Jon Cole

The meat & potatos on Ford, as quoted (in part) from Jalopnik:

Steve, just got to say... what a stunning Ford! Is this built from old stock, or a roof from the '60 added to the '61 sedan?

What amazes me, is how often we hear or read someone that sees a parked car that appears on its frame, but seems totally oblivious to the concept of airbags. While technically possible, they are not driving around that low. As in, grounded. Although there are many, mostly young people, who are driving around in "slammed" cars, a.k.a. "tuners", who seem to love demonstrating how eager they are to smash their oil pan open with their too low cars. I see that crowd as a different genre to the low street rods.

Thanks for explaining.

Wait- are they now clearcoating the patina? If so, what's the point of the patina?

Here is the pics circulated at the time:

Another stunning work, Chuck. I have a sectioned, unfinished Hudson in my room, thinking of doing a chop. When you modify the windshield, do you trim from the top, or bottom of the glass? You seem to have nailed the color for the air filter. What color is that? Keep building!

Of course, every coin has two sides. Offering an opinion should be good, as long as it's not a diss aimed at an individual.

You win the internet for today. I am but a so so builder, who feels my age is starting to affect the quality of my builds. Who am I to criticize other's work? Plus, it is rarely taken well.

A phantom 1995 LAPD Monte Carlo.

Nice! Do you have any more pics?

I think someone- maybe Jimmy Flintstone- casts this as a resin body. Yes?

You can get a custom mixed can of spray paint from any quality automotive jobber for about $25. Just have to provide them with a paint code.

Not doing the museum truck, as I would have had to fabricate a center mounted cage and driver position. It seems like every photo I saw, was different in some way. So I am just going for an early career build. Not so early that it would still have the glass.

Saw a Maserati SUV. I didn't even know they had an SUV.

I am sorry to see you go. This has been happening on social media sites, and now it happens here. Hopefully, if you do come back, we will all be here.

So, is the new owner "Blitz", or "Quantum Capital Partners"? I notice the press release from Revell has no mention of the previously mentioned "Blitz" name.

Forgot to add my last pic. And... it would not accept an edit! LoL! Even my posts fail LoL! So here, again... When I put it back together, I made a spacer instead of risking having the tailgate in the way. Used the rubber band method to hold it snug while the epoxy set. Progress is still slow. I will need to do a lot of touch up as it comes together.

Updates: Had to trim down the door hinge at the top & bottom where it attaches to the body. More clearance issues for the door hinges at the floor. Cuttin' & chopping. I handled everything so much, I had to repaint or touch up the floor pan. Not my finest job. I found out the hard way that the chassis / floor will fit into the body much easier without the rear pan in place. Pried it out, broke a mount tab in the process. So grind out the broke tab, fab & glue on new tab. Yes, I have resorted to taping memos on my cutting mat. When I put it back together, I made a spacer instead of risking having the tailgate in the way. Used the rubber band method to hold it snug while the epoxy set. Progress is still slow. I will need to do a lot of touch up as it comes together.

What Steve said. When I see glossy seats, I think the builder is not aware of Dullcote. Glossy seats make a model look toy like. "Shiny vinyl" is model buildings equivalent of 'overthinking it'. Just my humble opinion.

"They were just Edsels". Like any late 50's American full size car, the Edsel certainly had hop up potential.

Curt, this one is so kool. I don't know how you turn out such quality, again and again.

If it helps, you can always sleeve a thinner rod of plastic or metal in the next size up diameter hollow plastic tube. I like to keep a wide variety of rods and tubes on hand. So versatile.

The plastic rod that afx is referring to, is sold in any well stocked hobby shop. Available in different diameters from brands like Evergreen. Do you have any hobby shops nearby? Also found assortments on Ebay.

I have wasted so much on gel pens over the years. They just don't function. Nothing I do can get them to leave a mark, be it on plastic, or paper. The silver Sharpie markers are ink, not paint. I find them to not cover well. Very translucent. For chrome, nothing seems to top the Molotow Chrome pen. The fine point paint marker shown at the top looks interesting.