Snake45

I've often wondered the same thing. Maybe '32 Ford, or the regular T, or maybe as a base for a wild scratchbuilt body of your own design. Back in that timeframe, lotta guys were building their own wild bodies out of balsa and such. Strange but true! I have one I'm planning to build a street Fiat on.

I like how it sits!

Very impressive, different, and cool!

In what way? Naw, I just detail-painted whatever I had and stuck it in there.

I've built the Revell snapper '34 Ford, both '63 Corvettes, and have the '57 Chevy, '69 Camaro, and '70 Chevelle on the bench even as we speak. They've all been delights to work with and I'll happily buy anything in this line Revell makes that's of interest to me. They sit on my shelf with my "full detail" models proudly.

I wouldn't worry about spray painting the bodies first time around. Now you're introducing drying time. Remember an 8-year old's attention span. Let them get the things together. Maybe later on you can then disassemble the snappers, paint them, and build them again. (The Krylon Satin black has a quick dry time. You can start the build by shooting the chassis and guts, then clean up and assemble all the body parts, then have lunch, by then the black will be dry enough to handle and the kits can be nailed together. Mission accomplished!)

Why a whole hood? I think I can get everything I need from the spoon. I think I like your idea about clear on everything, and polish both sides. I might do that after doing what I planned. This stuff is darned shiny as is. If it comes out this well on my Manx body, I'm just going to leave it alone as fiberglass gelcoat, that's how shiny it is. BTW, here's a shot of that blue Vette I mentioned above. Paint is a Rustoleum metallic blue (giant can, cheap!). Now in real life it looks just a bit too "flaky" and "sparkly" but not obnoxiously or obviously so. But boy does it look flaky in the pics! This Krylon sparkle green looks even more sparkly than THIS in real life! WAY too much so for anything approximating factory paint. It'll look great on a custom, though.

One more suggestion: Stop by Walmart and get a can of Krylon Satin Black. Let them spray paint the chassis undersides and interiors of the snapper kits with this. You wouldn't believe how much this simple move can improve the look of an all-red or all-yellow (or whatever) Snapper.

I'm planning to do just that, maybe as soon as tomorrow. I already have a spoon painted with the paint. I'll mask off half of it, airbrush it with Testor Dullcoat off my military paint bench, then hit it with a quick coat of Testor Wet Look. Hope to have pics up in a day or two.

The parts pack T body, with its tubs, is set up as a drag car. The parts pack frame seems to be more of a street rod thing, especially in the rear suspension setup. But I'm gonna alter it a little (nothing that couldn't have been done in 1965) and make it work. The rear suspension won't show in the finished model anyway as it sits on the shelf/table.

I'm planning to build a T Altered using only AMT parts pack parts, as much as possible. Gonna paint it with old-school Testor paints, too. It would be easier to build a complete car out of Revell parts packs, but they aren't available anymore (except a few of the engines).

You can see many of the instruction sheets here: http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/straightline-competition/ Here's what I call the "second gen" Logghe of the MPC Harrell '69 Camaro:

It's a first-generation Logghe. Same chassis was in the Mr. Unswitchable '67 GTO (except for the roll bar) and Color Me Gone '66-'67 Charger. I believe it was in the MPC Cougar funnies, too. The MPC Dick Harrell '69 Camaro had an updated version of this chassis that was slightly different. I was surprised to see the first-gen chassis in the '69 GTO funny.

The model came with two usable ones, and I'm taking two more from the dirt track issue of the kit. They're still in there for some reason, but only two now are usable, which works out fine for me.

IMHO, this one is easy. Go buy a couple of modern snappers. These are moderately priced, molded in color, and with a little detail painting can look great on the shelf. The kids will love nailing them together. After they've each done a couple of these, if they're still interested, you can move them up to "Level 2" simple glue kits--the Monogram 1/24 kits from the '80s are nearly perfect for this as they're still pretty simple. Have fun with it and happy modeling to you all!

Very nice! What's the paint? I'm looking for a color like that for a couple builds.

Looks great so far! Drive on!

I'm not sure what you mean by "lacquer burn." Can you describe the condition a little? I'd think that sanding and priming should give you a good base for paint. But maybe I'm not understanding the problem.

Very nice! I can't build German tanks but I like looking at the work of those who can.

Good one! I HAVE that stupid kit and forgot about that! Nicely done!

Impressive pics in that thread. I know that photos can be deceiving about this stuff--I have a Monogram Corvette painted with a decent metallic blue that looks like Bass Boat Flake in photos for some unknown reason. But I'm going to give this a try. Thanks again for the idea!

I don't understand it either but it wont cost me anything to try it on a spoon or something, and if it works, it's just what I need.

Very, VERY nice! What a clean build. Looks like you met and managed all the challenges. Well done and model on!

Okay, let's see if all the 1s and 0s are ready to play nice and in timely fashion. Anyway.... The Krylon red shined up quite nicely. I think this was one of the first models where I started doing the window trim with a silver Sharpie. Found out late in the build, when removing a spot of stray Sharpie silver with rubbing alcohol, that alcohol takes the Krylon RIGHT off. Darn near ruined the whole paint job, but luckily I was able to polish the bad spot out. Thank heavens I had the paint thick enough there to start with. The red's a bit brighter than the factory color, and I used the American (like) mags, so I guess what we've got here is more or less a "Day Two" representation of what a nice GTO driver/street cruiser might have looked like in, say, the mid-'70s or thereabouts. Thanks for looking.

Oh, it's "Under Glass," I assure you. Intended to post straight through to completed photos in one post, but either Photobucket or this site just started running impossibly slowly. Not sure what's wrong but I'll be back later to wrap up the build (only one more pic, I promise) and then post the photos of the finished beast.