Ron Hamilton

Well, I got a little done to the 'ol gal the last couple of days. Thursday, I removed the moulded in door handles in order to do separate handles, as well as defining the mouldings on the upper doors and fins, re-scribing the door and trunk lines. before after I sourced the actual tire and wheel package I intend to use on the model, and I added a wash to bring them out. It's ready for paint, so that I can work over the interior.

It is! It is!!

John, Steve's and your builds are exquisite. I am planning on Red, with a Red and Silver Interior, and White up-top, just like in the Edsel Brochure. (Thanks Howard!) Ron

The reissue AMT '62 Electra 225 will give you the complete engine. Any Revell 1959 or 1960 Chevrolet will give you the door handles and windshield wipers I believe. I haven't sourced the handles yet.

Now, that looks marvelous Dave!!!! I decided to do some further work on the Buick today. I kind of went overboard, as I removed the door handles and scribed in mouldings around the fins and the upper front doors. I may two-tone the car now. The model was meant to be just a clean-up and re-paint, but now, I have re-did the body work. I'll prime it tomorrow so I can see how much more work I have to do.

My good friend Howard Weinstrein made me an offer I couldn't refuse. A restorable 1960 Edsel Convertible. The car was unpainted, and other than the glue marks from the old AMT "Customizing Accessories", it was in great shape, and ready to be worked on. Howard provided me with some fresh chrome (Thanks Howard!!) and some information about the one-to-one, which should help me on this build. I found some shots of an absolutely georgeous Red one for sale on Ebay. The start of this one is a little ways away, as I have several projects in front of it.

John, Thanks for the comments. I agree with you concerning the wheelbase on this kit, as the wheels, as well as the ride height needs to be adjusted. I have a couple of the Revell 1959 Chevy up-tops in my stash, and after looking at yours, I may have to fashion an up-top for mne, after all, it is not sunny and warm all of the time. I seem to be going crazy with these 1960 Convertibles. Last Saturday, my "Big Car Connection", aka Howard Weinstein, sold me a 1960 Edsel Convertible, which was in need of restoration. It was complete as far as my needs go, except that it needs a set of fender ornaments, and some serious bodywork, to remove the remnants of those AMT '60 customizing pieces, and the attending glue marks. I'll post the pics under it's own header.

The old Buick is now up on its wheels. I used the Buick Skylark wire wheels from the Modelhaus on this one, with a set of original 1961 vintage AMT Tires. I plan to change the tires to a set with a wider white wall, and once I detail wash the wheels, they will really pop!!! I love this view of the car!!! I plan to paint it before the cold weather sets in.

A friend of mine had a '71 Camaro in that color back in the day. Your build looks much better than his car.

Beautiful Work so far!!!!

Bill Stillwagen=A Classy Individual and a good friend.

I bought most of the Polar Lights kits, but have only built one '64 GTO. I originally wanted to make a quick, out of the box build out of it, but I got kind of got carried away with it, polishing out the paint, detailing the interior, adding Bare Metal Foil, washes for the wire wheel covers and grilles, some "Last Detail" decals, red lined tires, and the appropriate Model Car Garage photoetch details. It was still done in a few hours, as compared to a few weeks for most of my other builds. While quite simple, I liked what I built. I have a couple of the original AMT '64 GTO Hardtops on my collection, and they do look better than the Polar Lights version in my opinion, but not by much. I just did not care for the moulded in headlamps. I have a Polar Lights' '64 GTO Convertible in the queue, which I hope will be another "Quick Build" The '65 Coronet 500 is another story. I think it could be made into a decent representation of the one-to-one, but it will take a lot more work. I stripped the paint off of a white one, and put it back in the box. I also have a resin copy of the AMT kit, utilizing a chassis form a Lindberg '64 Dodge in primer. I may build both of them side by side, to do as a comparo.

Run!!!! If you can't run, Fly!!! I would pass on that thing. Even Bill Geary couldn't fix that pig without going crazy. They will never get my money.

Bob, I was good to finally meet you at the club meeting. I'm digging the Rommel's Rod you are doing. The '70 Super Bee is quite nice too. Ron

Charlie, Rubbing out a windshield takes a lot of patience, and the right materials. I normally will see how deep the scratch is. if it is more than half as deep as the glass, I will leave it alone. If the scatch is not as bad. I will use polishing pads, starting with a 2400 grit, working up through each to a 12000 grit. After the polishing pads, I will rub the glass out with #3 Novus Polish, followed up with #2 Novus polish with a clean soft cloth.

I have some of the Monogram up tops from the '59 Chevy and Cadillac kits. When I display this one, it going to be top down all the way Baby!!! I have to look through my paint and see what color would compliment this one.

With all the hoopla concerning the "Cash for Clunkers" program, I thought I would make my contribution to it. I bought two old clunkers at our model club meeting last month, and I decided to work on them. The first one was an original AMT 1960 Buick Invicta Convertible. As you can see, it has a fabulous, thick brush paint job in blue enamel. Even the bumpers, grille and headlamps got some. The windshield was dirty, scratched, and was painted with blue paint. There was even a little red peeking out around the edges. The lump you see on the hood is where a set of louvers was glued on the hood, and there was a big lump of glue residue under it. The previous owner punched out the accessory holes in each of the fenders. The interior was double painted. Red at first, then blue. The steering wheel looks to be out of a '59 Chrysler. I have a new one on order from The Modelhaus, as well as a set of tail lamps, wheels and lowering blocks. Everything else is from the Ron Hamilton Parts Department. It took a couple of attempts, but I stripped the body clean, and got the windshield out in one piece. I cleaned and polished the windshield, and fixed the bumpers. I stripped, filled and polished the bumpers and bare-metaled areas of them, as well as the emblems on the car prior to painting. I primed it with Plasticote" sandable primer after I straightened and leveled the body. I removed all of the mould lines, and added the fender separation lines. There are a couple os sink marks to address here and there, and I want to work on the interior to give it some better detail. I have not decided on the color yet, but it will blend in well with my '60 Ford, Pontiac and Chevy Convertibles.

Now that's a silk purse. made from the sow's ear!

Nice lil' pocket rocket!!!!

Gorgeous!!!!

Interesting thread. I have to look through my stash and select an appropriate kit to build.

Kyle, I really like the direction you are going in with your wagon. It took quite a bit of work to convert mine to a replica stock piece, with the small block and Powerglide. I built mine as a replica of the car in the 1966 sales brochure. I have a couple of more of these kits for future projects. I plan to do a '67 Concours wagon conversion with one, and a phantom '66 SS396 Wagon with the other. If it seems that I hijacked your thread, I didn't intend to, and if you feel I did, I will be happy to remove my post. I put my "Soccer Mom" car there to show the "before" picture. Yours is definitely the "after". Bill, I am sorry to hear that someone purloined your kit at the NNL. Funny, I saw one at the hobby shop today. It is an excellent kit.

That one is looking great Irv. I can't wait to see it finished. Are you going to do a model of it?

Kyle, I loan you my car for a week, and this is what you do to it????? LOL!!!! I'm loving it so far!!!!