Greg Myers

All in jest

What famous car as well as a great AMT kit did we lose from this turd ?

WOW ! Talk about the right stuff. Thanks Bill. That should be some inspiration.

I thought so. Seeing it fly (ala, DoH) on the TV teaser makes you wonder about their back lot.

Chrome's gone too.

No chrome surround, removed, fell off, rusted away.

Did you guys ever finish that thing ?

You can also get the "Parted" look.

Holes in the visor. Chrome cowl surround.

Now, how about some exhaust ?

Pretty much it.

I keep running across this kit and ME-TV is running the show on tv. I thought a thread on TV cars would be interesting until I saw how many there are. So, help me out here. What are your favorites? Which ones don't you like ? Pictures / photos would be nice.

Through the years the kit has changed just as it did after Roth bought it. That's right he didn't build it. http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Tweedy_Pie and back again,

After posting the '55 Chevy I thought maybe something more in keeping with the OP idea of poorly executed models.

Doesn't show up in the photos, but there is some of that dreaded shadowing you get with some paint when you sand off detail, making it even more believable.

Bill : more plumbing is always good, not sure if I just got lazy or decided to quit. The camera work may be responsible for some of the perspective, i.e. alignment. Stu : You got me on that character line. I just took it off, I didn't like it. No fiberglass front end justification as the car is full of trim holes. Mike : Primer on paint, exactly what I was going for. Now the "no panhard rod" deal is cars in that era with leaf springs didn't use them. The plug wire thing, another lazy part of mine. Tom : No outside mirrors back in the day. Great old photo, thanks. I think there was one inside, old build probably fell off, looks like a glue spot on the windshield. Capt. Reverb : Alignment , sag possibly from the age of the build or camera work. I would like to think I posed the front wheels turned in a ways, not sure. Phillip : I like radiused wheel wells as well, but I think I was trying to copy my friends 1:1 car. Thanks all, nice civilised critiques.

Gotta find that mirror, must of fallen off.

that part was easy, after seeing my friends 1:1 this same way, a sheet of note book paper and a few drawings, I think i still have them somewhere.car

Shouldn't have to do that on a new kit.

Lots of ideas here. Let me offer up one of my old builds for you to critique. Give some examples of what you are all talking about. Let 'er rip, no holds bared. Then we can all critique YOUR criticisms. This was a build that came about after seeing a fellow club members 1:1 '55 pretty much in the same shape. "Light Bulb Above Head" could that no chrome trim look be modeled?

Don't forget our famous "Haboob" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcVqtmugj8 believe me, you DON'T want to move here.

You gotta thing for "Portholes" don'tcha Scott ? Those are fuel filler caps.