mrmike

Thank you Dan! It's will have paint soon as I started primer today.

I finally fired up the paintbooth and did a little painting tonight. I painted the hood with Acryl Flat Clear to help cover the gloss of the star decals and the front bumper got a coat of Tamiya TS-14 Gloss Black. More to come...

Thank you Carl! And, I just noticed that the air cleaner is on backwards. Good thing I didn't glue it on!

I have finished the 292 CID engine for my '56 Fairlane Victoria. More to come...

Looking good, Randy! I just wish there was an easy way to lower one of these...

Thank you Bill!

Thank you Andy! The plugs wires were installed via a technique I had learned partially from Tim Boyd. It is a technique applied to funny car distributors and I used it on stock builds. I had started originally doing this years ago and Tim's method allowed me to refine the technique.

Thank you Jacob! They will be coming!

Thank you guys! I stripped the air cleaner and will repaint and re-decal it. I just hated how it looked!

Thank you Carl! I've been working on the 292 CID engine. I still need to add an ignition coil and throttle linkage, touchups including painting the fuel filter, and the air cleaner. More to come...

That has got to be the nicest looking Catalina I have seen yet, DW! Good job!

Good looking truck! Like the color and the striped driveshafts, too! You windshield didn't fit well because the cab roof is bent. The plastic was still warm and the cab was placed inside a box that was too small for all the part sprues. I have the same issue with mine and I went as far as emailing Moebius about the cabs in my two kits. They sent me one cab and said that the other looks ok and it was "workable". If I wanted a second cab, I would have to buy it. I wasn't about to fight with them, so I accepted the free cab and will try working with the other cab. IMHO, both cabs were bent and twisted, one more than the other and they should be replaced to help promote good relations with a customer and to have good product out in the marketplace. They said they haven't seen much of this happening with their kits and I said it happens more often than not because of the tight boxes and the warm plastic. At any rate, your truck looks good and thanks for letting me vent a little.

Looking good! I used the AMT '74 'Cuda as the basis for a '72 'Cuda used in the TV series Mannix starring the late Mike Connors. I removed the roof and grafted on the hood and front and rear bumpers from the Revell '70 "Cuda.

Thank you guys! This was a very satisfying build as I did spend a lot of time on it as well as a lot of time just staring at it sitting on the bench. I see some things that I wish I could correct, but I can't because the Dart has been assembled and I'm not about to tear it apart to correct it. The one thing that I will fix is the air cleaner. It looks horrible! I'll strip it and start over again with a new decal if I can find one in the decal stash. If I don't have one, I'll find an image of one and print it out on decal paper.

I hung the doors on the body, but these are not the original doors from the kit. Those doors were mis-shapened and these came from Mr. Prestigious aka Barry! Thank you Barry! The driver's door had to be re-hung after the glue dried since it didn't want to shut properly. I still plan on having a rare earth magnet and a piece of steel in the door jambs to help keep them closed. I had these tires in my parts box, so I lettered them with a white Gelly Roll pen and my magnifier. More to come...

There are several Jeep CJ-7 kits on ebay right now for various prices. I knew they were out there, just not a factory fresh tooling.

I have finished my '69 Dart GTS 340 and it is posted in "Under Glass". I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my '69 Dart GTS 340, painted with Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue with a white and black interior, white "bumblebee stripe, AMT '71 340 4-Bbl. engine, MAD resin TorqueFlite transmission, and Kelsey-Hayes "Recall" mags.

The Dart is almost finished. I think the engine compartment is done, save for a touchup or two. I lost the driver's side windshield wiper and the passenger door handle earlier. I did find the door handle fairly quickly on the bench, but I searched high and low for the wiper and couldn't find it. I took a break to go let the dogs out and turned around and saw the wiper on the floor, in a spot that I had already looked at! Since the 340 is a small block engine, I need to make a longer drive shaft. More to come...

Both look great! Back in the day, my father had a '53 Ford convertible and my uncle had a '53 Chevy convertible and both were the same color combo. Red body with a red interior and a black top.

Thank you Dirk! The air cleaner looks a mess. I'll have to clean that up a bit.

Thank you Lloyd!

Nice Fords everyone! Thank you for the offer of pictures of your '56 Ford, slicks56! That is one sharp looking '56 Ford! I also owned a '56 Customline as my first car and I have those pictures to fall back on if I have too. Based on the original picture I had posted, I have been able to extrapolate the visual details that I'll need. But, I also have an insatiable need for information about this particular '56 Ford Victoria. The picture originally came from Pinterest and that means that it could have come from anywhere and while I have been trying to find it's origin, I have a feeling that the extra effort will not pay off.

I got the body joined together with the interior and the chassis. I added the front grille. The hood striker plate didn't want to fit without pushing the grille out. I'm in the process of shaving it down for a better fit. I still need to add the radiator and heater hoses. More to come...

I have masked off the body and painted the hood, trunk lid, and fenders with Tamiya TS-14 Black. Now for some wetsanding. More to come...