OldNYJim

Hit the Summer NNL today - pretty small swap meet but picked up a coupla three kits… This, because I want to build an NY cab…surprisingly detailed kit for one labelled ‘Snap Tite’ - looks like it has about as many parts as their Beetle glue kit that I just finished up: This for $10, just because it’s the only Revell Deuce I didn’t have on the shelf: This, because I can’t resist a dumb 70s showrod ? And I got lucky with the raffle too: Oh, and a random set of decals for ??? And about 2/3rds of maybe a Revell VW bus: A good haul - good thing all the raffle prizes had tickets stuck on them or my wife might’ve wondered how much I spent ?

Literally old news - the original post was from 5 years ago ?

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone! Was hustling to get this one finished for the Summer NNL today, so excuse the lack of updates… Got the interior finished - made some window cranks with photoetch and the pupils out of some TINY googly eyes and faked the seatbelts with some cloth medical tape laid over the molded-in ones: Then, mated interior and chassis to the body - the fit was a little tricky to get good, so I need to mess with that some more on the next one I build: Then from there it was a case of attaching the wheels (with a little camber in the rear - not a bunch because I didn’t want that ‘broken suspension’ look, even if it IS correct for a lowered Bug): Installing all the chrome doodads on the body, then the bumpers: Designing and 3D printing a license plate - I haven’t perfected the design for these plates with the raised letters yet, but I still like it more than a totally flat plate: And with that, it was about done! And…it made it to the show on time (and found another Beetle to park next to): Thanks for following along everyone, appreciate all the kind comments - I’ll post some more pics ‘under glass’…I’ve already got a bunch of ideas for the next one I want to build!

Picked up this (kinda) built-up from the Summer NNL today, but I haven’t been able to figure out what kit it is. Molded in orange plastic, all opening doors, came with an AMT/Ertl decal sheet that may or may not be from the kit, and no obvious manufacturer’s markings…any ideas?

Love all that fabricated aluminum! Great work!

Great start! Love how this looks so far!

I like it channeled just like you have it - looks great!!

See? And you thought they weren't listening

That engine turned out GREAT! Love the super-neat wiring job you did!

What Carl said ⤴️ That’ll be a cool build!

Huh! Did not know that! Thanks for the info!

Beautiful scratchbuilding! Super clean work, too (for a garbage truck ?)

Nobody’s getting paid a six-or-seven figure salary for leaving something well enough alone ?

Absolutely right - I guess the ‘V’ element is the rolling chassis, in this case. VW-based early-Ford-looking hot rods are real thing though:

As someone getting set to restore one of these, that is REALLY helpful to know. Thanks!!

Ohh, I had missed that this one was on the way too - cool! Ive always admired these cars, I’ll be picking one up. Random question - has Revell actually ever released a Skill Level 5 kit to date? I’d be curious to find out what their self-proclaimed hardest kit to build actually is

I like that Duplicolor chrome too - I use it a lot for a faux aluminum kinda look. It doesn’t like washes much, for some reason, or candy colors - they both kinda bead up on the surface, but it’s good for what it’s good for! Great work on this build so far! Keep it coming!

I really like the well-thought-out modifications made to this one, and the super clean fabrication. Glad this one got bumped back to the top!

Ever wonder what would happen if you crossed a VW Beetle with a Model T? MPC did, apparently, and Tim Fletcher had a go at building this one 50-ish years ago. Missing some parts, but nothing that should be too hard to replace…

Thanks fellas! A little more progress this past week… Painted the wheels - went with Alclad chrome with a satin clear for a polished aluminum kinda look: Plumbed the brakes, ran a fuel line and did some light weathering to the underside: And, today, polished out the body - was excited to get that done (ideally without incident…) I like to work thru polishing cloths and then compounds - saw a LOT of this view today: And, this view: Polished out with the cloths, prior to compounds: And after a coupla three hours with fuzzy little squares: Will do my usual second go-around tomorrow to get it as good as I can, but I’m pretty pleased - and mostly relieved that I didn’t burn through anything. That would’ve been a DISASTER on this paintjob, and basically impossible to fix… Thanks for looking, and for all the nice comments - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Fun fact - the police cars in Sleepy Hollow have a black and orange livery ?

Not sure if he was credited on the box art, as such (although maybe he was? It's a while since I had one of these to hand) but he was involved in the development apparently: https://www.tomdaniel.com/85_kits/85_kits_pages/cop_out.html "Tom's Inspiration: We had developed a cutting edge "Funny Car" Chassis for the '57 Chevy kit "Outcast"...and the powers that be at Monogram wanted to utilize that chassis under some other kind of car body...I thought that was a kind of a cop out; and I wasn't too thrilled about using the Plymouth Duster body, so "COP OUT" it became, complete with Cop car accouterments."

Exciting! Congrats! I’m excited to see it (PLEASE do a build thread - I’d love to see more of your 1:1-scale work)

Interesting! Did not know that! I wouldn’t feel so bad in buying one, if they got around to rereleasing it, in that case… I wonder WHY they canned the project altogether then?

Wonder if eventually they'll do what they're about to do with the Cop Out funny car, and just remove Tom's name from the box, add new art and reissue them anyway...