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They were the same wheels as on the second issue of the Horn Toad. Pretty sure they're Rader dragster wheels with the spokes painted,,

I'd much rather they backdate it back to the original "Horn Toad" kit with the super wide tires.

Yes, fantastic build of a bear of a kit. Definitely "THE" poster car of the '80s. The 17 year old me had this poster in my room ??,,,

Using silver as a barrier coat is a pretty common thing. A lot of silver and aluminum paints are made up of just the flake and carrier. That's what they're usually quite dull. When you spray them on the flakes lay down overlapping like the shingles on a roof. Makes a pretty good barrier. Shellac works the exact same way. Helps keep the dye from anything underneath from leaching up through the closely overlapping flakes or solvents from going under it. A lot of gold paint will work the same way. Not perfect but it does help a lot and the more coats the better it works. Most other paints are usually made up of carrier and pigment. The pigment is usually made up of more uneven shaped or rounded particles so when it lays down it's more like a layer of crushed rock or even a ball pit. Great drainage but doesn't keep the dye from underneath from leaching up through or solvents from anything put on top of it from going down through it no matter how many coats you use. I like to use a silver or gold layer to check my bodywork before painting, shows every little imperfection so you can fix them before your finish coats. Hope this wasn't too confusing. ?

I actually did up a set of correct valve covers for the engine years ago for Ken Kitchen of Kitchen Table Resins and made some suggestions to him on some mods to make on a Ford 429 to make a passible Caddy engine. He did send me back a couple sets of valve covers and one of the engine kits he sold but aside from my valve covers, it was just a copy of the MPC Ford engine. I don't think he's selling them any more though, that was over 10 years ago. Here's a shot of the resin valve cover,,

But then you have to pick the arm hairs off of it. ??

Actual Caddy 472 for reference. https://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/refrence_pics/cadillac-472500/

Olds Toronado 425 with "CADILLAC" script added to the valve covers.

Nigel, when you build that Caprice, please foil the whole A-pillar. The pic on the boxes is incorrect, the pillars on all full size GM cars in the mid '80s had a stainless steel trim peice that completely covered them. I'm kinda anal about those as the '76 I owned was one of my favorite cars that I owned. Looked almost identical to the one in the pic below except with different wheels and colour matched velour interior. Best "drive in" car ever ?

Can't wait to see what you do with this, Steve. You South Island guys build some pretty wicked cars.

Too bad there never was one of that series Caddy engines done in scale , but,, a 429 Ford could be fudged a bit to look pretty convincing. [I'll be using one in my Custom rwd Eldo when I build it, waiting for bumpers to return from LMKC] Seems to me at one time adapters were available to use the Ford intakes on the Caddy engine.

If not for the hood being completely removed in that one pic, I'd swear that was pics of a real, 1/1 car.

Back in the day, [early '70s] Palmer copied a few MPC kits [Challenger, Mustang and Corvette] Not 100% copies though, maybe 90%. They were released under the "PSM" brand. This '40 is supposedly from that group but never released originally by Palmer. Lindberg got it with the other Palmer stuff they got a hold of in the '90s and released it then. At least that was what was in the writeup in S.A. back when it was first released. I have one and it is very close to the AMT kit except for the lower quality of molding and wonkey roof. Jim, I'm sure you will build a fine looking model with it.

Thanks everyone. Just wish my pics were better for you. I think my old Canon may have been dropped one too many times. ?

It takes some cutt'n and grind'n and re-engineering, they don't want to play well together. But that's what hotrodding's about, right?

Just ,,, wow !!

Why "street rod" and not "hot rod"? Well, because this came out more of a '70s boulevard cruiser then hot rod. AMT body, fenders etc. with Revell chassis and most of the interior. A dual quad " '69 Z-28 302" was assembled from the parts box . Paint is Tamiya black spray and dull coated HOK snow white pearl on the upholstery. Details with Testors bottle paints. https://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/projects/black-29-ford-roadster/

Not quite Kit. I did veer off from the original some. Different interior, different intake etc. But I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's finished now and I'll post it up in the proper section very soon.

I'd say it's a '39 [ish] Chevy 2 door sedan.

Finished up the chassis and got the body and fenders mounted. The engine is pretty well finished. Just need to add an alternator bracket and rad hoses when the glue is fully set on the rad . Interior is almost done. Just needs the dash/windshield and steering wheel added. I modified the AMT kit dash part by cutting away the factory dash panel and grafting on the one from the Revell '30 coupe kit. Also added a photoetch gage cluster with photo reduced gages. Should be able to finish up the details like lights and bumpers tomorrow. Headlights are just sitting on the fenders right now to keep the rad centered, not glued down yet.

Been working on this for the past week and just wanted to bring it back to the top. more pics later today. If everything goes OK, I should have it finished up by the end of the weekend. ?

This is the problem I've been having., , I do a search and when I see something I'm interested in I klik on it, OK, Then I see below the listing that seller has other thinks listed I may be interested in. So, I klik on "see other items" and is says there are no items from this seller, doesn't even show the item I had originally kliked on in the first place. Anyone else have this happen? , ,and is there any way to keep that guy who's reselling [or trying to resell] diecasts for 5 or 10 times the original retail price from showing up on my searches? Not a big deal but that guy doing that just peeves me off, trying to rip people off who don't know any better.

Well, since he's never posted any response one way or another, yea, who knows. Depends how you read it, I guess.

Pic of Jackson series issue from e-bay,,

Pretty sure the "Modern Classics" issue had all the parts. I remember building an Avanti in the late '70 with all the custom parts and moon disks and 5 slot wheels [instead of the Halibrands]. There were no older kits available to me in my backwater coal mining town so I'm pretty sure is was the MC issue. Now, looking at the Jackson reissue on e-bay right now, it has a sealed chrome shot with a lot of parts missing from the tree so I know it wasn't that one. Not to mention it came out later then the one I had built. I think the next issue after that was the Prestige issue, all the same parts as the MC issue. Looks like only the Jackson issue was severely de-contented. BTW, Mark, I was just finishing up typing this post when you did your last one.