Joe Lange

Moving ahead slowly with the Studebaker. The 'R2' supercharged engine is in the chassis, wheels and tires installed. Thinking about Tamyia, 'Mica Red', for body color with a silver-gray roof. Black or gray interior. Thanks for watching!

Beautiful car Bruce. Nice work!

WOW! Absolutely beautiful Steve.

Paint is on! Next is a little polishing, BMF, and decals. Then a clear coat and finally assembly.

I purchased this kit from 'MCW Resin Replicas' back in 1/2017. I was happy with the casting and detail quality but, really wasn't ready to do an engine-less, 'static' model. So, it sat in the box until now. I got an AMT 1963 Avanti, 289 supercharged engine from Ebay and decided to open the hood. Studebaker also offered a sunroof option, so I decided it need that also. More to follow. Thanks for looking!

Finished interior, and waiting for the body paint to dry. Also, waiting on decals. So......thought I'd start another project.

COMPLETED! Thanks to all who watched and commented!

This is really beautiful, Andy! It looks like it could be a 'Concept Car' from the 1960's. Please, take your time finishing it.

Well Bill, I glued the ribbed floor to the 'hump' that houses the rear end underneath. No really sure how much lower I could go with the floor and not interfere with the rear axle. Thank for the question.

Len, The guy who did the body is here on the Forum. He is damodelguy phx az. He just got back on the Forum on 7/11/24 after some issues with his internet provider in Phoenix. Before 8/14/23 he was here as damodelguy az. He has created many very cool custom bodies and sold them through Ebay and posted photos of all of them here on the Forum through the years. With a little searching on the Forum you can see them. I'm sure he would be glad to answer your questions if you message him. His stuff is very clean and well made.

Great idea, Greg! Definitely going to start using this.

There are a few interesting stories about them on the internet. Most of them have survived through the years.

It's definitely going to be a solid color, nothing metallic. I would really like to put some 'Vendor/Business' graphics on the side, so I'm holding off on a color until I find the right decals. Thanks for the comments!

Sure is! I just cut out a couple of millimeters from the middle to fit the door. I probably could have made a thinner, prettier hinge with some brass wire but, it was there so I used it. Thanks for looking!

While continuing on with my Rambler Rogue project, I decided to start another build. Last spring an Ebay posting came up for a resin '50 Olds sedan delivery body and I bought it. The seller was 'forgle9' and he cast his own creations. It is a very well casted piece with very little clean up required. All the parts from a Revell '50 Oldsmobile Coupe fit with this body. The one modification that I made was to 'open' the rear door. Of course, this just creates a bit more detailing to the interior, but....... why not? Right? From the research I've done, there were 8 of these cars built by Oldsmobile and given to their plant managers at GM's eight Oldsmobile production factories in the U.S. There is one at a Tallahassee Auto Museum in Tallahassee, Florida that I have visited several times. I plan on building this stock. (Thought the sun visor would be a nice addition) Hope you enjoy the photos!

Finished interior. Working on engine compartment details. Then securing interior tub to body and chassis to body. Thanks for looking!

Really nice Beetle, Simo!

A little more work at the bench, Body has been painted. Going with a solid color instead of metallic. Applied most of the BMF and decals. Just about ready for the clear coat. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Thanks Bob, but I was thinking about changing it to a another '66 Rambler factory color. I am leaning toward the 'Granada Green', (metallic), with a tan interior.

I was waiting for someone to spot that Niko! I didn't want to try replicating the headlight trim that wrapped around the fenders on the '67, so I decided to stay with the '66 body style and see if anyone noticed. Good call! I'm going to say it was a factory 'Concept Car' and leave it at that.

I was at first, but I decided on a convertible. I thought a Rogue 'rag top' would be cooler. Maybe even the 'racing stripe' that appeared in the advertising pages but never on the cars!

Greetings All, I wanted to try something different with a Jo-Han S/C Rambler, (glue bomb), I found on Ebay a while back. With all the folks here explaining the errors on the Jo-Han kit, I decided to replicate a Rambler, (American), Rogue. After finding a damage Jo-Han 1966 Rambler American 'promo', I'm on my way. The promo's roof and windshield were damaged, so I removed the roof and used the windshield frame from the 'glue bomb' Scrambler. I also sanded off the emblems and cut out the hood. After removing the engine compartment from the 'glue bomb' I grafted it to the 'promo' body. Fortunately, both the Jo-Han kit body and their 'promo' are identical in their dimensions so all the parts from the kit will fit into the 'promo'. To be continued..........

Finally finished! After a bit of struggling to get the body, interior, and chassis together as one......Done! This definitely is a 'Land Yacht'. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

No Ray, you can't be responsible for a package once you hand it off to the Post. No one can dispute that. I'm just letting John know that watching the 'travel time' in the post could be a frustrating experience. As far as my package. I hope PostNL shipping labels don't expire after six days, because the last scan(?) was 9/17 "Shipment is ready for transport to the country of destination".

I have good friends in Sweden, England, and Germany. When they send me a small package or shipping envelope, it gets to me between 1.5 to 2 weeks tops. They email me as soon as it's in the Post. The biggest 'hangup' isn't the Post Office, ours or theirs, it's U.S. Customs. Sometimes they can be very fast, (especially around the holidays), and then as slow as........at other times My issue is vendors who can make their own shipping labels from home. They create a label with a tracking number on it but then it sits for several days before the vendor actually takes it to the Post Office. When you check the Tracking Number, on line, it states; 'Label created, waiting for package'. The label for mine was 'created' on 9/12 and it arrive at the P.O. on 9/17. There you go.