Chuck Most

90% of the Nashes I've seen were tubbed- I think a car that so closely resembles a bathtub should look natural tubbed!

Especially like the race car... you don't often see a '66 Merc done up in race trim.

Cool! And sorry- the transformation on this one has already begun!

The two-part Bondo stuff is about all I use, it has never once let me down.

I do have to say I wouldn't mind doing what he was doing wrong on that second windsheild- it has a pretty realistic 'delaminated' glass look to it!

You MIGHT be thinking of these- These are two-piece hollow plastic though- the others in the first post are solid vinyl. Thanks for the responses guys!

Just stab those things in there already! Latest updates on the Nash It's a curbside kit (duh) so I cut open the hood and cobbled up an engine room structure with Plastruct and a '50 Ford radiator/core support- Rubber is via an AMT '70 Super Bee kit, and the chassis is a modified AMT '49 Merc.

Don't worry- I'm thinking of cobbling up a 'hatchback' Cutlass too. Main reason I want to use the MPC kit as a basis is because its 1:25 instead of 1:24- that would make it more consistent with other models of its type.

Just to be clear, Nick, Steve doesn't cast his own parts- he sells stuff by Flintstone, R&R, Hendrix and Aardvark. In additon he sells Model Car Garage and Parts by Parks items, along with his own line of Star Scoops and a pretty good selection of plastic kits.

To broaden the search, check the years 1941 through 1946- all GM trucks were virtually identical for that body style.

Roof skin to be specific- the quarter glass and surrounding metal is different as well- I guess I haven't paid much attention to the back window, no idea if that is the same or similar.

Easily the coolest interpretation of the Turbine kit I've ever seen. Splendid work on this one. It would have been very cool with shiny paint, but the fact you chose to weather it bumps it into a whole new level of cool!

Taillights, grille... and pretty much all the sheetmetal! Might end up not using much from the Monte but the chassis.

Resin front clip FOR.....????

I'm thinking more along the lines of "Brown Trout". Not sure if I will retain the color, though.

Sigh. A pity they're Shopped...

Yeah, the cowl and fenders are the 'might be tough depending on skill' part of the deal.For me though, lack of a decent '83 kit might still make reworking the MAD body a viable option, and it sounds like just a bit more fun to do it that way.

And... with a few tweaks here and there (how easy or hard these tweaks will be rests entirely on your basic scratchbuilding skills), the MAD body could be updated to an '83 - '86 model year. I think the first one I build will be of the white '84 Notch with a swapped-in late '70's 302 engine that I should have bought back in high school.

Two words... rolling start.

Yes, it does. Trouble is, to do a proper '54 you'd need a body, hood, grille, and bumpers, and you'd pretty much need to redo everything in the interior except the floor pan.

I might actually try to attend this year, but its still a big, big IF.

Yep, like a rock. As Kevin put it, laying in a field motionless....

I know a lot of people love that chrome-plated guppie of a car the '57 Chevy, and I say more power to them. Let me say this- I'd never buy either one, but I'd love to see Revell bring out a new-tool Nomad and drop top version of the kit, because I know there are likely thousands of potential buyers for those kits. But I'd REALLY rather see a '72 Cutlass with the formal hardtop roof kitted first.

Hiccups or prone to sneeze attacks- I seem to remember 'splatter' graphics being pretty big at that time, too.

Okay- I think I've settled on something... Modelhaus '50 Nash Ambassador. So far it's been stripped of paint, and the hood has been cut open. I got this as a trade, but there was a stipulation from the kit's then-owner... I HAD to tub it! Far be it from me to disappoint!