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Ron Hamilton

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  1. I like where this one is going. I have an old Modelhaus 62 Galaxie 500 Hardtop to build one day. I was given a clean 62 Sunliner that will be rebuilt one day, and a black sunliner that I brought back from gluebomb hell a couple of decades ago. It still on my collection. I plan to clean it up, and install a set of full wheelcovers that I acquired for it. Right now it has baby moons on chrome reverse wheels on pin whites. I'm going to call it Perry Mason. He had one on the tv show. I also have an old Hubley Country Sedan. I think it is a promo, and fortunately there is no warp, but all of the chrome is shot. It is ugly. I ant to make a Country Squire out of it
  2. I admit that I really like 69 Chevrolets. When I was 12, one of the Xmas presents I got was an AMT 69 impala SS kit. I remember sanding the SS emblems from it, painting it Pactra light Turquoise Metallic, and using the custom parts. Fast forward to the early 2000s, I acquired another unbuilt kit, and combined it with the AMT 67 SS427, painted it triple black, and added a set of homemade hideaways. I believe I was the first modeler to do this. I had several bumpers cast in resin so that I could do this. Fast forward to now, I have a forlorn convertible promo, that I plan to open up, and use the engine from a 70 Monte Carlo SS kit to get the a/c and Turbo400, and a 70 Impala, since it would be easy to fit everything under it. It's moulded in red, which I like, and it may be a red Convertible with Rally Wheels and either pin whites, or red lines. It will get hideaways, and a fully detailed interior. I also have a MCW Resin 69 Sport Coupe, that's going to need a lot of work to get it to what I want it to be. It may be either dark blue, green, or brown, with a coordinating vinyl roof and interior. I have my work cut out for me.
  3. Im going to use the ones from the 70 Ford Police car. They're really close.
  4. Wow! I rode a many of them when I was a kid. DC Transit used them in the 1960 s. I have a 1/43 Dinky DC Transit bus and PMC Street car in my collection. I would sell off a few to get a fishbowl in 1/25 scale.
  5. No. The only way a set of those tires would ever get on a fleet van from the factory, is that there were no other tires available on the assembly line. Coca Cola wouldn't pay a dime for them. Ford would have have given them the tires for free. However, if a local Coke distributor needed a truck in a hurry, and bought one locally, equipment could vary. If an emergency situation came up, and a set of tires were needed, well you get it. The red lines and wheel covers look great, but they would end up on another project in my world. My build would get blackwalls, white steelies, and dog dish caps.
  6. I understand the sentiment concerning the copying of other's resin bodies. Didn't Greg state that he was copying this body for a friend for his personal use and not for commercial resale? Besides the original origin of this body was from All American Resin. How do I know? I built one decades ago. R& R copied AAR's work, and I cannot speak for Jimmy Flintstone.
  7. Excellent score! I remember seeing the car at the auto show when I was a kid.
  8. Either spoiler would work for me, but I prefer the three piece spoiler. I have some definite plans for the kit. Film at eleven
  9. I believe that the large spoiler was a late year addition to the car. Maybe RC2 can add the part from the Baldwin Motion kit to the new Z28 kit. I have yet to build one of these as a Z28, even though I still have several unbuilt 2nd generation Camaro kits in my collection. I will still get at least one of these just for the front end.
  10. when I do mine, I'm going with Hurst Dazzlers.
  11. I still have an unbuilt straight bumper Camaro from the 70's. AMT kit I believe. I forgot that I had a MPC 71 to restore, which is a rally sport. They are decent kits, but nowhere as good as the 90s AMT 70 Camaro Variants. As much as I would want a Z28, I hope that the emblems are separate. I want to do either an SS or a base car. The Model Car Garage Photoetch set should work.
  12. Uh, no. The wire wheel covers were not available on Camaro after 1969 until the late 70's Berlinetta.
  13. It looks fantastic to me.
  14. I was fortunate to see the actual car in a museum. Very nice work.
  15. The one with no trim is a rarity. Its was made between 72 and 73. I believe that Johan was guessing that the 73 was going to look like a 72, and created this kit. I have one of these, as well as a 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76 to build.
  16. Sorry, I can't get to it right now. Its buried in the basement.
  17. I love it!
  18. Gorgeous. Drop dead GORGEOUS!!!!
  19. I bought one a few years back and I can say it's GORGEOUS!
  20. Excellence in execution!
  21. Excellent work!
  22. Superb!
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