Chuck Most

Atlantis reissue, slammed together out of the box and finished with Tamiya paints and Monroe weathering powder. It was a simple project but so much fun I'm already planning a second one.

The 49er version of the AMT coupe is currently available. It has some nice whitewall tires but I would rather get the 90s reissue. Time has not been kind to the molds and the plastic being used now isn't as good as it was then. Both the 49er reissues I have feature a really nasty "dent" around the passenger side headlight opening. And for whatever reason support tabs were added to the windshield openings for the 2008 reissue. Those are still there and just as unnecessary. Look out for a slight twist in the interior tub. This kit has always had a thin floor and the plastic Round 2 has been using lately... Well, it leaves a bit to be desired. Like has been said, it's a kit from 1962, so it's not exactly state of the art, but it'll still build up to a nice model.

Yep. Those come with the F250 4x4 kit.

Nicely done, and very believable despite being a fictional design. The model looks especially realistic against the track backdrop. I had a similar idea but I never got past the point of "carving up Moebius F100 parts to fit a Craftsman truck chassis" ?

Nice old hook!

Round 2's decals continue to irk me. Really wish I could use the graphics over any paint color besides white and not have parts of the design disappear.

AMT kit built most out of the box, with the exception of the engine, wheels, and tires, which came from Jays Resin Wheels 1948 on eBay. The conical air filter is from Iceman Collections. The whole mess is hosed off in Testors Star Spangled Blue.

I remember reading about this kit when it came out, and never seeing it on shelves. Ever. I thought I had just hallucinated until I actually saw one a couple years ago. Looks like it may have been hard won but the end result is a definite improvement. Just be happy you didn't tear into the '77 Pinto like I did recently.

Easily the worst kit I've built in recent memory. Maybe the worst ever. Let me count the ways ... 1. The hood needed to be widened to fit into the opening. 2. The front edge of the fenders, to which the fascia attaches, needed some copious putty application and associated bodywork to eliminate some nasty gaps at the hood. And it's still not perfect. 3. The glass unit will fit flush against one opening at a time, not all simultaneously. I cut away the windshield and hatch glass and cut quarter glass from .010" clear plastic. 4. Not a fit issue but they weren't even trying with the under hood detail. I added some strips to hold up the rear of the hood, although that might be my own fault, as now I suspect I installed the firewall too far back. But things fit so vaguely that didn't affect fitment anywhere else. I guess it's true to life in that the Pinto wasn't a great car, but at least the parts on a real Pinto actually fit together. ? On the positive side? The USPS graphics look good. I kinda wish Round 2 had provided decals for the scripts. Did I mention that the Ford letters molded to the hood look like they were stolen from a typewriter? I'm sure Round 2 would screw up the proposed script decals because they'd disappear over any color other than white but whatever. ? For some inexplicable reason, I have three more of these kits ('77 reissue and two Poppers) but I'm in no hurry to get to them anytime soon. The kit has one steel wheel on the chrome sprue, I robbed one from each kit to use on this because I doubt a postal spec Pinto would have the styled wheels.

So he replaced Models with USA and filed for his own trademark. Doesn't seem shady at all.

Isn't that Atomic City guy the one who's recently made claims he has the rights to the Johan name?

This is a Jimmy Flintstone body I bought seven or eight years ago. I combined it with an original issue Phantom Vicky and it sat unfinished for years. After finishing up a Jeep rod with parts borrowed from the Phantom Vicky reissue, I got the gumption to wrap this thing up. The engine is a Lincoln 430 from the AMT 1925 T, with a parts box supercharger and EFI setup. The body is Tamiya Mica Red, with a Pearl White tonneau and seat. After ruining two V windshields I said screw it and just made a flat windshield. The only actual 1965 Lincoln parts on it are the taillight lenses. Far from perfect but it'll do.

Another Golden Eagle reissue given the Jeep rod treatment. Wheels, tires, steering wheel, rear axle, and the front third or so of the chassis and complete front suspension are from an AMT Phantom Vicky. The engine is a Ford 351 cobbled together from spares. Paint is Tamiya Dull Red dusted with Linoleum Deck Brown, with weathered Revell brown on the seats.

Love the whole thing, but the work you did on the seat in particular deserves it's own commendation. Can't tell you how many old farm trucks I've seen with seat coverings that look exactly like what you created there. Just awesome.

Moebius kit with a service body from the '67 version, '70 grille, and Black Rhino Arsenal wheels and BF Goodrich tires from Jays Resin Wheels (jaysresinwheels1948 on eBay). A Revell Foose F100 donated the Roush engine parts. Paint is Tamiya Racing White and Metallic Orange, with door graphics from a Gopher Racing sponsor sheet. Other than the fact it needs some trim and headlight bezel touch ups it came out exactly how I imagined it. Which is a nice change for once. ?

Quick build of the AMT powered by a Tesla crate motor from Iceman Collections. It's loosely inspired by the Icon Derelict 1949 Mercury. Vallejo rust effects were used to cover up a couple mysterious blemishes in the finish.

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a built example of this kit. Having built the two other versions of the 1928 Lincoln, I feel your pain regarding the hood.

Probably the Elvis Costello song.

A year and a half ago I built the Air fix/Thunder Models Case VAI utility tractor. The loader version was the next logical step. Took this long but here we are. This is the Thunder Models version built out of the box. The idea was a military surplus unit painted yellow and sold for civilian industrial use. Paint is Revell flat yellow with Vallejo rust paint and washes. The counterweight box is filled with railroad ballast from Woodland Scenics. I'm glad I got to the loader version, but I'm not doing another. The loader has a bunch of photos etch, thin wire, and teeny tiny pieces, not to mention threading the cable. I think my hairline receded a good half inch during the assembly of the loader unit. And for whatever reason, this version lacks gauge face decals. Eventually I will build another utility tractor version, though, and I might get around to the armored cab version. But I'm good with the loader version for now ?

Certainly do. You'll find them in the Revell Rat Roaster and the Duvall windshield spin-off version of that same kit.

AMT " '49'er" kit with a 1956 312 Y Block, parts box tires, and Gopher Racing decals. I was going for a long forlorned early 60s style low buck hot rod that's only recently been dragged out of hibernation.

Since 1980, the members of the Riverbend Paranormal Society have spent the week of Halloween investigating old ghost stories, urban legends, and other odd goings-on in and around the Gratiot County area. Leader Josh Werner and his shabby 1966 Cadillac hearse can frequently be found in and around the spookier parts of Central Michigan. That is, when he's not busy coaching his daughter's softball team or preoccupied with his "day job" as a Gratiot County Sheriff's Deputy. And, since 1998, the members have tended to a forgotten corner of a quiet cemetery. That first year the plots were overgrown and several markers were toppled, but the team straightened it out and have maintained it ever since. It's the one place they haven't done a ghost hunt. "Contrary to popular belief," Josh says, "cemeteries are seldom, if ever, haunted. Unless someone has died violently or unexpectedly in the cemetery itself, they aren't going to stick around." The display is just some 12' x 24" plywood with a grass mat. The trees and headstones are Woodland Scenics, with Gamer Grass flowers at the foot of the headstones. Playing the part of the "company car" is an old Johan Surfin' Hearse I built a year or so back. My buddy Erik created the Riverbend Paranormal Society logos on the hearse. I felt compelled to make a fall/Halloween themed display and the idea for the hearse was always to become part of such a display so here we are.

Definitely not Dearborn. Continentals only came from Wixom.

Not a word ?

Nicely executed! The actual Mirage design just doesn't flow right to me but it works a lot better on this body style.