Ulf

This is how it turned out, I glued the inner box upside down in the outer box before soaking the box in Pledge. A new inner box I made of 2 mm cardboard which also got a layer of Pledge. Now I can fully enjoy the box art. The width of the compartments is just right for zip bags and a small special so that the steering wheel on the steering column can be stored safely during construction.

That it is your favorite car is really understandable, they had much of what we lack today, low weight. Curb weight 907 kg (2,000 lb), not even low power affects the driving feel when a car is so light.

Thank you, I would not have wanted to miss that. First of all, it's great to see how well Steve has recovered but of course it's also great to see the Jo-Han kit being built. Steve builds both very strictly and well while the cars are extreme. His moodboards are something I should probably emulate.

This protractor with grooves to cut into.The straight scale has grooves every 5 mm. Without having tried this tool feels very promising.

Welcome, I saw your builds, very nice.

Cool, don't forget to add another scale to your forum profile.😀

MPC Chevy Chevette

Wow

Just the box, I will repair, reinforce and varnish with Pledge before using it for ongoing projects. It will be so much nicer on the workbench no matter what I build.

The Aluma Coupe and the Chezom tires were known to crack after a short time, unfortunately long enough for many builders to glue the wheels on....

Perfect, like the pictures of next year cars in the 70’s.

A slightly pretentious still life, it was the first time in many many years that I sanded a rim from the back and it went like that... all of a sudden the ring in the middle was loose but it could be fixed from the back with plasticard. Now I have to do a small flat iron and a bolt head. After this there will be a wooden tool box for jack and some tools, the Jeep is probably not very reliable.

Stockholm Sweden

Any year, but at least it's getting closer to completion. Not the best picture either…

innovative, thanks.

It is, ok not on the road but so unique that I couldn't resist posting a picture. It was really an experience to see it live. The gallerist told me it was insured up to 70 million dollars.

Hand painted, swirls, brush strokes and odd color combinations. 😬

Really strange, they were very good cars for their purposes. As a plumber's car in town they were optimum size vs space, we had a small pull out vice at waist height at the back so you could stand under cover under the hatch and solder etc. A bigger car was no better actually, deeper to reach in and harder to park. Revell may well make a double cab, they are starting to get cult status because of the price development of the previous ones.

I seem to recall that five-hole slot mags are four-bolted.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked my jig, here are a couple more. First of all, I have jigs not because I am a perfectionist or that I have high ambitions, I have these to facilitate, to cope. The aluminum profiles are worth their weight in gold to see if it is perpendicular, support etc. The aluminium plate,I have drilled holes perpendicularly (eeeh a mechanical workshop) and I use it to glue plasticard rod to parts just perpendicularly, very good, dry over a nigth or two. Wooden blocks in different sizes are nice to have on hand. As you can see, the roll bar turned out ok but the front track width needs to be adjusted.

Today my wife went for a ten mile walk and in the meantime I read this whole thread, very entertaining and educational.

Harder and harder to remember but like mom paid for a 1975 Jo-Han Richard Petty Plymouth, the toy stores smelled in a special way, safety. All the new kits notwithstanding, Jo-Han is since then No 1.

Did you ? I found a magazine on the shelf and thought like you.

Oh dear, I guess I have to re-prioritize on the workbench again...

It really looks fantastic. We have to remember that repainting has always been around, on summer vacation when I was 14(1980) we went after the fairground to a car book store that was only open Saturday morning and Wednesday evening. There and then a friend of the shop owner came with his blue gull wing, the paint was improved in several places, including around the windshield wipers but he really drove it.