Chuck Most

YOU have the best plate in history, though.

Can't wait to see it! Believe it or not I have a Hudson body on a stretched Corvette C6R chassis I've been working on.

Another one I just wrapped up, after the thing sat on the bench about 95% complete all summer. It's the newest "Trucks" series reissue, with a few slight modifications. I wanted to build it as a hot rod, with a self-imposed rule to NOT use any of the custom parts from the '37 pickup reissue. To that end, I used the heads and intake from the '48 Ford Convertible, the front and rear suspensions from the '40 Ford Convertible along witht that kit's steering wheel, wheels and tires from the spares box with Monogram '32 Ford hubcaps, and some '37 Desoto bumpers from R&R Vacuum Craft (RIP Ray). I don't remember which blues I used, but both came from the Testors One Coat line.

Thanks guys! I I remember, I went with red oxide primer during the bodywork phases, then a coat of primer sealer, and a coat of silver paint followed by one more coat of primer sealer- Duplicolor was used for the entire process. Did what I could with what I had. If I build another one, now I know all the areas on the kit that'll need a bit more help than usual.

Love it!

Nice! I noticed the same thing about the JF wagon body- it's too short to fit over the chassis, but all the other kit parts seemed to fit it just fine.

This is a mostly box-stock buildup of the Rescue Van reissue- I got the red molded version and painted it white just to stack on one more challenge. The not box-stock decals are from an old Microscale sheet. I was going for a used but well maintained sort of look. I left off the mirrors for now- the kit mirrors are junk- I'll dig out some better replacements one of these days.

Love it!

That's just less-than-optimal lighting- I took these pics on a slightly overcast afternoon. In person they're much brighter. Thanks guys!

He still makes them- you can contact him at cheby33@gmail.com If you're on Facebook you can also contact him there- https://www.facebook.com/groups/451685564962731/

The grille is available in resin, but as far as something in plastic or resin in a 1:25 or 24 kit, no. I think there are a couple of smaller scale (1:43?) diecasts, but don't quote me on that.

Not stupid... just not privy of every detail. The various platforms did share quite a few hard parts, anyway.

Yes, it's a simplified snap kit aimed squarely at the beginner's market. So what? Still can look decent if you are willing to invest a little effort into it... just like pretty much any other kit. I didn't want to wait for a full-glue kit, the idea of building a 2015 model in calendar 2014 kind of appealed to me as well. Modifications to mine include resin headlights from Daft Wheels (a limited run which has already sold out) underneath covers cut from .010" clear styrene sheet, suspension lowered about 2.5 scale inches, modified Pegasus brake rotor/caliper castings, and tires from an AMT 2005 Chrysler. Paint is Testors Flaming Orange, applied after what few mold lines and sink marks I found on the body were taken care of. I still might modify some '10 side mirrors to use on it, and I wish the glass unit was a little less "murky", but overall, I was actually pleasantly surprised by how good it looks with a little work, all things considered. Enough yakkin'- here's what a few hours of work got me.

Seemed like GM worked out quite a few of the X-Body bugs as time wore on, but the damage to the car's reputation had already been done.

Good news.... they're resin from DAFT Wheels. Bad news... he's already sold off all the ones he cast.

I've been playing around with one the last week or so, and I have to say, even though I wasn't expecting much, I'm pretty happy with how the body looks. Clean up the mold lines and do some detail painting and it looks pretty good. Only thing I'm really not too hot about is the glass unit. The blacked out edges come pre-painted, but the "glass" itself is a little hazy. But for a "kids toy" type of offering it cleans up pretty well. (Note that this one isn't 100% complete yet).

Just for the record... The Cadillac Cimarron was not based on the Citation. It was based on the Cavalier. The Citation was an X-Body, while the Chevy Cavalier and Cadillac Cimarron were J-Bodies. The X platform was dead by mid-decade, but the J-platform trolled right along until 2005. Quite a few mechanical bits were the same, but the X body shared more with the midsized A-Body cars... Chevy Celebrity, Pontiac 6000, Olds Cutlass Ciera, Buick Century. I always wondered why they didn't use the A-Body as the basis for the Cimarron- would have made just slightly more sense than slapping a wreath and crest badge on a Cavalier. Weird thing is the A-body never seemed to have the same nasty reputation as the X-Body cars, despite being more or less identical, component-wise.

Huh. Awfully cryptic way of spreading the word I guess.

Is there any particular reason why this thread exists in the first place?

Weird... my mom had a 1984 Citation II, and it was the only GM car I remember from childhood that wasn't constantly breaking down or acting up. Ironically, even after that, it was the last GM car she's owned to date- she traded it in on an '87 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe and has stuck with Ford products ever since. We had a neighbor with an Olds Omega (a couple of years older than the Citation but the same basic car) and he was still driving it into the late '90's. The kit is pretty good by '80's Monogram standards, no matter how mediocre the actual car may have been. Look at it this way- MPC did a series of Chevy Cavaliers... and those were quite a bit more depressing in 1:1 than the Citation.

Very cool model of a very bizarre subject.

All you'd have to do is contact him- he posts here as "cargostar", or you can contact him via the e-mail link at his site.

Love it! Used my MAD Fordor body to make a taxi.

Nice! I think it looks great with black wheels.

Extremely nice! Great work on this.