Bryce

Here’s the latest off my bench – the kit was a birthday present and is well out of my comfort zone, so I have been completely following the instructions and have built it box stock. What a fantastic model kit though. I was sceptical at first – mainly due to the lack of engine, expensive price tag and the diecast metal base plate – but this kit has far exceeded my expectations. The build was not without its problems, mainly to do with the complicated fade paint job, which I arrogantly decided to tackle with an airbrush rather than the kit supplied decals. Actually, most of the problems were to do with paint. The kit fits together so well that I had to strip paint off every edge during final assembly due to my heavy handed rattle can application… Highlights include: • windscreen, head and tail light mask – absolutely no bleed – brilliant stuff! • the best decals I’ve ever worked with – precise fit, total opacity, no excessive film and no glue clean up. • precise fit of every part • kit supplied metal transfer emblems and fine mesh for air intakes Here’s some pics – hope you like it: And here’s a link to the WIP if you’re interested: http://amcc.forum-motion.com/gas-museum-f2...e-nsx-t1027.htm

At the moment it would be Robert Lomas' 34 coupe: http://www.rodandcustommagazine.com/featur...oupe/index.html But it used to be the 32 five window coupe from American Graffiti and I also really like the 34 coupe from California Kid.

LOL...no, it's not bulldozer yellow! It's Ford Yellow Blaze applied straight from the rattle can.

Some great stuff here. Tough choice, but I particularly like the angle of this shot, even though the photo itself is not that great...

Great job on a cool truck. Well done!

Came out real nice - great work on a very tough looking car!

Sorry mate - I've got no idea. I've been collecting bits and pieces for this one for about 20 years. Whenever I came across something that looked appropriate I just stashed it away for future use. I used a lot of parts from the OLD Revell/Monogram '32 roadster - it is a good kit to buy for old school hot rod parts. I blended the chassis from that kit with the chassis from the Revell roadster to get something close to correct. The front axle and brakes are from the same kit, with wishbones added from a stock ’40 Ford or similar. The shocks are scratched as is tailshaft and the diff came from a Revell mid-fifties Chevy with scratched spring, radius rods and cross member. The engine is from the AMT 66 Nova kit. The manifold is a modified six carb from Revell Chevy and the carbs are from the AMT '57 Chevy kit. The intakes are modified from the old AMT stock roof height '32 five window coupe. The headers are modified from the AMT AG kit, as is the radiator/grill, cycle guards, rear fenders and headlight stands (that’s all I could salvage from that kit – the rest is absolute rubbish and bears no resemblance to the real car). Headlights are from my parts box. The interior is all Revell roadster with scratched dash. The rims are from the AMT ’51 Chevy kit - the best chrome reverse rims I know of in scale. You need two kits though as they only give you two widies. The front tyres are ’66 Nova and rear tyres are generic Goodyear Polyglas from any AMT muscle car kit. I used a piece of soft wire for the push bar at the back and a piece of aluminium tube for the front spreader bar. A friend made me some plates and the frames are from my parts box.

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. And thanks Bob for defending the integrity of my model! For me it is just such a seminal car film, so I assume that if you’re into cars you will know and love this movie. Maybe not. So here's another comparison for those who may not know the movie as well as us die-hard hot rod kids: Incidentally, I used the grill and surround from the AMT re-release of the actual kit version of this car and I think it does look a little low compared to the actual car. Maybe it's because the Revell body is correct height. It was one of the things that bothered me during final assembly, but as it goes with replicas, there will always be something not quite right and you can chase your tail forever trying to achieve perfection. I'm just glad to have it done. Thanks again for all the nice words!

Again, I just don't understand why they keep spending money developing inferior versions of something that already exists. Anyone who's been building models since the 80s will have built at least a couple of '70 Challenger kits and they look to be better than this one. I won't be buying one.

Great build so far! I too can vouch for the quality of the AMT '34 coupe flathead - here's some pics of a box stock one:

Nice rod. Not sure I understand how the addition of the fenders caused you problems with the interior? They are not related. I have built a fendered Revell roadster and had no problems.

Yep - that's definitely a '71. Never say never I guess. If you can special order a charger in pink then why not a duster? I can PM you the 70/71 paint charts if you want - let me know.

According to original paint charts I found on the net, high impact pink (Moulin Rouge & Panther Pink) was a one year only colour for Plymouth and Dodge - 1970 - so the answer to your question is no, you could not get a '71 model in pink. Your '71 Charger could not be factory correct in Panther Pink unless it was some kind of very special order, but I doubt it. Are you sure it's a '71? Got any pics?

Some tamiya smoke applied over flat white can help bring out the detail.

I have an inch long cut across the top of my pointer finger from a jar of Testor's Ford Engine blue that broke. I also now have a small dot of blue tattooed in my finger as a permanent reminder. Admittedly, I had the lid in a bench vice at the time, so I always thought it was my own stupid fault - but maybe not. I am impressed that you guys managed to break glass jars with your bare hands though! This is actually quite timely as my finger has been sore for several yeasr since that incident, and just last week a tiny piece of glass broke through the skin. I pulled it out with tweezers and now my pain is gone!

Cool car! Really clean work and a nice build!

This is a project I’ve been working on for about 15 years - a replica of John Milner’s coupe from the movie American Graffiti. I know it’s been done a million times before but I tried to make mine as accurate as possible. It’s based on the Revell ’32 roadster kit and uses a home made resin body I created by grafting the chopped AMT roof onto the Revell roadster body. The rest is either sourced from another kit or scratchbuilt. I’m a bit over this one and can’t really be bothered going into it, so here’s a link to a WIP if you’re looking for a bit more detail: http://amcc.forum-motion.com/the-workshop-...-coupe-t299.htm

Cool project - nice work so far!

WOW - that's amazing. An absolute work of art!

Wow - that's beautiful. Great job on a cool car.

That looks beautiful - well done. Isn't it sitting a little low in the front and high in the back for a '60s Ford though?

That looks awesome - great colours! Did you do all those body mods yourself...? Great work.

Looks pretty clean to me - great job.

Beautiful - can I ask how you did those wheels? They're the duck's nuts...

Nice job - engine detailing looks awesome!