Oldcarfan27

It's much better than the tube glue, but harder to apply in large areas as it air dries very fast. Liquid glue flows by capillary action and is best to use in small areas and applied after parts are held together. Epoxies and super glues can be easily found at auto parts stores, Wal Marts and even dollar stores. So supplies should never be an issue.

I like that! And slot car wheels give it a tough look. Probably better detailed too. Now I'm hungry to buy some myself, this gives me lots of ideas!

I thought so. Now I have to go through my old stash of magazines to re-read that article. Now I feel I've known you for many years!

Why didn't they just use the Pontiac frame??

The wheels are there. The tires are flat!! ?

So much to like here! The visual story going on. The International truck theme. The exceptional detail on the figures faces. All over detail on both trucks. Well done, sir!

My favorite shots are the ones done from a low angle.These are GIANT trucks and that would be the way most of us would have seen them, unless you viewed it from a crane or a building. Did they ever get painted in glossy paint? Excellent job!

Hey Snake. Was your Buick featured in an article in one of the old model car magazines? It looks very familiar. Especially if you have the stock hood painted in a similar (but not exact) color, because you painted it years afterwards. I seem to remember the story going - You owned a bunch of old annuals but lost them in a bench fire. Got the insurance check and bought as many replacements as you could afford, although the collector prices were much higher than when they were new. This was one of one of the first ones you re-bought. If it's not you, this Buick sure looks like the same car! ?

I like decals like these, lots of old, cool brands on there. Wish they would do more stuff like this in their vintage kits.

So here's my take on his work. I hate the color, it does nothing for the sporty nature of a Mustang. Gives it the look of grandpa's Cadillac. The stripes are supposed to mimic the Mach1 stripes, but they run right over the wheel openings and wrap back over the roof - splitting the car in half and not emphasizing the styling at all. Better to have done nothing, than to throw lines on it for the sake of color. Maybe they hide bad paint touchups? The taillights look like junkyard pulls, tacked onto the rear end just as if that was all he had. The fact that he cribbed it from a competitor's car only slaps the Ford marque in the face. Design of the wheels reminds me of a blade from a chop-O-matic. Rear quarter panels look tacked on, overweight and don't even match the shape of this generation pony. They angle out in the wrong direction. The front "mouth" looks like it has fangs under a chrome Snidley Whiplash moustache. I think Ol' Chip is getting too full of his own status and not really styling cars to improve their appearance anymore.

Consider adding strips of plastic INSIDE the tank seams to provide more gluable surface to hold the tank halves together, and to give strength to the seam after it's built. I too would recommend giving up tube glue and try using other adhesives. I personally only use Krazy Glue for my go to glue. You have to be more precise, but it dries fast, is sandable, doesn't shrink and is more permanent for the future.

You guys hit on pretty much the same problems for me too! Did anyone notice that he force fit rear 70 quarter panels onto it and gave a weird rear angle to it?

I always liked the Keystone Classics because they always reminded me of the wheels that were on my Hot Wheels cars when I was a kid.

Actually, you hit on the first thing I thought of. If I were to build this, the Lindberg/Palmer kit would be the one I would use. Finally, a good use for that kit!

I personally am not completely sold on this car. Certain elements bother me. But I want to hear your opinions. So let 'er rip!!!

Just wondering if anyone has a group of these built? I see boxes a lot, but hardly see them in the flesh, er-plastic.

More power to 'em. But don't be surprised if it gets re-listed a THIRD time, due to another non-payment! Some bidders just end up being "tire kickers"

I don't think they needed to restore the 65 Bonny, as it was reissued back in the 2000s by Racing Champions. And this was 10+ years after the 2+2 fiasco.

It's a free ride when you've already paidIt's the good advice that you just didn't takeWho would've thought... it figures!!

Steve, I've seen your builds - I would beg to differ with your expertise! Your research is top drawer!

Oooh, that's cool to know! I wonder if it ever found itself in any other kits?

They look great! When I was a kid, I looked for toys that realistically mimicked real cars that I saw on the streets. I enjoyed accurate details even then. These would've been the kinds of toys I'd ask for for Christmas!

The grille completely dominates the rest of the car. Makes the rest look bland and dull. I miss this unique styling cues the old designers used on cars back in the day. Hidden headlights, wide open grilles, flying buttress C-pillars , fins, bulging fenders, split windows, "Coke Bottle" profiles, duck-tail rear ends, leaping panther side views, large open greenhouses, wide color palettes. Designers put great thought on how to get buyers excited to get into and be seen in their cars. Nowadays its "What color grey do you want your cat-eye, egg shaped, used bar of soap? You'd think with modern, computer-aided design software, the creative ideas would just flow. Instead, it looks like they keep using the generic, basic, beginner tool menu that came with the downloaded app.

Salmon and white. Perfect color choice for that era!

Wonder why? A lot of the others were reissued multiple times. Damaged tooling perhaps?