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Awhile back a lot of people were posting highly complimentary comments about Revell regarding the '32 highboy coupe & the '49 Merc. (.i.e they really got it right.) Now they're self absorbed corporate types that don't listen? Didn't Tim Boyd indicate he had a contact within the co.?

One of my all time favorites. Revell kits from the 60's ( Tri-Five Chevies,Orange Crate,Roth showcars ) were notorious builds for kids...still challenging for adult builders even today. I did a drag T a few years ago using a Tweedy Pie as the donor kit...properly locating the rear axle to the chassis using the fiddly little suspension parts was a bit of a chore but the finished product is a little gem I love the look of the kit so much ( the short wheelbase, the stance ) that I've bought a few of them over the years in all its variations..the "Rodfather" & "Tweedy Pie II" to name a couple. If Revell's new version is faithful to the original release with the original over the rear axle gas tank as well as the shortened pick up bed option then I might buy another one.

I've known Norm Veber of Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland for years, and absolutely love his line of nostalgic flathead speed parts ( Edmunds, etc as mastered by Rik Hoving & others ) The S.C.O.T. blower he offers is a miniature masterpiece, as well as the Ardun heads. I'm fortunate to live in the DC area so I can access his stuff in person at the monthly M.A.M.A - Maryland Automotive Modelers meetings when I need to restock or something new comes out. But I've already loaded up on just about everything he sells that I like so I may not need to buy anything for awhile...I need to find time to actually build. I've also bought some items from George Kuranow's Model Car Garage...and an item or two from Parts by Parks. Most of my engine wiring came from Detail Master. I've been wanting to try some of Modelhaus' selection of various wheels & tires but haven't quite got around to it yet.

Guys- Thanks for the info. I dug through my stash and found a Revell Monogram ProModeler '40 Ford Convertible kit ..and it does look like a reasonable rendition of the Columbia 2-speed rear axle. I also looked at my ProModeler '48 Woody & Convertible kits and it looks like Tim Boyd is correct on those being other types of rear units. Now to get a look at that AMT stock '41 Woody axle..I picked up one online.

Thank You to All for the info.

Wow..that was fast . Thanks Art. Is that the Revell Monogram ProModeler "Woody" you are referring to? I once saw one on one of Larry Boothe's builds..a light blue '32 coupe..but I beleve he scratch built his.

Hey Guys..any of you vintage car modelers out there know if a reasonable looking Columbia Two Speed axle was ever included in a kit? Vintage kit ( 50's -60's edition ) or otherwise ? I understand these were popular adaptations in 1:1 rods "back in the day".

Fun Website. Great pics.

Anybody know what this is? It's a stuffed animal, but what animal? It's from AMT 1962 Tempest kit: Sorta looks like a Kewpie Doll Cow to me. Speakin' of all the extras in various model car kits..I liked the mini-bike in the Monogram "Vandal" kit...then there was the Schwinn Stingray bike in the MPC 29' Woody . I believe a few kits came w/ skateboards too. The MPC Indy Turbine racer came w/ a Ford Wheelhorse type tractor as I recall. One thing I liked to have is car club plaques..not the decal ones but the little rectangular ones w/ surface relief to them..like the ones in the Revell Roth "Outlaw" ( Tridents car club ) and the four plaques in the Revell Custom Car Parts Pack "Bumpers & Grilles ". As popular as these items were in real 1:1 customs & rods back in the 50's - 60's I never understood why they weren't more accurately represented in kits. through the years I only found one aftermarket company that did decent club plaques & they're long gone. I believe they were in Canada...and did plaques in photo etch for The Pharoahs, The Rod Benders, The Road Knights and The Kustoms. Glad I bought a set before they went under.

Been wanting to do a scale model of Bob Bernardon's C-Gas winning '39 Chevy Coupe from the fifties-sixties using the Monogram 1/24th scale kit. Found out recently on another forum devoted to nostalgia rods that the coupe was painted Sherwood Green. Any of you guys know if that was a General Motors standard color at one time...or if it was a popular color made by a generally available automotive paint line used by rodders of the era? Just askin'.

Nice job on the green Pinto...reminds me of the green '77 I owned for 6 years till '82...it was my first car & I must've put a hundred thousand miles on the thing before I got my Toyota Celica. I never really understood the vehement hatred of the Pinto...any subcompact that gets rear ended at speed will be a potential deathtrap. Once the potential fire issue became a national news story Ford was pretty quick to take mine in and install the longer fuel filler tube & buffer plate between the differential & the gas tank. All the years I owned my Pinto it was not exactly a refined ride but it was a low cost reliable means to get a college kid around & working. It only cost about two grand fresh off the lot. Furthermore..during the eighties I worked w/ a stone mason who was a top flight mechanic ( he virtually owned the C-Gas class of drag racing w/ his '39 Chevy coupe when he raced in the 50's & 60's ) He liked those 2.3 litre Pinto engines so much he used to buy them & soup them up into boat racing engines. So that says something about the basic engineering behind that subcompact Ford.

I made it there. The attendance was quite better than I expected, given the downturn in the economy, price of gas, etc. Good turn out of both contest entries & vendors , although I can't speak to the vendors' success ( or lack of.) I had to leave early before winners were announced...anyone get a list? Ed? Saw you & the nice gas station diorama.

Show was well attended. I had to leave early before the winners were announced...did anyone have a list?

The Monogram Darryl Starbird Futurista ? I know what you mean Ed...the few times one pops up on Ebay it always goes for righteous bucks. Next to the Uncertain T it has to be among the rarest of the 60's model car kits.

