lordairgtar

Went to Gary Schmidt estate sale and picked up a Galaxy 48 Chevy Fleetline, AMT 77 Matador Coupe, AMT 51 Chevy hardtop, Eldon Sand Rail thingy glue bomb. Also a 50 something Pontiac coupe that I think was a promo of some sort, it has metal chassis and has slight warp. to the top and hood area. Might solve that by making it a convertible and use the 51 Chevy as a chassis and interior. I don't know how to post pics.

I got the Ford Truck from Romania today. Very nicely done. If I knew how to put pics on here, I would.

It only needs a little tinkering at the rear bumper to bring it closer to the body.

You do realize that a lot of us model car builders are geriatric as well, plus there are many younger guys interested in model railroading.

So, if Palmer made a early Vette kit, could I build this car...

I once introduced myself to him at a model car event and he said he fully knew who I was. I must have rankled his feathers in the forum over the 69 Charger affair.

I'd like to add a Japanese truck. The 1980s Mitsubishi Fuso. Made by Mitsuwa, although can be packaged as a Fujimi or Aoshima. The kit was newly tooled in 1981 so I assume it represents a early 80s or late 70s model. It sometimes comes as a tractor or a goods truck and although there is an engine, I can't verify the make and type. There is a auto transport trailer that sometimes is packaged with it.

I remember when they (he) banned depictions of the General Lee car's roof decoration. I see this as kind of ironic since "He who shall not be named" was a bit Hitlerian about it, and that FSM still allows depiction of Nazi Swastikas on "supposedly historically accurate" war machinery. Hmmmm. I wonder if Fine Scale itself will allow that certain 69 Charger to be depicted with roof top in full view.

JoHan's Mercedes Benz Coupe.

You could switch the K members from the chassis. IMC/Lindberg Dodge truck could yield a more correct engine.

Rear wheel well shape was changed as well in this issue.

What Mark says is true. As you delve into more kits and see how old the actual tooling is, you will understand this. I have been reading Tim Boyd's book on Muscle Car kits and he goes through all the kits in pretty good detail and tells you which are dogs and which are decent and everything in between. Get the book or other material written by people in the know and see what they say. Or....just come here and ask others what their opinion is on anything you might be interested in. That Charger isn't really that bad but is not accurate for a Dukes car but can make a pretty nice model as your skills develop.

Would be easier to see what I'm looking at without that darned photobucket banner across the pics.

I have the issue, haven't read it yet, but I will.

Within limitations, I try and do the best I can do. I like odd stuff which is why I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make a decent model of Trumpeter's Hong Chi CA 770. Redid the suspension, redid the engine. Now I want to make another one because I am not happy with the body as built. Kind of going down the rabbit hole so to speak....and how many Johan Mercedes have I built through the years since the 70s (high school) til now? Or that attempt at making a 69 Beaumont out of a Chevelle. Still working on that and still take it out of the box to fiddle with it...and now I see Revell's new tool Chevelle and think Oh darn, now I have to start over. But it's fun and I like the challenge even though I do not have much time and space to do it. BTW, My boss bought a 1962 Rolls Royce, so I'm also working on a replica of that car. Easy enough to do , right. What with the Minicraft Rolls kit out there...but noooo, his car has the longer wheel base and I cannot just use a Minicraft kit because of the body issues, I have to find a Hubley version of that kit si I can avoid massaging that body at the door to front fender area. Although I did use a Minicraft kit to saw out a 1/4 inch slice to lengthen the Hubely body. Still working on adding the extra quarter window at work during break with the actual car living in the next room. Can't fault good reference material and if that is the actual 1/1, more the better. Point being, it's all fun for me to accept the challenge of learning new skills and technique. Hopefully I get that done before I retire in 8 months...LOL

Compare the Johan body to the similar Monogram kit and you can see the difference in body size. Johan Mercedes IS 1/25 scale.

I ordered the Romanian resin Ford truck body and the MPC 73 Mustang.

Thanks

What about that older Ford straight truck kit, the cab over.

Question though....What is the base model to put these beauties on?

Awesome. I just ordered.

I had the 69 Wildcat kit. It had a spider web style decal panel that was similar to an SS stripe set up. It wasn't the promo style 70 LeSabre.

Optimist is not what I'd call him...LOL

Nothing remains simple in the model world. I bought some simple but interesting subjects but my mind kicks in with how if I try this.......

Indeed sorry to hear this. I myself have been contemplating when I will lay aside the old X-acto and cap off the glues. Please remain on the forums and comment on other's builds.