Chuck Most

Shaping up beautifully.

Both of these were build from scraps and spares, and heavily weathered to drive home the point-

With a Hemi it would sure be a handful, but blow it up to 1:1 and I'd be pleased to have it in my garage.

Wish that suprised me, but it doesn't. A lot of people think the Edmund Fizgerald was just a song, as well. I've seen the Haynes manual- they have one for the Enterprise from Star Trek too!

Nicely done! No more Grey Poupon for this Benz.

A bit unrelated, but part of the Titanic/Olympic history- the newsreel footage you've seen of the Titanic's departure from Southampton? It is actually footage of the Olympic. If you look, you'll see that the names of the tugboats have been scratched off on the film, and the name of the ship is never visible in the footage.

Yes- heavier in tonnage, but the same dimensions. The differences between Titanic and Britannic would consist of the promenade deck (as you mentioned) and of course more lifeboats. The davits on Britannic were unique to it- I'm still figuring out a way to duplicate those. The Britannic was 2 feet wider as well, but on this scale that wouldn't be noticable.

They probably will- they reissued the stock and custom '60 Starliner with both versions in one kit, and they brought out the parts from the aborted separate custom version for the T-Bird with the latest reissue. I'd be suprised if they did not bring back the '57 Chrysler with both versions in one kit.

I was hoping you also built the robot to display with the car, but this is still pretty cool!

Settle down folks, this one hasn't seen any workbench action in at least five months! That might have to change pretty soon...

More times than I care to confess! BUT- I've also done the opposite- couldn't get the right weathered finish I was after, so I just started over and made it glossy.

If you want the stock trim and engine parts, start with the stock kit. Lowering it would be easy with some modifications to the steering knuckles and rear springs. Shorter tires would do the trick as well, depending on what look you're going for. I believe the stock versions (at least the most recent reissues) had both sets of taillamp lenses too. But Steve pretty well summed up the differences.

As long as the paint is fully cured, you shouldn't have any trouble at all. I've used ScratchX on just about every type of paint and it has never let me down.

Never met a smart phone I liked, and I'm not a fan of Apple, so no i-whatever for me. I like my good old desk and laptop computing devices- full screen and and honest-to-gosh keyboard. Haven't tried out a Kindle yet, but I'm thinking of seeing what's what with those.

I never knew Wawa really existed until I started doing trades with a couple of guys out in Pennsylvania a few years back. Apparently that place is huge there.

I have a wood stove in the shop, so they do come in handy for that! And yes, I do sometimes leaf through the newspaper 'packing material' after I've removed my trade or purchase. There's a Ford dealer here in Michigan claiming to sell F-Series trucks for less than any other place in the country, but I have a few newspaper ads from Missouri which seem to contradict that.

Not crazy about the color, but I think just a few extra inches between the rear of the doors and the rear wheel openings would help the proportions. Overall though, I like it- it actually works pretty well when you consider the battleship-like dimensions the original car had.

Well... strictly stock can mean more than factory stock, right?

Just did a quick search- finished 8th in points in '82 with zero support from the factory. Let me just say this project has my full attention.

Never knew Imperials were used in NASCAR. Body conversion looks great!

As would I.

Motor City Resin Casters already makes just what you need for that.

First order of business with this kit... assemble the body into one piece. Then you can pretty much trashcan the remainder. This one's (going to be) based on a '48 I saw in a rat rod mag years ago- this has a Revell '48 Ford chassis, floor, and firewall, and it might end up 'downgraded' with the Ford Flathead V8 as well, because I don't want to raid any of my Monogram '41s for the proper V12.

The later Avanti II's had square headlamps- the bezel looked identical to the '64-up piece, but housed a square (well, rectangular) sealed beam. Bigger bumpers came along in the '70's, and during the '80's quite a few of them seemed to have C4 Corvette wheels. One of the Avanti kits I have stashed away is going to be updated to 1990 specs, though I might keep the earlier bumpers just for appearance's sake.

Good point. Original and unique can go hand in hand, though, although there are times when they clearly do not. For instance, if you were to build something like a '61 Plymouth Fury in any style (even stock) it would clearly be unique, although not original. But to me, building what somebody else has already done just doesn't appeal to me for the most part. I try not to pay too much attention, but when I'm working on a project and catch wind of something similar to what I'm doing, it almost invariably leads to that project never getting finished.