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Far out man !!

Looking forward to both Under Glass in 2023

You had a very productive year with many varied and very well built models. Your Ranchero is a beauty as is your MGB GT. I like the rest as well.

Absolutely far-out and exceptionally well done.

I built this 1949 Meteor Mild Custom back in 2008 before I joined this forum. Meteors were sold in Canada at Mercury dealerships and featured Mercury like trim. The first rendition of this model featured many Cadillac tie ins. Cadillac engines swaps into shoebox Fords were very popular in fact there was a shop on Long Island New York that specialized in these swaps and called them - Fordillacs. Initially my model had a Cadillac air cleaner, Cadillac scripted valve covers and Cadillac sombrero hubcaps. The body has frenched headlights and taillights and the door handles were shaved. The AMT '49 Mercury supplied the grill. The suspension was lowered using blocks in back. The paint is Tamiya Pearl Green. I eventually robed all the Cadillac parts except the engine for use on other projects. As a first week of the new year project, I decided to freshen the Meteor up. The reverse chrome wheels with baby moons are from the AMT ’49 Mercury and are mounted on parts box white wall tires. Under the hood the Cadillac engine is still there but has carbs and air cleaners from the Revell ’49 Mercury.

Well done. Good looking model and car. This has got to be the best looking Z since the original. Great to see your model as I have still not seen a 1/1.

Lots of people are getting excited about your project including me. You have a recipe for a great looking model.

Well done. The models look great in your diorama.

OK continuing on, here are 4 Volkswagen I built before seriously getting back in the hobby. The '78 Convertible was bought new as the last made in Germany Convertible. I wanted a black one but they had already sold out. I sold it for a profit 3 years later to buy the 1980 Series 1 GTI which was a cosmetic version offered in Canada but did not have to performance up grades of the European version. The model was brush painted. I sold the '80 in '85 to buy a '73 Westfalia [I will build a model of it from the new Revell kit] which I only kept for less than 2 years and replaced it with a new '87 GTI 8V. The model of that car was poorly painted with spray can enamel. I did convert the grill to look like a North American version. I kept the '87 until '95 when I got the first of the VR^ GTI's. It took some years for a VR^ kit to be available so I built a 4-door Series III Golf which again was poorly painted with spray can enamel. The VR6 was replaced in 2008 with a Jetta TDI Station-wagon. I did not build a model of that car but do have a plastic miniature [1/73?] of it albeit in a different color. This Mercedes 450SL is a 1/43 diecast of a '73 I bought in 2007. It was one of the worst purchases I ever made. I really was not my sort of car, it was expensive to run and repair and I lost a lot of money when I finally sold it. My wife did make an excellent set of red and white plaid seat covers which gave it some panache. I was given a 1/12 450SLC kit with the idea I might cut the roof off it and shorten the wheelbase to make an SL but that may never happen. I do have kits in my stash to some day build a model of my '65 Sunroof VW hippie van and my currently owned 2008 Mazda MX5.

I am on a roll now. This is the 87 S10 long-box we bought in in 2009 as a garden truck and we kept it for 8 years. My wife loved driving this truck and called Blue Buck. I got a miniature buck, painted it blue and mounted it on the dash. One Christmas I built a model of it from a Cyclone kit. Just last week she asked me where the model was. It took awhile but I found it. It is now on the kitchen window sill and she is using the pickup-bed to hold small items.

I am really enjoying this thread. Lots interesting models and stories. This is model of my '65 Falcon the way it was when I bought it based on a Modelhaus resin body over an AMT '67 Mustang chassis. The 1/1 eventually got Torque-Thrusts on black walls. Before I seriously got back into the hobby I built brush painted models of three VW's I owned. I will have to search around for those.

Greetings Mark - It is great see a bunch of your models all in one post as there are a few I missed during the year. All exceptionally well done as I would expect. Looking forward to seeing the Lola Under Glass during 2023.

I agree - the 914 came out pretty good - in fact I really like it. Have a good 2023.

Very interesting quartet. Really like the Javelin.

19 nice ones. Very cool to see them contrasted to the box art.

A very good looking seven

Two exceptional builds in your super clean style. Both restrained yet aggressive.

Fantastic looking race car. Very well built model.

Great looking trio of MKIIs. I really like the engine compartment detail on #1 and #2.

Great looking GT40 duo. Always one of my all time favourite race cars. I have one on my 2023 want to build list.

Turned out very well IMHO illustrating your exceptionally clean building style. Looks great parked on your diorama.

Great to see you posting Under Glass. Fabulous build. I am able to see details in the engine compartment that I missed when I saw it first hand !!

You had a vintage year !!

You had an interesting year of building. That little Corvette is very cool.

Good looking models .I really like the Edsel street scene