Ron Hamilton

Magnificent!!!!

Hey Bill, Richard Wilson in our club has cast a couple of polyhead engines for his use. He may have an extra one, if I do not beat you to it!!!!!

I love this one too.

I love it!!!!

Very nice!!! I would love to see a real one like that one!!!!

WOW!

In my opinion, the absolute best rendition of the '63 thru '67 Corvette kits are the Revell '67's/ However, the Revell '63 Snappers are very good, lacking an engine, under hood, and chassis details, as they are curbside models. In my collection, I have a Historic Racing Miniatures Resin '63 Coupe, which is fantastic, as it has an excellent body and interior, the large fuel tank, a beautiful F.I. Unit on the 327, and accurate Aluminum Wheels with 2, and 3 prong Knockoffs. It is relatively expensive, but is well worth the money if you can get one, especially if you combine it with the VRM Corvette decals to do a Z06 Race Car.

I will take a look tomorrow.

You and me both!!!! I love those old AMT mid '60's Corvettes. I plan to build one of each year and body style, and sell off the rest.

Unfortunately, That '66 Monaco I had rode away to another owner a couple of years back, as I was able to get another without a box for a lot less from a friend. It was missing a couple of minor parts, which I was able to get from The Modelhaus. I will miss them. I have a '65 and '66 Monaco, which are Grails of mine, which I am going to definitely build. I plan to book end them with my '65 Polara CHP Cruiser and my '66 Polara 500 convertible If I sell off any of them, I'll give you a shot at them.

Those trucks are drop dead gorgeous!

I am cheap by necessity. Fortunately, I have most any model I will want to build, as my investments in unbuilt annuals is over. The most I spent on a single kit was for a MIB MPC 1966 Dodge Monaco Hardtop for $150 several years ago. Recently I have been selling off my unbuiltsm which I have completed.

To me, the cleanest resin would be from the Modelhaus '83 Impala if you can get one. The Caprice Sedan resin looks very close, and it would not take much to make modifications to improve its accuracy. I sold the State of Maryland, its counties and other departments over 770 '83 Impalas, as well as a couple of hundred '84 Impalas to other Maryland, and Northern VA municipalities, as Ford won the '84 MD state bid, due to certain specs particular to the Ford Crown Victoria, and I am very familiar with the specs of the various cars. I was lucky, that I was able to get a Modelhaus '83 Impala to build as a MSP Marked Cruiser, similar to Tom Sheehy's excellent build. In order to do the MD State car, I have to recreate the HD Interior with HD Bucket Seats, and Black Steelies with Dog Dish Caps, as the entire fleet was equipped with them from the factory. The full wheel covers are not necessarily incorrect, as they could have been added to the car after delivery. The non-special service Impala in those years had full wheel covers as standard equipment, and dog dish caps were not available except as a C.O.P.O. By the way John and Wayne;s Impala Cruisers are excellent examples too,

Those are quite handsome cars.

Seems like an excellent deal to me if it is missing just one tire.

That's sweet!!!!!

Nicely done!!!!!

F&F Resin did a pretty nice '64 Convertible several years ago. Sorry to write that Ed Sr. had passed several years ago, and the transkits were very rare, and pricey, but well worth it. A couple of years ago, I wanted to do a '65 Starfire , but I decided to do the car as a Dynamic 88, as doing a Starfire or Jetstar I would have involved cutting up a '65 Grand Prix for the roof, and I did not have a junker. However, I would love to do a '62 Starfire, as my Dad had one.

Raoul, That is some exquisite work on those '70 Judges.

I understand, and I am quite sure it is going to look great. Those other Galaxies you did look fantastic. Wait until you see the '68 I am planning.

I have a sweet spot in my heart for full sized cars. I really like that '68 Ford XLGT. May I make a suggestion? If I were building this one, I would paint the package tray flat black. In the real world, a white package tray would reflect light something terrible. When I was growing up, my dad had a few cars with white interior, and the package trays were always black. Just a suggestion.

I have a couple of AMT and MPC early '70's Camaros in my collection, as well as some MPC early '70's Firebirds in various degrees build, from unbuilt, to restorable. One of my projects is a '78 MPC Camaro Z28, which I am converting to one of my first cars. I cleaned up the body, and cut in the T-tops. I have to find a flat hood for it, and a few odds and ends.

How about a '71 Camaro SS396 2 'n 1 based off of the new tool Camaro. If they tooled up a non-Rally Sport front fascia, it would "sell like cattle".

Nice work!!! I like those cars too, and I have to build one of mine in the future.

Cary, I have restored many a gluebomb, as well as building them as a kid. The AMT '67 Fairlane is definitely a rare kit, and depending on the degree of glue burn, a clean replica stock build might not be feasible. In looking at the pictures, this one is definitely welded together. On the case of that interior, I would not attempt to take it apart. The seats look pretty clean. If they are in the proper place, I would leave it as is, and treat it like a kit where the seats were moulded in the tub. I would do a putty repair of the sink marks in the corner of the interior tub, clean up the glue joint with sandpaper, an x-acto knife and a file, prime, paint, and detail it to the beat of your ability. I would leave those tail lamps there, and tape over them, do the body work in small sections, trying to save the emblems and detail. prime and paint. The windshield has glue burn in it, it may have to be cut out. I have made attempts to remove "welded in parts" from glue bombs, and destroyed them in the past trying to save them. I have been successful in restoring them too. In the past, I restored a '67 Fairlane several years ago, and it was quite gratifying. I have an original '66 and another '67 in line for a restoration, as well as '66 and '67 AMT Cyclone annuals to re-do. I am using a new tool Fairlane powertrain and chassis under this '66 Cyclone annual. It took a little cutting and pasting here and there, but it allowed me to get an incomplete model up on its wheels. I have to finish this one. . For some reason, I am not crazy about the newer tool '66 Fairlane and '67 Cyclone. The roof looks a little fuuny on both of them, even though they have excellent chassis and engines. Good luck on the '67 Fairlane resto. I look forward to seeing more. It can be saved, but it is going to take a lot of work.