Wm David Green

Thanks to you all for answering so far, lots of ideas to contemplate. Strangely enough my original bottle of Vallejo silver was too 'sparkly' to be a realistic silver, but having mixed it with a dark gray it looks more like a convincing metallic. I do realise there is a semi translucent element in true metallic colors, therefore adding some clear gloss acrylic medium will hopefully work. William

This might be a boneheaded question, as I am new to car modelling, so please forgive. Is it possible to mix your own metallic colors by combining silver, or possibly another base metal shade, with a plain color. I ask this as I have a shed load of Vallejo acrylics, and no metallic colors other than silver, aluminium, gunmetal etc. Many thanks, William.

Welcome, as a recent joiner I can confirm lots of good things here. Although I have kit building experience, I'm still a newbie as far as 1/25 cars are concerned. William

Hello, There is no LHS in my neck of the woods that sells 1/25 scale cars, therefore I find ebay is my best source at present. My recent arrivals, yesterday, are second hand, such as the Revell '69 Shelby GT500 (#7161) in very yellow plastic, an AMT/ERTL '57 Ford Hard Top (#31838), and AMT/ERTL 1969 Pontiac Firebird (#31808). Last weekend, more bargains, AMT/ERTL '68 Plymouth Roadrunner (#6515) in two shades of tan plastic, AMT/ERTL 1958 Chevy Impala (#6548), and an MPC 1970 Pontiac GTO. New kits acquired, AMT 1957 Ford Hardtop 'Flashback' (#1010), and an MPC 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee (#869). William

Reference AMT'S PONTIAC 1969 FIREBIRD, KIT 31808, (2003 issue) Whats in the box? does this issue include any optional parts, such as the alternate hood. Thank you William The Collector firebird69.docx

Thank you to all for the warm welcome. Yes there are some beautiful places up here, great countryside, and coastline. But the climate, it rains a bit, it's got to be hard work for classic auto owners. Salutations from the land of the wet and rusty.

Have only recently been bitten by the classic and muscle car bug, and have bought a few 1/25 scale kits recently, including a very nice second hand Lindberg '53 Ford Victoria and the 'recent' MPC 1973 Ford Mustang (beyond the body shell, I'd say the rest of this kit looks a bit rough?). Previously I collected mostly 1/35 scale WW2 tanks and trucks. Researching U.S. auto manufacturers has led me to this change, plus nostalgia for the era. From what I have seen and read so far I gather that a substantial number of the available 1/25 kits date back to the 1960's, with varying degrees of detail and/or authenticity.