Ron Hamilton

I can hear the slanter humming and clattering away!!!

That is also going to be taken care of when I fix the other things. At least I was able to get it to hunker down better in the front.

I am pretty happy with the paint on these...

Here is the underhood detail. Looking at this photo, I am going to see if I can do a better job of recessing the headlamps and brake vent detail. The hair you see on the fender is not in the paint. The digital camera picks up everything.

I smoothed the body with fine sanding pads after I removed the mould lines and minor sinks that did not belong on the body, and leveled it out at the door and trunk seams with polishing sticks after I deepened the seams. When I painted the model, I used Tamiya Fine White Primer, which dried for a day, then I painted the car with several coats of Tamiya Chrome Yellow Lacquer, which dried for about 24 hours, and I clear coated it with Testors' Clear Lacquer. The finish was pretty smooth after a 24 hour drying time. I then polished the finish very carefully with Novus #2 Polish with a soft rag. I lucked out, as there were no rub through on the edges with this one. All of the paint came from spray cans. I think it came out pretty good.

So do I.

Contact Norm Veber @‌ Replicas & Miniatures Co. of MD. 410-368-7648. You will have to cut the boss off of the back of the wheel, and finish it yourself, as they are cast in white resin. I know this because I have a couple of sets of them for a couple of projects.

Oh yeah!!!!

Beautiful work!!!

Lookin' Good!!!!!!

I finished this one last night just in time for our club meeting next Saturday. I built it out of the box, pretty much per the directions. The paint I used was Tamiya Chrome Yellow Lacquer out of the spray can, which is a little more intense than the factory color, but I liked it better. Testors has a Daytona Yellow, which is closer to the Chevrolet Yellow color. I painted the wheels with dark aluminum paint which closely matches the gray finished wheels. The engine detail is pretty good, but in photographing it, I have to make an adjustment in the headlamps and vents next to the grille, as they stick out too far.. All in all, I think it is a nice kit, per my review.

That is very nice!!!!

I finished it last night, and will be putting it under glass.

That looks great Bill!!!!

Ken, That is some nice work. My Grandpa and my Mom both had '60 Mercs at various times in my life, so I am familiar with the car. I have a Hardtop and a Convertible to do. One of these days. Both of them were rather chewed up when I got them, but now they are cleaned up, and now both of them are in primer, and awaiting their turn. I love what you are doing.

That is very nice work. I still have an original AMT '67 to work over. It is in bits and pieces, but I should be able to make it work. I want to do a Pace car with it.

Fantastic work, and a marvelous concept!!!

My sister has a Dark Red '88 Thunderbird Sport with a 5.0 in it, which was a very nice car. It needs a paint job, and has a little road rash on it, but it could be made into a nice car, as it is all there, and is under cover. I have a Monogram '88 Turbo Coupe kit, that can be the basis of a build of the car. Ill have to fab the grille, and wheels, and procure a F.I. 5.0/ AOD from the period. Maybe one day.

I'd bet that the driver's seat doesn't smell too good after that stunt. And it's a 2WD too!!!

It looks magnificent to me.

Now that is slick!!!!

That is one handsome model. It took me a while, bit I finally got my hands on one. It will be a long time before I get it built as I have a long line of projects ahead of it.

When I went to look at the cars at the dealership, they had a base model coupe in Red Hot, with Black Cloth that looked quite good, and represented the car well. I would love to see your build. I hope to have mine finished in time for our model club meeting next Saturday.

Now this one is going to be interesting. I am a Cadillac nut, having built quite, a few, and having several in the queue to be finished. I have included photos of kits that could be used to do the car. Looking at the black and white photo that Ron Gross posted, the main body is a '65-66 Deville Convertible , but in the color photos, one side shows a '67-8 Sedan De Ville, and the other side a '67-8 Coupe de Ville, with the sail panels and doors from each, the hood from a '71-6 Eldorado , the left rear fender tip from a '67-8 Eldorado , The left front fender and left rear bumper tip from a '63-4 right side bumper tip, the trunk and right fender from a '63 De Ville (no pics). The rest of the car seems to be from mid 50's Cadillacs, and other custom parts. An exact replica of this one would be truly time and labor intensive, and truly expensive, but the way you are approaching it will give the essence of the real car, and could be quite interesting. Go for it!!!

No pics yet, but I got it painted. It's drying now. The seat trim on the interior is quite faint, so I did not use a primer coat, just paint, which is Testor's Flat Black lacquer, which seems to be working. The interior is going to be black, but the exterior color is going to be a surprise. One hint, it is not the Dark Red pearl, which while nice, I did not want anyone confusing my build with the moulded in color kit.