OldNYJim

You’re a great dad for teaching her a skill - and she’s doing great at it! You must be very proud!

Your daughter paints better than a lot of people I see who’ve been doing it years! Nice work! Color really pops too!

Thanks Dino - and cool build Speedy! Paint looks GREAT! Just a tiny update, as I’m replying anyway... smoothed out the hood today...before: And after: Removed the center trim, filled the hole for the emblem and the on the front too. Ready for a little Bondo, which is drying now and then I’ll finish that off tomorrow. The top side anyway...the underside is kind of a disaster so that’ll take some additional work... Smoothed out the fenders I was messing with yesterday too - I’m sure they’ll need some fiddling once they get a coat of primer but it’s a start anyway: More soon!

Luckily enough I’m close enough to Coney Island that I eat there pretty regularly - I’m a big fan of their fries too! I noticed the other day that they sell frogs legs now (maybe they always did) but I think I’ll stick with the hot dogs for now...

I actually saw the Weinermobile driving through New York one day - I went to meet my wife at her offices and it drove right past from behind me - sure is eye catching when you see a huge sausage coming at ya! ?

Way cool! Love the color scheme

Apologies for the multiple replies - was getting the dreaded 404 error so had to break it down into chucks so I could load - of course by which time there were some new ones! Thanks for all the pics and tips fellas, appreciate the feedback and showing me your builds! Just a quick look at the body on this kit and you can see, as noted above, it’s an old tool that’s definitely showing it’s age a little. I started make a mental checklist of things I wanted to do and it soon became long enough that I thought “you know what, I need to start at the front and work back”. So, starting at the front... The headlamps on this mould are a little “crusty” to say the least: Viewed from the side they’re not so bad, and I like that little rounded edge, but it doesn’t continue all the way around and resolves in those nasty recesses at the top: So, in a effort to keep that thin lip that I liked but to fix the top of the fenders I make a couple of brass inserts and opened up the holes carefully until they were a friction fit: The areas of the fender around the headlamps will still need some work, but I’ll be able to sand, Bondo and sand again that whole area without losing that lip that I liked on the edges. I could’ve used styrene tube, but my thinking was that the brass would be a lot tougher and harder to accidentally sand away. I opened the holes up with a reamer, working super slowly to take off just enough material that the inserts would fit in the holes tightly, so I could adjust them a little before gluing and they’d hold their position, and once I was happy with where they were located I added a little Bondo spot glaze to smooth out the fenders and blend them in nicely; I need to let the Bondo setup over night now - well, actually I don’t NEED to, but it’s fairly humid here today so I’d rather let it set a while to make sure it does most of it’s shrinking now rather than after I’ve sanded. Tomorrow I can level it out, blend everything in how I imagined (there’s a particular shape inside of the headlamps on the top of the fender that I don’t like and I’d like to address) and then see what I need to do to get the grill to fit. Thanks for looking everyone, and thanks for the feedback!

Good tip on the 49, thank you! I’ll take a look! This one comes with a full length soft top, and a VERY 60s (and odd) half length semi-hardtop one that you see on the box art...I’m going with the long version because the short one looks like it would rip itself off if you drove the car at anything above crawling speed

What a great looking build Claude! That color isn’t too far off the color I had in mind for that, although mine won’t be quite so radical - really cool tho! Nice job! Interesting about the body length - I’ll have to do some careful measuring and see if I’m about to open another can of worms or not

That’s really useful to know - thanks Alan! I already figured that part was going to give me trouble - there’s about a scale 1” gap all around it where it attaches to the body and another 1” gap at the top where it meets the roof. That’s definitely going to need some attention

I’ve been racking my brains for MONTHS trying to decide on something to build for the NNL East ‘Known Survivor’ category at the show this year - I’ve been researching kits, looking at the ‘scale survivor’ groups on Facebook, looking at all the weird and interesting kustom parts AMT used to include...I really wanted to do something LIKE those old survivor built-ups that you see on eBay a lot...but also something that would stand up to scrutiny today. I never did actually decide 100% on the ‘perfect’ kit to choose for this...but it’s the 70th anniversary of the 50 Ford and Round 2 reissued the old AMT kit with a bunch of weird and wonderful extras so I decided to bite the bullet and actually build something ?‍♂️?. This is the kit: I’m not crazy on the box art version, but it has a tonne of extra parts and I’d definitely like to incorporate some of those extras into my build. I really like the lines of these old Shoeboxes - I know it’s popular to section them but I do like the proportions of them even without too much messing with them...I might end up giving it a mild slice to take a little out but it won’t be a bunch if I do. I want the proportions to look good with or without the top ‘up’ - I’d like the finished product to look good with it either way. I can already tell this body is going to take some work to get REALLY nice...it’s not terrible out of the box but it’ll definitely need some massaging (and the custom windshield that I like doesn’t match up to the roof very well so I’ll need to give that some attention for sure) even aside from any body mods. If anyone has built one of these I’d love to hear any feedback on how it goes together...more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Nice interior! Thanks Jim - I’ll give it a try!

Ohh, that’s an interesting one I haven’t heard before - have you got a pic of one that you’ve done like that? I’d love to see!

Oh Vince buddy, that’s terrible to hear - I’m so sorry for your loss.

I save them too - but Lord knows why. If I’ve already built the kit I don’t need them any more, if someone is missing a set you can find them online easily and if I was going to build another identical kit the new one I’m building would likely come with directions anyway ?

Another way that I tried recently was using a little circle of clear transparency sheet - my wife grabbed me some from her office but I’ve seen them in art stores and places like Staples...you don’t get the cool dome like with epoxy or clear paint though...

And, seeing as everything else was mainly gluing something to something else and touching up ruined chrome, I guess I can call this one done!

Oh yeah!!! That’s AWESOME!!!!!!! I love it!!! Great start! I’ll be following along!

Haha, that’s cool! I saw something similar on a Beetle engine somewhere too. I remember those skull air intakes being a big deal a few years ago (unless I imagined it) - I picked up a bunch of skull-shaped beads that were about the right size to scratchbuild one but I never got around to it...maybe I should have a play with that idea some more! Skulls will always be cool, right? ?

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Bring back Cranky! Actually, I think I saw that he’s been posting some projects on YouTube but anyhoo - bring back Cranky!

Awesome! That’s really helpful - thanks everyone!

Assembly day! Well, first day anyway... Got some of those nice chrome bits attached to the frame today: The chrome on the axle was a disaster so I reshot that with my favorite rattle can aluminum-alike and touched up the bad bits everywhere else with some Molotow. Got the engine in there too: And shot the rubber bits on the fenders so they can dry whilst I do some other stuff: Im not going fenderless with this particular one, but man do these look cool without them! Im enjoying how the lettering on the top of the gas tank reflects in that rear panel too...didn’t even wax it all yet ?: More soon, soon as I’ve done more!

This is a ’Samtian’ brand booth - not that that means much to me but I like the quality! Mine is their 16” sized one, but they do a 24” one too. I’d be tempted to have the bigger one if I had the room, but apartment living in New York means that space is at a premium, so... Here’s a link to the one I’ve got: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2OH2D3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NG5bEb081XK08

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a flathead that I could swap in easily that DOESN’T have the holes in the block but would still be correct for this car? I could just fill the holes in the block easily enough, but if there’s a better flathead in one of the other AMT kits that would drop right in that would make my job a little easier...