Chuck Most

I'd have to agree.

Did a little interior work last night. Got a basic layout of the lobby area, and used some more foam board. In this case I think I'll just go ahead and use the foam board walls as-is with some detailing. Here we have the main lobby/office in place. The room with the wood roof is the restroom, and I'll just pretend that the water heater and a few other doodads stored in there. It'll be closed off anyway. Space is now at a bit more of a premium, but our mechanic can still squeeze in a third car sort-of, as shown by the '49 Merc with it's nose in the door. Here I have cut out the doorway leading out into the shop, and two windows. The restroom door will not be cut open, but it's location is scribed into the foam board. These will be dressed with frames later. A small desk will sit along the windows in the corner, and there will be a sofa or a bench along the opposite side of the room. I also cut out some window openings for the exterior of the building, here we see all that window-making madness in a shot that reminds me of the cover to Pink Floyd's Ummagumma album.

Very cool! I have one of these I'm thinking of making into a lowrider. This and the Reatta promo were done by GM itself rather than a kit/promo manufacturer.

Very cool! I have the Airstream Bambi from this series. Other than the heavy-handed rivet detail it's a pretty nice little piece. Not sure what I'll end up hitching it to.

Awhile back my appendix decided to be an arse, so a little surgery was required. This led to me being placed on restriction while I recover, which led to me getting basically a month-long vacation from work. So, what to do with the extra spare time until December? Well, I decided to dip into some stuff I had laying around and use it in a display. The first thing I hit upon was a name. "Foreign Objects". Kinda schlocky but I liked it, so I whipped up a sign with some Woodland Scenics dry transfer lettering. A quick mockup with some paper-lined foam board looked a little like this... The sidewalks might be temporary, or I might change the paint color, we'll see. More foam board was used for the building- this may be the actual building I use or I might build something else, using this as a pattern. Here you can also see the chain-link fence and some of the vehicles which will be used in the scene. I'd never used any kind of ground cover before, so I opted for the easy way out with the grass and used grass mat glued into place. The gravel driveway is Woodland Scenics railroad ballast. To attach it, I brushed on Mod Podge, sprinkled it on, and sprayed it down with some hair spray after I'd brushed the loose stuff off the top. The shrubbery is also from Woodland Scenics and it was attached in pretty much the same way. Since this photo was taken I've extended the gravel past the gate and around the back wall of the shop. I also picked out a few of the small rocks that tried to escape and hang out in the bushes. Working on the layout of the shop now. The building is not permanently attached to the base, by the way... still not sure if I'll use the foam building or use it as a pattern to make something else. The idea here is a small-town shop, in a small building, on the corner of a street. There are technically two bays, but in a pinch you could probably work on three cars at a time, but being that this is patterned after a one-man sort of operation, this size should be fine. Most of the tools are from the old Fujimi garage and tools set. Again, they're something I've had laying around forever... might as well put 'em to use. A quick view of the layout- the area that's clear will be the office/waiting room/restroom/etc. area. In the shop we have an Austin Mini with a Honda 13B swap getting some final work done, and a Geo Storm parked over the hoist. Exact final placement of the equipment may vary... as of right now I'm just trying to get an idea of what I have to work with.

So sick and twisted... how could I NOT love it?

I know I could pretty much make my own with the '90's Ertl kit and some kitbashing, but still.

Love it.

AMT's Unreal Edsel

I've been obsessed with Subaru's first car (basically a four-wheel motorcycle) for as long as I can remember, but I never got around to building Hasegawa's "performance" version until recently. The Young S had all the regular 360's specifications, plus a four-speed transmission (in place of the standard three speed), tachometer, stripes, and a surfboard indent in the roof skin. Then you had the Young SS, which had all the S's specifications plus an upgraded engine with chromed cylinder barrels and twin carbs, good for a pants-crapping 36 horsepower. I built the kit mostly box stock, though weathered and converted to LHD. This is one of several Japanese "Kei" cars I'd love to own in real life one day. I think if I had a real one it would be a nicer looking car, though.

