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Nice grafting of the 1/25th scale AMT '57 Chevy custom bits onto the 1/24th scale Monogram body.

Paint the interior the same color and you could fool some people into thinking it's some kind of rare promo,

Make sure that the two little tabs on the front of the interior bucket are in their holes in the firewall. That makes a difference.

Thany you, Eric. I received information today that the owners of the drag slot car track have sold it so there won't be any more slot car drags unless we find another portable track owner who wants to set up at our show.

I'm sure there will be pictures. Several people have posted them from our past shows.

I noticed that there's a 1/16 snap version of the 356 coupe available from Revell.

Coming March 29, 2020, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., is the Detroit Area Auto Modelers Motor City Madness contest and swap meet. This is a judged contest. Class trophies and specialty awards will be given. Admission to the show is $5 and there's NO additional charge to enter the contest. We'll have over 300 vendor tables for the swap area, slot car drags and a few real cars on display. We're the biggest show in the Midwest, come and see why. Mr. Moderator, how do we get this event listed on the main forum page Upcoming Events box?

I suspect that, given some time, another version will be released by Moebius. No proof, just a hunch.

Oh boy. A model of an SUV. Yippy skippy. Hey, maybe it'll attract millenials to model building.

I can't tell for sure but the test shot of the E Type looks like a 2+2 , not the regular fixed head coupe. Any body know for sure?

Come scope out our spring show, Motor City Madness, this March 29th.! Tony Buglione, Detroit Area Auto Modelers

Try good old Testor putty. I've had good luck with it filling voids in 1/43 resin bodies. It even smells like the resin.

I always chuckle when I think of the irony of a die cast metal Corvette.

There's something about the front wheel/ front wheel opening placement relationship that bothers me. Seems like the wheel is too far back or the opening is not quite the correct shape. Thoughts?

You don't need to warm the paint in water with a mug warmer, Just put the can on the warmer and wait a few minutes. No, I've never had a can explode even after forgetting to turn off the warmer and leaving the can on it overnight.

After I wipe the brush off with my old paint rag I pour a little bit of the appropriate thinner into the jar's cap and swish the brush in it until the brush is clean, then I wipe off the brush and put it back in my storage box( an old silverware basket from a kitchen dish strainer.

He has a few kits from purchased collections and a few other current kits at retail prices. Mostly he has die cast models in various scales and a LOT of books and magazines.

Congratulations on finishing one of those Polar Lights beasts.

I've done this conversion. Hints: 1) Cut off the rear section of the GTO chassis right behind the rear cross member and glue it to the Chevelle chassis. You can play with the shape of the back edge of this piece or leave it alone. If you leave it alone( like I did-I'm lazy) you'll have to glue the rear bumper on after you mate the body and chassis. 2) If you use the GTO engine/ trans you need to move the Chevelle chassis trans crossmember back 3/16 of an inch. You may have to play with the driveshaft length. Mine ended up too short( I cut just a bit too much off the end). 3) I used the Chevelle interior panels and floor panel because they work with the Chevelle chassis. Sand off or cover the bowtie on the rear interior wall. The Chevelle chassis firewall sits about 3/16 of an inch forward of the body's cowl. For appearance's sake fill the slight gap between the firewall/ cowl( I didn't, but, again, I'm lazy). The hood "hinges" on the GTO hood will slide in to gap if you don't fill it. If you do fill the gap, cut off the "hinges" and make some hood pins. You might want to grind down the top of the firewall to get the hood to sit a bit more level. 4) The biggest issue is the instrument panel. The Chevelle piece fits between the interior side panels better but doesn't match up to the shape of the GTO body at the bottom of the windshield. The GTO dash fits the shape of body but is a bit narrow to go between the Chevelle interior panels. I used an unaltered GTO dash( yup- still lazy). 5) I used the supercharged GTO engine. The stock GTO hood needs to be cut out for the blower but if you use the custom hood from the later version( the Vin Diesel movie version) no cutting is needed. It's not a very difficult kit bash. Enjoy!

Last I heard the shop was still open but the dragstrip was sold. Only circuit racing now.

I hope you finish it in time to bring it to our D.A.A.M. spring show next March 29th.

I was at my local Ollie's today and they still had some kits available. I happened to stumble upon them; they were in a different aisle than they are usually located. Nothing all that great; I got the only '05 Chrysler 300 and '55 Vette that they had .The rest of the stock was ( all AMT) the Camaro concept version and the '09 and '10 Corvette Showroom Replica unassembled promo style kits. So check your local Ollie's. Your store's stash may be different and better.

I've wondered why wheels are usually photographed at an angle. Reflection? Glare? Trying to prevent copying of a design? Something else?

1966 I saw the movie today. Definitely a " Hollywoodization" of the subject. Because I've read about the subject things in the movie do bother me. The time line doesn't follow reality, there are many errors in vehicles in scenes from a particular year, Matt Damon's Texas based accent comes and goes throughout the movie, nothing is mentioned about Lola being the basis for the first GT 40, nothing references the debacle of the 1965 race for Ford,the real 1966 race ended in the rain but in the movie it doesn't end that way,and Enzo Ferrari wasn't at Le Mans in 1966. It's almost better if one hasn't read about the whole story of Ford's effort. It's a decent effort worth seeing; just not an outstanding one.

AMT managed to turn the '65 GTO and the '69 Torino back to stock bodies ( with varying degrees of success) so I've wondered why it's not possible to do it to the other kits in the series. Or maybe it's just that they don't want to do it.