Paul Payne

Great! Love it!

You have my attention! Love your interior ideas.

After going through the obscure kits thread, I am truly amazed at what subjects the model companies actually thought would sell, and were willing to spend money on engineering and tooling. Gives me hope that a lot of the cars mentioned here might actually have a chance!

Amazing- I can't even get paint to dry in 24 hours!

I remember that one of the Pontiacs had a fifth wheel, clear fuel bottle, traffic cones, and either a clip board or dash mounted monitoring instruments- I forget if Road and Track or Motor Trend did the performance evaluations with this equipment. I also have two suit cases filled with molded in tools from the MPC Ford J car (Lemans required "luggage"). Revell offered a parts pack of display accessories in chrome with tools, creeper, engine stand, stanchions and bases, and chrome "rope" to thread through the stanchions. It was so stiff the stanchions had to be glued down or they would go every which way!

I wish Ertl Collectibles would use the Dodge power wagon tooling to produce a kit- I know die cast tooling is different from injection molding tooling, but at least they could scan it and cut new tooling from 3D models.

I bought this one on line several years ago. It's the Monogram sport coupe and was cleanly built and who ever built it used all the decals. The front axle had broken and it was missing the left front hairpin radius rod. I repaired the axle and fabricated a hair pin using one in my parts box. The seller also included a reproduction box with great art work.

Might get a Klingon Kruizer award.

In my career as a foundry tooling engineer, I used 3d modeling to create foundry patterns. In order to 3d print a car or any part of it, you must have accurate 3d models created from drawings of each part to be included. In other words, there is a lot more preliminary work before the printer creates a model. This is pretty much the same process as the model companies and their engineers use.

This is becoming a very interesting conversation with many points of view expressed.

Plenty big enough for some radical graphics! Thinking about an engine, or just a curbside build? Looks like a cool interior, but it will be hard to see with those narrow windows. Looking forward to how this project develops!

Thought I would share a few pictures of a real one I found on line.

That is a great build- I love everything about it! So glad you saved it and it survived so well.

I really like that the front, rear, and fender angles are all the same- really unifies the design. What engine would this have had?

Ricky, so far this project is pretty much in my head, with various plastic shapes and parts giving me ideas of where this could go. The illustrations on the internet for idea and concept cars are the only drawings. Went to the Hoosier model contest where I found the remains of an airplane which started this- these are the sides grafted onto the T-bird sides. So, much more freeform than other projects.

Hands down, the Airfix Bugatti EB110 was horrendous- especially compared to the excellent Revell Germany release. Airfix couldn't even get the rear clip accurate- didn't even vaguely resemble the real thing- makes you wonder if they ever actually saw the car or drawings. I will never waste money on another Airfix kit.

Noticed a discussion of the 1934 Ford coupe kits- sounds like we need an accurate one rather badly.

Bill, just had to ask- will the 1/8 Mustang have the working windshield defrosters?!?!?!? Seriously, the pictures for the vinyl roof show beautifully separated vent windows and really tight panel lines- immaculate work as usual!

Still progressing- cut apart the chassis and lengthened it with a filler piece. Looked through the junk yard and decided bed covers and pickup beds would be good beginnings for the belly pan. I also began developing the cowl section to allow mounting a veed windshield frame. Now I can create the rest of the hood and figure out how to hinge it. Have not made much progress on the grille- have to figure out the front end in conjunction with the grille size and contours.

Here's a thought- can die cast tooling be used for a plastic model?

Unfortunately I never had the privelege of meeting or knowing these gentlemen. Perhaps a few photos of their models would make a nice memorial.

More thoughts- 1962-1964 Studebaker GT Hawks Newer Cadillacs with the clean, edgy styling MG A roadster MG B roadster Cab forward Chryslers- Concorde, 300M, etc. Definitely a Riviera boat tail- with custom options! Phantom Corsair John Cobb's Railton Mobile Special

Modelers, keep them coming! This is getting really interesting. I would like to add a good 1/25th scale Harley Davidson knucklehead (my personal favorite).

Everybody has one- a list of models never released, not released in a scale you build, or only as something so inaccurate as to be useless. Here's mine, all 1/25th scale: 1932 Ford with a completely stock, accurate, and super detailed chassis Bugatti T57SC Atlantic coupe Chrysler Chronos Fred Frame Duesenberg racing car Dry lakes/Bonneville streamliners such as Shadoff Special Modern Bentleys Pontiac Solstice 1961 Lincoln Continental retool similar to 1962 Thunderbird Stuart Hilborn streamliner My list could go on and on and could include many models in need of a good retool. How about yours?

Always had a soft spot for the AMT 3 in 1 boat kit, first model I built, back in 1959. Got one when they re-released it, also acquired most of a kit in trade. Another round tuit!