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Thanks for the info JJ and Bill. And thanks to the others who commented.

This one was a neatly built model with no painting or damage.It was easy to disassemble. I hand painted the whitewalls as it came with narrow ones. I did a simple job painting the engine. The hood fits very well on this one. I have a thing about ill fitting engine hoods and usually glue them shut if the fit is not good. Of course, most of my builds didn't come with opening hoods so it's seldom an issue for me. The rear gate was a one piece hatch on these cars but a power rear window was optional so i added the vertical bars as only the center part of the window went down. As always, thank you for looking and feel free to ask any questions and/or leave any comments. It's always appreciated. -Rich

I was asked to post some photos of my 65 Starfire. I just taped it together so you can see what it looks like. The wheels and tires are not the ones that came with it. I didn't want to mount the rims into the tires as the tires are rock hard and the rims won't go in easily. I think the box art is the best part as is the case with many of Palmer's models but it isn't their worst effort and you can tell what it is. I know of no other 65 Starfire kit that was made. This is one you don't see often. Maybe you don't want to! Thanks for looking! Comments, good or bad , are welcome. -Rich

Thanks for posting- both look super! I have a couple of 60 El Caminos in progress.

I don't often build customs but this one looks great! Very nice color too.

Thanks Gene!

Thank you Rusty. My unbuilt kit stash is small compared to many on here (4-500), but most are original kits from 1955-70. I also have some resin kits. I try to do restorations when possible rather than build the NOS kits. -Rich

Nice, very sinister look.

Here's a 59 Plymouth I finished a while ago. I repaired the glue damage and holes from the previous builder and polished the glass. It has Modelhaus chrome. The tires are originals. The paint is Krylon Maize Yellow with a white roof. I added wheel wells to the original chassis. I also added clear sections to the upper and lower part of the steering wheel. I didn't bother to do that on the 61 Plymouth I posted last week. I hope you like this one and thanks for looking. All comments and/or questions are welcome. -Rich

I should correct myself and add that this, being 1/25 scale, was probably mounted on a cardboard display like other 1/25's I've seen. It's the 1/32 cars (and some that weren't cars) that were mounted in acetate cases. Sorry for the memory lapse!

I posted a seldom seen large scale Olds yesterday and thought I'd continue with this rare Revell factory display model. I have 15-20 Revell factory built hobby shop displays. I've read that they hired people to build them at the factory but I've also read that they hired people to build them in their homes. Maybe they did both. The thing I like about them is that there are no two I've seen that are exactly the same since they were hand built. They did use stencils and airbrushed the paint (other than the figures which were hand painted.) They did a great job with the tires-check the closeup photo. My favorite is the Chris Craft cabin cruiser from 1953 but I guess I can't post that here. I have five Chris Craft factory displays (all slightly different) plus one I built and a few unbuilt. I also have more cars, etc. I bought this Corvette quite a few years ago. It was scraped up a bit and missing the driver figure and windshield frame and glass. It was also missing the clear acetate case they all came mounted in. I took it out recently and restored it at the same time I did the the Valiant I posted so you can see the Valiant in a few photos. I had bought the Skip's Fiesta reissue of this for the parts I needed but ended up using original parts. I never understood why they call the reissue a 1960 when it's a 1959. All they did was change the year on the license plate. Were they exactly the same? This is an early example as they didn't plate the chrome at the beginning but started doing that early on. The first ones had a note about it in the box (before they added that info to the outside of the boxes). I replaced the windshield and frame, polished the plastic to hide most of the scratches, glued a few loose parts back and touched up the silver painted chrome in a few places. I painted the figure, making it fairly simple like the originals. I hope you enjoy this little piece of history. Thank you for looking. -Rich

Thanks, Peter. It could be the ultra bright chrome as I may have mixed up the packages the foil came in.

Hi Peter, I have shown 10 models over the last 9 days, there are other colors. I do like blue, however. The blue ones shown are all different blues. Rich

Thanks Peter, I'm amazed my6self that it turned out so well. I wouldn't have waited 25 years If I had known how it would turn out. I used bare Metal Foil but it's older stuff. -Rich

Looks good Lazlow, hope to see more.

Hi Bill, I just recently finished building an X-EL reissue of the Johan 4 door Ninety Eight 56 Olds. I'll be posting soon. It's also yellow/white like my dad's 56 88. I've thought of getting a resin 56 88 too although my dad's was a 4 door. -Rich

Excellent job , I really love the interior!

What a nice job, and that interior-wow!

I love Edsels and this one is very nice. Thanks for posting it.

Mario, it's nice to see one of your models and it sure looks great. I like it without the top decals. I should probably learn to make license plates. Yours look so nice.

You aren't kidding when you say stacked! It's a fine looking model.

Very nice and I agree the paint looks great, especially in the sunlight.

Here's a pretty rare model kit. I bought it built and took it apart, stripped, prepped, and added whitewalls. I painted it yellow and white like the 56 Olds 88 my dad had years ago. The windshield is not glued so you may notice a gap where it attaches to the body. The hood and trunk open. I considered cutting off the trunk mounted tire, adding door handles, and detailing the interior but decided to leave it as it was made originally. I think part of it's charm is it's simplicity. I think it was 1960 when I received an Ideal Crystal Starflite toy for Christmas. It was the same car but the body was clear. It had working lights and steering, and was made so it could be taken apart and put back together. It had working gears in the differential, working pistons you could see through a window in the engine, a radiator you could fill and drain, working fan, and a few other things. I used to play with it in the dark basement with it's lights on. In the early 80's I started looking for one at shows. I bought 6 or 7 (every one I saw) over the next 40 years and still have 3 perfect ones in boxes and 1 on display. ITC made 2 versions of this kit I'm showing pictures of, I have both unbuilt in their boxes. The kits did not have all the working parts like the clear version but did come with decals and some customizing parts. I'm including one photo showing one of my Crystal Starflites. It came assembled but was made to be taken apart and put back together so it wasn'r really a kit. I don't know if I would be allowed to show more photos of it on this forum. I also have a few of the large scale 54 Corvettes ITC made and may post one at some point. This Oldsmobile holds great memories for me. I hope some of you will enjoy looking at it. Some of the photos I had and some I took today. Rich

Tom, thanks for mentioning that chrome strip. I knew about it and it would have been easy to add it but I like the plain look better so left it alone. That's one of the good things about being retired. When I was making models for a living, I had to do what the customer wanted. Now I can build the way I want because I'm the only one I have to please. I could easily add more detailing and mirrors, antennas, etc. (not that I never do), but I do it the way I want. -Rich -Rich

Thanks again, all of you, very much. -Rich