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Though I said the 'Chrome' was moulded silver, this is probably the same model. Thanks Joe, J.

Lovely model This kit has some of the best spoked wheel mouldings of any I have seen on a kit like this. Finished mine in ivory with red rust coloured interior. Sadly I sold it.

I have the Arii hardtop kit, it goes together ok to me with some minor work. There is also a Chinese produced version of the convertible can't remember the manufacturer though. I think someone on here said they bought one but the plastic was really soft and the chrome parts were silver moulded rather than chrome. These were selling for €8 in Spanish holiday resorts souvenir shops but it was a while back , the Arii was selling for around £20.

Nice model in a great colour . I love these old JoHan Cadillacs, mainly because they produce a few four doors

Cheers, :)

Lovely model, always love the hardtops. Curious, what do you use as a primer for the nail varnish/polish(I'm English )

Love this rendition Yes I use it as a parts source too, but love YOUR use of those Lincoln skinny whites. I used the hub caps on my old 70s built Deuce.

Great build. I will save these pages for my own build as I have this model and will be building it in Graham Hill colours, though it is a re release does not contain any photo etch stuff. I did take a few photo's at the national Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire in England, have to find them.

A great model and idea, but one month to early. (Yes, Bah! Humbug) I have an old Revell kit similar to that one but it's a multi piece.

This is stunning, shame it's not available in a rattle can. All those Krylon type finishes with their 'chrome' caps only ever come out as bright silver.

Great photo's of the build up, some look like real garage shots with some excellent weathering How about making Sindy, or is it Barbie, into a 1970s 80s biker chick? I have the gold earlier version, either Action Man or an Airfix skeleton will be riding.

Thanks, both of you for so much help, cleared a fair bit out.

Before I start to resize my pics more suitable for net/forum use, does anyone have any advice on feeing up space I can use please? I have used up my allocation MB, so do I just go through my posts deleting pics? I'm not the greatest computer user so don't know all the ins and outs, is it best to post them in a gallery first? For some reason I have difficulty dragging them or posting URLs from Fotki or Photobucket even though I read/watched the clip on such. Thanks, J

On Holiday in Sicily I spotted this. The occupants looked like they were straight out of an Italian romantic comedy. He around 50 y/o, dressed in grey slacks to match the car, white shirt with cuffs turned back and silver grey hair. She, wearing a tight red flowered skirt, sleeveless, chiffon head scarf and sunglasses. I felt it a bit rude to zoom in and just snap them. They headed off to the marina and onto a motor launch mored there. i did not get a good look but it may have been a Riva or an old Chris Craft........and my Mrs was nagging at me for wasting time taking pictures of old cars. To me this is possibly the most desirable convertible of all time, despite that I still think either the rear wheels are to for back or the rear overhang is around 12 inches short. Simply Gorgeous. J

Spot on Steve

Yes thanks for showing. I imagine it was a kid that built this and great that his mind was in overdrive at the time. Different from a true custom, the sort of thing someone would build and be featured in Popular Mechanics or such. I remember seeing a 1958 Cadillac camper in one issue. Cheers. J

Really sweet diorama. Love these 1/32 and some are often re released such as the Herald and Escort. Most popular are the Aston DB5 and Jaguar E Type. For some reason though Airfix picked on something to really get the British car enthusiasts eager to spend their money on........ I don't think , such as the Morris Marina and Austin Maxi though these two and the Bond Bug are probably the most sought after. Probably the most exciting made were the Jaguar 420, Mercedes Pagoda, Beach Buggy, Ford Capri and Zodiac plus many others This is my Zodiac, built from an original kit not that long ago.

Thanks for posting Some neat models and mags here. J

Neat one there Bill, I have a couple of the re releases just for the parts. My main Barris project is a Lois Betancourt Ayala/Barris 49 Mercury. As yet un started as I am gathering material to build it. The big one being, do I go the easy route and use the Revell pre chopped car as a base or start from scratch with the AMT version. I think the Revel still needs work on the chop.

Anyone interested in posting anything they have made, or just boxes, maybe some Barris model memorabilia ? I know there will be more controversy as there are a lot of TV and film stuff but try to keep it down eh, there's another topic going that way. Me? I have quite a few half started but none really finished, especially my 4 Ala Karts I don't know if George Barris created these, built them or had someone build them, I have them somewhere in my stash thats all. Though I did wonder if he got pulled over about the VW Rolls Royce thing. RR were a bit touchy about that sort of merchandising back then. Photo's grabbed from Goggle images

Other hobbies. Hmmm let me think. I have always had a piano accordion but have never really learned to play it. In fact I have 4 of them from a large 120 base to a toy button accordion and a Honer student but my favourite is an Italian 80 base. One day I hope to play it as when caressing the keys is like dancing with a beautiful woman.

Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other "Does this taste funny to you?"

Funniest joke I have heard for a long time! A duck walks into a bar, takes a seat at the bar then says to the barman "Got any grapes?" "Sorry, we don't serve grapes" says the barman, so the duck leaves. Next day, the duck goes back into the same bar, takes a seat and asked the barman, "Got any Grapes?" "Sorry, i told you yesterday, we don't serve grapes" says the barman so the duck leaves. The following day the duck then goes back into the bar again, sits down and says to the the barman "Got any grapes?" The barman replies "I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY, WE DONT SERVE GRAPES! And if you ask again I will nail your beak to the bar!" The duck asks "Got any nails?" "NO" replies the barman. "Got any grapes" asked the duck.

Paul, it was an SSP a few years back and it also came in maroon plastic. I think that the SSP idea was to produce these as then, or as near as they could. Some of the box sizes were way off but the Drag Strip Hot Rod was maybe the nearest to original size. The Futura came in a long box but longer than original, then re-popped a few years later in a flimsy standard Revell/Mono sized box but with distorted graphics. J

I have a built up(read falling apart), it may be for sale a very cool model I think.