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I bought from him many times as well. Always a great guy to deal with, the internet-shop was very easy to use and all shipping costs etc to Finland were decent. It was very sad news when he shut the shop down, now I moved on to Model RoundUp, but actually I haven't bought anything from them yet. Just created an account so I'm ready to buy if they have something I need to get.

Well here we go again, a small update. Before I was able to continue adding some more tubes to frame sides, I had to do some cleanup from inside the body. On some spots there was some excess resin that had to be sanded off. I took out my Dremel and sanded those smooth. It might be that you all know this already and I haven't heard of it, but I found out that when sanding resin with motor tool next time, wear somekind of a breathing mask! That resin "dust" is pretty nasty stuff when you breath it. I still have some cleanup to do, especially in the engine bay area. I have to clean them up as well, but it's coming later. Now I can concentrate on building the frame. Anyway this is how inside of the body looks now: Now I was able to continue building the frame. I started by making some tubes to other side of the frame. Very simple and easy so far, just cutting tubes into correct length and gluing them together. Now next step will be doing the same thing to other side.

While ago I ran out of space on my Photobucket account. I bought more space on $2.99 per month and it was fine. Now that $2.99 deal ended and it means I have a free account and of course I ran out of space again. It shows that my storage is 100% full even if there is much more stuff than I'd be allowed to (So it's really more like 120% full or something like that). Now I could buy more space by taking that $2.99 deal again, but I'm leaning towards making another account and leaving the one I have as is. But what happens if I do nothing to the account where I have more pics than my free account would normally allow? Will the pics stay as they are, or are they going to remove my pics/my account? Does anyone have any experience in this? Yep, I could buy more space and it would not ruin my budget. But it would be whole lot easier to just open a new account.

I'm not sure which one I prefer. Both have their good and bad sides. AMT's problem in my opinion are those opening doors that usually don't fit very well. Though, not all of those AMT versions have this problem, as I have a couple of old builtups that have doors molded shut. AMT's Custom Parts that come with the kit are a great bonus too. There's not much wrong with Revell's kit either. Only thing I wasn't happy about was that diamond plate area in chassis around the gas tank. Revell's good thing compared to AMT is side trim which is molded as separate parts. That saves a lot of foiling, and I've never been a fan of that! But all in all, it's hard to say which one I prefer. I have built one Revell '58 Impala and I have three AMT builtups on my stash. One is going to be a Mild Custom, one is a parts car to build '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery using Jimmy Flintstone's body and one is still with no plan.

Great to see one of these being built. I have the same kit, even though it's resin cast by my friend and I'm building mine as The Ramchargers' Super Stocker. So I'll definitely follow this one. I think those wheels and tires don't fit to this body, though. If they were 15" with high profile tires and maybe white walls then they'd be just about perfect. But those oversized wheels just don't look right in my opinion. But no matter what wheels and tires you'll end up using, I'll keep an eye on this. The subject sure is interesting.

I think Swap Meets are the best place to buy kits! Sure, there are some guys who might ask high prices from their kits, but I just simply skip those kits and head to the next table. Many times I find kits that are really cheap. And when I find a kit I'd like to build for a cheap price, it's mine. I've done lots of good deals and found rare kits as well, some of them have been kits I've never seen before. I have never sold any kits in a Swap Meet, and not really anywhere else either. Only way I've got rid of them has been by trading them with some modeling friends. But if I sold them, I'd keep the prices low as well. The reason is to sell them, right?

I'll be happy with all of those suggestions except the Unlimited and I will definitely build something for that race. Unfortunately I'm out of this year's Cannonball with my Trabant. I simply had no time to build during the summer and now even if I worked full time on it, I could not get it done. It will be finished some day, though.

It's always great to see John's new project, because even before opening the thread I know it's going to be another one that has to be watched very closely. This is one of those kits that I think I'll never build, but watching you do it is a lot of fun. Start is looking excellent already. Especially that front suspension is going to be spectacular...Keep it coming!

Those springs look very good. They are not very easy to make, but once done they are done, they look very good. I like how it looks so far, keep it coming.

Yes. This cover version by The Rockin' 8 Balls is definitely the best: I've seen that band once in person and it's one of the bests!

How about this one? Casey Jones he was a mighty man But now he's resting in the promised land The kind of music he could understand Was an eight wheel driver under his command

Nice to see this being built! In fact, I've planned to build this Bug as well, but never got started with it. Yours is looking very good, great detailing on the engine and excellent job painting that number and car's name on the body. Nice work.

That's a good looking Lumina. It's always nice to see these Stock Car builds and this is done very nicely. Excellent paint job and great decal work too. I like the paint scheme as well as it's so simple.

