tuck and roll areas) are evergreen styrene sheet that comes with the grooves in it. I added thin wire around the edges of the seat to represent piping. The results were ok, but I could have spent more time on them, or maybe there's a resin cast piece available that would have been better. Still, it was fun to do, and like they say, practice makes perfect.

Here's a car that wouldn't have gotten a second glance back when they were roaming the streets of my town. My Aunt Ruth drove one of these many years ago and I thought it would be fun to have one of them in my collection. It's based on the AMT Duster 340 kit.The engine is from the Lindberg '64 Dodge. The grill is a resin piece from Harts Parts. The bench seat and windshield wipers are scratch-built and the paint is Tamiya sprayed from a can and polished.I swapped the dash for the one from the MPC '75 Dart kit- no 'Rallye' gauge option for this one! The dog dish hubcaps are from the MPC Sheriff Roscoe police car. One other thing I did to this model was sand off the roof drip molding so I could re-shape the upper contour of the side quarter window a little. On the AMT kit it looks a little 'off' to me. (otherwise it's a terrific kit in my opinion). I replaced the drip molding with styrene strip. As mundane as this car is, I wouldn't mind having the real thing in my garage!

Thanks everyone for your valued and informative comments. I've been learning a great deal from all the members here for a while now! Robert, thanks for taking the time to post those great Meteor photos. Jesse, in answer to your questions, the scripts were made with an old defunct color mock-up system called 'Color Tag' made by Letraset that I used as a graphic designer back in the late eighties before we had desktop color printing. This sounds a little weird, but it basically allows you to use a small iron to apply a variety of colors (including shiny silver) from thin film to black laser toner. It worked well on this Meteor project because when I was done with the ironing I colored the back of the sheet with a black magic marker. Then it was a simple matter of cutting out the little square letters and gluing them on. Sort of a poor man's photo etch! As for the chrome piece above the front bumper, that's the grill from an AMT '50 Ford convertible with the center bar and bullet cut out. I had to change the shape of the signal light area on both sides with putty. Bare metal foil was used to finish it off.

I'm another long time follower of this forum but this is my first post. This 1950 Meteor Club Coupe was a very easy conversion using the AMT 49 Merc Grill and adding a few other items like the Meteor scripts and the chrome trim around the beltline. While I'm sure it's not 100% accurate, I wanted to do this one as a tribute to the family car we had around the time I was born. It was one of my Dad's favorites.

Platerpants, the grill and bumper from the AMT 68 El Camino would fit. As for the tail lights, would you condsider scratch building them?