Dave Darby

He shoots, he scores! You knocked this one straight out of the park. Way cool!

Round2 owns AMT, and bought out Lindberg a few years ago. Same kit, new brand name on the box.

Looking really good so far! If I might make a suggestion, can those Firestone Supremes and get either some Firestone Deluxe Champions, some old Trophy Series tires. They will not only look more authentic to the car, but will also be a heck of a lot easier to paint whitewalls on. This one is wearing the Deluxe Champions. They were commonly used in the AMT/Ertl issue kits. The skirts are cut-down 49 Merc units.

Looking good Alan! I like your style.

I hope you and your dad can enjoy some quality time together in his twilight years. If you are interested, I just covered the Revell multi-piece bodied Corvette history in the current (issue 215) of Model Cars Magazine.

Very cool custom, but it's way more mod than it is resto. Maybe a Custo-mod?

Well you know this one's been living rent-free in my head for a while now. Enjoy! Street Rod magazine from June 1973.

Yeah, I was going to say the highlights make it look like Black Cherry Pearl.

Looks really nice! Nice color choices as well. I used AMT wheels and wire axles on mine, which might account for why I was lucky enough to avoid ride height issues. BTW, this kit is the subject of the Vintage Workbench column in issue 215 of Model cars Magazine. It's an amazingly nice kit considering it was tooled in 1959.

Be still my beating heart! How did I miss this one?? 10 years ago. Wow. Anyway what an awesome concept and execution. Very timely that this thread was revived. Especially with the Vintage Workbench history of the Revell kit on the stands right now.

A late member of Kustom Kemps In Miniature built this Revell Deuce roadster body bashed with the Phantom Vickie kit. I owned it for years, but circumstances forced me to let it go about 5 years ago. I'm very temped to build another one.

I see what you did there. Very cool. Somewhere I have some art of a Bad Man 55 Chevy truck. Works well too.

I think that is Monogram's ad copy from the side of the box. I personally don't care what they want to call it. I'm just glad much of it is back.

I like that they slipped some some of the Bad Man parts back in. (Wheels and grille on the blue one). Scoop on the white one. Now we just need an aftermarket decal maker to step up to the plate.

That is super nice. So nice that I'm going to share it to the Scale Survivors Facebook group.

You nailed that one! You make me want to pick one up myself!

Another winner!

Alan, that is beyond cool! I love everything about this build.

I'm liking it. Great kit and color choice. I think the biggest thing that hobbled that kit are the included tires. So you definitely improved things in that regard. I love your trunk hinges. As to my opinion of the stance, I think it's just a wee bit high in the back. Especially for stock. Can't wait to see it painted!

Thanks Rich. That's my son Max. He's 6 now, and has loved model cars since he could crawl. This is a truck we built together to his specs.

You do great work sir!

You knocked that one right out of the park Mike! Great workmanship detailing, and excellent paint color choice and execution. On top of being a great save. It's a beauty. Love the photo backdrop too!

Here are a couple Ts I built a long time ago. The Roadster in 1990, the Coupe, 10 years later. The Roadster was partly inspired by Norm Grabowski's Lightning Bug iteration of the Kookie T, and features the Flathead from the 49 Mercury, heads from the 50 Ford, and SCoT blower from the 57 Chevy. The belts are made from vinyl tape, and it rolls on old Trophy Series tires with hand painted whitewalls. The coupe was built from a pair of basket case originals. I hope you enjoyed this blast from the past.

Holy cow that's a beauty!

Love it! Looking forward to seeing the Under Glass photos.