Sixties Sam

Great looking custom! It has an early 60's look that I like! Nice work! Sam

Excellent build! That kit design is over 50 years old, but it still builds up into a nice model! Great work! Sam

Here are some of mine.

Wow! What a transformation! Beautiful finish! Great work! Sam

Very good build of one of the few good looking cars of the mid-1970's! Great color choice! Great work! Sam

Looking good! Looks like you duplicated the interior well! Nice! Sam

Wow, that's NICE! Really eye catching paint, and well done. Great engine detail work! Excellent build! Sam

Antonio, I like the license plate! Flames look good, too! Sam

Hey guys, I just finished my latest project: a VW Baja Bug based on the Revell 1/24 Beetle kit. I did some surgery, cutting down the rear fenders, opening up all four wheel wells, and cutting a hole in the front deck lid for a spare wheel. I raised the rear suspension a little, and used rear wheels and sand tires from an old Meyers Manx kit. Little Red Wagon front wheels and spare with parts box tires. Exhaust pipes are made from solder (tedious job!), as is the front bumper. Rear engine guard is pieces of roll bars and sprue. Light bar is cut down from some pickup roll bar (Lindberg F-150 maybe?). The rear seat was cut out, and a roll bar made, Racing seats from the parts boxes. Window netting is metal window screen. There's a driver and passenger figure inside ready to race! I plan to make a small diorama of the Bug in a desert race scene. Paint is Valspar Allis-Chalmers tractor paint. This build was just fun! I had a couple fit issues when putting the body on, but it didn't come out too bad, I think! Comments welcome!

Here's a 49 Merc I built a few years ago.

Very nice build of a classic! The white and blue looks good on it. Good work! Sam

I agree with Harry. Excellent! Sam

Great looking bikes! I like the Kawi a lot, but they're all great builds.! Sam

This is an amazing project! Really cool, original, and so well done! Great work! Sam

Great story and scratch building work! The wrap is really cool! Sam

Very nice work! I'm glad you got a prize! Sam

Now there's something different! Great models, all of them. Nice work on them all! Sam

I've built many R/C planes, and the plans usually show just one fuselage side, and have a note telling you to be sure and build a right and a left side. It's easy to build two lefts or two rights by mistake. Guess how I know that! Sam

Excellent conversion! The hood is really nice. Great job on this build! Sam

Nice! Great finish. I like the exhaust. Sam

Beautiful Chevelle! Great finish and foil work! Sam

Very good build! Those snap kits can look good with a little effort! Nice work! Sam

Ditto for me. Most of what I know about cars came from building models. Sam

This a great thread! Lots of history and memories here. I used to get Model Car Science in the mid-1960's. It will be great to have those old models rebuilt and saved! Sam

Yeah, I was real careful with the hole saw. I drilled a pilot hole in the hood, then made the cut from the inside, letting the saw cut for just a second, then backing it off, then repeating till it got through. It left a few small balls of molten plastic, but cleaned up easily with some sandpaper. I wasn't sure if it would work, but it did! Sam