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Mario, I think you did a great job on this one! The colors and paint look great as well as everything else. This one and the Futura are not the easiest kits to build and have come out looking this nice. Congratulations!

Thank you john, I'm glad you like it. As always, thanks again Carl, you are too kind. Anders, thanks very much I appreciate your comment, Hector

I like the other two but that T-bird really pops! It looks terrific so far.

Thanks, I appreciate your comment.

Thanks Larry. Thanks Bart, hopefully the Edsel will be done for next week. Chris, thanks very much. I appreciate it Danno. Thanks Mike. I saw very few even when they were new.

Beautiful, and it's nice to see this thread come back to life.

Even though this isn't the most accurate model, I've always liked it. There's just something about it and you did a great job on this one. color, stance, trim, all look great.

Very nice work, Glen. I especially like the Lincoln. I wouldn't have guessed it's a Palmer.

AMT 1/43 1969 Thunderbird

Okay, great! See, I can do a short post

Hi John, This will be fairly short , I'll add more later. I found your old thread in which you showed the progress on your 56 Chrysler. Maybe I should just resurrect it with my info and photos. I saw (in that thread) your 56 Mercury that you said needs a rear bumper. If you still need one, I'm quite sure I have one, and also a tail light if you need that. I have a lot of spare parts for these 1/32 models. I've also cast some. As far as the reissue of the 56 Buick, I hope they don't do what Revell did with the 56 Ford reissue. They must have copied an original stock kit grille since the original grille mold was altered for the custom version. When you do that, the new piece can come out a shade smaller and that's what happened. The reissue grille doesn't fit quite right because it's slightly smaller. If they do the same for the Buick, (it's original grille was changed for the custom kit too, along with the Chrysler and Mercury), the reissue may have an ill fitting grille too. The 56 Ford reissue grille is almost 1/8 inch narrower than the original kit grilles. This is unacceptable for me and when I noticed it, I sold all the reissue Fords I had except for one. By the way, the reissue has the power windows. I have originals of both versions. The white Chrysler 300 is a Precision Miniatures 1/43 white metal model. It's one of the first models they made, early 80's if I remember, and came without the roof and body trim chromed so I foiled it. It's actually pretty accurate. I have over 2000 models on display and a basement full of NOS kits and diecasts, white metal models, cars, trucks, boats, planes, etc. I could just send you info and photos directly rather than posting everything. I don't want to take up a lot of space with a subject that will be of little interest to most people. - Rich

Mike, those are all great looking, realistic models. And the mags look terrific too.

Great job, Glen. I love the 61 and 62 Pontiacs. This is one good looking model, the color, trim, interior and engine details look fantastic. Those are really good looking wheels too. Thanks for the post.

Okay, here are photos of the section of my stash with most, if not all of my NOS Revell 55 and 56 1/32 cars. I also have a few of the reissues. Next are 3 photos of my built '55 and '56 Mercurys. The last ones are factory builtups 55 Mercury, Buick, 2 Fords (in reverse colors), and Chrysler. I removed them from their original acetate enclosures but do still have them. They all came with the hoods glued open but I undid a few. I did some looking to see if there is a more appropriate place to post about these models. Maybe the car kit news and reviews section would be better? I do plan to show the built Mercurys at some point but there are some interesting things about some of these kits , like the different shades of colors and the fact that the '56 Fords were originally issued in 2 different versions, one with crank windows and one with power windows. They also have a different configuration of assembly points. There may not be enough interest for me to bother. I have quite a few other Revell factory builtups including my favorite-the Chris Craft cabin cruiser from 1953. I have six of them, plus one I built and three or four NOS kits. I hope all this isn't too boring. -Rich

That's a great idea and it really looks superb!

Thanks Bob Thank you Tom Thanks David, I bet your El Camino looks great! Thanks Bob. I agree about the polished plastic. Sometimes when I two tone a model I will leave one color just polished plastic. I did that with just about all of the Revell 1/32 '55 and '56 kits that I built as they were molded in colors and the plastic on most of them looks great polished. The trim and scripts on this '61 Special are all Bare Metal Foil. I use Exacto #16 blades. I hold the model in one hand and the blade in the other. I don't use any kind of holder. Thankfully, at 71, I still have steady hands. One trick I learned long ago is to hold my breath when trimming a long piece. It really helps but you have to learn not to hold your breath too long or you may fall out of your chair!. Nowadays I occasionally use the Molotow chrome ink on a script. I buy the larger vial, not the pens, and use a fine brush. I have some I did over 3 years ago that still are bright and shiny. Once in a great while I apply the foil to a script before priming. Then I clean it off with lacquer thinner before painting and again after painting. When doing door handles of this type (see photo) I cut a curved section out instead of going straight across the top of the handle. From a distance it makes it almost look like the handle is a separate piece. -Rich

Mike, thanks for posting all your photos. You have some great looking models there. I especially like the 4 wheel drive Chevy pickup. I also restore and/or modify a lot of diecasts, (old and new) in different scales (and 1/43 white metal models too, as I was working in the business of manufacturing them back in the 80's). I haven't posted many of them because there seems to be much more interest in the plastic kits which makes sense since this is a model board. For the same reason I haven't posted any boats or planes. -Rich

Thanks Carl!

Thanks Rusty and Patrick, I had not seen your comments until today. There didn't seem to be much interest so I had kind of forgotten about this post.

I completely agree with Mark. That's exactly what I do if I want to use the original tires. Trying to force the parts in can easily damage the tire and/or break the old plastic. If you want different tires, Roger gives good advice, you can also get tires from Modelhaus, I do that myself sometimes. Mark's also correct about the hubcaps sticking out too far on some of the models, especially the 1960 Johan kits. It's not hard to modify the original plastic wheels to fix this.

Okay John, I'll take some photos and post them here in a day or so. -Rich

Thanks Doyle. Yes, some of the older models polish out very well. I've also done a 61 Tempest 4 door the same way and it looks great. And some old Johans and Monograms as I've mentioned. Some of the plastic doesn't look realistic when polished and some can discolor with age so you have to be careful. Thanks Glen, I hope she doesn't catch a chill! Mario, thank you again. I plan to keep posting at least once a week when I have time to take the photos. It may be less often if I'm real busy. I do post in other sections too, the diecast section for one.

No problem Dave, I'm glad you like it. I hope others do also. Thanks lee, I think they were good looking wagons. Thank you Greg.

Hi Mario, You did a great job on this. I love the color and the paint looks perfect. Actually, the whole car does! Thanks for showing it. I like unusual looking cars and have quite a few mostly smaller scale diecast Citroens, both cars and trucks. I have a few model kits too if I ever get around to building them.

I like the old Pontiacs and you did a superb job on this one. The top looks great and the color contrast between the body, roof, and interior looks fantastic.