Chuck Most

Gawd, it's like being in class, or something.... I started with a slab of finned plastic, then drilled out the spark plug and head bolt holes. The head bolt holes were capped off with some resin heads, and the plug holes were beveled with a drill bit. The water jacket was a photoetched piece- I think it was meant to be an exhaust flange.

Nice! I can't see the pictures in the first post, but in the others it looks great.

Thanks guys! Well, if they'd studied for the quiz, they'd already know that.

This is the 2003-ish Johan reissue, I've had it in my stash for almost a decade. What's sad is I did the chassis a couple of years ago (I added the AMT '62 Thunderbird custom wheels and tires), and the bodywork a little later, but it pretty much sat all that time. It only took a few hours to actually build. I decided to do it as a slammer- even with the detailing decals, that shallow interior was nothing to write home about, and the thick green glass didn't help matters. I also used the police siren and decals... now it kind of occurs to me that "slammer" is also slang for a jail cell, and this is a cop car. Seems fitting.

Several of mine had that too, it kind of looked like swirls in the plastic. Nothing a little primer didn't solve, though. Primer would solve any roughness issues with the '54 body, as well.

Nice! I think that guy lives in my neighborhood.

The 11th Hornet I've built. This is the first red one, and the first one to use modern style wheels. It's built to represent a mild custom with an air suspension, and this is in the "aired out" position. The cylinder head is from Morgan Automotive Detail. I still want to polish out the paint, the clear dulled along the quarter panels a bit for some reason, though it is glossier in person than it looks in the pics. I might touch up some of the foil trim and touch up some chipped paint around the engine compartment, but all in all, I don't think it looks too bad for a weekend project. '

Thanks, guys! I've got two. A third will follow at some point.

I survived a minor earthquake. So I guess that's something.

Like has been said, it's typical '60's annual kit reissue fare. You can make a nice model out of it, though.

I like where this is going.

Duplicolor "rust" primer, and some of it is real rust- mixed in with 70% alcohol and applied with a brush.

Just wrapped up this one- the plan is for it to end up alongside a rundown looking Texaco station with a couple others. I might still add a partially torn down engine, toss some trash in the interior, and put some tree leaves and sap on it, but other than that it's close enough for a cigar anyway. It may also end up with a few old fenders stacked against the sides. If I don't add an engine I'll probably lift the nose a couple of scale inches too.

That's exactly my feeling. Who's to say a given kit is 100% true to scale in the first place? Given that and the minor difference between the two scales, and it's kind of a wash.

If anybody can do a giant Segway, and still manage to make it cool, Ira's the man to do it.

Yeah- you might have better luck getting a set from the AMT (or Revell) '58, and make them work on the Danbury car. I don't have a Danbury '58, so I couldn't compare the lights on it to the kit parts, but I'd imagine they'd be pretty close in size.

The X-Men franchise must be running out of gas if Wolverine has nothing better to do than hang out in front of shabby garages.

There's a member here working on a Green Goblin head- he plans on casting it once it's done. But, I haven't seen any updates on that one in quite a while.

I've only ever added them to one model- I drilled a small hole in the wheel rim, and used small lengths of styrene rod for the stems.

Who needs a roof?

I couldn't get a side-by-side pic of the Revell and Italeri cab lights, but here are some pics of the lights. These are from the Italeri Western Star... Here are the Revell lights. As you can see they're startlingly close in size.

I'll just leave this here- http://public.fotki.com/JDURANSO/jeffs_model_cars/finished_conversion/63-gmc-b-model-hd-truck/

The plow is the best part of the kit. All you need is some scale chain to connect the plow frame to the lift bar. This is one I modified to use on a Dodge A-100.