Snake45

Probably the cleanest build I've ever seen of that particular model (Monogram 1/24). Well done and model on!

This is a "Preview of Coming Attractions." It won't be the BEST Mustang model posted in this thread, but it very well might be the OLDEST, having appeared in the February 1966 Car Model magazine, which means it was built sometime in 1965 (it's an original '65 AMT annual, not a '66). Full story of its recent restoration coming to Under Glass as soon as I can find the time to write it up.

I should be good on chrome parts but will keep your kind offer in mind, thanks so much. I DO think I'm going to need a hood, but worse comes to worst, I can always Vacuform one from a reissue (I have several). Meanwhile, my original interior, glass, and chassis are temporarily MIA. I couldn't begin to imagine how many times I've run across those things while looking for something else over the last five decades, but of course, now that I can use them, I can't find whatever old box they're in. Sigh--ain't it always the way? I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later. Worst case scenario, the junk body came with an interior tub (to which I can add the custom dash from a reissue), the simple glass shouldn't be hard to fabricate, and I can drop the whole evil mess on a common GM A-body chassis of some sort. Not going for a stock build here so whatever I end up with from mild custom cruiser to full-on street monster is cool (and, more importantly, basically free). For color, now leaning toward using a can of Duplicolor Honda Hampstead Green I bought because I thought it might be close enough to pass for 1969 Ford Silver Jade, but, now doesn't look like it. But it should look nice with the old Leaf Green interior, providing I do eventually find the thing. Now, of course, I need to go looking for something else, so I magically find the Buick parts while looking for that. That's the way the perverse Universe works, isn't it?

It's not inconceivable that Ford could have added a Weber setup to the parts list and given it a Ford part number, thereby making it legal for FX class. Who knows, maybe they actually did!

A DEAL deal! Maybe he's a Republican.

Or not. My kids grew up in a modeling home, none of the three ever had the slightest interest in doing them for themselves. Although one son did grow up to be a 1:1 gearhead of sorts and a military pilot, so, there's that.

When Modelhaus had their final blowout Saturday morning sale a few months ago, I saw they had a ’66 Impala rear bumper available. I didn’t have an AMT annual ’66 kit at the time, but figgered, hey, that sounds like something that might come in handy someday. So guess what I scored on ePay a couple weeks ago? Yup, and it went for quite a bit less than ’66 Impala promos usually sell for, almost certainly because it’s missing the back bumper. Boo-ya! Last week on ePay I scored a 3-car parlay of very restorable glue bombs—original annual AMT ’65 Corvette roadster, ’64 Chevelle wagon, and ’65 Mustang hardtop. All are complete including stock wheels, and the Vette even has an intact windshield frame, which is almost unheard-of. Gavel price on the three was not much more than I’d expect any ONE of them to sell for. Meanwhile, closer to home, at the local toy show, my favorite glue bomb vendor had a big new box of random bodies—just bodies, many with the roofs cut off for some unknown reason. When I spotted this near perfect ’65 Riv body (one bent A-pillar, and one missing vent window frame, big deal), I remembered that I still have all the parts EXCEPT the body (and possibly the hood) for the Riv I built in the ‘60s, including chassis, glass, and interior. My old interior tub is painted Pactra Leaf Green, which I’m inclined to keep just since it’s been on there more than half a century. So the question now is what color to paint the body to go with a medium-dark green interior? I’m leaning toward Testor Lime Ice metalflake, but their White Lightning pearl is also a strong contender. This body is now taking a long swim in Lake Purple.

Here's a pic showing the relationship of the razor saw blade, the book, the wheel or tire you're cutting or scribing, and the tabletop. Press down on the book with one hand (or clamp it with a big C-clamp to the table) while you move the wheel against it with the other. You get the idea.

You don't need a lathe to cut a couple of typical "cheater" grooves in slicks. Just stick a razor saw blade in a book at whatever distance you want, and move the tire against it, turning as you go, until you have a groove all the way around. Flip tire over and repeat for the other side. Did I mention that the book and the tire will be laying on a table or other flat surface to do this (did I need to?)? I took some pictures of this operation (actually, to narrow a wide wheel, but same principle) a while back, but haven't posted them yet, and I'm at work now. I'll try to remember to post a couple pics of the setup when I get home this evening.

I'd be interested in hearing his reaction to these. Since they're not late '50s-early '60s-style customs, I wouldn't be surprised if he's just not that interested in them. Neither of mine is on the Clone the Past list. (Most of the stuff on that list is from WAY before my own model car building days.)

I think several resincasters offer repops of the '64 Cutlass. Model Car World has a resin '65 4-4-2. I have one and it's very nice--well worth its reasonable price. I'm looking forward to building it sometime soon.

Very, VERY nice! One of the best builds of this kit I've ever seen. Well done and model on!

It gets even better. The issue with Malco Gasser writeup also has a photo of one of MY models in it! What are the odds of that?

I bought one of those as a glue bomb last year. I don't like it as a '70s funny, either. I'm gonna put an injected engine in it as an Altered, or maybe bracket racer.

Very Most Way Excellent! I've been going through my Car Models of the era and ran across the Merc article the other day. Like my Henry 8th Mustang, it was built by Paul Sable. He was quite a mainstay of the mag in those days, with a feature article almost every month. He also did stories on painting, on customizing (chopping, channelling, and sectioning), and engine detailing. He seems to have got bitten hard by the Funny Car bug in 1965 and went heavily off in that direction for awhile--your Dodge (I'm assuming that was Sable too, right?) and my Mustang were among his first, but he went on to build pretty credible replicas of Eliminator I and the Tickle Me Pink Charger. Looks like he stopped writing for the mag in late '67 or early '68. Congrats on your scores. It's great to own these things, isn't it?

And they call them "smart" phones. Yet another reason I don't have one, don't want one, and don't want anything to do with any product marketed as "smart." I like to own good old fashioned stupid stuff that just does exactly what I tell it to do.

I vote for the Rally 350. And then the Ferrari coupe.

Why waste time? At the speed you work, you could have another one DONE by Wednesday!

Very cool, SMcM! You're the First Completion of Round 3! GOTTER DONE! BOO-YA! You gonna drag another one off the Shelf of Doom?

No, I didn't. Maybe Mark did on his. I'm hoping he'll post his in this thread.

I had that Space Flight book when I was a kid! Might even have it somewhere, maybe.

Different and therefore interesting. Great pics too--several could be taken for real! Well done and model on!

Very clean build! Nice pictures too.

Glue Bomb Rescue '74: Glue Bomb Rescue '69, along with the unrestored survivor '68 I built in 1968: Bullitt '68 (Revell diecast kit): '69 500: And I'm not even a "Charger guy"!

Oh yeah, Straightliner59's in Round 3, but if he doesn't GITTER DONE this time (by the end of June), I'm gonna give up and kick him out. The name of the game, after all, is GITTER DONE!