TarheelRick

I must say you are taking this build to the upper levels. Very impressive work throughout. Especially like the way you did the hood hinge, it gives me some ideas on how to do one on a custom I have in progress.

I have done all three, but the final detail will be judicious sanding. Care must be taken to preserve the window frame detail and if you are extremely careful you can also preserve the cowl vent detail.

Just talked with a lady concerning the Foxtoberfest scheduled for Oct 26. The model show will be inside a tent. From what I could gather vendors will be outside under their own canopy/tents, must furnish own tables and chairs, and a 10X10 spot is $200 - probably want be very many model vendors there. Also, when I asked about the model show, she said it is specifically for Fox models. I will probably run down there to check out the car corral and see if any of the 1:1 vendors can turn me on to some Pinto parts. She did say I could come to Mooresville on Friday the 25th, pay the entry fee, and set up a tent inside there to sell models. Can't do that, Friday is football night, our team is playing away, and I am driving the cheerleader bus.

When you get yourself into a hole-------stop digging!

Something I learned from Captain Kangaroo many, many years ago still sticks with me today: Always say please and thank you.

Cruising south on I-77 this morning heading to UNC Charlotte with a bus load of high school kids on a college visit. There is one area approaching the I-40 interchange where there is a short concrete barrier, so my vision was somewhat impeded even from the seat of an activity bus. Anyway, first saw a chopped, channeled, open-wheeled Deuce coupe, patinaed, with 999 on the door, it was followed by another chopped, channeled, open wheeled coupe (29-30) painted a faded blue, they were being followed by a full-fendered, chopped 3-window 34, painted a very nice cherry red. Of course, being on a bus and them headed in the opposite direction I had no chance to get photos.

That is one beautiful ride. Never really been too much into sport cars, but the E-type Jag and Triumph Spitfires really get my juices flowing.

Very nice build of an almost forgotten FORD. White is hard to get right, but you seem to have mastered it, great paint job.

Beautiful build, that red really sets it off very well. Really impressed with the detail of the badge work on the trunk lid.

What size is the opening of the slick? Sometimes wrapping the wheels with a couple layers of tape will work, but, if the wheels fall through I don't think that will work.

Can this one be called a Super-Nova? Excellent work and beautiful color choice.

Doing some really nice work on this one, especially like that color. You mentioned in an above post there was nothing to keep the rear-end centered. What you need is to add a Panhard bar, that is a bar attached to one side/end of the axle housing and the other end is attached to the opposing side of the chassis. Of course, each end is attached so it can rotate, but in effect it keeps the axle in place.

Can also be found here, and they have most of the kits from '64 and up. AMT 1969 Corvair #099-38159 album | DRASTIC PLASTICS MODEL CAR CLUB | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

It is a pretty straight forward swap. The major issue between the two is the dropped center tulip panel on the 60 as opposed to the flat tulip panel on the 61. On mine I cut the C pillars with a bit of extra styrene so I could have a larger gluing surface. For windows I got a set of vacu-form from Modelhaus, although looking back I believe the rear window from the 60 Starliner could be made to fit.

Never say never. There was an annual kit of the '61 Starliner. Yes, would be awesome to rerelease it. I used the '60 Starliner top on the '61 Galaxie to build a model of my aunt's first car. She used to take me to town on Saturdays with a pocket full of money, usually $2 or less, to buy models.

If you are considering mirrors, as mentioned in your initial post, they can be purchased fairly reasonably at Walmart and Hobby Lobby. To raise the model above the mirror some people use regular automobile lug nuts painted and placed one under each tire or maybe two if you are adventurous. Personally, I use communion cups turned upside down and placed on a mirror. I have rectangle and oval shaped mirrors. The communion cups are leftovers from my years as a minister.

Really enjoy watching this build come together. Your attention to detail is phenomenal. In the pictures of the SSDI article it appears as if he is running air bags on the rear axle, of course it could just be shadows. Might make for some hard wheels up launches.

I have been wanting to attend this event, but according to the CMS schedule I saw, the NHRA is racing at Z-Max this weekend. Sort of odd they would also schedule the Auto Fair the same weekend. I am still searching for parts for my Pinto maybe I can make the next one in the spring.

AMT has a 68 Camaro Z-28. I have seen them in Hobby Lobby and pretty sure they are available on line.

Excellent tutorial, I can envision a couple of builds this will work well on. Besides it gives me something to do with all those old X-Acto blades.

Beautiful build. I can't find anything I do not like about this build. It is super clean, great color choice, and an excellent overall build.

You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly. Fuel-injected small block, 10.5's on the rear, would be so wicked with the black paint job.

Would like to know if they have vendor tables and are any available

Good looking Lightening, very clean build. Is that rear bumper in the kit?

A gentleman showed up at our last VFW meeting driving a 1:1 of this truck. It was dropped about 4 inches all the way around, painted a mile-deep black, IIRC it was sporting torque thrust mags. Very beautiful truck. Now what are your plans for this one?