Snake45

Great comments, thanks for posting them! Also, you produced a FINE looking model!

This clever, attractive, imaginative, and well-executed custom answers the question, "What would be the most convenient way for me to let a bunch of water into my engine compartment every time I drive my car in the rain?"

The white ones are OPTIONAL lights that were available from the beginning of the model year on Impala and Caprice. I don't know if they were offered on Biscayne and BelAir or not. Notice also that the white ones have three large sections, the black ones are five smaller sections. The Supernatural Impala had the optional light package, and this is accurately reflected in the new AMT kit. The standard AMT hardtop kit has the much more common 5-section unlighted fender tips. Here endeth the lesson.

Sounds like something happened to me. I was a HS sophomore pumping gas when a Corvair full of smartass seniors I vaguely knew pulled in to have some fun with me. "Two dollars worth, and we need the water topped off." "Can do," I says, "but this is a Corvair and doesn't take water." "Of course it does!" says Head Smartass. "What kind of car doesn't take water?" "Okay, " I says, "Show me where it goes." Guy pops the (rear) hood and points to the oil filler cap. The other three snicker. I pulled the oil filler cap and grab the water can and start swinging toward the hole. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" yelled all four of them at once, about one milisecond before the water started pouring. "You win. We didn't think you'd actually DO it. We just wanted to hassle you a little bit." "I don't have time to play your games. My orders are to do what the customer wants," I told him. They never came in again.

LOVE that patina-ed '57 Chevy! But if you let me drive anything here home and keep it, I'd prolly go with the blue '69 Camaro 327 in the background.

Why is this in the Revell thread?

What a clean, sharp build! I'm sure many of us looking forward to the upcoming '63 Nova wagon kit are taking plenty of notes right now. Well done and model on!

Very, VERY nice! I like it a lot and you've captured the look and feel of those early '70s fuel beasts. Well done and model on!

I don't say this often, but: That is just sick and wrong.

Yesterday I dropped into my local Five Below (for those who don't know, sort of a "dollar store" where everything there is, I think, $5 or less). Was surprised to see a number of diecast-ish cars on the shelves. I didn't get the brand name, but the boxing/presentation was similar to the common Jada/Maisto/M2 diecasts at Walmart. In other words, they weren't "loose" like the Wellys at Rite Aid. They were obviously (from the weight) all-plastic and not diecast metal. They weren't bad looking, though. They had Cadillac Escalade and Yukon Denali in a couple different colors. "C7" Corvettes in red and yellow. Also, some sort of Lamborghini in a nice metallic gray and even nicer metallic red. The Corvette looked good in shape (not that I'm an expert on them) and seemed to be the right size. I already have a couple diecast C7s and decided I didn't need another one. The Lamborghini looked nice but might have been a bit small. I don't know how big the real ones are but this seemed to be a bit small compared to other 1/24 sports cars in my collection. After I noticed that, the Denali and Escalade might have been small, too.

Wow, looks great! Especially the paint. I bought a can of that Duplicolor Hampstead Green hoping to use it as Silver Jade on a '69 Mach 1, but in my tests, I didn't think it quite made it. But it sure looks like Silver Jade in your pics. I'll have to give it another look. Well done and model on!

Finally got mine. The plan is to convert it to a 2DS Biscayne. Today I found a nice profile photo of one on the net. I downloaded it and resized it till I got it as close as I could get it to the AMT body in both overall length and wheel openings. The 4DH rear roofline is a little "faster" (more sloped) than the pic of the Biscayne. But the window opening shape is darned similar. The roof line could be fixed with a LOT of work, but I think I can live with it as is. Biggest problem will be scratchbuilding the window frames. Oh I know HOW to do it and have a plan, it's just going to be a lot of careful, tedious work.

Truly a Great American. He will be missed. God bless you, Herman!

FINALLY got a '67 SN Impala. Got tired of waiting for HL to come through and ordered it from Model Roundup. Also got the reissued dirt track '65 Chevelle and '66 Impala, which I am planning to do as a new style I call "refugees from the racetrack loose on the street." Also received my order of over $100 worth of Model Master paints, prolly the last I'll ever be able to buy other than what's left at HL. 2020 has been a very sad year in many ways.

That's exactly how I feel about Silver Sharpies.

Hard to say. Seems to do more with lots. I've seen AMT Firestone Supremes from the '60s melt wheels, and others of the same vintage (sometimes even the same kit) with no problems whatsoever. Have also seen it with the tires AMT used before the Firestone Supremes (don't remember what they are specifically).

Very clean, very sharp! Well done and model on!

Very interesting, thanks for trying it and giving us a report. Much appreciated! Looks like it could be VERY useful for some applications, but I doubt it will completely replace BMF, Molotow, or several other established chrome trim techniques. Also looks like a little Molotow touchups in corners and whatnot will really help with these, too.

Very clean, very sharp build! Model on!

Discontinued. Then "incorporated" into HRM. Then reintroduced for a while. Then discontinued again. Then resurrected again. Then discontinued.

Oh my yes. Been watching that since episode 1. Big fan.

Just to get back to topic.... I'm now about halfway through Breaking Bad. Just finished Season 3 Ep 11, which should be 32 episodes of 63 if I'm counting correctly. Next I think I'll try Ozark.

Sooner or later someone will prolly offer one aftermarket for eight or ten bucks. In the meantime, shouldn't be a big problem to shave and chisel away. I'd think that would be a minor problem if you're wanting to do a full Trans Am conversion.

I've been using the "Lone Wolf" paint method for years. Decades. In fact, I think I've been using it almost a decade longer than he has. It works VERY well. I have to polish out to get that "showcar shine," but that's not a big deal, all part of the fun. If Don can do it without polishing, good for him, but I usually can't. I also occasionally use a variation: Instead of lac thinner, if I want a nice "factory paint" shine (not a "showcar shine") without rubbing out, I'll thin with naphtha (lighter fluid). The main downside to this is that you absolutely cannot mix/thin more of the stuff than you'll use in the next few days, as it will turn to jello in a week or so. Paint I've thinned with lac thinner has stayed perfectly usable for a decade or more.

I believe you could probably sell a few.