Ron Hamilton

Lookin' good, Lyle!!!

Beautiful build. That one brings back memories. My Grandmother had a blue '61 Galaxie 4-Door Sedan, which I plan to replicate in scale. It was also the first car I drove the night I got my driver's license.

I have the same questions. I have not even unwrapped the ZR1 kit yet, the Z06 iks still in the box, and the C6 is mocked up. As much as I love the C6 Corvette, I do not know what color combination to do them in.

No, the bodies are not the same between the 1964 Galaxie 500 4-door sedan anf the 4-door Hardtop. F & F Resins used to market the '64 Ford 4-Door hardtop like what is pictured. However, the Missing Link Resin 4-Door sedan is quite a bit more complete as a transkit, and to fget an accurate representation of what you want to accomplish, you would have to re-dhape the side window profile, and re-do the rear window, which is not all that hard.

The Blue is Testors' Boyds Blue enamel.

Yes they did, and they are quite expensive in the marketplace. Even for busted promos and glue-bombs. I was very fortunate to get this one.

I have long been a fan of the 1960's Green Hornet TV show. With all of the hoopla over the new Polar Lights' Batmobile kit (yes I have one), I want to do something from the Green Hornet show. Over the years, I have been making an attempt to buy a JoHan Chrysler 300 Convertible to do Britt Reed's personal car. The prices they have been going for have ranged from ridiculous, to sublime, even for a built-up, a glue-bomb or even a promo. I all but gave up on the notion of doing the car, as I have had in my possession for many years, a clean un-painted built-up hardtop, which included all of the parts in the kit. I disassembled it, and put it in the box for a later build. I toyed with idea of whacking off the top, and turning it into a convertible, but cooler heads prevailed. Earlier this summer, I came across a rather raggedy un-built hardtop kit on that well known auction site. I placed a bid on it, and surprisingly won as I could not pay the normal high price these kits have been going for. When I got the model, it was in worse shape than I thought, as the roof was crushed, and there was a crack in the cowl. I have fixed a few old convertible kits by using a Modelhaus resin windshield frame. In the Modelhaus catalog, there is no 1966 Chrysler frame listed, so I used a part meant for a ‘67/’68 Plymouth that I had for another project. I cut the roof section from the car, fixed the crack in the cowl, and carefully trimmed the Modelhaus piece, and epoxied it onto the Chrysler body. The pictures speak for themselves. The car in the TV show was Beige, with a Saddle Tan interior and convertible boot (which came from a JoHan '68 Chrysler 300 Convertible), and that is the color I am going with. And yes, I am going to attempt to do a 1/25 Scale “Black Beauty” to go with it, using an AMT Imperial hardtop, as well as building the Batmobile.

I started on my Hudson a couple of days ago. This is what I am aiming for.

The model in question is beautifully done in a tasteful color combination. It may not be absolutely perfect, but there are some folks out there who can afford to purchase such a model at the price. The market dictated the price of the model. Period. The modeler offers some cleanly built and modified unique subjects that are not normally seen on the shelf. Personally, If I wanted something built to that level, I will do it myself, as I cannot afford to spend that much on a model. If he can get that kind of loot for them, I take my hat off to him, and wish him well, and no, the price was not too high in my opinion.

You would have to show a picture of my daily driver's alter ego. Mine is the same truck, stone stock, down to the color, Gray, with a Graphite Cloth interior. I built this one from the original Revell Replica Stock kit, in Black, with a Graphite Leather interior. I lowered it myself, by cutting up and re-making the front spindles, and lowering blocks for the rear axle, and I used the wheels and tires from the Revell Lowrider '86 Monte Carlo SS. The tires were a little too tall, and I had to grind them a little to get them to fit under the wheel wells. The Revell kit with the red truck on the box should yield a decent lowered chassis, but the wheels in the kit are incorrect, as they are 5-lug, and the actual truck has 6-lugs. I have the paint and another kit to do my truck as it sits. The only thing is that I have to make a bug guard for the hood, and a set of vent visors. Everything else is represented in the kit, except that I have to modify the body to the 4-door comfiguration, and modify the air cleaner, as mine is a 2002, and the kit is a 1999. It does build into a very nice replica.

I built a couple of GMC's back in the '90's. 1996 GMC Jimmy 2WD, lowered, converted from a S10 Blazer 4x4 with the front half of a GMC Sonoma 2WD chassis spliced in. Dont worry, the 4WD chassis parts and transfer case were spliced into the PU Truck's chassis, and is awaiting to be built as a lifted truck. Yes, the wheels date it (Testors Chevzoom), but I wouldn't change a thing. I built it back in 1996. 1994 GMC Sonoma in my favorite color combination back in the day. I also have a Chevrolet S10SS in the same color combination in a box, somewhere in my collection to go with it. I started this in 1995, and finished it in 2009, due to not being satisfied with the paint, but I had to finish it, as I needed a slump-buster at the time, and it was 75% done for all those years.

Excellent work.

Absolutely breathtaking!!! Is it going to be a Replica Stock, or a Custom???

I have a goat or two. Polar Lights '64 Convertible Polar Lights '64 Hardtop Revell '66 MPC '68

I started on my Ranchero last week, and I can say that it is going together like a jig saw puzzle. I had to swap out the tires, as the rubber compound will not work with the gel pen I use for whitewalls. I am not too thrilled with the engine in the kit, so I will probably rob the parts box for an AMT 289/4-speed combination. I plan to build it as a tow car for an AMT '65 Falcon Race Car.

You will need the grille and insert from the Modelhaus. I removed the grill trim from the resin bumper, and put the same part on the plastic piece, detail painted the grille insert and grill trim, and I was there. Works the same for '71 or '72.

Marcos Cruz gave me the same tip when I did these, and you are so right, that detail paint des make a difference.. I cut up an old JoHan promo grille to back date it to a '71. With the proper detail painting, a '72 442 can be done also. Here's a Hurst Olds with the same treatment.

Very Nice!!!!!!

I have finished the 1965 Dodge Polara CHP Cruiser.

It's Finished!!!!!!

Beep Beep!!!!!

Welcome to the club.

Doc, You are too much!!!!

I have a few "Hogs"