Can't speak to the changing temps affecting unbuilt kits but I can say without any doubt that built up kits can definitely be affected by cold. I had several contest quality models well wrapped in tissue & cloth padding stored in shoe boxes in a living room closet.( I didn't display them as I had inquisitive cats that liked to climb ) The closet as it turns out was over an unheated stairway in my condo entry. The cold air eventually got to them and the delicate "load-bearing" components such as suspension to chassis parts put together using super glue gel hardened up & shrank, causing them to "dis-assemble". Stable room temps is definitely the way to go.

Bill- I hope things turned out O.K. During the worst of the rains last week my regular 1 hour commute from Laurel MD to Springfield VA turned into a 3 hour test of patience as the torrential downpours closed part of the beltway near the Wilson Bridge & some local roads. I was lucky to find the storm water had only soaked the carpet in my man - cave...most all of my hobby stuff , kits, books, magazines, etc was spared. I pray your collection of world class work is safe, but even more important your family & home. Earthquake, Hurricane, Monsoon...its been a real thrilling close to the summer of 2011 here along the mid-Atlantic coast.

Great nostalgic look to it. The colors remind me of Larry Boothe's robins egg blue '32 coupe he did a few years back. The attention to detail & cleaness of the build is every bit as good.

Nice Work. The "salt" caked on the tires would've looked more to scale if you had used baking soda instead of real salt. I know..nit picking.....

What a Beaut! I've seen this "embossing powder" for interiors mentioned a couple of times here..it's said that it works & looks better than the old flocking method. What exactly is it & where do you find it ?

The post-War era and the late fifties/early sixties are the only auto era I'm really interested in...although I respect a good muscle car or Rally/NASCAR build as much as the next guy. I'm sure there's a hard core element of 50's - 60's Custom / Lead Sled / Gasser types lurking around here. If you're not able to connect with'em..have you heard of a website known as The H.A.M.B ?( Hokey Ass Message Board ) It's a real car forum dedicated to the Hop-Up styles of the 30's / 40's up to about 1964...the Gospel of Hot Rod Hooligans...and they have a good model builder's group there. I know at least one guy here who posts there from time to time. The search feature is awesome..it's a great place to learn about everything in the 1:1 world...from getting a rusty old flathead working again to the paint colors on particular makes & models. Don't let the purist attitude scare you off...as long as you are on topic time period - wise....you can feel at home.

I've only used the Squadron White because it was relatively cheap & easily obtainable...and have had no disasters because I laid it on in thin layers and gave it adequate time to dry between sandings..time consuming yes but I usually had more than one project going on at one time so I could multi-task, and truthfully none of my putty applications were radical body mods necessitating gobs of the stuff..more like fill ins of scratches , sink holes, etc. I've tried looking for the Tamiya stuff but as Mr.Obsessive suggested it must really be unobtainium now. I've heard about the Evercoat and other catalyzing two part putties from the articles in model magazines...but have yet to try 'em...given the glowing reviews here I'll have to give'm a shot next time I drive by an auto parts stroe.

I have been buying vintage 60's model car kits & related memorabilia for several years now & I can honestly say the vast majority of my Ebay purchasing experiences have been pleasant ones...items quickly shipped , nicely packaged & as advertised. I can only think of two cases where the seller failed to come through...once when I won a vintage late 50's tube of Revell Type "S" styrene glue ( still soft in the tube..ahhh , the childhood memories ! ) The seller couldn't ship it..said his daughter used it to glue something back together.The other case was when I won an original Ed Roth "Road Agent" kit in near mint condition..the seller informed me that he couldn't locate it in his inventory...I suspect he didn't like my winning bid & it got "lost" somehow. But what can you do? Forgive, forget, move on. It's a hobby after all..not life or death.

Sounds about right for Ebay...for the ORIGINAL Revell items...$14.00 to $20.00 not including shipping. The re-releases can usually be had cheaper...but I don't think the Revell Buick Nail-Head was re-released w/ the Chevy283, the 427 Ford or the Caddy.

That's a nice survivor..but it's actually not a Monogram kit..it's one of the Aurora 1/32nd scale kits...I know...I had "one back in the day"...and you're right...they were quite affordable...you could get one for less than a dollar and still have money left for a tube of glue or Testors bottle enamel. These Aurora kits were kind of toy like...they all had plastic tires and a reasonable facsimile of a Chevy 409 in them...but the box art was really cool, mostly depicting the vehicle in front of soda shops, high school / college campuses, movie theaters, or at other period correct dating or drag racing scenes. Other cars in the product line were the Shiftin' Drifter, Ram Rod, Sad Sack, Scat Cat, Moody Monster, High Stepper. Pyro also had a more refined series of 1/32nd scale cars in their "Tabletop" series..also inexpensively priced but quite realistic in scale. As for the Worlds Fair..I remember reading about the one in New York City in '64 in Life magazine..seemed really cool...futuristic car themes galore. Where was I in '62? I was a nine / ten year old back then, getting high on styrene and glue fumes...dreaming about hot rods...but hardly ever seeing one except on TV. It wasn't until many years later I actually got to go to a rod & custom show...at the DC Armory..saw the Batmobile,the Munster Koach, Roth's Surfite, Carl Casper's Ghost. I also saw Bud the Kat Anderson of AMT officiating at a slot car race/exhibit.Cool stuff back then.

That is SWEET!!! Your Fotki album provides many images of NNL East 2011 that others did not, thank you...I feel like I was there. It looks like you have many big name car model guys as your Fotki "friends" as well. Nice that you could go and be a part of it all.