Chuck Most

Like Greg says- cut out the package tray... THEN add the top. That's how I did both mine, neither of which are still anywhere close to finished by the way. Some absolutely gorgeous models built from the kit being shown here, too!

Nice! Love these Citroens, and it's always a treat to see one done in racing livery.

I'm still not sure what to think about these Foose kits... didn't his popularity ship sail off about a half decade ago? It would be interesting to see why people intend to buy these kits- for the new parts or the Foose name on the box. That being said- any one of the subjects Felix suggested would eventually be welcomed onto my workbench. I'm a bit leery of Revell tackling an E-Body Mopar, though, given their track recent track record with that particular subject. But Revell does seem to have an uncanny knack for making some pretty good hot rod and street rod kits. If the upcoming Rat Roaster is any indication of their intents (not to mention their recent reissues of several street rod kits), I wonder if Revell plans to bring out more hot rod kits in the future. If those are successful, and given the fact that Revell has established a working relationship with Foose and his marketing people, who knows? Maybe they'll put out a few new-tool kits based on Foose designs. I think it would be a very good thing, though keep in mind I'm hoping more for his high-end street rods than the 'Overhauled' muscle car stuff.

Some parts are 'sort of' interchangable between the AMT '41 and Revell's '48's. I say 'sort of' because a bit of modification is needed, but that is mostly due to the fact that Revell and AMT/Ertl engineered the way that the parts fit together differently on their respective kits. Once in place, though, the Revell parts look good in AMT surroundings, and vice-versa. I'd have to give a slight edge to the Revell kit parts as far as accuracy goes, especially in the engines and chassis.

For me, it really depends. If I like the 1:1 subject well enough, I'll buy and build the kit even if it is noticably flawed. Of course, there are exceptions- for instance, I refuse to buy any Revell or Monogram '69 or '70 Mustang until they fix that freakin' pig-nose grille, even though I love the 1:1 cars. And don't get me started on the MPC/AMT '69 kit, which does have a proper looking grille, but the whole kit is significantly underscale... Now that I think of it, something about that grille must be tough to duplicate, even the high-end diecast '69/70 Mustangs I've seen have grilles that range from 'almost there' to 'way off' in terms of appearance. Since I mostly build hot rods and customs inspired by (but not directly based on) 1:1 cars I see, most of the time such inaccuracies don't bother me. They'll be dealt with during the modification process, they'll be offset or mitigated by some other modification, or perhaps the problem is something that would be a minor thing (to me) and not something that would bother me. I've never replicated an existing car in scale, so usually any weird stuff going on with the base kit doesn't matter, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. As to how three different teams get three different sets of measurements, and no system of checks and balances seeming to be in place to compensate? That's a question for the ages.

Uh.... whoops...

This is the factory-built prototype- A few were also built by private individuals, and a few Hudson dealers built or had them built as parts runners.

It should- the R&R pickup has a decent A/B/C series cab, which is what the Sighliner cab was based on. Trouble is R&R castings usually aren't the greatest.

Interior is mostly dialed in on the abandoned Hornet droptop. I cut off the front of the dash and replicated the framework behind it. I also made up new side panels. And then I filled out the interior with some assorted debris, the kind of stuff you'd find in a junkard car with no seats. I've noticed such vehicles tend to become makeshift storage sheds of sorts under those kinds of circumstances.

Like it? No. Love it? Yes! Really like that grille treatment.

I've toyed with the idea of cobbling up a Sightliner using the cab from an R&R '57 A-series. I've seen at least one scale model built of a Sightliner, and if I remember, that's what the builder used as the basis.

Nice! Love seeing a '67 Comet done to modern street machine standards.

That bed is just freakin' insane!

LOVING this one! Does this kit have the same cab as the Diamond Reo and Western Star kits? It seems awfully familiar.

Well, I do have an Allison-powered IH in the works, just not this one. It might even be a TWIN Allison-powered IH if I get really nuts with it. I'm not sure if that one will be more of a show truck or a race truck (think of a Bonneville Big Rig), but I am pretty sure I wanna get to it eventually.

I build vintage kits because that's what they were designed for! A few years back I bought a mint AMT '69 Lincoln Continental and immediately tore into it. The poor thing had waited 40 years to be built, and I wasn't going to let it stew in that box for another four decades. Plus, I could take advantage of all sorts of products (like Bare Metal foil) and building techniques that weren't even thought of when the kit was new, meaning that it could be built to look better than the majority of them built when new would have looked.

Body's pretty well dialed in at this point- not I've got to trash the inside.

Took out my agresssions and shot at it last night. Also managed to get the hood, bumpers, and grille painted.

That makes two of us.

Did some work on the front end...

And now for something the complete opposite of shiny and pretty. Well, that's what it'll be eventually...

Is that the on with the Toronado transaxle?

Those are about it. There was the RS200, but that was mid-engine. There was also the Festiva Shogun, but I don't know if that one was actually built by Ford or if it was done by an outside concern.

After a year and four months... here we go! I added a widened rear El Camino bulkhead to the body, and cut down the kit windshield unit to fit the long-since-installed widened Elco roof.

You're going to make me want to start work on another Transtar Eagle with this one!