redscampi

Great start! The engine looks very good so far.

Gary, this is some very fine modelling! Definitely not wasted time. The fleet looks outstanding!

Very cool! I love these and I have a few of the various old Harley 1/8 kits. On this particular one mine is mint with loose parts excepting a broken frame half. I was able to find a California Highway Patrol parts kit and swapped in a part from that. Black rather than red plastic, but who'll know when it's painted?

Beautiful work on this!

The Bullitt chase car with dog dishes! Way cool! The Dart is awesome too!

Very nice! Kind of a knock-yer-eye-out color.

That looks great! You need a mower stuck rusting in the high grass somewhere.

Specifically I need tail lights, all glass and grille. Might be interested in other parts and/or parts vehicles too. Have stuff to trade!

It's 15F here this morning in the middle of Texas. But that's ok, it'll be a balmy 21F by late afternoon and then the freezing rain starts...:(

I love those little cars but I would never drive one, physics being what they are. That being said, all the seat belts in our cars growing up were mashed between the seat cushions with the spilled food and gum. You didn't put your hand in there if you knew what was good for you!

I really like this model. Very realistic. Is the tilt plate for gas filler access a part of the kit or did you add that? A really nice detail either way. I have a couple of these in my stash I bought years ago. Will have to take a closer look!

In about 1980 I wrecked my 69 Grand Prix. I ended up buying a 1962 Falcon 2 door post car from a friend for $100. Had to tow it home because it had a window in the side of the block you could see daylight through. We stripped the motor in my rental driveway and my friend and I lifted the bad block out by hand with no hoist. Set the new block in the same way. Maybe that's why my back hurts all the time now...

I'm in the same boat as you. That is the one missing from my collection. Oh well, the Aerosedan was my primary concern, and I did get that one.

Very nice! That color pops! With all the great Willys builds going on I'm itching to crack into one myself.

Nicely done! I'd drive it!

Great build. Weirdly I was impressed most by the blank grey tv screen. Very convincing. The color looks just like the old CRTs.

Thanks for your advice and insight on these. I really am warming up to both of them. Not being a purist I won’t mind swapping in something better in the motor department.

That's a real shame. Maybe the body is worth using in a junkyard diorama?

I've no direct experience with these, but I'd say drill an appropriately sized hole in the place you want the distributor and glue it in. Looks like you may have to remove the kit distributor to do that.

That is sweet! I recently acquired a couple of Buttera junk kits myself. I don't know what your experience was, but I found the plastic on mine to be extremely brittle. You did a great job on this one.

Got these two Vettes. I love Corvettes but for some reason models of them seem a bit blah to me. Maybe because there are so many of them. Mustangs have the same effect on me. I grabbed these to see if I can shake the Corvette malaise.

That is a thing of beauty and I'm not really a truck guy.

I'm not a native. I'm a transplant from the northwest. I did my time in the constant rain and drizzle. Now I get to enjoy most winter days in the sun. Today it's 73 but it's gonna drop into the freezing range tonight and be in the lower teens by Monday night. But, it won't last long which is the way I like my winters. And yes, most people are amazingly friendly.

I’m in the middle of Texas hill country amongst the live oaks and scrub cedars.

I’m curious if when they cool they are harder than were going in to the microwave. I mean, it works like that on food?