Sixties Sam

Here are my seven builds for 2014. Last year I did 17. Lots of other things going on this year. There is an army Jeep, a 58 Edsel prepainted kit, a 59 Ford Skyliner (tough build), a 49 Merc wagon, a 60 Ranchero with a resin six engine, and a Willys COE car hauler with a Kurtis midget racer. No super detailing or super shiny paint, just basic models that I liked building. I hope you guys liked them too!

Great builds! I love the Camino and the Little T. The car-toons are cool, too! Sam

Hey guys, here are my final builds for 2014: a 41 Willys COE car hauler and a Kurtis midget. The truck is a resin body mounted on a 39 Chevy frame. The bed is sheet styrene and uses the 39 Chevy fenders and the floor of the trailer that comes with the midget kit. It tilts and the floor slides back for loading and unloading. The rear of the bed is an ancient custom tailgate from the parts box with 60 T-Bird taillights. I'll add a license plate soon. Wheels are from the Revell 58 Impala kit, bumper is 40 Ford, parts box mirrors, and the grille is a cut down 49 Merc. The truck was a fun project, and not too hard to make. The midget is a nice kit, but has too many tiny, fiddly parts for my 65 year old eyes! Comments welcome!

Beauties! It's nice to see someone pursuing this genre of antique cars, and doing them so well! Great work, Harry! Sam

Great models - all of them. They're all from my favorite automotive era! Nice work! Sam

Another great looking 50's car! Nice work! I like the color, and the connie kit is cool! Sam

Beautiful Chevy! Great color scheme and foil work! Nice! Sam

Simply amazing work! Wow! Sam

When I search for models on eBay, I often use the price settings on the left side of the screen. I'll set it for say, $30 maximum, and I don't see the crazy priced stuff at all! Sam

Great build! It's nice to see something really different. Great color and foil work! Sam

Great conversion to 4-doors! Good colors and details. Nice work! Sam

I like it! Display it. It's better than most of mine! Sam

Here's one I'm finishing up to haul a Revell Kurtis midget. It's a resin COE Willys cab on a 39 Chevy chassis. The bed is built from sheet styrene and an old pickup tailgate with 39 Chevy fenders. It tilts back to load/unload the racer. I used the base of the trailer in the Kurtis kit for the floor of the truck bed. I'm working on the midget now.

Nice builds! I built the delivery truck in the 1960's and still have it.

Amazing work, as always, Harry! I'm glad you are keeping models of these old cars alive. Sam

Great save of an old classic! I like the 58 Fords. Revell needs to tool one up similar to their great 57 sedan kit! Sam

Looks like one of a thousand contemporary "jelly beans" you see on today's roads, but knowing Harry, it's probably something really obscure! Sam

Trumpet player here. I'm in a community band. I was in the Penn State Blue Band in college 40+ years ago. Sam

I thought the first photos were of a real car! This is a beautiful build! Excellent work on the finish and engine/chassis/ interior details! Great!! Sam

Nice! Great color and details! Good work! Sam

This is my first build since July, just finished it today. It's the AMT Little Eliminator Ranchero kit, built as a stock Ranchero. Weird kit - full of unneeded parts: customizing junk from the old Styline kit, wheels and a Chevy V8 from the '61 Ranchero custom, and other junk. It's missing a battery, an inside mirror, shock towers, underhood diagonal braces, and, worst of all, a 6 cylinder engine! I used a resin 6 from eBay, and made some towers and braces to look somewhat like the real truck. Parts boxes yielded a mirror and battery, and I turned down the wheel rims a bit. They covered up half of the whitewalls. Paint is Krylon peekaboo blue with Testors wet look clear. Not the best model ever, but kinda cute, I think!

10 HP? Really? How much could you haul with that?

59 Ford Skyliner. Old Revell kit.

Very nice! The clear on green looks great! Nice work! Sam

Nice rod! You used the best wheels, I think. The bare metal looks cool! Sam