Ron Hamilton

Show him your '67 Lyle.

Very Nice!

Marcos, Don't forget to get a set of headlamp buckets from Norm for the PE set. They will make life a lot easier. I Alcaded mine, epoxied them in added the lenses, and I was good to go. He does the skirts for it too. I Bare-Metaled mine, as the real car had stainless skirts as a dealer installed item. I did mine to represent my Uncle's car as he brought it home in 1960. I know yours will be spectacular. I plan to do another one next year. I haven't decided on the body style yet. I have a couple of options other than the Starliner.

A Quickie Review of the Revell ‘64 Ford Fairlane Street Machine 2' N 1 I recently purchased the Revell ‘64 Ford Fairlane Street Machine 2' N 1 kit, hoping that the manufacturer made some significant changes to this kit. A few changes occurred, and while I am not surprised that one of the versions was a true “replica stock†version of the car, there were a few changes in the kit that made it worth a look. There were a few parts added to the kit, which are: A set of 14" Steel Wheels with a-c-c-u-r-a-t-e ‘64 Ford Dog Dish Hubcaps, and 14" Tires. A flat hood with no hood scoop. A low profile oval air cleaner to use with the 427 Engine. A set of glass-packed mufflers with side exit exhaust pipes which attach to the exhaust headers. A new set of decals, with a fictitious racing team theme, and “Flames “ Inboard Headlamp lenses and buckets. Fortunately, the parts to build an accurate “Thunderbolt†race car are still there, as well as the three wheel styles, and the two different transmissions, which has been a part of the Revell Thunderbolt Kit since its inception. It is also moulded in crisp, white styrene plastic. With the limited amount of capital a company has to work with these days, I have to ask the question: Why would this company devote additional tooling dollars to a kit that has been in continuous production in various liveries over the past decade, and end up with this result? Don’t get me wrong, the parts provided in this kit are very welcome, and will build into an interesting street machine, but most modelers I have been in contact with wanted to see the following changes happen with this kit: Taking the concept a little further, and adding a bench seat, a 289 V8 or dare I say, a 6-cylinder engine, with the appropriate interior and chassis modifications to this tool to make a “Main Stream Replica Stock “ build possible with the parts provided from the kit. - Or - A newly tooled 2-door hardtop body as either a Fairlane 500, or Fairlane 500 Sports coupe, with the aforementioned modifications. Neither of which happened, and the true “main streamerâ€replica stock builder will be disappointed in this kit. To build this kit as a true “Replica Stockâ€, it will take a lot of work, aftermarket parts, and parts box raiding to make it happen. The dog dish caps, and steelies will have a home for me. Can we say full size ‘64 Ford Galaxie 500 “R†code from the old AMT kit? Why yes we can. The rest of the kit will be built as a Thunderbolt with some aftermarket decals, or as a “As Delivered†race car. Is this a nice kit? Yes indeed, but I feel that Revell missed the mark on this one. Ron Hamilton

This one. It took a lot of work to get it right, at least to me.

Nice Save!!!

It's out, I have already got one up on it's wheels to check the fit. I haven't decided on the color yet, but it will be a "restified GT, with "C" stripes, and emblems. A full review will come later. The kit has only one version, the "Bullitt" car, not a stock '68 Mustang GT out of the box.

I've always thought that that was one of the best designed cars to come out of Ford, and I am quite sure you will do a fine job on the model. What are you going to do for the wheels? I think the wire wheels from the Tamiya Jaguar are the best I've seen. JoHan included some nice wire wheels in some of their kits too. Even though I would rather have a set of nice photoetched wire wheels for such a build (the kit wheels are junk IMHO), most seem to have a lack of depth, and I haven't seen a decent set of front laced wheels in photoetched anyway. Go for it, Bill.

The model is a '70 Montego (slatted grille instead of egg crate), and the car illustrated on the box is a '71.

You know that I love that '69 Malibu so much, I am going to do one myself. By the way, the one-to-one car is in this month's Chevy Rumble magazine.

Absolutely!!!! We are all modelers on this board, and we have our preferences. I, for one, like to build and modify kits to capture the subject manner, even with subtle innacuracies, which I enjoy fixing. I will build "new school" kits, like the much maligned Trumpeter '60 Pontiac Bonneville... I will add detail to "old school" kits, like the AMT Craftsman Series '64 Plymouth Valiant... And I will correct iconic kits like this AMT '67 Ford Fairlane GT

That's lookin'good!!! I have an original unbuilt '66 Skylark Kit I will get around to one day. The AMT '66 Riviera has the best Nailhead engine in scale. I want to do a replica stock '66 Buick trilogy with a Wildcat GS, Skylark, and Riviera GS.

Are you coming to the meeting Saturday???? If so, I have something along those lines to show you.

In my opinion, you are building for yourself, and sharing it with the rest of us, and like you said, it's not finished.You are always welcome to ask me a question, and I will give you an honest answer. I tend to use ideas from most of the modelers here, including you. I enjoy looking at your work. Maybe, I'll escape from my box and build one in your style. So many projects, so little time.

Hey! Interesting project. I tried to do one in 1968, but the putty never dried, and my skills were not too good. Fast forward to 1997. I tried it again. Like yours, the paint gave me fits. as a matter of fact, one of the fenders had to be stripped and repainted. If I were to do it again, I would have re-painted the entire vehicle. By the way, Wanna Drag???

If it were me, and I were going the same route as you, I would put an updated interior in it. Yesterday, I took a look at a '63 Coupe that I am restoring. I stripped the body side mouldings from the car, in order to do a custom Eldorado Coupe. This is a long term project, which is in the planning stages.

Lookin' good, Lyle. I was wondering when you were going to finish this one. I'm going to do a 300 deluxe 2 door post myself, one of these days.

Nice work!!!

I like that. Is that the old MPC tool? I have one of those, which is unbuilt, as well as a resin '72, which I want to do the '71 Charger upgrade to.

Thanks for the shot of the kit. I plan to do mine as an R/T also, as I have the R/t conversion kit. Mine will be Turquoise 440 6-Pack with the White guts, White Tail Stripe, and Rallye Wheels on White Lettered tires.

I have the All American '65 2+2 Hardtop and the Shawn Carpenter '65 2+2 Convertible in resin. Both transkits have had the corrections in the body, and looks true to the subject, only needing the AMT '65 2+2 kit for the other parts. I believe the All American kit had the tail panel corrected, but not the side window profile (a minor fix) on the roof. If I can find them, I will photograph them and post the photos.

If it were mine, I would re-do it, using the skills I picked up over the years, with a good paint job, Bare Metal Foil, and some Photoetch (if neccsessary). I bought this one as a pristine kit off of Ebay a few years ago. Looking at the chassis and running gear, I decided to use the excellent AMT '67 SS427 for the separate chassis and running gear, floorboards, parts box wheels and tires, and some various pieces of MCG photoetch from various sets. Bob Downie's car was the inspiration for my build. I have another one, and old built-up, and I plan to do it as a convertible (correctly), per Bob Downie's suggestion, as a bookend of this car (built the same way), but with an automatic transmission, and either Rally Wheels, or Custom Wheel Covers, probably in Red with a Red interior.

Real!!!

Loving it, Irv. I have to build mine someday.

You do some nice work!!!!