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My dad's father bought this '57 Handyman brand new, traded it for a '72 "Chevy" LUV before he died, which is what I inherited. So seeing any wagon no matter what is done to it, makes me smile. I dig that old British car with the blown engine. Facebook ad for a handyman had this Ca...an.

on Slum Row

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I listen to the little voice that says "I wouldn't do that!" ?

Thanks for additional input everyone! Without having the MPC kit to touch, based on the photos, looks a little more accurate, but missing the vents at the trailing edge. The spare is properly mounted to the transaxle. Looks like the glass fits tight, the gaps on the IMC are HUGE. The nose profile is longer, have to assume that was fixed after they discovered aerodynamics is important. ?

Always fun to wreck lousy kits! LOL When I travel, will do a u-turn when spotting any size junkyard. Wish I had the room and time to do what you're creating!

Got this via Fakebook Marketplace, seller has 2,000 models to sell (he listed a Morgan 3 wheeler), I asked what he has for foreign subjects, this BMW M1 was something I have never seen before. It's typical Airfix quality of the era, but it does have an engine. The Niki Lauda / evil cigarette advertising decals look old, but they should work. Didn't think I wanted an M1, but why not?

dead hands groping

I'm determined to finish this! Have a model club meeting this Saturday. ? Made water bottles from sprue, and cages from aluminum plate. Added plug wires to the engine, before gluing it into the chassis. The wheel shafts need to be trimmed down, that's why they are sticking way out. Hope this is the last time screwing the body and chassis together. Fabricated the spare tire strap from paper and photo-etch fret. The intercooler is to be glued to the hood, zero turbo plumbing in the original Tamiya kit and transkit. This drives me nuts! Need to fabricate a convincing mount for the intercooler, and redo the piping. I cut the turbos apart, rotated the compressors so the outlet points to the center, not outward. Gonna be fun cramming all that into the remaining space.

Buzzkill. ? Doesn't matter anyway, nobody will notice.

I've done military models to jump-start with. Don't need to primer, polish, etc. When I was trying to avoid rushing a project, I built three 1/72 airplanes to distract myself. ?

cabaret dancers serving

That *never* happens to me. ? I call it crapsmanship. I had the paint crinkle in spots, after going for the color twice. So made the executive decision to make it a work-in-progress, budget restoration. The really big **** up was stuffing the parts box 427 engine in, then looking up the scale of the donor kit and seeing it was 1/24, when this Corvette is 1/25, amazing what a difference that made! So it's a 502. ?

get plastered on

Of course! When I karaoke this, I update to "...my Lamborghini does 255..." That came out nice! Almost everyone puts new wheels anyway, the BBS fit perfect. Nice bumper change too.

Thanks for dropping by! I wanted to finish it, so dared not correct or detail anything! It really needs massaging to look correct, some things such as cooler placement under the hood, for example. I think the back tires are too narrow. I did blend the front scoop outlet with filler. I noticed an evolution during it's life, such as lights, spoiler tabs and such, so you need to pick a time and freeze it.

Looking great so far, will watch this build.

My first pick is the '48 Chevy 1 ton with the dump bed, nice survivor. The Longnlo Suburban is an amazing custom, too overboard for me but it's well done. Of course everything else you took pictures of are nice, but I'm jaded and skip over what I'm bored with.

Really depends on the subject. Some cars only have the lens, no trim. If it was me, would cut a slightly larger chrome sticker (AAA insurance sticker is my material), then put this in the middle. I like your idea, you have several lifetimes supply too. ?

yellow slick toad,

I got decals from Hong Kong via eBay some time ago, but it's no longer available. I see another style Coke decals are available. I'm sure Coke lawyers track down everyone who sells non-licensed stuff, so get it when you see it!

Almost done with the interior. Made the spare tire mount from solder and punched a plastic disk, drilled a hole in the pan, glued it in. My theory is they kept it to a minimum, and nobody is going to see it anyway. Made a cardboard box, cut a wood block, wrapped with grocery sack that is cut like a box. The second bag is one I made for my VW Beetle project, it filled a corner good enough. The black bag came with the transkit. The shoulder belts have the decal for the label, I taped down the belts, applied some Tacky glue into the belts where that goes, then applied figuring the combination of the glue and decal adhesive would really work and it seems to (fingers crossed). There was no indication how the belts attached to the cage, so I just glued on behind the seats, then added photo-etch nut heads to the tiny holes on the kit parts. I will spray flat clear with a drop of tan in the interior, then glue down the belts, and then dust with tile grout. Last things to make will be water bottles, they had to have carried water in the freaking desert, saw a video of a race in Egypt and caught this pit stop.

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Candy stealing time!