This is a quick, basic build of the MPC Deserter, with a few changes made. The frame was stretched to fit the 8' bed from Morgan Automotive Detail, and I left out the kit-supplied lift kit and replaced the kit wheels and tires with units from Scenes Unlimited. The paint is one of the Rustoleum camo colors. Pilato Outdoor Supply is a fictional business, named after one of my favorite character actors, Joe Pilato. Most of you have probably seen him- he was the Dean Martin impersonator in Pulp Fiction, but his finest hour was Captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead, where he delivers what is possibly the greatest line ever, which I can't post a link to because it isn't terribly family friendly.

Thanks guys. It's Tamiya X-13 metallic blue, Bob.

Thanks guys. I didn't know they were- I think I paid 15 bucks for this, still sealed. Maybe rarity? I don't know why anybody would want to pay big bucks for this one when the much-superior Tamiya kit is out there.

This is the Tamiya kit, with a bunch of stuff left off.

This was built from the Penske NASCAR kit. I added the trim for the vinyl top, some side glass, and a few doodads from the spares box.

This is the Gunze Sangyo kit, mostly tossed together out of the box aside from a lowered front end, and Fuchs wheels and tires from a Revell Beetle Cabriolet

Different intake, use a plain Deuce grille shell.... maybe?

Showed the vintage SMP/AMT kit on the box (long bed, side trim, etc..) but contained the Racing Champions Era new-tool kit. Showed the Kelsey-Hays "recall" wheels (were those even available on the Daytona) which were not included in the kit, and the detail photos show several scratchbuilt parts and a chassis from the '70 Super Bee. I don't see how the Rides Magazine '40 Ford is a bait and switch, though... what you saw on the box is exactly what you got.

Years ago, an old farmer was thinking of getting a new "runabout" truck for farm duty. While he was thinking about it, the wife was rear-ended in the family's '49 Mercury sedan. The Mrs. was unhurt, but the Merc was just a tad worse for wear. The wife bought a new '66 Mercury and the farmer took the old family car off her hands. A little work with the torch and a few trips to the scrap yard later... he had his farm runabout. It served faithfully for many years, but now it's looking rundown and more than a little forlorn. And here it is with a similar creation I did a few years ago, but based on the Revell custom Merc' kit.

Just having some fun with a damaged and incomplete AMT kit.

I bought this kit for peanuts because I needed an Olds V8 and transaxle for another project, so I decided to put the rest of the hulk to use as a junker. Other than the mirrors from a Revell Cadillac and the addition of side windows it's box stock.

Nice! And since you didn't say it had to be a GM F-Body, here's the only F-Body of any kind I've built. 1980 Plymouth Volare by Chuck Most, on Flickr

Not much to say, just a box-stock build of the RoG kit. Looks like I'll need to wipe off some super glue fog on the rear windows. Isn't digital photography the best? Pretty impressed with the kit itself overall, though I did need to mess with the driver's side front wheel mounting so that all four tires would sit flat, and had to remove a little material off the hood hinges so they wouldn't bind against the inside of the firewall.

Not much to say here- just a box-stock build of the Ebbro kit. I mixed and matched a few parts and weathered it- I may go back and re-do the rust on the quarters and wear the paint in spots with sanding, but for now it'll do. The only problem I had was my own doing- some super glue got into the hood hinge, so it'll only open about 2mm before it binds. When I build the sedan I'll try not to make that same mistake.

Both of these are based on the MPC Hogan's Heroes jeep kit. The first one has a home-made half cab, diamond plate quarter panel patches, a CJ grille, and the wheels and tires from a Revell Bronco. The second is done as a hunting rig, with a hunting platform made from Plastruct materials and aluminum mesh. Years ago the rotten body tub was replaced with a CJ-5 piece- I got this from a glue-bomb Daisy Duke Jeep. It's done as a long-abandoned hulk, so it's missing a few pieces.