Chuck Most

Very nice! Only suggestion I might make is to paint detail the grille body color- on the 1:1 only the grille and headlamp bezels were chrome, but it does look good all chrome like on the kit. Adding slightly larger, clear headlight lenses to this kit is one of the single most effective ways to improve it!

The Police Interceptor has the Boss 429. Which was, of course, only ever offered in the Mustang. Depending on how extensive your parts stash is, you could find some 385-series top end parts and use them on the kit block, or go with one of the engines suggested above. Anything from a base 302 to the standard (non-Boss) 429 would be appropriate. The 240 I-6 was still the base engine in 1970, so you could get one of those from Kitchen Table Resin if you wanted to make yours a true base model stripper.

I'm not a huge fan of modern NASCAR, but if they did release the kits and they were even 90% as good as the old Monogram Winston Cup kits, I'd be more than willing to shell out for a few of them. I need one of those Toyota COT V8s for a project or two, and even if you don't build NASCAR models, the kits have tons of nice parts for kitbashing.

Looks to be shaping up well. For what it's worth I prefer the look of the regular (if there is such a thing!) DB4 GT over the Zagato version.

Sure I can cook. Taking something out of a package, placing it in a microwave, and punching 5:00 into the keypad counts as cooking, right?

Nice! Kate- you should be proud- that came out beautifully! And Matt- consider yourself indulged.

Separate rear suspension- but the axle is molded to the trailing arms and exhaust. It does have a steel wire axle in front, which passes through the block- but the thing is the kit comes with the wrong engine- it's a Boss 429. If you have a Model King '71 T-Bird, the engine from that kit will fit or you can glue the hood shut and use the T-Bird's engine block off plate and make it a 'coaster'.

Normally I'm not much into full-scale automotive sculptures, but that is very cool.

Curt said it well. I've never seen these tubes removed in a 1:1 Merc, but if you are building something that's a bit more show car than summertime cruiser, leaving them out wouldn't be a huge deal. You could always say it has an aftermarket HVAC system if anybody gives you any flak about them not being there.

Now that's cool! One way to take a Corvette and do something REALLY cool with it. Those wheels are unmistakably Vette, but they look right at home on the Metro.

Mean looking Mopar.

Loving that Plymouth. I'm not a huge fan of fadeaway fenders, but the way you did yours just looks sweet! Tonight's agenda is what I hope will end up being a '40's IH rat rod pickup. Yes, that's a Viper V10.

Does anyone know which issue this article appeared in? I know I have the issue, but it's not in any of the copies I have at the house.

Same thing I'm thinking, and I KNOW I've got a few sets of those laying around. For a Metro, you might want to locate a Suzuki Swift (I think I've seen a few of those as kits- Fujimi, maybe?), as the Storm was Isuzu-based. Doing one as a mid-engine tuner would be very cool though, no matter which kit you started with.

Just finished throwing this together. It is the old Minicraft 1:32 scale body, with the engine, radiator, and rollers from a Revell Edelbrock Midget. The tires look right at home on a hot rod of this scale, and the 1:25 V8-60 looks about the right size for a larger Flattie in the 1:32 application. I just blanked off the interior and went with a semigloss finish- basic black for the chassis and VHT burnt copper for the body. Knocked the left headlight back when installing the front tire... I'm thinking I might just leave it. I'm also toying with the idea of adding a grille shell and a visor, but all in all I'm pretty happy with it, considering how little effort went into it (about ten hours total but stretched out over the course of a year).

Al's tires are just about the best thing available in the aftermarket. Sorry to heap more praise on you, Al!

The paint is Duplicolor Malibu Mist, with a few coats of Testors pearlescent clearcoat sprayed over that.

Forgot I had this. Though it is too far along to join in the CPB, this thread got me to blow the dust off of it. It's the Minicraft 1:32 scale coupe kit, with a few 'hot rod' bits from a Revell Midget.

Oh, count me in! I just have to decide what vehicle I want to use. Not a Dauphine, but I did build a Renault gasser a few years ago- Unrelated- I do have a set of 1:1 Dauphine wheels and hubcaps in my possession though.

Nice! I've seen a few of these kits, but the asking prices are always a bit more than I'd like to pay.

That's blue, not gold.

Very nice. I love these trucks! I hope Revell reissues this one sometime- even the Pink Poision reissues are starting to dry up. One little gripe, with all of those mods, it can't be considered OOB.

Those are upholstery pattern decals from Scale Motorsport- they make quite a few different patterns, printed onto clear carrier. VERY nice stuff. First time I ever tried them- will NOT be the last.

MPC Can Am?

Though sometimes they fit just like they were meant to go there, like a Trumpeter six in a Revell Nova.