Oh well, another kit I need. And it looks like only one of these won't do, so I'll have to pick up at least three to be able to build different versions. Moebius is definitely my favorite model kit company nowadays!

Well, I have most of the parts needed for that Edsel. I'm going to use AMT '58 Edsel as a donor kit where I'm taking chassis and engine. Only thing that kind of slows me down is the interior. It might be that '59 Interior does not fit with '58 chassis, so it might be that interior will need to be pretty much scratchbuilt. Pickup is waiting for a chassis and engine donor, since it will be "full detail" build, too. And it's true that these annuals are getting harder to find. That's why I've been trying to buy them as well whenever I see one for sale with reasonable price. I really like building them compared to new kits.

Interesting to see how this turns out. After seeing your other builds, I'm sure this will look excellent. These kits are a lot of fun to work with even if they are not the highest quality possible. Start looks good already, keep it coming!

Great to see one old Annual Kit brought back to life! I think restoring old Glue Bombs / builtups is probably the best part in model building. It's surprising how poor quality "junker" can be turned into a real beauty. I bet it will be the case with this one since you do great work. These '64 Americans have been on my must have list for a long time, but never came across one. Well, maybe some day.

WOW! Anoter beauty from your bench, Steve! It's always great to see these old annuals being built, and you're probably the best guy to build them. Great job on paint job and foiling. Interior looks very realistic too. Excellent work. Seeing your builds makes me want to start my AMT '59 Edsel or '61 Chevy Pickup. One day they'll get on my bench.

Wow that's super nice! Probably the best Superbird I've ever seen. Honestly there isn't much to say, it makes me almost speechless. Oh well maybe I'll just go to pick up my jaw from the floor...

With a bit of work that chassis fits pretty nicely to Jimmy Flintstone's '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery as well. I bought one that was already started and looks like the previous builder had extended frame a bit from front, and floor from back and widened the chassis a bit from sides. Nothing major and it fits nicely. But a good way to make it fit on almost every car you can think of, is to cut just that rear end of the chassis apart from the rest and that can be combined pretty much with every model kit's front section of the chassis. It's not as easy, but it sure makes it possible to create unique Pro Street cars. I had '58 Edsel that was done this way. Unfortunately I sold the body & front section of chassis for a friend needing replacement quarter panels for his old AMT Annual Edsel built up.

I've never liked those modern engines (Chevy LS engines, new Chrysler Hemis etc), especially I find it horrible when they're installed in an old car. I see those engine swaps done sometimes, and some people say they just wanted more horsepower or better reliability. I understand that, but old engine, especially in pretty much stock form can be very reliable as well. And if you want performance, why would anyone want the car to act like every other family sedan when you drive it normally? I think a high performance Street Machine has to be loud and sound like it has a "healthy cam" in it... It doesn't have to give you the smoothest ride ever. Plus that if you want to have an old car, why start modernizing it with today's parts and technology? It makes no sense to me, why not to buy just a 2015 Tojota Pr*us then? Of course this is just my personal taste and I know many guys disagree with it and I'm not trying to say how it should be done...Just saying my opinion. But that being said, I'm never going to install any of those new engines in my car unless my car is not so new that the engine came as a factory option (But I doubt that). I prefer old technology on this subject. ...And soon when I have to go to a shop to get me a bit of Bondo to finish bodywork on my daily driver, I'll fire up that 55 year-old 283 SBC and if everything goes as usual, it fires up really nicely and runs & drives like it should.

Wow, surprising how good that kit will look when it's done properly! Excellent job creating a good looking Caddy. Paint job looks flawless, which is great since gloss black is by far the hardest color to get right. Sharp BMF work finishes this off. Now I gotta get me one of these kits...

Usually I'm not so much into this type of cars (They can look very good, but usually I'm not so interested in them that I'd like to build one too) but this is an exception. After seeing this I somehow got an inspiration to build one of these. Well, luckily the kit is so old and expensive that I'm not buying one right away... Excellent work as always, Cliff! It's always great to see your posts since your builds are usually something that's not seen every day plus that they are always top notch quality. Just like this one, great job.

That's a very neat trio right there! I like these X-Frame Chevrolets a lot so it's great to see three of them built this well. Great job with all of them, but I have to say that '60 is my favorite (Yep, there is one parked in front of my house). Maybe I'll go for a little cruise with mine after seeing this. Great work.

Very good looking Shoebox Ford! It looks pretty much like I'd want mine if I had one in full scale. Those body shapes are just about perfect and your nice paint job with those flames really finish it off. It's hard to believe that the interior from Revell's Mercury fits there with that little modifications. Excellent job. Only thing on the styling that I'd do a bit different would be adding a rear bumper. A smooth bumper without any bumper guards or anything would look very good on there. But it's very cool like this, too.