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Tom I believe that was it! Super nice looking! That is much more factory correct than mine, I think I went over board with the side window chrome!

This is one I just finished. It’s the pre assembled diecast of I believe George Poteets or it could have been a Posies diecast; can’t remember! Anyway I saw this type of build awhile ago in one of the magazines (can’t remember which magazine it was.....BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH memory!) the builder removed the second chrome strip from the side or possibly both and made a stock looking wagon. I picked this up in a lot of stuff and it was assembled with both bumpers upside down so I figured I would try to change it up! I removed the lower chrome on the side and filled the hood vents, that was basically the body mods. I changed the steering wheel painted the interior to match the outside, changed the wheels and tires and that’s about it! I thought about a different style two-tone but wanted to keep it simple, wish I would have used a lighter blue instead of turquoise. Bare metal foil was very tough as the edges of the chrome are very “soft” , I thought it came out ok and I would like to do another but next time remove all the side chrome and put a thin one down the sides to represent a more base model! As always comments welcome!

Hi all, just finished this up the other day. Pretty much box stock build, used some wheels from a diecast and got it as low as I could. The paint looks very different in the pictures, it’s lime green metallic and pearl white on the fenders. I left the running boards white as I thought that if I painted them black rubber it would have stuck out too much. As always comments are welcome. Thanks!

Nice! Excellent body and paint work!

Looks great! Very nice job!

Very nice model, good choice of the colors also! These kits are very tough with all the flashing but look nice when completed. I finished this same kit this past year and I’m not sure I would tackle another!

Completed another great trade with Bigtruck, thanks Ken!

Super nice build! Love the paint work!

Yes that is the interior that came with the kit, it’s really nice and could easily be used for a lot of other projects!

Thanks! Appreciate the comments!

Thanks guys, great tips and pictures!

That’s a neat idea, looks like it’s a easy safe way! Thanks!

Thanks guys, appreciate the tips!

Looks fantastic!

What’s the best, safest and easiest way to decant spray cans? These are older paint cans and are not spraying. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks !

This paint was given to me by a club member who worked in a body shop, it was a color they used on a customers car so I’m not sure what it is, I wish I had more of it cause I really like it!

This is the AMT 62 Pontiac Catalina custom kit, built box stock. I painted this a long time ago, probably when the kit first came out and shelved it mostly because of paint flaws. Dug it out a couple weeks ago and was going to strip it, instead I polished it and put it together. This is a really nice kit, the issues I had were really all of my own doing. The frame and floor were both warped, dipping in the front a decent amount. My mistake was thinking it would straighten out in final assembly, it kind of did with clamps epoxy and JB weld. My other main mistake was way back when I painted it, the custom nose piece and the grille surround were very different colors of gold ( one reason it went back in the box)! So I tried to cover it up with pearl white and a single “scallop” down the center of the hood. The white did not cover well so it took multiple coats and the edge is not very crisp. With all the problems I made it still is a nice kit to build and it looks ok for the shelf! Comments always welcome!

Wow! That is sharp looking! Great job!

That looks awesome! Great work!

Completed an awesome trade with Exotics_builder! Great trade and would trade with anytime! Thanks!

Thanks guys! Appreciate the comments!

I will try and post one for you. The engine is not that bad looking, has a lot of molded on detail and the distributor has plug wires molded on. I really didn't do much to the engine or under the hood.

This one I just finished up! It is the 1/22 scale Hubley Packard roadster. This was built for an upcoming club project, our club members all write down what they would like our annual club build to be and we throw them in a hat, this years winner was anything Hubley! I had a couple metal Hubley kits floating around and also a couple 1/24 scale plastic kits, I decided to do the metal kit since the club member who suggested that we do these builds only the metal kits! This was at times fun and other times extremely frustrating, but overall it looks ok! As always comments and criticism are always welcome. The pile of “junk” beside it is almost all of the flash that needed removed! I figure I could use it in a diorama or something!

Great looking model! Love the stance and color!

I have one of the AMT open road campers if you are still looking for one. I was just looking thru this thread and noticed you were looking for one, the one I just recently got has an issue with the body but is unbuilt and in painted. If you are still looking pm me and maybe we could work out a trade!