Chuck Most

Put in his shoes, I'd have done the same thing, but with a twist. Think anybody would buy my latest album, "Forty-Four Minutes of Flatus?"

Love how this one looks! And yeah, the cab fitment on that particular kit is far from the best- I had the same problem with mine. Think I might dig it out and try Jesse's idea.

When I think "Tesla" and "cars", I think of that high-performance hybrid... NOT what I was expecting, but I'll take it.

In '62, I was 20 years shy of being born. (What, you asked... ? )

Street Rodder and Custom Rodder had regular modeling columns- in fact, the one in SR was penned by none other than Tim Boyd for the first seventeen years or so it was in the mag. I brought up this idea a while ago (model kit makers advertising in 1:1 publications) and the general consensus was that it was too expensive for the kit manufacturers to bear. Good to see they made a way to make it work- I can't tell you how many times I've been to 1:1 car shows and the subject of models comes up... you'd be surprised how many people are shocked to find that not only are model car kits still being produced, but new subjects are still being brought out every few years. Putting this out in the view of a wider audience certainly can't be a bad deal.

Not a Cadillac guy at all, but I absolutely love this one.

One version I know I want to do... This was the episode where the Knight 2000 (the car) was modified so it would fit in when the foundation went in to infiltrate a traveling custom car show, when it is discovered that wherever this show goes, somebody's classic car ends up getting stolen. The always-stuffy KITT (the car's computer and the part that talks) is of course awfully snobby about being modified, but finally decided to shut up and take one for the team.

I'm kind of hoping they'll fix that nose, with the oddly shaped openings and the "Knight 2000" engraved in the middle. It looks almost nothing like any of the noses used on the TV car- and there were quite a few used. Watch the first episode (a two-parter) closely- you'll see that sometimes the nose changes from scene to scene, and a towbar will sprout from nowhere and be gone in the next shot! (Continuity errors, anyone?) And we aren't even going to get into the differences between seasons. And you thought that famous flying orange Mopar was a can of worms...

It can't be a '29 (last year for that Olds Economy Truck was 1923), but other than that everything is looking A-OK. Normally I'd tell you to go with painted steel wheels, but those Cragars would look pretty good too. So I'm gonna go ahead and recommend the mags this time.

Love it! I remember the commercial- I think it was for batteries. It had sounds of expensive cars cranking over but not starting, then an announcer described all the battery's features, then along came the $50 Duster, which fired right up.

Nice! Thanks.

Yeah, AMT botched that kit six ways to Sunday, but at least it ain't no Marmobilt. It actually looks so good in pink it's a little bit scary. Better bust out that Luberfinder.

Do it! You know you want to! I did a rat rod a while back with a Nissan DOHC inline six....

Well, yeah? I'm saying some manufacturer produces them, and then MARKETS them to the nail salons. Which it appears is being done.

Love it! From your screen name, though, I expected to see a VTEC engine in it.

Doesn't that pretty much make up the entire model car market nowadays? Is there really such a thing as a "casual modeler" left? We keep hearing about fewer and fewer modelers- how many ways can that ever-shrinking group come up with another way to build a '55 Chevy hardtop? I think all of us are tired of the "usual" subjects to an extent.

I have that issue- I think that article was a complementary piece to the three-way '97 F-150 comparo by Chuck Kourouklis. Man... three full-detail kits of a brand new pickup kit in one year- betcha that'll never happen again.

And wouldn't this kit be the perfect recipient for this... http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-prodshow/50-chop-olds.html

Careful- those roving bands of vagabond car salesmen can be pretty gung-ho about trying to sell you a car. I applaud you for setting foot anywhere guys like that set up camp.

The only thing I don't like about it is that I'm not the guy building it. It's already an impressive looking piece- you know I'll be tuned in for this!

Yes, it would. To tell the truth I wasn't going to get this kit, but now I might, if for no other reason than to have an excuse to use the side steps and grille you have here.

I'm just gonna go ahead and bump this, seeing as how Revell has just introduced a custom version of the kit.

I must have really been asleep at the switch- where did this kit come from? Thanks for the photos, Tim! Looks like Revell's getting at least a few more of my monetary units this fall...

UNLESS..., as Mr. Jones pointed out, you pitched them to nail salons, and then maybe got the word out that they might also be useful for model cars. Emery boards were never marketed to modelers, but how many of us have used them at some point in our modeling careers? Heck, neither was nail polish, but several paint their models with the stuff. Just occurred to me... that's two products modelers have 'borrowed' from the nail salon people... what's one more?

They were both based on Hardtop kits (The '60 an Impala, and the '56 a Victoria), which had higher roofs than the pillared cars and sedan deliveries, which would explain the discrepancy. It makes for a somewhat incorrect model, but you are absolutely right about having an easier time fitting the glass. Now- in the off chance you did mean panel truck as opposed to sedan delivery, at one time someone made a '64/65 panel truck body- if you took that and used it from behind the doors and back with the cab from an AMT '60 Chevy pickup body (from the doors forward) spliced on, that would net you a '60 Panel. I have no idea who cast the body, though- but I've seen a few of them.