Oldcarfan27

Road Runner? Duster? Belvedere? Looks like grey plastic. Too detailed to be from an annual.

Historians: What changes were made to AMTs last gen Corvairs? Does the 69 look pretty much like the earlier issues?

That's a definite improvement! Now if we could still edit the posts, we could repair the missing photos.

This is a pet-peeve for me. Damaged or missing pics in older threads ruin the articles for me. I've tried looking up old stories and builds on this forum. But, to me, they're useless if there's no images attached to them. Moderators might as well delete them if we can't see the subject that's being written about!

This statement is only true, if it includes rusting, breaking down, blown head gaskets, premature engine wear and the beginning of a manufacturer onto the long road to bankruptcy.

More from Mister NNL. Tom I'm really liking this one!

Looks like brand new!! Or at least what they looked like soon after. Well done weathering, very believable.

I'm thinking the Conestoga-wagon wheels really throw off the proportions. Nice body work though.

I wouldn't mind trying my hand at one of those. Too bad you'll make a fleece payment trying to get one on Ebay though.

At first glance, I thought the same thing that John Pol thought. Both brands look very similar, I get them mixed up a lot! Same problem with the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Ams.

Casey, turn the red hood over to see the top. Looks to me like the hood from the Dodge D50

Monogram Chevy Luv Stepside.

I call foul. How would they have had time to set all that up beforehand. Stop traffic with a big truck when they get there, and rush to hook up and hoist that much metal over the safety railing and get away without ANYONE noticing? Either that or people there are totally clueless. That bridge has a lot of traffic on it all day long!

I also found that the rear door glass is too short lengthwise. On the sedan, the frame should almost go to the edge of the door.

Cool kits, but it's written more as an advertisement than a how-to or who-did-what article to me. More like they're trying to promote kits to sell to a speculative audience, which I guess isn't a bad thing. But why no regular cars?

Doubt it. When the tree was smaller, it wouldn't have had the strength to start lifting a ton and a half of car. Trees can grow around and through a car, but not lift it off the ground. Looks like someone cut a section away from a large tree and placed the car there. I've seen other pictures of similar projects in other locations. It definitely attracts attention!

Use Evergreen strip plastic (scale 4x4s) glued inside the corners for strength and make sure all your pieces are square and match side to side. That should help.

It's out! Just pull the bed, and you still have a complete kit left over.

I'm kinda digging this one, but I'm weird like that. ? Thing that bugs me is all the vent scoops go in all different directions, none of them match each other.

In my experience, original shrink wrap is wrapped over the top around the end caps and connected at the bottom, with the sides heatsealed together and shrunk. They should not have a thick mylar film that is wrapped like a present - I have seen them this way, passed-off as unopened. No way!!! The exception is middle 60's, as I once had a Monogram kit that WAS unopened and had a thin plastic wrap that was heat-pressed closed like a present, but did not use any adhesive, tape or glue to attach it. The heat stuck the film to itself, not to the box. Also, an original, never opened, never exposed box will have zero wear anywhere underneath the unbroken film. If there is box wear under a sealed kit - WATCH OUT!

More from Tom

I was thinking the blue one was from the Revell 56 Ford p/u. The buckets look like they're from a 60's annual, but I don't know which.

This could've been GMs answer to the Ford Mach E. I like it a lot better!

Great build! If you could, I'd like for you to add this car to my thread... It's perfect for it!

Great color combination. The nicest build I've ever seen of this kit! Well done.