Ron Hamilton

I'm glad I kept my original JoHan '69 GTX Kit. The plastic is so brittle, but the detail is fantastic!!!!

I'm in!

I love those!

That '66 is a rare bird!

Please finish this one!!!!!!!!

You did a fine job on that one Snake. I love the way it came out. The '67 Corvette is one of my favorite cars in one to one and in model form. I have un-built kits in my stash of the MPC, AMT, and the Revell kits, and I have built them over the years, so I have my preferences. As a matter of fact, next to the '69 Camaro, I probably have built, or collected more '63 through '67 Corvettes than any other car. Like Snake, I have a gaggle of rebuilders waiting to be done, including one forlorn glue-bomb original '63 Roadster with the rotating headlights. I am considering converting it to a '64, since the original builder used more glue than he should have, and attached many custom parts from the original kit on it. It's about 80% cleaned up, but I have to replace the windshield frame, and clean up the rocker panels. I have a set of '64 Wheel covers, and a '64 Hood for the project. The '64 is rare, so I think it will be a worthwhile project. I also have a '64 Coupe to go with it, if I can get the balance of the paint off of it, and fix the cracks in the body. Depending on how the cleanup goes, It may end up as a mild custom, road racer, or a gasser if I cannot get the body back into "Replica Stock building shape.

I love it. I cannot wait to get my hands on one. I hope to see a one-to one for the subtle differences between the 2016 and the "FIFTY" version.

You do not want to buy that stuff. You are better off mastering your own.

This stuff is not too good from what I see, and I know what I am writing about. Jeff, you have N-O-T-H-I-N-G to worry about. I took a look at each of his offerings on EBAY, and I would have to be in a drunken stupor to partake of any of his offerings, and I do not drink!

If it were me, I would use an AMT latest tool '67 Chevy SS427 for the chassis, under hood area, interior floor, and basic interior pieces to start, along with the drivetrain, wheels, and steering wheel from the AMT latest tool '66 Riviera GS. Of course a lot of research, and a little skill, plastic sheet and rods, and putty to get it pretty much together. I want to do a '66 Wildcat GS Convertible in the near future. Of course I have a lot of projects ahead of this one, but I have '65 Wildcat ready for primer and paint, so it may get moved ahead to later this year if I can get some paint on it.

In honor of this post, I just ordered a '67 Galaxie from Jeff. I saw the guy's post on Ebay today, and his marketing skills leave a lot to be desired. He trashed the original body, pointing out several flaws in his copy that were not to his satisfaction, stating that he "corrected" them. I have been building resin kits for a couple of decades, and I have found that most resin kits need a little more preparation to be built than most styrene kits. I bought my kit from Jeff with confidence, as I have never received an inferior product from Motor City, As a matter of fact, I have a couple of resin based kit projects on tap for this year. A certain '67 Galaxie may be one of them. If I were you, I would not lose one iota of sleep over this matter, The superior product will always prevail.

Basically, the whole interior would have to be scratchbuilt. I would cut up the tub to remove the side panels to "re-upholster" it, and start with at least half of a Chevy dash to get a linear speedometer. A set of proper strato bucket seats should not be too difficult to find, but everything but the floor would have to be re-done.

Richard Wilson was casting the hood.

I plan to do one someday.

Paint finish is very important, and in a contest setting, a poorly applied finish will disqualify a model right away. I look at whether or not the build will work as a car if it were a one to one. Some modelers will put every aftermarket piece of wiring and photoetch on a build, which is not at all necessary. Working features is nice to, as long as they work as intended. Of course in my world, if the model has noticeable glue smears, mis-applied parts, or sitting on 3 wheels is instant disqualification in my eyes..

Just wear heavy duty rubber gloves, as Super Clean will also dissolve the skin on your hands.

I wish that the '63 and '64's had up tops like the '62.

I am in complete agreement with you Bob!!!!

I have used just about every "chrome:" for models in over 50 years of building model cars, and everything depends on what you are 'chroming', and the desired finish. If I am going to re-chrome say a bumper, or a set of wheels, I would send them out to a commercial chrome service. Motolow pens are excellent for touching up edges, and I have used the 2mm pen with great success on small parts of old AMT bumpers from the '60's, as they are not as brilliant as say a Trumpeter chromed bumper. Your finish has to be clean, dry, and smooth, an you cannot handle it for several hours. I bought the three tips available, but only used the 2mm tip so far, as I will still use Bare Metal Foil, Alcad, and Spaz Stix for different applications, as I have a lot of the product to use up. I like what I see so far with the Motolow pens, but for me, the jury is still out.

I do not see how anyone will do any business with him. The price from you is for an entire transkit, and is quite reasonable, and the quality is good. If and when I want a product offered by your company, I will only deal with you. I would not want it with the "Conquista" mouldings any way. Also, just adding those is not 15% of the work.

I can't wait 'til the next episode.

Dan, I plan to do a '67 Tempest Safari to bookend with my other wagon models.I like where you are going with the '65 Tempest wagon. At one of our club meeting, one of our club members brought a beautiful resin cast '65 Tempest with the correct grille. Fortunately, the Model Car garage '67 Pontiac GTO Photoetch set includes the grille and emblems that can work on a '67 Tempest wagon. When I did my '67 Chevelle Concours Estate, lining up the front clip from the '67 to the '66 body was slightly problematic, but it can be done.

I saw the build in person, and while the subject matter does not do anything for me, the build was very nice!!! Good seeing you yesterday Al, anfd I hope to see more of your work.

Very nice!!!

Nice work!!!!