Chuck Most

1966 Imperial. If it could be built stock or as the Green Hornet Black Beauty as an optional building version, so much the better. That is all.

Nice! Nice!

^What he said. And... Expanding on 3- stylized mechanical elements, such as ornate reinforced hairpin radius arms and swept headers. Stuff that's functional but doesn't ignore form, in other words. Knowing when it's okay to show restraint with chrome and anodized trim- something which began to happen in the '60's. Knowing when it's okay to go nuts and heap on the chrome and anodized trim- aka the '50's. Large diameter wheels on mid '30's and later vehicles (still not keen on how they look on earlier car designs 90% of the time). Formal hardtop rooflines. Wagons and sedan deliveries.

This thing is just plain wrong on about 1,000 different levels. But for some reason, it's captivating, and not for the 'train wreck analogy' reasons, either...

Art- I believe Bill was talking about a quarter-elliptic setup, not a transverse semi-elliptic setup like the early Ford system.

Magical, isn't it?

That interior looks great. I need to try out some of those rivets, too- looks like they still stand out pretty well even after primer and paint.

It does have a simulated vinyl roof. It's just defined enough to look convincing under a few coats of paint, but just faint enough to be easily sanded away if you want a plain steel top- which many of these cars did have.

Love this one!

I always thought it was kind of weird that Ford never did an SVT version of the Expedition- judging by your model, maybe they should have.

That's one serious lugger! The yards in my area all use pickup trucks, except for the guy who uses a Cutlass Ciera with the trunklid and rear seat removed.

I haven't had much of a problem with those style wheels, as far as fit and not looking convincing once they're assembled. I do agree on the completely blank tire sidewalls though, and you'd most likely need to grind off that 'lip' to install another, non-kit sourced tire. The Kurtis Midget kit tires (as well as the trailer) have more or less the same type of tire mounting setup, and it works pretty well on that kit.

Wasn't the Transtar II modified into something else later on? Or am I thinking of another kit. Not that restoring the kit back to original specs would be impossible, given RC2's track record, but I'm still wondering. I can't say I'd buy all of the kits you are mentioning, but I'd be up for any IH truck, and even if I didn't buy any Generals I'm sure there'd be more than enough people who WOULD buy a few that it wouldn't matter. I'm also hoping they'll bring back the International and Massey Ferguson 1155 farm tractor kits and maybe, just maybe, bringing out a new drop-deck lowboy kit so I can haul one of those tractors on it, hooked up to a reissued Ertl semi tractor model.

Or less- I've never paid more than ten bucks for one of these kits (RC2 reissue), and have no intention of ever doing so. For $30 or more I'd rather let the collectors have this one.

Didn't think it was possible to create anything more hideous than a stock Cadillac until now. Pass the eye bleach, please...

Please pull around to the second window. Sir, it will be a few moments on your #5, could you please pull ahead and we'll bring your order out to you? My annual "If I owned a model company" answer is- said company would be bankrupt in a month because I'd make esoteric subjects that only myself and maybe ten other people would be interested in. Maybe my company is an aftermarket cottage firm as opposed to a commercial styrene kit manufacturer...

Given how popular modified, personalized, and outright 'hot rodded' tractors and large trucks have gotten over the last few years, I'm suprised it hasn't happened yet, even with an existing kit with a few new custom parts added. I wouldn't mind seeing any of the trucks built on Truck My Truck introduced as kits- a few of those were based on trucks not available in kit form. Such a thing could concievably kill two birds with one stone- you'd have a customized rig available in kit form, and the guys who'd like to just have that particular truck will have it available to them, even if they might need to kitbash to put it back to stock. Heck, provide the stock parts too, if it's economically feasible. Any of the trucks from Transformers would be a good idea from where I sit- again, suprised there aren't any available now. Wonder if there might be a licencing issue preventing such a thing.

I want a few honest opinions on this one. It doesn't look like all that great of a kit judging from the box art, and I'm just wondering how workable it is.

I fail to see any significant downside to that.

Ron and Steve- feel free to take part in the cruise- though we might need a small business loan in order to foot the gas bill if we go on a full-blown road trip! They were more or less the same basic design from 1961 to 1969, but that 'generation' is split into the '61-65 and '66-69 series because in 1966 the car was restyled. It became a bit more 'square rigged' than the earlier models (not that the Connies of this style were ever swoopy-looking or anything ). The 'dirty parts' pretty much remained the same throughout the run, though there were a few tweaks and redesigns here and there as the years wore on. Lincoln Continental was the only available four-door convertible model produced by an American manufacturer in the 1960's. The 1966 redesign also brought a two-door model, previously in the decade the only two-door Lincoln was the Continental Mark- the standard Continental was only available as a four-door sedan or convertible.

That's what I was talking about! Not sure if the wheels are 19.5- I'll have to check next time I'm out there and make sure. I'd imagine they're at least close to that.

What Rob said. The chassis from the newer-tool (1990's-era) AMT '62 T-Bird would be the best choice for that. You'd need to stretch the wheelbase and find a suitable MEL engine (if you are using a '69 kit- as I said, early '68 and older Connies would have the MEL, use a 385-series for a most '68's and all '69's).

I think it's official now...

Eh... long division sucks. I just go straight for the metric measurements.

I use white glue for mockups, but here's what I do for getting it to stick a bit more immediately and dry faster. I'll either spread some out on a piece of plastic and let it dry for a few minutes, so that it gets tackier but isn't fully dried, then apply it to the areas needed. Or, I'll unscrew the cap and scrape a little bit of the glue that has built up on the bottom of the cap- it is usually thicker and tackier than it would be using fresh glue squeezed from the bottle. Though from what I've read on this thread, it looks like there are a few more solutions I'd like to at least try once!