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Yeah, I've been searching ebay for a few years for a Heller kit of the Coupe so I'm really happy to see they have put it out again! A Revell coupe will be a parts kit maybe ..no other use for it.

My father was a carpenter and he would have got me one for XMass if Harbor Freight was around then !

Congratulations ... and be sure to change your forum name now!

Very interesting. That tall clamp has 1.5" spread. I don't need much more than 1/4" or so to press the tire out. I should be able to use pretty short lengths of tubes or dowels. Warming the tire with a hair dryer as I press should help too. I'll have to see what I have to rig that up. I'm waiting until I get the new rims before doing anything, though. I like this idea a lot.

The lawn furniture may be the tough part. That's going to be fun raining on that.

You have pics of the new trailer safe here now, so let the weather begin! It would be cool if you have photos of the 1:1 you can post here for us all with bad memories to see. and ... it does look awesome now ... I can understand your reluctance to dirty it up, but it will look "better" once done.

I've been continuing to tear the promo apart (laughs at promo collectors) and doing some repairs to my crude methods. The chassis plate had an extra cut where a strip had to be put back in place. Now it curing .. epoxy, fiberglass cloth and a styrene plate on top .. mostly as a place to apply the clamps to keep everything straight. There's some wax paper on top to insure the clamps are really free of epoxy. The chip on the driver's door was also filled with a .40" thick piece. Here's a shot with the1/24 '50 Resin body for a size comparison.

This sounds good ... I was worried about the temp of boiling. I'll try boiling some and letting it cool a bit where I can almost reach in. If that doesn't work it's gonna be grinding. I'l thinking I will have to grind the front face of the rims anyway so the originals only acy as wheel backs anyway. Thanks for the responses everyone!

That is massively impressive! ... and it looks good too!

Yeah, same here. Last year it snowed in December and stayed all winter with no rail .. like in the god old days!

This is an interesting build ... I'll be watching Praise the warm winter we're having after seeing what you're living in! Down here in Massachusetts we haven't even has more than a 2" snowfall and it been 50C the past few days!

This won't be a restoration and I have to replace the wheels with some that will reuse the tires since I don't have much for 1/20 tires in the original size. I also may have to reuse the original wheels but with grinding modifications so I can apply the new rims on top. I will keep your suggestion in mind and see if that's an option when I get the new rims.

I have a 1/20 Promo of a 51 Plymouth, which I believe to be a Product Miniature Corp. promo. The wheels are a hard rubber and the rims are believed to be styrene. I have soaked them in hot tap water and they did soften but still are difficult to stretch far and I'm concerned about damaging these 60 year old tires. I want to soak them in boiling water but afraid that might be too hot. I know this has been discussed here before and googling it didn't come up with anything. Does anyone have any experience in this that could relate your experience? these are the tires ...

Really good looking build .. I love the grill on these!

I have a bunch of small nuts I throw into paint jars.

Having just purchased a GTI I wanted to build a "Little GTI" ... Little GTI, you're really lookin' screw Fuel Injection and a six-speed and a 122 Listen to her tachin' up now, listen to her why-ee-eye-ine C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTI Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa You oughta see her on a road course or a quarter mile This little modified V Dub has got plenty of style She beats the drifters and the rice burners, really drives 'em why-ee-eye-ild C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTI Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa Gonna save all my money (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and buy a GTI (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) Get a helmet and a roll bar (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and I'll be ready to go (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) Take it out to Pomona (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) and let 'em know (turnin' it on, blowin' it out), yeah, yeah That I'm the coolest thing around Little buddy, gonna shut you down When I turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTI Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa, (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa (mixed with "Yeah, yeah, little GTI") Wa-wa (mixed with "Ahhh, little GTI") wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa [Fade]

search '3d printing' for a number of threads here. TDR is a quality company and is a member here. I don't have any personal experience with 3D printing but some members here do have considerable experience. I'm speaking out of turn, but just wanted to get the ball rolling

Very cool! ... and done so good!

I'll still be watching to see how your painting method goes ..

poor little thing ..

I have to add a short update .. I found some Torque Thrust wheels at 20" in 1/25 that will be just right 16" in 1/20 ! This is a go!!

Yeah, I agree 100% ... maybe a visit to the Medical M........ Store will fix my scale issues. The body IS too good to ignore.

I just uploaded and posted here a couple photos and it worked better than it has been. Just FYI 10:34 am

I got the promo and was a bit surprised at the 1/20 scale it is. I'm "scale bias" so will have to see how this sits in mt head as it will over dominate the other cars on the shelf. I don't think it is a phenol based plastic, but that's just a guess ... I don't have anything to base my opinion on other than how it cut ... some surgery was required to get it apart. It was riveted and glued together with the rocker panels as part of the plain chassis plate and heavily glued. I used a cut off wheel to slice it off close to the rocker panels. The plastic did melt and bunch up like stryrene does but it didn't react very much to styrene glue. I just tried flooding some shavings from the saw cuttings and it did react, though didn't melt. I used Tenax and could roll the shavings into a ball. There is virtually no distortion to the body like acetate tends to do. So. I think it is a styrene molding. The bumpers and separate guards are thin metal pressings. The grill and headlights are metal castings. I'm hoping both will polish up nice and shiny. The interior consists only of two plastic seats and a plastic cast steering wheel. The first cut I did to free the chassis was too far inboard and had to be reattached with glued strips to keep the alignment as I cut it closer to the body. The seats glued to the chassis were preventing chassis removal. Now I can add some strips to mount the chassis to and the rocker panels can be cleaned up right on the body. Some photos of the disassembled promo with all the parts ... It looks like my biggest problem will be finding some 1/20 scale Torque Thrust wheels ... and with spinners. The scripts and logos will have to be made with decals ... bah on needing chrome for decals. Still, this IS a 1951 and will be so much easier to build than that resin '50! ...now, if I can just get get used to this huge scale

I love the look of this ... from that sloping fastback to the stacked ribs of the grill/hood to the shape of the front fenders!