Snake45

Very nice, except for no dihedral in the outer wing panels. The Monogram kit wants to build the same way, if you're not careful. First one I built, I didn't get quite enough dihedral in it. The second one, I overcompensated and got a bit too much. Next one I do, I'll get right.

It's no sillier than some of the "show cars" of the late '60s-'70s...or, for that matter, many of the Monogram Tom Daniel "creations."

Nice paint and stance! Some detailing on the wheels with black paint would REALLY make this model stand out.

I normally airbrush my cars, but lately I've been using a lot of the Walmart cheap primer right from the rattlecan. Goes on thin, dries fast, dries smooth, what's not to like? Did I mention CHEAP? Best airbrush primer I've ever used was from Model Car World. Just lovely stuff, but a bit inexpensive and inconvenient (mail order). I'll use it again next time I order MCW paint. My normal airbrush primer is Model Master--most any flat color EXCEPT their "primer," which IMHO is awful stuff. I build airplanes too so I have a lot of their military colors on hand. If I can, I'll use one of the flat colors as close as possible to the finish color of the final gloss paint I'll be using. Or I'll use whatever I happen to have mixed up at the time--Ghost Gray, Gunship Gray, Dark Gull Gray, etc. I'm carefully hoarding a supply of the late lamented Floquil Reefer White for those occasions when a white primer is called for. Outstanding stuff, it was.

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Yeah, that kit is 40 miles of bad road. I started one in 1972. I might get around to finishing it someday.

You are correct. But there is a guy in my town who has a magnificently restored '68 Dodge RT (or Superbee, I forget which) with a '69 6-Pack type hood on it. It's metallic turquoise overall, including the hood. It takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it is very cool and natural looking. I actually like it. So what I'm sayin' is, if you want a '69 hood on your '68 Road Runner, and you're not trying to pass it off as "factory stock," then it's your model--go for it!

Here's what the Jet Exhaust looks like on carbs. Not the best pic in the world but the only one I have loaded up at this moment.

I have the snapper painted and rubbed out..I think I got the wheels and interior done before I went on my latest hiatus. Basically I just need to decal and detail the body and nail it together. But I'm pretty much liking the way it's looking.

Very interesting!

Forty Niner? IIRC these were models that sold for 49 cents...which says to me this is prolly 1/32 scale. I'd like to see some of Monogram's old 1/32 cars come back. They had a nice drag Willys, a couple of F1 cars, and a couple others I can't recall.

How about "The Walking Edsel"? Too easy?

Don't need to. I have Jet Exhaust.

Mad Love is a great album. She covered three Cretones songs, and got The Cretones themselves to back her up on it.

I have the P.38 and the S&W M29 .44 Magnum. I wish I'd picked up several more of these when they were available...but they were expensive. The last time I saw them they were priced at $29.95 when the typical model car kit (for comparison) was maybe $6, or maybe $8.

Nose looks inline to me...one of the various Yak family, perhaps?

Aren't the sunvisors usually folded forward, out of the way, anyway?

Like all the AMT '65 and '66 full-size GM cars (except the Grand Prix), the roof isn't right. The window cutouts are different side to side. One side is almost right, the other is clearly wrong. IIRC the driver's side is wrong but don't quote me on that.

No, it's the old Monogram 1/24 kit.

Yes, some very impressive builds on display!

I built one and don't recall any particular assembly problems. The stripe decal didn't fit too well around the CI flap door but I touched it up with paint. Not the most accurate kit in the world but a fun and troublefree build.

Agree completely, and I'm not even sure the MH part will have the sun visors. I don't remember if my Corvette one does, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't.

The Revell '67 chassis will work fine for all years, but the big-block engine is only good for 65 through 67. The bodies on the Revell snapper '63s are very nice and worth putting on a '67 chassis. And they're 1/25. The Monogram, now Revell, '65s and '66 including the TV Stingray are all 1/24. Modelhaus has a lot of the unique parts for all AMT years '63 though '67--hoods, grilles, interior parts, etc. These are intended for the AMT kit but some can be adapted to convert the Revell '67.

Dunno about the Corvair specifically but I bought his unit for '63-'67 Corvette. It came with the cowl and a little bit of the fender and/or door tops attached. Don either told me on the phone or in email (I forget which) that he did it this way so you could decide how much of it you wanted to use. If I wanted to make a Corvair convertible out of an intact body, I'd just chop off the kit top and work with the kit windshield frame. The resin parts are IMHO more for repairing a frame that's completely or partially missing.

Not what you had in mind, I know, but it IS a "Revell '70 Cuda." This is the 1/24 AAR Cuda I started sorting out a couple years ago. I chopped the back of the roof off and moved it back about 1/8" and filled it in, then shaved down and reshaped the tops of the rear fenders. All the HARD work done, of course I lost interest in the project and put it back in the box, where it's lived ever since...sigh....