Wm David Green

I have an MPC '69 Charger body and glass, and the chassis from the Revell '70 Charger, and a couple of spare engines to work with. So with skill patience and ingenuity, plus lots of Evergreen plastic and filler, I hope to get a result.

This is all great stuff and looking forward to the result. I prefer the 1969 Mercury Cougar to all of the stock 60's Mustangs. Of the Ford Mustangs, I like the 1971 to '73 models.

All great looking cars, some exceptional work ! Shoopdog's metallic gray '71 Charger is a revelation, and has given me the nudge to get mine done. I got the 'Street Machine' (2002 box date) version, bargain priced, but will probably modify the stance back to 'normal' and definitely replace those awful custom wheels it came with.

Fantastic Ford. Everything, build, paint, and decals, looks great.

Superb '61 Pontiac. Great build and finish, did you use the kit tyres or aftermarket ?

Really great looking Cougar. Could almost be the real thing. You certainly nailed the yellow, which as you and many many others know is one of the worst colors to get right. I have had nightmares ...... and a new spray can is waiting

The Cougar is a nice kit, I believe it is an updated 1969 era kit with new interior parts added in the 80's. It looks to be the same issue as mine, (bright yellow styrene?). I intend on using the AMT '67 Mercury Comet motor, omitting the spoiler and hood intake, and a wheel change just for the sake of a different look.

This I like a lot. Cool color too.

Just bought this on Blu-Ray disc, features some great real NASCAR footage, shot from mid 1964 to early 1965 by Bruce Kessler. Certainly not the greatest film ever made, variable acting led to bad previews (disc commentary explains director Howard Hawks casting a non-actress in a leading role), but not the worst either. If you like car race films, especially NASCAR, then you should enjoy this film. Its got me wanting to do my AMT 1963 Ford 500XL as NASCAR racer, although the main cars appear to be mostly 1964 models, Fords, Mercs, Plymouths & Pontiacs, with some '65 Fords in some scenes.

I already said some similar stuff on your Falcon build, but, Zakdoggi, (or Geoff?), you are one heck of a modeller ! Great going, can't wait to see what's next.

Resin parts, kit-bashing, and scratch building. Whoa! Zakdoggi, you are one hell of a modeller ! Great stuff.

There are different colors/grades of Milliput two part epoxy putty, from basic yellow/gray through to fine white. They should all dry quite hard eventually if mixed correctly. The drying time will be affected by humidity and temperature. I like to use the basic yellow/gray Milliput and have also tried the terracotta, black, and fine white, and have had good results. It's not a good idea to apply large amounts of epoxy putty on a model, especially a car, and then expect to try and grind it to shape. It's best to use small amounts at a time and do as much sculpting, shaping and smoothing while it's still pliable, and final sanding when it's dry. You can also mix Milliput with small amounts of Duro Kneadatite Green Stuff for certain applications, Green Stuff is very sticky. Storage can be a problem, keeping the stuff cool and dry can be tricky.

Fantastic beast! Really well done.

This is something special, really nice finish.

Great '57 Ford, inspired color combination.

Another nice build, one of your best I think. Makes me want to get one in fact, as the box art on kit reissue was not inspiring. You made the grille look really good.

Michelle, Your work is really good, and your work ethic is amazing.

Dale, great advice on the hot knife. The problem using a cutter is that some recent kits have a short thick section of sprue parallel to the windshield and back light. In these I have to pare down the sprue piece with the cutter in order to get clearance to safely remove the clear part. No sweat ! (well not much). Bill, I have had great results with Micro Mesh sanding/polishing pads, and have just recently tried out the Novus polish. Thank you

Some time ago I cracked the windshield in two on the Moebius '53 Hudson Hornet, there was already a small crack at the edge of the part at the sprue attachment point. No chance of repair. I recently had a near disaster when removing the windshield from the sprue on the Round2/AMT '57 Chrysler 300C. I now try to be extra careful securing the sprue, and if unable to get a full firm purchase away from the piece with my sprue cutter, I only using a sharp new pointed blade or fine razor saw etc. However with the Chrysler I chipped the windshield part, fortunately just on the inner surface of the glass, and I was able to sand and polish the scar out, thinning the windshield in the process. Any way I got paranoid after this and I have started a clear parts maintenance binge. Basically going through my stash of kits and making sure that the clear parts are okay and in some cases removing the front and rear window glass parts, disposing of the sprue, and bagging each clear part in separate plastic film and/or small sealed freezer bags. So many kits, especially older or second hand examples, don't have adequately protected clear parts.

This has been a great post, very informative. I have recently bought the same kit , so the stuff on here will be very helpful. Thank you.

This is looking really great. I recently got the Moebius stock '61 Catalina, it's a nice model, and am currently attempting to mix some Pontiac colors using Vallejo Metallic Polyurethane Acrylics. Looking forward to getting the same Joe Weatherly version of the kit which I ordered two weeks ago from your side of the pond. I don't know very much about NASCAR, but am learning about the drivers and their cars.

Great looking Charger, I'd be happy enough if I could make something similar using the Revell '68 Charger R/T as a basis. Love those wide wheels too.

That is so nice! Great job and love that color. Very inspiring, however I don't feel I can do my GTX & Roadrunner kits justice 'til I get my skills developed more. So, gotta get more kit building done this weekend.

Absolutely, I have had numerous disasters, more than probably self inflicted, but I like to blame bad luck. Recently, made a hash of the AMT 1/25 1966 Olds 442. After the trauma of removing the body side trim, for the correct hard top spec, and filling some sink marks, then discovered that the chrome was really bad, too thick with runs all over and obscured details, the center grill part was unacceptable, the brown glue / varnish stuff they used was the culprit, . So I tried to strip it. The chrome is off, but the glue varnish stuff is still there, and in places rock hard. Put to one side until I calm down and think of a solution. The newer 1/25 AMT Mercury Cyclone, tried to correct the asymmetric lower body contours, several times. Just about got it right, but still loads of filling and smoothing to do. Then I decided to fix the incorrect front roof line, wish I hadn't bothered. Will have to wait until I have figured how to make a new windscreen. Still have two more Cyclone kits in the stash. In the past I have attempted a few 1/72 & 1/48 aircraft, but made rookie mistakes and blunders. But you learn eventually, for me skill and patience came later. Amateur modeler with advanced modeler delusions, measure once, cut twice (or more). "IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT".

More Uses For Plastic Sprue Recently I used some particularly chunky straight thick round rod section sprue * to plug the awful screw head openings on the chassis underside of the AMT 66 Mercury Park Lane kit. The sprue was just the right fit, and cuts easily. I know the Mercury is an older kit, but I think every little helps. (* from the Revell '62 or '63 Impala)