Oldcarfan27

Oh I see it! The 3 pedals glued to the door panel. That's hilarious! Must make for a real AWKWARD driving position. Or maybe you clutch with your knee. And no passenger seat. Drivers Only, no chicks allowed! Girls probably don't want to ride in cars like these anyways, right? As for the rear facing scoops, that's so the thrusters blast faster into hyper-drive. Notice the rear spoiler is on backwards too. Did he even look at the instructions? Funny! Thanks for sharing. And keep it as it is - it's too entertaining.

That works, finish it! Then post it for us to see. Hope you saved the roof and trunk area to make a Mustang Grande.

Nothing a little coat of wax can't fix!

I especially like the rear engine hatch glued on upside down. Looks like a wacko engine scoop! Actually, my favorite thing to do is acquire large boxes of junk cars, parts and cast offs when I go to kit shows or swap meets. Many times the seller is just happy to be rid of the junk so he can focus on his "collector kits". I go home and sit there for days just picking through and sorting out my prizes for future projects. Many times I find rare models that I would never be able to afford if they were intact and complete. I also find parts for other projects that I have been searching for for a long time but had been elusive. This type of treasure hunting is how I came across a broken, but complete 67 Galaxie body with bumpers and glass, which I'm in process of restoring. I also accumulated 5 original Ala Karts this way. I got an original Surfite with the shack long before it was reissued. Found the major parts to an Ironsides van along with the wheelchair and the hi-top roof. Also found some hard to find Japanese kits and other cool cars that I've never even seen for sale in any condition before. This is the most fun part of the hobby for me. I guess it's true what they say about "one man's trash...."

3 scale inches isn't much, probably the thickness of .040 or .060 plastic. Or you could possibly fake it by moving the rear axle back that much. Hardest part might be finding a correct interior for the stock version.

I still want to know where you COULDN'T save it. It looks perfect to me. I wish I could find one of those glue bombs. Those Pontiacs were just so unique looking. Maybe someday.

Judging by the shape of the roofline, it looks like you started with a Johan 79 Cadillac and built the rest with sheet plastic. Am I right? You should do work in progress photos to show the rest of us how models like this become reality. I want to build one. Awesome Job!

Oooo, thassnice! The color is very period correct. And I really like the matching interior. What color is that? I want to use it on a mustang I'm doing.

My suggestion would be to use the 67 or 68 Mustang chassis. It's the right generation and the detail would be better.

Probably not out of the box. Its going to have a funny car chassis. Dan Gurney's. was a Trans Am racer. You'll have to do some creative kit bashing!

Here's an idea, how about using the roof to convert a 67-68 Mustang into a coupe. Or a Shelby into a California Special. The roof lines are closer than the 66 Mustang coupe.

I just saw this on Round 2's website. Does this excite anybody else as much as me?

I'd be happy if they could just gather the Johan tools that we know DO exist and were in the possession of other companies and have been produced outside of Johan. The ones that were reissued AFTER Johan closed its doors. Kits like the Chrysler turbine car, 75 Olds Cutlass snap, 59 Rambler wagon, Sox & Martin Cuda, Pro Stock Comet, 69 AMC SC Rambler and the 79 Cadillac snap. The turbine, Cutlass and Rambler were owned by a company named Indiana Model Company just a few years ago. I'm pretty sure the Cuda, Comet and AMC were issued by Testors about 20 years ago with cast metal wheels. And the Cadillac came back (sort of) about 15 years ago as a Lindberg snap kit hopper lowrider. I have that one and original Johan parts fit the body. However, the chassis was replaced with that goofy hopping mechanism and the windows were all black, but it is the Johan tool and the original bumpers, chassis and interior will fit if you grind off all the big tube fittings used to hold the lowrider parts in place. Since Round 2 owns Lindberg they might already have this one and maybe the ones that Testors had when Lindberg bought their old IMC tools too.

My daughter is loving them, she won't give my phone back!

This might be a little obscure but.... Have you checked the aftermarket parts for HO or O scale model trains? I've found photoetched catwalk for boxcars can sometimes look like egg crate grilles. With a little scratch building and strip plastic (it is a very simple rectangle shape) you could try to make your own grille to fit the Monaco opening. Round headlights could be converted from the originals by carefully smoothing out the square headlights and adding in round ones. Hope this helps.

Fun, I shared the site with my kids. They can do it when they're at a waiting room or need to be busy with something when we're out and about. Great idea, family fun and easy entertainment. Please make more. Thanks

Anyone ever take a look at the models built by Juha Airio? His builds look amazing. With his attention to scale fidelity and realism, his cars look absolutely real - only smaller. His subject matter is always unique too. So if you want one, his is usually the only way you're going to get it. Factor in the fact that there are some people out there with more money than talent and time to build and you're looking at a potential market for these art pieces. I don't know if he sells his projects, but if he did, I'm sure he'd get that much or more. They're that good! Gives us all something to aspire to.

Being new to this forum, I was a little intimidated with trading with some very experienced modelers. But I too just completed a transaction with Terry (Renegade) and he showed me how kind and honest you guys are to fellow hobbyists. He went above and beyond to make my experience extra pleasant. I hope to return the favor to him someday. Thanks again Terry, guys like you are what make this hobby the best. Patrick.

Stock hubcaps! I build replica stock cars and I'm always looking for unusual hubcap variations to use for them. I save them all, because you'll never know what car you'll end up needing them for! I wish somebody would make GOOD wire wheel caps like the ones used on Regals, Monte Carlos and luxury cars of the 70s and 80s. Not wire wheels, flush hubcaps.

How cool would that be? Round 2 as caretaker of ALL vintage model kit tooling. Now if they could only find all the Johan molds!....

That's perfect! I saw that paint at hobby lobby this week. I wasn't sure, but now you've confirmed it. Thanks, that's what I'll use.

Beautiful truck. I just noticed something. You said the bed was made from a recent 72 reissue, and that you modified the tailgate to 68 specs. My question is - did you graft in the lower part of a 65 tailgate into the 72 tailgate to get those letters into it? That sure doesn't look like a 72 tailgate! Also, how did you accurately recreate the side trim with the black groove inside it? I've got a resin copy of the grille area for a 68 Chevy and I'm going to use a GMC cab (less trim to sand off, accurate side marker lights). Now, if I know how you did the trim and the tailgate, I'm set to make my own copy of a 68 shorty. Please tell me how you did it!

I would vote for it. That's EXACTLY the way those trucks looked like back then! They never had bright flashy colors, usually muted tones like this. I remember them in colors like mustard yellow, avocado green, pale tan, pumpkin orange, dirty white. The brightest colors they had were medium blue and straight red - and that was bland too! Your's captures the real look of the truck when it was new, ride height and all! I've been looking for the inspiration to build my kit stock. This is it! Hope you don't mind, I've downloaded copies of your truck to save for my reference file. Well done!

That came from a Ramcharger?! Amazing! The only part I recognize from the Ramcharger is the hood. Now it just needs a piggyback camper or a big fifth wheel trailer to haul. That truck looks tough. Awesome work!

My son and I recently aquired all 3 AMT fire trucks (Pumper, Aero Chief, Ladder Chief) and we want to do one of them in the lime yellow color that some firetrucks come in. My question is - is there a pre-mixed paint (preferably spray) that matches this color? What paint is the closest match? Is Testors zinc chromate a close match? Thanks