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Etzel's Speed Classics Duesenberg Indy car...

The Sears in Lincoln Park had a few model car contests in the late 60's. The contests were a promotion thing from one of the kit makers...don't recall which one though. Lookin at all the built models provided lotsa inspiration fer a young kit killer like myself. Still have the box fer a Lil Coffin bought there. I had the same program, school clothes and shoes, winter coat and other such stuff. Hated it, I wanted jeans and Keds Redballs but you just did not wear "workers cloths" or "gym" shoes to school...button up shirt and slacks...had to look "respectable" donchano. Haven't been to the LP Sears site area in quite a few years, sorry to hear that it's gone.

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Thank you fer yer comment, The tooling for this kit wuz done around 1963 or 1964 so it is a bit primitive compared to more modern tooling but this being an original issue the parts are as crisp as they can be. The camera is a pretty good replica of an RCA camera but the Seams are rather prominent. A bit of filling & finishing will take care of that, but to make my build a little more accurate I added a strip of plastic stock across the top of the camera body and a piece of thin sheet plastic to the front of the camera behind the lens carousel. This effectively hides the seams. I also removed the molded in TV station plaques on the camera and added the WXYZ-TV station logos in their place, these were made from plastic strip, painted gloss white with microscale decals and a clear coat. Ya gotta be careful cleaning up sum of the lens fer the camera as they are mighty itty bitty and could easily escape never to be seen again. Advanced CRS not withstanding...I seem to recall that Ragtop Man wuz with me when my Grampa took us to Stoners Hobby Shop where I got this kit more than 50 years ago...how bout that Robert, you remember?

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Ray Fahrner's Boothill Express...

Etzels Speed Classics...Frank Lockhart's 1928 Land Speed record Stutz Black Hawk multi-media kit

Just checked the MCW website @ 0810....8/13/2025. The "1963 Lightweight Ford interior" is shown as available fer $16.00. It is the third item listed in parts and accessories. There is no picture for this item. Edit...Added a pic of the webpage...from my Android Tablet.

Thank you fer yer comment, The Model Car World website currently shows the '63 Ford Lightweight interior as available...for $16.00. It is in the the parts and accessories section, there is no photo but it is apparently available.

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Thank you fer yer comment. The interior is from Model Car World. The interior conversion included the modified interior shell, modified dashboard, 2 seats and a steering wheel. Bought abuncha of them 10 or 15 years ago when Mr. Dodge owned Model Car World. Castings are a bit rough but workable, certainly easier than scratch building a correct interior. The included seats didn't work fer me so I whipped one up and had resin copies made.

Replicas of the Bostrom lightweight bucket seats that Ford used in the 1963 Galaxie Lightweights are now available from Missing Link. You can reach Kevin at kawifreek@msn.com for additional info.

A little more progress on the Tasca Ford Galaxie lightweight. Interior is nearly done, the lightweight Bostrom bucket seats I mastered are now available from Kevin @ Missing Link Resins. Email him at kawifreek@msn.com More pics of the seats are in the Industry Corner...Car aftermarket / Resin / 3d printed forum.

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Modelhaus '62 Ford Galaxie resin kit...

Modelhaus '64 Comet A/FX resin kit...

Twin engine rail job from an original issue AMT Double Dragster kit (previously posted here) posed with the Drag Strip accessories pieces from an original issue parts pack from the same era I recently built. More pics of the Drag Strip Accessories in the "All the rest" forum.

An original kit that I got from Stoners Hobby Shop in Wyandotte Michigan back in the day, late sixties maybe early seventies. The TV camera is a quite fairly accurate replica of an RCA TK-11A circa 1952. Made a few changes to the camera and the lane lights. WXYZ-TV is channel 7 in the Detroit area, also the "D.D.W." on the fire extinguisher refers to Detroit Drag Way...RIP.

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Modelmartin 1915 Center Door Model T resin conversion kit for Revell Buttera kits.

Modelhaus '63 Mercury Marauder resin transkit...

Modelhaus resin kit of Buster Litton's "Panoramic" '49 Ford Kustom.

Modelhaus 1958 Lincoln resin kit...

Modelhaus 1953 Packard Caribbean Convertible resin kit...