Erik Smith

Nice work - especially the decal work.

I just sold one on eBay - went for $19

Ian - I will check my catalogs, but I am pretty sure both Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland and Modelhaus have resin sideview mirrors. I'll let you know.

There is a whole thread on this in the "reviews" section. I would link it but I am unable to with my phone.

AMT 1966 Riviera is a nice kit.

Very cool looking car. I like the color theme - red, black, white. Hey, look! Lower radiator hoses!

More to the point, what does it say about that persons desire to learn and prosper. There are few on the forum who (or is it whom) do post in gibberish and it seems some come and go. By and large, I think most posts are pretty well written.

There was an injury thread awhile back.

Under general rules of conduct: Watch your spelling and grammar It's not too hard to include correct punctuation and capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Also, I am not sure it's real prevalent - we don't remember or think about posts written in proper form, but quickly notice and recall deviations. It is not a huge deal, but does detract from a post if somebody is attempting to describe a build or technique. It seems gentle nudging usually ends in a "who made you spell check god" type of response, though.

I have a 2002 Honda Odyssey and 2000 Subaru Legacy Wagon. If anybody would like photos, let me know.

I like the Japanese style... I have never driven a car with fender mounted mirrors, but assume it would take getting used to. Most Japanese kits include the mirrors too.

That's weird. Why have categories? What is up with the judges? It might have be even an error by the modeler but the judging body should have moved or disqualified the entrant. Must have been a nice build though.

Very nice looking build Art. Beautiful. Your pictures make the Phoenician Yellow a lot more, well, yellow. It looks closer to true in the picture you included of the plexiglass badge.

Speaking of pet peeves.... Yes, they were required on 1:1. No, they don't come in every kit. Revell's 64 Fairlane is another example of a nice kit, but no mirrors. You can raid other kits or pick up some resin ones from the aftermarket.

Polar Lights did a 65 Coronet. Still available on eBay, etc. I have no experience with the kit.

I would rather NOT see something than see something included in a build that is out of scale or impossible. Spark plug wires that are the size of garden hoses and valve stems that scale out to 1/2 tubing do more to detract from a model than not including the extra "details". I can't remember the last time I noticed valve stems on a real car - they are quite obscure and get lost on 1:1 cars. I know they are there - as are thousands of other things - but when viewed from the perspective of a 1:25 scale car, they aren't that noticeable.

Post down in the wanted section. A lot of those kits are purchased for parts and I will bet there are a number of people here that would be willing to send you the part you need.

The tape in place works well. I tape the windows in then apply small amounts of testors window glue on the edge. The glue will spread via capillary action under the glass and hold quite well.

Another interesting philosophical modeling post. I have a hard time identifying my strengths - I know where all my mistakes are. I can manage to do most of my builds pretty decent and I like the look of them. They are not perfect in any sense. I can manage a pretty smooth paint job now - something that isn't easy and the work is really more important than any talent I may have. I can add enough detail to add interest, but not so much that I exceed my abilities and make it look poorly built. My weaknesses are easy, and probably too many to list, but I can always work on patience, resilience, and recognizing when good enough is good enough. I don't think I would ever be willing to build for a commission. I tried it once, when I was into woodworking and it really took a hobby and placed into another realm - work. There is nothing wrong with work, I guess, but in a hobby such as modeling, so much of the joy is in the creation and imagination process. Envisioning something and then converting your ideas into something tangible. It's not quite the same converting somebody else's idea into a solid object.

Very nice. Excellent paint work.

Looks cool Chuck. I like the 1:1 too. I have been shopping (not sure how seriously) for an old 60s 4 door land yacht - I like that era of Furys.

I think I'm with the consensus here: I build what is available for ghe best price. If I could get first or early issue of a kit, I will within reason. For instance, AMT's 1962 Buick - I don't see a reason to spend more on an original issue versus the most current issue, which is cheap and easy to find. Also, just looking over Monogram's 1958 T-Bird I noticed that tooling has held up very well, so, again, no reason for an older issue (plus older issues were molded in color, not good). I do have some kits that have limited or no reissues, so no choice on those. I will get old build ups as well on hard to find kits.

Lindberg does

I didn't know Pepto Bismol would lay down so smooth.

Jairus is correct, the 58 is an FE. I believe it's a manual transmission though???: This is the latest Revellogram issue. I had to dig mine out to look at it and overall it's a pretty nice engine with some options: single or triple carb set up and "Ford" or chrome, ribbed valve covers. Is this all the original parts from the 1964 release? If so, it's pretty nice considering the era.