Chuck Most

Probably should have told you this right off the bat, Casey, but this thread is for straight six models, not for tearing down a 1:1 car and painstakingly making the parts look like they came from a model.

Incredible job on both of them.

I liked that one too.

This is part of their Stegosaurus Series...?

Always love it when somebody takes a snap together kit and makes it look better than a lot of the full-detail kits out there.

You had me at Crosley.

Love 'em both! It's no secret I'm a big fan of the Fire Truck- glad to see somebody finallly do it right and put the proper front and rear suspension setups under one.

Let me get back to ya... I just can't get past that blunt bow at the moment, much less soak in the rest of it.

Huh.... why does that site sound so familiar... ? Thanks for the info, Steve!

Too late to warn you, but once you start casting your own parts- the floodgates are wide open! It gets a bit addictive, and you'll find yourself casting multiples of stuff you don't even need. Well, that happened to me anyway!

So I've been a professional expert all this time? Jeez, you'd think I'd have picked up on that long before now. You know, being a professional expert and all....

Five, with four more on the bench including the one I just posted. Yeah, it's a disease, and I don't wanna be cured!

Mark VIIs always look best in all black, if you ask me.

WE???? How many of you are there?

Oh, yeah. I've seen my share of those! A bit off topic - ever notice how every built up model you see on eBay is built by a 'professional' or 'expert', even the ones that look exactly like the ones you're describing?

I was just over at a friend's house today, and he has the AMT '59 Imperial. It has both seats molded in and very little side detail... so maybe you would be better off going with Bill's suggestion of starting with the '57 300 and modifying/scratchbuilding from there.

I don't see how this is a recent trend- I've seen photos of hot rods from the late '40's and '50's running artillery wheels. Maybe they're more popular now than they were then, but there have always been artillery wheels on hot rods.

You said that... and that was Hannibal from the A-Team's line... and you started with the A-Team kit... Seriously, though, AWESOME! I've had my eye on this one for a very long time, so great to see it so close to 100% after all this time.

Fun fact...that same vehicle also portrayed the 'Paperboy 2000' in the old sitcom 'Get A Life'.

Might wanna adjust those hood hinges. Other than that, she's pretty close to perfect.

Looking sweet, Niko! I just started on this one, a '53 Club Coupe on a stretched Corvette CR-5 chassis-

Hate the color, but love the rest of the car.

Miller did quite a few '50's subjects in the '80's, maybe into the '90's. Most of them were based off old pot metal banks, but later on there were subjects cast from scratchbuilt masters and modified kits. He passed away about ten years ago, and I haven't seen any other casters who've picked up any of his old products. He also did an EXTREMELY rare repop of a 1:12 scale promo of the 1959 Buick Electra.

Actually working on the Falcon! As Roger (plowboy) suggested, I fit the '67 Mustang suspension to the Nova frame, after I'd ground off the Nova's engine mounts, lower control arm mounts, and the crossmember just behind the torque arm boxes. Worked great! I also had to slightly cut down the Nova chassis just behind the fuel cell, and remove the molded drivetrain hump to fit against the Falcon's interior tub. Obviously there's still lots more to be sorted out, but it seems workable now!

Yeah- those only had the brackets for the electric fan molded to the core. Still not great....