Joe Handley

I gotta agree with Dave here, it's not too bad. I also would have left off the Datsun badges, plus used LX tail lights, not painted the headlights (I do like the use of the T-Bird headlights though!), reworked the lower portion of the front bumper so it looked better, got rid of the scoop and side vents, reworked and/or completely eliminated the stripes, and painted the grills flat black.

For reference, here's Model Master's Big Bad Blue Lacquer on a lexan body I painted a while back, reason I used it was that it looked pretty close to Petty Blue.

The more I look at it, it's not much worse than this, and it's a whole lot cheaper to boot! http://www.stylintrucks.com/handlers/dynamicimage.ashx?~YT0zOTgmYj0zNTAmYz0wJmQ9MCZlPTAuMjUmZj0wJmc9MCZoPWZhbWlseWltYWdlc1xzdHVkZWJha2Vya2l0XzIyMDEuanBnJm49MSZpPTcwJmo9MTUwJms9MTc1Jmw9MSZtPTEzJm89MA==

That is the most bizarre flower car I've ever seen, I'm going to assume with the snaps around the top of it that it has some kind of tarp that covers the cargo area?

The top seems to be a natural fit with that tub and nose!

That explains a lot of Cubs fans that I know...........................

Wow, maybe if he'd cut the tub down the middle to narrow it some and then skirt the rear fenderwells a little it might look better

Looks like something ERTL came out with after the Racing Champions buyout

I've seen a couple Caravans like that Greg, one that was an early Caravan that had recieved a major stretch being used as a hearse and the other was a newer one done up just like that to transport the deceiced between where ever they last were to the funeral home for pre burial prep.

That's cool, who made those?

I've begun to prefer the BTCC and Aussie Supercars over NA$CAR and F1, I've actually fallen asleep watching those but haven't had an issue with the other two

Day one; Gassed up the Jeep, got Slurpees, surfed other sites, went to gym......... Day Two; Worked, flew new little Heli, had family friends over.......... Day three; Worked some more, flew new little heli some more after work, surfed other sites some more, went to gym right before forum came back on line

Picked up a Revell '36 Ford 3 window yesterday now too...............

Is this the same '55 that is now being sold as the gasser style drag car?

Wow, looks fantastic!

Most of the time I've seen those things stuck on some poor car, it was still rolling on it's factory 14" Steelies and cheesy plastic hubcaps...............wonder if I would catch nonsense for ones that read 28" or 29" to my Jeep.........it's tires are around that tall

I think that vision blocker more of a "style" thing, otherwise I have not idea why on it either I am wondering on the blue lights too though.

I guess it depends on the car and how it's built on the artillery wheels, personally I think they're kinda neat looking and might not look bad on a Pre-WW2 car or truck. Not sure how the milk truck rims look though, never seen those. I do like those too, they kinda have an "aero" look to them even though they're a vintage part and would look right on a more speed oriented hot rod. Those lights would look great on something like a road going Track-T or Lakes Roadster with some kinda of moon disk type wheels. Even if you're going to do a modern street rod like that, use the newer projector style lights in those with large aluminum disk type wheels and a nicely smoothed body.

brought home one of the "Monogram" '58 T-Bird kits, looks nice too!

I'm liking those tires

I've been wanting to get one of these for a while now but didn't have much cash to spend on one until I got a little for Christmas and picked one as well as a spare battery up on the day after Christmas. I tried flying it in the kitchen at home with minimal success, so I took it to work and flew it in a much larger back room we have and have gotten pretty decent with it so far for having only put about 5 flights on it!

That's great Lee, best of luck to you in it!

IIRC it's a good kit that started out as a snap together about 12 years or so ago. The only "issue" I seem to remember is that the furthest forward portion of the hood doesn't quite get as close to the top of the front bumper as as it should, which you should be able to see on the pictures on the side of the box.

Not sure what it is................