Chuck Most

Oh, yeah!

Air shocks!

My latest sick, twisted pile o' vehicular scrap... AMT/Ertl '32 Chevy body on a scratchbuilt frame, with a kitbashed '59 Chevy 348 engine, 'behind-the-firewall' radiator, wrench door handles, and such...

If it hasn't been cleared over, I've had good luck using good, sticky masking tape to peel off old BMF. Just burnish it down over the foil and pull it off- most of it should pull free with the tape.

I was doing that until a few weeks ago... finishing up my stragglers from '10 and '09. And '08 and '07... Lasted about two weeks! But anyway, glad to see you are making some progress on yours! Love the '68/9 Chevelle posts!

It's big... it's Ford... it's custom... I adore it!!!!

I'll parrot how great the color looks on it- way better than the yellow depicted on the box!

Yep, '96 or '97, I'll have to dig them out and look.

That's a cool one, Phil! I've got an MPC Cavalier kit I've been slowly turning into an Olds Firenza drag car the last two or three years.

It's on my 'to-do' list, but so far, no. I'd have to convert AMT's '66 442 into a 4-door Cutlass, rework the front bumper, and find some big, ugly wheel covers to pull that off, but I think it might be workable. Haven't ruled it out completely is what I'll say for now.

Thanks guys! The clear steering wheel is from an AMT '62 Catalina, same as the seats. No idea where the horn button came from. The 'taillights' are actually the hood pods/turn signals from a '59 El Camino.

Mr. Owens, your ideas just keep getting better...

Dave... wasn't that one in SAE years ago?

Step one... pick up a '60 Chevy Pickup kit Step two... formulate a build plan Step three... abandon that plan about a third of the way through Step four... say "Meh..." and let it become what it becomes!

The January MCM has a review on this very kit- I pretty much second what Larry said about it. It's from about the same period as the '71 Duster and the updated midsize Mopar kits, so it has a similar style parts breakdown. Been a while since I built one, but it goes together without much fuss.

VERY nice! I'm particularly fond of the 'flow through' ventilation system you have with that floor!

Nothing today, but here's a back log of stuff I"ve picked up over the last two weeks or so...

Pretty much my sentiments exactly!

Hey... I'M that guy!!!!

THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!!!

I've heard what a nightmare that original 1:25 Bus kit can be, and you know what? I STILL want one! Even if it's one of the later, non-stock variants. The new tool 1:24 Revell kit is actually a cakewalk to build, the only reason mine isn't done is because I lost the last few parts I had to install during a move, ( ), but I'd still love to take a crack at the old Revell kit, too. One can never have too many VW busses on one's display shelf, IMHO.

Well... mine's going back in the box! Very nicely done, my good sir.

If you look through a catalog, you'll see all sorts of crazy looking headers for various applications. Sure, theoretically the best way to do it is a straight shot, but if there's an oil filter or a starter in the way , that isn't possible, so those weird bends and kinks come into play. So there is a practical side to it, but some guys just like to take a little creative licence with the tubing bender and whip up a little bit of 'performance art'. Nothing wrong with thah, eh?

That so does NOT describe me! I've noticed this about myself... If there's a particular person I don't much care for (use your own descriptive noun here), if I find out that person is a modeler, I can actually learn to like (or at least merely tolerate) that person. I may not be the most warm and jovial person in the room, but if I'm around other modelers, I won't give any of them the cold-shoulder or total-jerk treament. 1:1 cars on the other hand... I'm not even going there!

Very cool! Really dig the 'grass skirt' doors.