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How many ? Just about all of them...and then some.

Thanks for the compliment Tom! This was only my third project when I got back into modeling as an adult...after studying the tips in the modeling mags and picking up on some photo books about the early days of hot rodding on the dry lakes. The tonneau cover and racing togs and rags were all made of tissue soaked in Elmers...then painted with an assortment of Testors flat enamel washes. I stretched some cling wrap over the opening in the car body for the cover...the rest were draped over the edge of a rattle can lid to achieve the desired shapes.

Another great spin on a classic old kit!

Nicely done, it has the look. Did something similar awhile back...narrowed T body with a four banger.

Sad but true....that many mom and pop Hobby Shops are history....I know we have lost a few good ones in the Northern Virginia area outside DC...surprising when you consider population density and the number of high income and military people in the area. Being a Mopar guy you might be in luck as most of the franchise type craft and hobby stores like Michaels these days ...if they carry model car kits at all...seem to lean towards muscle cars. I know my nearest Hobby Lobby has a decent selection of muscle cars and trucks...but lack choices in the hot rod and fat fendered automotive subjects.

Guess the advent of AllClad took a big chunk out of their business.

I concur....paper magazines are nice but this site is better.

She's not doing real well lately...but back in the day.... From her brief pre Jefferson Airplane modeling days in the early 60s right up to the MTV Starship-era 80s...this lady rocked my world. Met her at an art show exhibiting her work in 2007...her eyes were still hypnotic.

In defence of the poor little Pinto...my first car back in the mid 70s was a Pinto. My dad bought two real cheap off a lot in Newport News Va after my bro and I finished school. A buddy of ours had one...a copper colored hatchback ( think it was a Runabout package that his dad...a former Army Air Corps pilot tinkered with...it was a hot little number. One spring break four of us piled in it and went down to Florida ). Anyway...I had a traveling job after college so I drove the wheels off that Pinto of mine....and it was not a fine ride by any means but it was dependable! Later on I worked for a stone and tile company in Landover Md...the chief stone mason was a mechanic who drove a 39 Chevy gasser back in the 60s ( Jolly Dolly ). He owned the C-gas class back then. By the time I got to Maryland he was taking the 2.3 litre Pinto engines and souping them up to put in racing boats. As for the jokes about exploding into flames when struck from behind...Ford did eventually correct that problem by recalling them and extending the fuel filler and inserting a shield between the fuel tank and the differential. Kind of a bad rap....If you ask me...anybody driving a sub compact car of any kind is taking their chances on the road...

Nice build. This kit has been a longtime favorite of mine.

All good....but that black pick up is one of my all time favorites....great color choices, stance...love the wheels and wide whites.

No need to push it. Lookin pretty good. Pic below is the inspiration for my variation on this classic Revell kit from the 60s.

My way.....

Good tips here on application techniques for difficult decal sets. How about the salvaging of old decals? I've seen posts about saving old decals by applying a coat of MicroScale liquid decal film. I've also read that spraying a coat of clear lacquer or clear fixative also works . I have both but haven't tried it yet on vintage decals to prevent cracking and disintegration. Was wondering who out there has tried it and what the results were.

Like your concept here. Ive modified a few of these myself and while it's a classic kit from the 60s it can be a little tricky...like most Revell kits of that era. Think I recall that I wished I had a third or fourth hand while assembling that rear axle to the frame. It builds up nice though. Looking forward to your rendition.

So I see lots of nice photos of the full size car...wheres the model?

Think Vince LoBosco showed this one at that Mid Atlantic NNL...

Cool view of the valley at night from Mullholland Drive....

Cobbled together from a number of kit sources.....

Ive posted this before...the iconic Fred Steele T from the Ventures album.

I'll participate...I put these on the table at the Mid Atlantic NNL last May.

Doesn't sound very "reliable".....

Both these dudes are a great asset to the hobby...feel fortunate that I live in the same general neighborhood.