Ron Hamilton

It's mine Marc. This is the very nice Air Trac resin kit. I'm using the AMT '71 Duster for the chassis and other bits, and a Ross Gibson resin engine for the 360. I have to find an appropriate set of wheels and tires for it. I may cut a set of T-Tops in it.

From what I see, this is one beautiful kit. I have one of the AAM 1970 Chrysler 300 kits in my collection to be built. I have decided on the color combo for it. I am waiting for the weather to warm up so I can paint it. Sure the kit is expensive, but it is a unique subject, and everything fits.

Chris, I like what you are doing with those. I have a resin '72 and a '71 in line for building in the next few years.

Ian, That is looking to be another nice build. I used the AMT '71 Charger Chassis and running gear under this MPC '70 Cuda annual, which came to me as a glue-bomb. Either the '70 Challenger or the '71 Charger pieces will work.

Beautiful, but I expected nothing less than that from you, Tom.

John, I appreciate the excellent work you are putting into your restoration. I have an original '60 T-Bird Convertible that I want to restore. It has a thick spray-bomb job on it that I have to strip before I start on it.

Beautiful work, Cruz. Seeing this makes me regret that I sold off most of my Fujimi Porches'.

Beautiful work, as usual Marcos.

Sweet!!!! I'm restoring a '62 Wagon as I write this. I'm going Old School with mine.

Beautiful Work!!!!!

Glad to see that you are back.

No, it is the plastic bodied kit.

How about a '60 Corvair 700 Sedan? I have started on it, and the body is ready for paint, but I still have to strip the interior.

That is some excellent workmanship. I am a fan of the Mannix tv show too. I have the box set of the first season of the show. In the first few episodes, Mannix drove a 1966 then a 1967 Mercury Cyclone Convertible, before the Custom Toronado Roadster, which I have the unbuilt kit of in my collection. I'm going to do the '70 Cuda, and the '74 Camaro Z28LT he had on the show, as well as the Toronado, and the Dart like yours, but I am going with the Rader wheels on mine, as I have a set of them in my parts box. I just hope that my Mannix car comes out 1/2 as well as yours.

Foxer, I can honestly say that you are knocking this one out of the park. I sold these vans over the years, and actually built one back in 1974. I have one of the vintage AMT police vans, as well as a couple of the A-Team Vans, and a Revell Short wheelbase van. I plan to build a 1971 Chevrolet Beauville Sport Van, as well as a work van with dents and the gutted interior. I have several brochures, but looking at your interior panels are giving me a lot of ideas. Thank you for doing this build.

If you can find a Monogram 1/8 scale 1982 Z28, you will get the exact wheels like what is on your car. I built one back in the day, and I still have it, waiting to see the light of day.

Carl, I saw your build on Tom Coolidge's Fotki site today, and I am impressed with your work. It reminds me of Lt. Tragg's car on the first season of Perry Mason.

Jeff!!! That looks so much better!!!! Thank you for making me scrape up the money for this one. Maybe I'll get one for my birthday next month!!!!

Eggsquizite!!!!

About a year and a half ago, I was vending at our clubs' NNL, and one of my fellow club members (Dave Toups) had a 1966 Thunderbird Promo for sale at a reasonable price, that was thoroughly played with. It was scuffed up, the chrome either gouged or missing, and the left side "A" pillar was broken off. I repaired the "A" pillar with various pieces of plastic rod, and I sanded and polished the body and glass until most of the scratches disappeared. Because I could not match the color of the plastic when I repaired the "A" pillar, I decided to "Bare Metal" the car. I detail washed the wheelcovers, grille, and tail lamp areas, as well as adding the appropriate body separation lines between the fenders, removing the small amount of "flash", and squaring up the body. A '66 T-Bird parts kit supplied the bumpers, grille, hood and fender ornaments. The interior was washed, and left as is. Thanks Dave for another T-Bird for my collection.

Beautiful! But I would not expect anything else from you.

I have been in a little funk lately. My basement flooded a few weeks back. Fortunately, none of my models were damaged, but some of my magazines were casualties, as a lot of them were in cardboard boxes on the floor. I am in the midst of rearranging everything, and doing an inventory of my collection. A couple of years ago, I did a master of a 1964-71 Pontiac Dog Dish Hubcap, and had a set cast in resin for a future project by a good friend, who also gave me a set of steelies to use with them. I foiled and detailed the caps, painted the steelies black, and found an appropriate set of redlines for a future project. In my "clean up", I found the perfect candidate for the wheel setup, a pre-painted Black, Polar Lights '64 Pontiac GTO Convertible. I rubbed out the finish, Bare Metaled the Tampoed on Silver trim, painted the interior a custom mixed Saddle for contrast, and used Model Car Garage 65-66 GTO Photoetch for the emblems, and license plate frames. I have a lot of projects under construction, but I did this one to get my juices flowing. If you like the subject matter, a prepainted kit can help you get out of the doldrums. I enjoyed doing this one, and it did not take much time to build and detail to my satisfaction. By the way, the dog dishes and steelies were cast by Norm Veber of Replicas and Miniatures Co, of MD., and they should be available in his product line momentarily. Thanks Norm.

Lookin' good Marc.

Beautiful. The Lindberg has a Slant Six, and a Torqueflite 904 Transmission, since not too many Miradas came through with a 4-Speed Transmission. The 904 was the automatic transmission for the small block Mopar engine of the period. I'll get one when I can scrape up the money.

This is going to be good.