Smitty

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?