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Strange coincidence that there's been a thread going on about the possibility of one of the manufacturers producing an A on Deuce rails after Mr.Boyd posted his old proposal to AMT about producing a hot rod A? Now all we need is a Lincoln motor (yes I know that one's available) and we can build a famous A.

I found the original post in this forum on the '40 Ford delivery, it's HOK Passion Pearl base with a Sikkens clear top.

Beautiful job on a car that doesn't usually get the attention it deserves. The interior looks very nice, just a question, did Henry paint the commercial dashboards a different color than the passenger cars, I know that the deluxe passenger car dashes were all painted a dark maroon. Did you move the voltage regulator, I see the wiring for it, but the regulator seems to have disappeared, lol. Now you need to build a pickup to keep your commercial vehicle lineup going.

The tires to replicate the original can be sourced from the Monogram Super Modified kit last reissued by Dirt Track Models, the rims from the latest issue of the Monogram '32 Deuce Roadster, also the McDonald's issue of this kit or the old Beach Boys Rockin' Rods kit, I believe that the original six two carb set up can be found in the reissue of the fore mentioned '29 roadster pickup reissue, the headers are a different story, I haven't found anything close in the proper scale. Changing course a little bit, want to add a little bit more power to this? Rob the tunnel ram equipped big block from the '39 Chevrolet coupe, or sedan delivery kit from Revellogram, just need to redo the headers a bit, and you have instant big block power for the "Little T".

It's still a possibility if they just swapped out the Phantom Vicky body for the molds to the venerable '29 roadster kit it could be done, a little more contemporary, but still an A on Deuce rails

Kinda thought it was GM, but I was thinking European or G.B. Wrong hemisphere. Should have been easy, looks almost like a twin to an early to mid '90s Lumina, and we even had a white '94.

Jairus, did you forget about the head person at GM being a woman now? Guess we won't get any of Flintbones "backseat Betty" figures in these kits now.

There's always the original '56 Chevy multiple model, just glue the doors shut and go for it.

Great, now to get out the opti-visors so I can see what I'm trying to do. Thanks, super work.

Have you looked at a fabric store for Silver nylon thread, it is stranded and can be unwound to use as shielded spark plug wires, or you can use #2 detail master braided line to replicate the shielding on the plug wires, I realize its a past step, but have you looked at using wound guitar string for the rear sections of your emergency brake lines from the primary pull cable at the frame, to the calipers? Also I'm looking forward to seeing how you connect the drag link with the idler arm on the passenger side,and the steering box and make them move with the tie rod assembly, always stumps me.

I can remember seeing this car in person the first year it was finished, and the tape deck was used in the display, it was ran as a narrative about the car and its various highlights, along with the narrative the engine would fire up and the throttle blipped a few times and the bubble top would cycle up and down, this "program" was repeated about every fifteen minutes.

It's kind of interesting that they can go to the trouble of copying the entire tube chassis and supply a clear belly pan so you can see it. But can't figure out out that the seats in the full size car had backs, and then have the model seats visible enough to see the lack of rear panels.

Beautiful job, did you use clear orange, for the anodized finish on your wheels? Not nit picking, but the 409 has the same exhaust,intake,intake,exhaust exhaust,intake, intake,exhaust valve layout as a small block, so your injection intake tubes should be paired together more like the small block than a hemi or big block..

We had a family friend when I was younger (a lot younger) that bought a new '58 Bonneville, to a young car crazy pre teen it was the most beautiful thing on wheels, it was a metallic pinkish shade somewhat like the Evening Orchid that GM used in '65, if I remember right, but it was a looong time ago, the trim was either silver, or India Ivory, I'm leaning to the white. The main color is listed in the MCW catalog as 5819 Orchid. If you want to get your local bodyshop that has their own mixing station, the factory code was X, they actually might be able to mix up a touch up bottle in water base, or the original lacquer. With the envirobase you can top coat it with urethane for the deep show type finish. After looking at the colors I think I would go with the factory silver mist for a two tone color in the trim coves. Keep us updated I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with this one.

It's really not a surprise about not having an exterior rear view mirror, they weren't required in most states until the late '60s. I can remember having to buy mirrors from the local parts store and having to do drill holes in the fenders of my '56 Chevy Bel-Air sedan in 1967 after being warned by a CHP that they were now required on at least the drivers side of all cars. And our neighbors nephew got a brand new '59 Pontiac Bonneville for graduation, and he decided to not have outside mirrors put on it, my uncle was the salesman on that deal and he thought it was funny that he ran his hand along both sides and stepped back to look at the car more than once before deciding against mirrors.

same kit, just remaining stock, surprised that the Fleetline evidently sold out before the sedan delivery, but with the coupe coming soon maybe we'll get a new run of fastbacks since the body is the only difference.

I really like your color scheme, but you did forget the chrome that runs from the windshield to the rear window chrome there's a small triangular piece between the windshield and the vent window, the rest just goes along just below the drip molding on the roof, might even bring the black out a little on the roof, great job on detailing and installing the photo etch, it looks like it was factory done.

Mattel owns the rights from Ferrari, any company that wants to issue a Ferrari product has to deal with Mattel instead of directly with Ferrari. Probably makes it easier on all parties, and Ferrari doesn't have to deal with the people directly and it makes the language and piddly toys out of their hair, Lord knows what with dealing with F-1, and Bernie that takes most of their lawyers time.

The front fender molding is the most obvious, plus some interior changes, and about a year.

I can remember waiting for the trailer and crushed cars to be released, but the L700 with the clunky '40 on it was the last of the Lindberg kits Wal-Mart carried, and that was the end of the Lindberg deal. I just wonder how bad they really got burned by Wally World dropping out of the deal.

When I first started racing slot cars, one of my first cars was a 1/24 scale Lotus 30 from Lindberg.

'Tis the season for speculating about what the new year will bring, and wondering what happened to what looked promising ideas from the past that never came to be. But just remember, "Curiosity killed the cat" .

looking really good, I like that you left the drip molding on it adds to the flow. If you want a super sparkle green use the "Metalflecks"silver base and HOK Organic green for a finished color, or you can use the Metalflecks base and Testors Candy Green for a color coat, in scale that silver base looks like a metalflake with a candy over it.

A couple of years ago I saw a real (can't really say full size lol) '65 Falcon at Hot August Nites in Reno that was done this way.

Warning, with most enamel paints you'll need to wait two weeks after sanding before recoating to avoid wrinkling. Also 320 grit is much to coarse of paper to sand your primer with before applying the finish color on a model, it's o.k.on a full size car, but on a model it's going to look like you did the sanding on a full size car with 36 grit paper, usually the coarsest grit to use would be 800p, which surprisingly enough is coarser than 600, the p designation is a European grit and is slightly coarser than the U.S.600 grit designation. If it were mine I'd toss it in the purple pond and start over, after a soak in that anything that is causing fisheye will be gone.