CometMan

Monogram also makes a '56 Bel Air. It has a black street rod on the box, but can be made very close to stock out of the box, or correct stock with minor kit bashing.

The only fault I see Wayne, is the fact that after this one, you didn't produce any more beauties like this for 18 years! Very well done.

Very nice, Gene. The '70-'71 Cyclones were very distinctive looking cars, but one of my favorites. Well done!

Nice come-back, Wayne. It looks really good. I wouldn't say that the car fought you because of your "rusty" skills. I would say the car fought you because the box said "Lindberg" on it!

Due out in August of what year? It is a very good looking car, but with no way to build it stock, and no way to change the molds to make a stock version later on, not sure if I'll get in on this one.

I wouldn't recommend selling a collection of anything to a dealer. Because of the necessity to make a profit to stay in business, and sometimes out-right greed, they will only offer you 25-50% (at best) of what they can sell it for. Better to find collectors in your area, then you can split the difference with them, maybe selling at 50-75% of market value. That way you can get more than a dealer would pay, and the buyer would get it for less than he would have to pay the dealer. Good luck.

Yes, Greg, they are metal. Someone on a Yahoo group devoted strictly to Hubley/Gabriel kits is doing them. (unfortunately, I can't find the link right now)

A '28-29 Coupe from Revell is very doubtful. Anyone who is familiar with stock Model A's knows that there is a big difference between the '28-29 and '30-31 cars. But, because the vast majority of the kits sold, even with stock parts included, would be built as hot/street/rat rods, the differences between the two wouldn't be noticed, or cared about. But maybe AMT might turn their Roadster into a Coupe, the changes in the tooling would be very easy. As far as a stock '30-31, the old Hubley/Gabriel '30 kits are still plentiful, (even though the scale comes out closer to 1/20), someone does make radiator shell for the '31.

Very cool! Quite a few of the auto companies had some very interesting packages back then. Well done.

That would depend on which engine you are going for, and when, Jason. If you are building an 8 cyl., an occasional black one did get produced, but the vast majority of them were Ford Medium Blue. If you are building a 6 cyl., the ones built before 6-1-65 were Red-Orange, the ones built after that were Medium Blue. Either way, the Medium Blue is what everyone thinks of when they think of Ford engines from that era. Hope this helps.

Would the Monogram Del Rio work? I realize that it's a wagon, but I believe it's a newer tooling, all the parts are very well done. Besides, when Tulio (Lovefordgalaxie) sees this thread he'll let us all know everything about every '57 Ford kit ever made!

You can get it at any of those places, or at a hardware store. Like Peter said, I did not think to warn you about the "purple stuff"! It will disolve metal, there was a thread here very recently about that exact topic! 1

Nice job, Carl.

Haven't seen one of those in a while, nicely done Carl!

A B-400 would be really cool for the stock builders, but I don't see much market for a Convertible Sedan for the hot rod builders. The Victoria has been done by AMT, although the tooling is really old, it is a current issue. A Woody, Pickup, or Phaeton could a real winner, could probably be done rather easily by combining the tooling from the existing "A" and "B" kits. But, all that being said, if Revell wants to make a kit that stands out they could make a '33 or '35 by doing the same thing. The '33 was only done once (AMT did a pretty lame street rod Two Door Sedan in the '80s that was a one-time issue), the '35 was only done by Danbury Mint, has never been done in kit form.

I like the AMT one better, but only because I like the DeLuxe model better than the Standard.

I have restored many old Hubley and Gabriel "metal kits", I just put the metal parts into a coffee can or glass jar, any container that is big enough will work as long as it's not plastic, with a full strength paint stripper. After that it is pretty much like a plastic kit, with the priming, painting, etc. The advantage of working with die-cast is that you can use any primer or paint you like, and stripping it goes much faster because you can use a wire brush or scraper with out damaging it.

I agree with Bill. The prices of items in any hobby are very cyclical. With most high-end collectors chasing the latest hot item, and the "investors" trying to "get rich quick". After those folks either have that item and have moved on to the next "gotta have" piece, or have cashed-out, the market for that piece either becomes dormant or collapses. Some times that item gets hot again somewhere down the line, or more often, it becomes much harder to move from one owner to the next. Besides, with many of the famous collector car auctions having taken on an almost "reality TV" type of format, I have become very bored of seeing so many Mustangs, Corvettes, and Tri-Five Chevies cross the block (some times even the same car) from auction to auction that I don't keep up with them like I used to.

Since I build strictly stock, with an occasional mild custom thrown in, I think the Three Window Coupe looks the best. But, it has become too cliche, so I will say the Two Door Sedan.

You might try an electronics store for heat shrink tubing.

Very nice save, Tom! Don't see those too often.

Gotta love that Plum Crazy, even better, it's not another Charger from that era turned into a General Lee!! Nicely done, Max!

Cool subject, looks to be cast well. Only problem I see, and it could just be the camera angle, but it looks like the roof is angled back to front, should be flat.

I would rather see the stock version.

Comets were intended to be part of the Edsel line. The taillights of the 60-61 Comet were the same ones used on the 60 Edsel, interior hardware on the 60-61 Comets were originally used on the 59 Edsel.