Chuck Most

The fun continues! Used some AMT Parts Pack headlight buckets, to replicate the black '57's missing bezels... And wrapped up the bed, with some scratchbuilt toolboxes, a wooden bumper, some tie-down eyelets, and some taillamps from a Revell midget trailer...

Judging from what I've seen, and the photos posted, I think I've come to the conclusions. 1- The kit is flawed, but it's not as monumentally bad as it could have been. 2- It's a bit pricey for how flawed it is. 3- I still want one. 4- If they're available at a discounted price... I want MORE than one!

I believe the engine still exists... it's the one used in the Boss Nova drag wagon. I think AMT retooled this Buick into the Nova, then turned the Nova into the Boss Nova drag version. I can't confirm this, but that's what I've heard.

Here's the 'business end' of the ex-business coupe coming together...

Liking what I see! I'm voting for scrapping the S-10 frame and blowing the dust of that soldered one!

The AMT '56 T-Bird? Man, that thing really, really, REALLY should have gone through a few more rounds before it got released...

C'mon, Chris... what is love if not 'reverse hate'?

Today's efforts- wedged in the Big Block Chevy V8 and 4-speed, and the '72 Cutlass brake cylinder/booster. Had to shuffle some stuff around to fit the Rat, but I made it work...

Hulings Hobby House in Alma, MI sells MCM as well. (And he DOESN'T sell that other mag!)

I'd just try an easier project and go back to the '40 later. Whenever a project befuddles me, I just set it aside for a bit until I'm not mad at it anymore.

Thanks, Dave! Yeah, those rear wheel wells on the chassis do look... accomodating!

My memory isn't too clear, but I do believe those traction bars are from one of those kits, or at least they contain something close to those.

A minor progress report... Here's the finished rear cab bulkhead, with window in place. The window is from a '60 Chevy pickup, installed 'inside out'. I also added a rear shock crossmember and added the kit's shocks- I'll detail paint the various bits later on.

I counted 6,347 rivets. Is that the correct number???? On a serious note... Dave, you will post up some pics of the kit contents shortly, right? Pretty please?

I was thinking of trying something like this with a Studebaker Avanti, but scrapped the idea. Seeing this one come together is making me reconsider that!

Or this? (It's a Vauxhall, but still...)

With all due respect to Eric Clapton, I don't get off on '57 Chevys. When the 150/Black Widow kit came out, I thought "Wow... one more supposedly great kit I'll never buy!" Today, I did a really, really bad thing. I bought one of those 150 kits. But I have a good reason for that, I swear! You see, there is a guy in the little Michigan hamlet of Breckenridge who has this beat up old '57 Chevy sedan. Well... it was a sedan at one time. At some point, the car was relieved of its body from the b-pillars back, and a flat bed was added. I don't have any pics of this unique machine, but I've seen him oot and aboot lately, so I'm pretty sure I can snap a few later on. This model won't be an exact replica of that car, anyway, I'll be putting my own spin on things. I went to St. Ignace last year, and saw the first '57 Chevy I actually liked. This one... Now, I don't know what it was about this particular '57 that appealed to me, but I really liked it's overall crustyness. The model will more closely follow this particular car. Oh yea, the model... Don't worry- later photos will be much better than this one! First order of business was cutting away the molded-in floor from around the rear 1/3 or so of the frame rails, and reshaping the inner parts of the rails to follow the curve of the outers. The wheels are MRC Muscle Car Hop Up-Set Keystones and Goodyears- I always thought they were a bit too chunky looking for use on a muscle car, but they'd look okay on a truck. Even a truck that used to be a car! I also liberated the rear part of the roof and trunk, from about 1/8" aft of the b-posts. I made up the rear cab wall from .020" styrene, still needs a bit of blending into the original Revell plastic, but gives a pretty good idea of where this one's going...

Just thought of something... You've heard the expression "60 is the new 40", right? Well, try this one on... "Trumpeter is the new Palmer." I dunno... I like it.

Am I the only guy who's bummed that they fixed that on he later versions of the kit?

Oh, that's just the warlock telling you to get crackin' on the next Resin Talk column. Not, like, later... NOW!!!!

Ah... the maligned Revell Nova! It has just as many flaws as the old AMT kit, but fits together so much better, and has better detail. Ah, I feel better now!

I've had my eye on this one for a few months... '71 Ford F-250 Camper Special, 390, auto, 2WD, 155k, a few rust holes in the typical spots but not too bad overall, $1700. Wonder if he'd take my '94 as a trade?

This'd be the stock version... every one I've seen has been a bit out of my price range, so I can't compare 'em side to side! http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://beta.ioffer.com/img/item/177/586/923/amt-amc-matador-76-5-new.JPG&imgrefurl=http://beta.ioffer.com/si/cragar&usg=__yAhDJLpDMTqYl0wDsg201uBquIE=&h=436&w=582&sz=62&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Ssf9SEO6KRrcLM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=175&ei=wdanTfq6FpPltgfXuJjeBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAMT%2BAMC%2BMatador%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4SNNT_enUS412US412%26biw%3D1345%26bih%3D539%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=90&oei=wdanTfq6FpPltgfXuJjeBw&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=129&ty=72

I've bought a couple of those Falcon/Comet/Mustang AWB kits... JUST FOR THOSE TRACTION BARS... I'm seriously considering reworking my 1:1 '94 Ford to resemble your model!

It's very easy once you get the hang of it, Mike! I'm just starting to get into making my own 4-into one header collectors that actually look convincing... THAT'S a bit more vexing!