Ron Hamilton

Rich, thank you for building the late '50's stuff in the style of the period. I am not going to divulge what I have in my collection, as you may be standing at my door with your checkbook, and a couple of big bags (lol). At first I was not feeling the color combo on the Dodge, but after seeing the Bare Metal job you put on this one, it looks pretty good. After seeing this, I went to the basement, and took a look at an upcoming project, a 1959 Galaxie hardtop. It needs to be rebuilt, and other than where the previous owner had glued on the cruiser skirts, the model is in phenominal condition. The only thing I needed was a set of AMT '59 Ford wheelcovers, which I got off of Ebay last week. When I was a little kid, my uncle had a '59 4-Door hardtop, which was Raven Black, with the Red/Black/and White interior. That's the color combination I am going with on my build. I plan to fix the glue-burn on the wheel arches and make a set of Foxcraft stainless steel skirts, but the cruiser skirts look pretty good too, so that is what I may do. I am also thinking about a continental kit, as I can make one, using a '60 Edsel piece I have as a guide. The only problem is that I will not have much room to display it with the conne kit, so I will probably leave it off. The build will be similar to this car. Of course it will have wide whites, as I would never build a '50's car without them, unless it is a race car. Thanks Rich for motivating us with your builds.

I love the attention to detail.

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It's kind of funny, When I was selling Lincolns (2004-5), we sold every LS and Town Car we could get, and the used ones sold really well. As a matter of fact, our dealership sold more Lincolns than Mercurys. In my opinion, Lincoln would be better served if they had a car that was perceived to be more than a Ford. A new, rear drive, large V8 engined Town Car would be the ticket. Not an S-Class Mercedes, nor a Lexus LS, nor a Cadillac XTS sized car, but a big, long roomy luxurious car, in a 3-box style. No short-decked fastbacks. Full framed. The livery business would love it too. I know that economics will make certain that such a car would have to be shared with the Ford Division. The answer I have to that is a purpose built car for Police and Taxi use, with a shorter wheelbase, and stout components. Call it Galaxie.

Well jingle my bells!!!

The work you did to the interior looks pretty good to me. Here is a link to my build. http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/fe/l=en_US/p/Organizer/s_c=0/s_mvm=NAP/s_ev20=coolsavings_film_3roll/s_ru=FALSE/s_se=FDR/s_pt=REP/s_cmpg=coolsavings_film_3roll#state=%7B%22pl%22%3A%7B%22uc%22%3A2%2C%22aid%22%3A%2214871573%22%2C%22pid%22%3A403392546%2C%22pidx%22%3A0%2C%22vp%22%3A%22s%22%2C%22sb%22%3A%221%22%7D%2C%22ovm%22%3A%7B%22v%22%3A%22s%22%7D%7D

As a good friend of Bob Kournow, I cannot speak for him, but I can say that his product is the gold standrd for replica stock builders who use photoetch on their builds. The Model Car Garage photoetch sets have allowed me to build versions of a kit, which has not been kitted. When Revell did the last '70 Cuda, the less than perfect AAR, I fixed the rear fenders, flattening the tops. When I did the modification, I could not use the decals to do an AAR, so I got a wildhair to do a Gran Coupe. When MCG was developing the '71 Barracuda set, I suggested that he add "Barracuda" scripts, and Gran Coupe emblems. Believe it or not, the MCG 1971 Cuda Photoetch set will give you most everything needed for the upcoming Revell '70 Hemi Cuda. I used pieces of it on my MPC '70 Cuda Glue-bomb restoration. The scale difference is very slight. If you can get past the grille, this set will give you what you need to do one of these with the upcoming Revell '70 Hemi Cuda kit.

Luxurious!!!!

Rich, I expect nothing short of stunning on this one from you.

I had a pretty good week. I bought an unbuilt, original IMC Mustang II, A '50 Olds Custom, Ford Race Car Hauler, and I won an AMT 2010 Camaro SS Coupe, and another '50 Olds Custom in our club's raffle. Now I can do a Stock, Nascar, and Custom '50 Olds. On the Olds, I plan to chop the top, do a tuck and roll on the interior, and some body clean-up and customization. Unfortunately on the Mustang ll, I broke the brittle plastic body along the rocker panel. Fortunately I have one of the Lindberg reissues.

This one is right up my alley. The very first car I sold as a salesman was a "Loaded" 1978 Chevette 4 Door Sedan, in light blue metallic. I also sold about 100 of them to the telephone company, as well as to other fleets. I have a Blue '78 promo, and if I had another one, I would convert it to a 4-door, like the one I sold. The rear seat was an option on the scooter, but it was pretty bare. The reason why there were not many Scooters, is that the price differential was very modest when you put an automatic transmission and a rear seat in the Scooter, and GM did not make many of them, as they were price leaders without a lot of profit margin for the dealer, or the corporation. The trade in on a Scooter was not too good either, as it was the cheapest real car you could buy. Some folks malign the car, but other than the rough ride, yes I had one for a demo, they were pretty tough, economical cars. They held up very well for the phone company. One time I ordered one for one of the local school boards in School Bus Yellow, with a Black interior. The paint color was a special fleet color. GM mistakingly painted the car Fire Engine Lime Yellow, and tried to get us to sell the car to our customer with a factory authorized re-paint. The customer refused the car, and GM gave us an additional $1000 to take the car, since it was their mistake. They sent the school board a car in the correct color in 3-weeks, with an apology to us for the hassle. We left the car as it was, advertised the car for a ridiculous price, and put it on our showroom. It sold in two days. The fellow who bought it said he did not care about the color, and drove off into the sunset with his "Lime Chevette". He got a wonderful deal, all things considered.

Beautiful. A friend of my Dad had one in the same color combo back when I was in high school, and let me have it for a Saturday evening. What a ride!!!!!

Oh. My!!!!!!! That is a beautiful build Sean. I see why Moebius uses you as the go to guy for box art models. One of these days, I will have one of those to go with my other unfinished 300 projects. The plan is once I get the '56, I will mock that one up for fit, let paint fly, and have a Chrysler 300 Build-a-thon.

Excellent!!!!!

Very nice!!!!

Excellent attention to detail!!!!

Brings back memories.

Thanks Mike!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!

This is the body you are looking for. Model Car World's body is identical, but in resin.

That is a super job on the hearse, Ron. The re-styling, details and workmanship is great. Personally, that is one model that cannot be in my collection, as I have a very religious wife. When I was a kid(mid 1960's), most of my buddies built model cars. A friend of mine built a beautiful JoHan '66 Cadillac hearse. When he showed it to his mother, she shreaked something in Spanish, grabbed the model, and threw it out into the street, breaking it into pieces. After she had composed herself, she apologized for her actions, hugged her son, and gave him some cash to get another model to build. Needless to say, he never built another hearse model. I woonder how it would look as a limo????

Thank you Tim!!!!!! After seeing this, I'm in for at least a couple.

Very nice work!!!!

Looks good to me!!!!

I love them!!!!!