Snake45

That sounds like a better plan than scribing four doors. I actually have a Jimmy Flintstone Nova sedan delivery body that looks like most of what you're talking about has already been done to it. Hafta dig that thing out.

The very idea of scribing in all those door lines--and in the roof pillars too--makes my brain hurt. So if they come out with a wagon, I'll buy at least one.

I took a bunch of heat here a while back for pointing out that, if assembled out of the box, there would be no way to sit in the driver's seat of the AMT Tee Vee dune buggy. And, if the top were up, it would be virtually impossible to get into the car from either side.

Okay, I'm pleasantly surprised and happy to be wrong. I'll be buying a couple of those Novas. That hardtop looks suspiciously like the 1/24 diecast I recently got, especially as regards the slightly saggy look of the upper side window line. But I guess we'll be seeing. I don't consider myself a particular '66 Ford truck fan, but my beloved Grandfather drove a red one from 1966 until his passing in 1972, whereupon it went to my Dad who drove it for a few more years, so I might have to pick up at least one of those, too.

Dennis, that's quite nice looking.

Great wheels/tires. They look about perfect! Where did you get them?

Final assembly with interior, firewall, and chassis in place often cures minor warps.

I have two or three doing the same thing.

Or, as Letterman used to say, "Some are confused; others are bitter."

I like where this is going.

I try to make all mine miniatures of something that would actually work in real life. In fact, more often than not, I try to build them so they'd be suitable for "daily driver" use. (Every now and then I do build a straight-up, full-on street fighter, though.)

I see you've been around Model Car World for some years, too. Well played!

So it's gonna be a Cougar, from Revell, then? Now that THAT'S settled, I guess we can start speculating on what area of the body they're gonna screw up, and how badly, and what a shame they didn't get this one right either, sigh.

At least they don't have you saying "I love..." or "I just love..." or "I've always loved...." I wonder how many barrels of ink have been wasted printing those useless words over the years?

I'd buy an Astro I, but I thought the Charger III was ugly back in 196X and I still do.

Agree with you completely. And this is even more true in Model Airplane World, where they no longer bat an eye at Tamiya's prices, no matter how outrageous they get.

I just measured the wheelbase of mine at 9 3/8". I believe the Mustang wheelbase is 108", which would put the scale at @ 1/11.5. Interesting. I think it'll look okay sitting on the shelf with the Monogram 1/12 '69 Camaro and '67 Corvette.

I just remembered, not long ago I stripped a body I'd primed with (IIRC) Rustoleum red primer and painted with Duplicolor. Easy-Off took it ALL off. It took five or six "treatments" but but it DID eventually all come off with no damage to the plastic.

I'd be willing to bet US cash dollars that whatever the Mystery Goodie is, it'll be something I have no or virtually no interest in. But I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised and would love to be proven wrong.

You'd have to be a meth cook to think that's a pretty car!

Took him a while to get to the "real" point: Be as "creative" as you want, but until you start making some actual money at it, don't quit your day job.....

I feel your pain. Last year I got a VERY nice AMT '67 coupe that's perfect except for a glue-melted roof. If it were the only one I had, I'd just fix it, but I have a couple better '67 Coupe bodies on hand, so I'm thinking very seriously of just whacking the roof off and replacing it with the panel-van top from a '67 Roadster glue bomb. I was gonna rebuild the '67 Roadster "van" but when I pried the top off of it, the rest of the body was SO nice underneath that I really hate to cut out the deck area for the proper fitment of the van-top. And so it goes....

I believe it's 1/12, or something darn close to it. I have one of these in almost original condition. I'm missing one of the wheel knock-off nuts, but otherwise I think it's all there. I think it would even still run (and the lights light up!) if I put a couple batteries in it.

Yup. That and the '64 Dizbuster GT.

There are modelers and there are kit-assemblers. Bernard is a modeler.