Chuck Most

No, but think how warm and toasty they'd keep your feet!

Could be worse... http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carhobby.com/56f7602r34.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.carhobby.com/page1956.htm&usg=__XP4-dbdeMCSOsWpWQHbOWTH7WF4=&h=331&w=487&sz=19&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=4HkZIr3eD8hKTM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=159&ei=0e-kTY3nAcjn0QHciLHQBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRevell%2B%252756%2BFord%2BPickup%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4SNNT_enUS412US412%26biw%3D1345%26bih%3D539%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=443&vpy=217&dur=266&hovh=185&hovw=272&tx=108&ty=89&oei=0e-kTY3nAcjn0QHciLHQBQ&page=1&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0

The Duplicolor Hemi Orange Engine Paint is metallic, the Chrysler engine red/orange is not, but the metallic would be correct for the body color, as far as I know.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... V-bucket......... Oh, right... I like to use 3/32" solid core solder for my pipes, with aluminum tubing slipped onto the end for the tip(s). It accepts paint nicely, and can be polished out (I like to use Meguiar's Mag Polish with a microfiber cloth) to a very nice finish.

Could be worse... http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=revell+aar+cuda&channel=linkdoctor&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9562979408641196430&sa=X&ei=Eq6kTYCjCqXSiAKCzpXOCA&ved=0CCMQ8wIwAg# Though, at that price, I couldn't gripe too much!

The Monte is the guy on the bench who never gets played... pretty much useless unless you plan to slide a pro street chassis under it.

Thing is, though, there's NEVER, EVER been a kit which is totally accurate. Yes, I think it will happen, but I don't think the technology has been around long enough for the model companies to utilize it to its full extent. Look at he Moebius Lonestar- based on International's own CAD drawings, and the finished model, built well and photographed in a realistic setting, is indistinguishable from the real deal. But the Lonestar is a new design. They weren't using CAD in '64, and while you can certainly scan and computerize a '64 Falcon (or what have you), it seems like something gets scrambled in the translation. Remember all the messups noted in the Moebius Hudson test shots? Seems to me there's still a bit of a learning curve going on. Yes, I'm well aware of Trumpeter's boo-boos in the past (hey, I actually LIKED the Bonnie Hardtop...), this looks to be at least a mild improvement, and it would be way, way better than trying to rework an AMT AWB kit and (in most cases) quite a bit cheaper, and perhaps a bit easier, than trying to rework an original annual kit. Not that either of those two options would be a bad idea, just saying!

Shaping up to be a typical Trumpeter kit, then. Fresh thinking and good execution here, joined by some ham-fisted bungles and forehead-slapping foul-ups there... Kind of like the twilight years of RC2, only not as hillarious.

I've really been getting into these Tom Daniel kits recently. Maybe not the most realistic things ever thought of, but loaded with whimsy! I do kind of wonder how well that 'monocoil' front suspension would work in 1:1, however! I've got one of these kits, it's being built as a wrecker. Yep, a wrecker...

Gee, thanks, Bob. Now I'm all hot and bothered thinking of a 1:16 scale Charger Pro Tourer. Just what I need- another large scale model idea!

Very cool, indeed! I did a similar build with this kit's body and the '70 Super Bee pro street chassis not too long ago, glad to see I'm not the only one thinking of this stuff! Them Duke Boys better watch out...

Lovin' it all!

The front nerf bars are different on the two kits, and the Offy version has satin chrome instead of factory painted silver parts (I hear the next run of A-v8 versions will have this as well). Other than that, the decal sheet, and the hood, they're the same deal. Oh- look carefully if you buy the Offy version... the instructions say it has the A-V8, even though they did change the assembly diagrams to the Offy!

Reason #78,883 I never want to get married...

Very, VERY cool! First of these I've seen built up.

Those are from the Revell '37 Ford pickup reissue, the new version with the '38 grille and hop up parts for the Flathead.

http://tomdaniel.com/85_kits/frm_85kits.html

Or under the seat? Or the early Mustangs, where the top of the fuel tank was part of the trunk floor. Get hit in the rear and BOOM- gas tidal wave! My next model will be one big, motorized gas tank, with flame thrower exhaust!!!!

Oh, so cool! And gotta love the screen name 'Vegadeth', too.

Not much into bays... I like to let it all hang out! Well, usually...

Who doesn't love late '60's/early '70's, totally off the wall, OTT show rods? Well... I'm kind of lukewarm about them myself, but there are some pretty cool ones out there. The designs of Ed Roth and Tom Daniel are among my favorites, and the Ice T... well, I can't say it's one of my faves.But as a chronic kitbasher, I can say it has some really cool parts that could make their way into other models. As you can see, in typical early Monogram fashion, there isn't too much to it. The big bonus is the parts are nicely molded, and the chrome looks good. The wheels resemble the ones found in the old Monogram Paddy Wagon kit, and you get a pair of those big, wrinkled, 'non -directional' , slicks. I'm also really fond of the twin, side mount, crescent-shaped fuel tanks, which mount just aft of the front tires. The bummer is you'll ruin the plating joining the two halves together and eliminating the seam on the fuel cap. And the kit has lots of other little doodads I find very tasty... the quick change rear diff, the ladder bars, the aformentioned slicks, and I'm really thinking of grafting that roof onto something! I've seen these built up, and they do look cool (oh, jeez...) if you like the style. Mine won't end up looking anything like the box art model, though.

The AMT '62 Buick Electra 225 kit has one. Yep, one. So you'd need four of those kits to net a complete set of four.

Uh. Oh. Well, then. Guess you're already ten steps ahead of me!

Oh, yeah! That's the coolest '59 Elky I've seen.

Love them both! Now you have to build one to match your avatar photo. MCW offers a few Oldsmobile kits covering 1951 to 1955. Hmmmmmmmmm.....