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Excellent. I would never have thought this kit could look so good.

Outstanding scratch building going on here! After all this work the model still has the accurate and clean look of a Johan kit.

Thanks Delton - it was the old-fashioned type. Edit. Oops, you quoted me but probably meant Steve.

Excellent!

Ron, that Buick is a real knock-out. I much prefer the toned down look of the '60 to the '59. Same with the Cadillacs from those years.

Thanks again everyone, glad you like it!.

That is really nice! Hope this kit becomes available again soon.

I haven't built a hot-rod since I was 14 but this (and other) builds of this kit had inspired me to have another crack. To late, it seems, as I can't find one anywhere. Anyway, great looking model!

I was absent in July so I missed this one. It'a a real beauty and an incredible restoration.

Great looking model Bill. I really like Lincolns from this era.

Thanks for your reply Ron. I think I need to try out other clear coats than Tamiya. (Testors isn't available here.)

Nice clean work Ron! Did you polish the paint? I use Tamiya lacquers, specially their clear-coat, but even my final wet coat always has fine orange peel when dry. Any tips?

Enjoyed that very much, Tim. Thanks.

Beautiful work as always Harry, even under difficult circumstances.

This is going to be one stunning model!

Thanks again everyone for your encouraging comments. Sonny, Zero paints are great but they will need a gloss clearcoat. I used Tamiya TS13 on this one, which needed polishing out.

Just got this today. It's from Minichamps' great series of 1/12th bikes...

BTW This is the photo I used when mixing colours and I don't claim to have got it dead right - but close enough. Assuming the car has been correctly painted, then I'd say the darker colour is Neptune Green metallic, the roof Surf Green. I used Zero acrylics, starting with their Fine Metallic Base and adding green and blue candy colours till it looked right. White with green and blue got the roof close - but not on the first attempt . Tamiya clear rounded it all off.

That looks great! I just painted mine last week, glad to see the kit can turn out so nice.

Thanks for the nice comments. Gary, I found a company in Switzerland but they are expensive - a minimum charge of approx GBP100 for a rack on which I could mount 15 - 20 pieces, depending on their size. I did two racks and a couple of bumpers didn't get an optimal undercoat - but I've seen that on the odd (US) Chrometech piece too. The chrome seems to be a bit more durable than most kit chrome and can handle the usual handling better. I'll use them again because I can drive there with rare pieces that I'd be nervous about sending to America and back. The address: Kaltbrunner AG, Sportstrasse 1, CH-2540 Grenchen, Switzerland. Tel. 0041 (0)32 654 10 00 If you decide to use them, ask me about how to mount the pieces - they have their own system and might struggle to explain it in English.

Great to see such an unusual subject and it must be a real challenge to get a resin kit to look so good. Very fine work.

This is the first model I've finished this year, although I've worked on others too. I used the engine and other engine bay stuff from Revell's 56 Nomad plus Satco tyres and I had the bumpers re-chromed. I found that the glass, interior, tailgate and chassis all needed re-working to fit nicely - but other builders haven't mentioned these problems so it could be just me. I bungled a few things along the way but managed to get a tidy enough result in the end. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Another beauty!

Beautiful! Love those colours.

Just what I was going to say.