Can-Con

Here's a tasty tip for baby moon caps. Buy a box of these ,, eat them all right away! , , I promise they'll taste better than furniture nails. Notice they're packaged on a little vacuuformed tray in the shape of little cups. Flip it over and check between the cups that hold the candy,, See all the smaller "domes" between the bigger ones? They're easy to trim out. There's 15 in every box and just look at the size in a regular 1/25 steel wheel,, Pretty sweet, Eh?

Roy, I just checked. MCG does still have that set in their website. It has all the emblems [GS GSX and Skylark] plus the mesh for the grille opening.

I cast all the round lenses on my Warlock with a "crystal clear" casting resin I got at Michaels.

I'm about 99% sure that car is a '62 Chevy factory color called "Roman red" ,, Scale finished has it.

I'm really not a big fan of "patina rods" but I gotta say, that's about the best build of that kit I've seen yet ! [Mike's right though, that's a 210, BelAirs were the top level Chevys and had the wide trim on the back with contrasting paint color inside.]

That's pretty cool . I have a built-up '77 and one of those custom ones I originally built back in the late '70s I've been thinking about starting a rebuild on every time I come across a pic of one. Nice to see the more obscure cars being brought back to life.

Just super !! so clean .

Lacquer will do that if it's mixed too thick. Just add some more thinner and it should be OK.

They used the same grille, just different emblems. There was a company that did a detail set for the car but I think they went out of business years ago. Model Car Garage picked up some of their PE sets, not sure if they have their GSX set but it's possible.

Well,, OK, if you say so. I'm not saying it's the wrong wiper motor, I'm saying it's not a wiper motor at all. Looks nothing like any of the wiper motors in any of your pics. or any I've ever seen, and I've been looking for years. The only thing it looks like to me is the beep beep horn. The little pin that's sticking out at about 9 O-clock as you have it mounted is the mounting pin that sticks into the rad wall. It's ben in the kit and marked wrong on the instructions since the '68 Road Runner was first released back in the late '80s. The wiper motor in your last pic is the one that was in the kits on the chrome tree. But, anyway, If it's the only thing in the kit well.. Who am I to say it's wrong? Here's a couple pics of what I did with it anyway. Mixed the lavender color as close as I could, wish I had a decal for it too but I've never seen any. ,, and a pic of a real one,,

That's some really nice work there. Love the engine detailing. You might want to find the proper wiper motor though, the part shown in the instructions is the "Beep Beep" horn. The wiper motor was on the chrome tree [close to the rear shocks or exhaust tips ??] on the older issues of these kits but it seems to be missing from the latest kit.

I say go for it Steve. That car is big enough to handle the look of those large wheels no problem. I have one of the "Resin King" copys to eventually do and it will definitly have 19" wheels under it. As for color,, I'd suggest pearl white with red flake top. Dark red guts.

I agree. Never saw MacGyver?

Just as happy to hear that now Harry as I was last spring when it was first announced. Boy, Jillian sure hasn't held up so well over the years though. Did you hear MacGyver's coming back too?

Very nice. These were the cars I remember seeing in my teen years. ,, Just about how I remember them.

Closed the internet business years ago. I think he still has the "brick and mortar" shop though ,, not sure.

Sprayed all 3 sets of glass earlier today and will clearcoat them in a day or two before installing on the first one. Nice thing about '79 T/As is the trim was usually black instead of chrome so no foiling to be done. Also have the second one ready for some primer. This will be the green one with T-tops and tan interior. I cut out the openings and added a piece of sheet plastic underneath to form a lip. I trimmed down an old set of hatches from the Monogram 1/24 kit to fit the openings. They'll get a dark tint using Tamiya "smoke".

My understanding is the extra wheel was for when they did the promos at the factory. In case one was dropped, the assembler had an extra handy instead of having to go get one elsewhere and holding up production. The "Motor City" kits were unassembled promos, that's why no engine or extra parts.

A challenge is always more fun than just painting some parts and gluing them together. This one was done on a bet. Before,, After,,,

I did mine with a resin interior from Missing Link but Kevin may not have any more. FYI,, the interior from the Monogram 1/24 '69 GTO will fit with a bit of work. Trimming and sectioning a bit from the floor. It's the right size to go in after the ridges on the outside of the top of the door panel area are trimmed off but it's still too deep for a chassis plate to sit in properly. The Monogram dash is actually slightly smaller [despite being a larger scale] than the MPC dash. I used a modified AMT '69 Chevelle chassis plate under mine modded to have poseable front wheels Here's a link to my build album of the car. http://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/projects/69-gto/

Personally, I wouldn't use skirts on a car with a lip [flair?] on the rear wheel opening. To me, it looks like an afterthought. I think the only cars that look good with skirts are the ones that were designed with the skirt integral to the 1/4 panel, like a '60s Caddy where they came off to access the wheel and it obvious something is missing if they aren't on.

It was also issued in stock form

I do that all the time Jon.

Got the first one painted, decalled and clearcoated.

The first one's now in BIN primer. After glueing all the body parts together, I shot a light coat of Duplicolor grey primer and wet sanded it out to find the areas in need of attention. After puttying up the low spots, it was again wet sanded . Then shot with a couple coats of Zinzer BIN. The sharp-eyed may notice there's a dip in the top of the taillight opening. This seems to be in all the kits. After these pics were taken I used an old #11 blade to scrape the area until it was the correct shape. After it's dried a couple days I'll wet sand it smooth with 3500 grit and shoot some silver on it to detect any other places that need to be fixed before the color is applied.