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Yep, it can be a problem sometimes, but not always. I built this '59 Simca Vedette a couple of years ago. 1/24 Scale body with 1/25 engine: Okay, this is not a Full Size car of course, but it's not the smallest one ever made either.

Another excellent model from your bench, Steve! I like seeing these rare kits being built and you're doing fantastic job with every one of them. There is not much to say that hasn't been said already - An excellent looking Chrysler. I would! They look so good on most cars, this included. I've always been a huge fan of them.

I like the Big Block Chevy that comes in many Monogram kits (Like the '39 Chevy you mentioned). I believe that is 1/24 scale, though, it doesn't really matter even if you put 1/25 scale engine in 1/24 model, the scale difference is so small that it doesn't matter. Real problem, in my opinion, is that in some kits engines are way too small size compared to the size of the car and in some kits the engines might be a bit too big. But in my opinion, the scale difference doesn't matter and I've always been mixing 1/24 and 1/25 parts on my builds.

I agree...Where are the obvious flaws those guys are talking about ?

Very nice looking Ford. Nice to see these Four Doors being built as models (But in real life I prefer 2D models). Nice work on this one, it looks very authentic to me and your detail work looks good too. Especially I like the black wash on that grille. Somehow it looks so nice and clean.

They're all very cool kits (Surprising that I say this, huh ?) but my favorite is that Bad Actor. I've always liked the box art so much and the fact that it has clear windows is great. I can't wait to build one of those kits with a proper engine & interior & chassis detail. Some day, some day...

That would be very cool one to build (In 1/25 or 1/1)! But unfortunately I could not paint those flames... But honestly, it looks very good, as well as the ones painted by Larry Watson that I posted earlier in this thread. I'll probably buy one of these and build one of those Larry Watson cars.

Very nice work as always, John! I agree with Bill - excellent pictures too. It's nice to see one of these Trucks built as well, especially when it's done this cleanly. Fantastic job with those decals.

Super nice work, as always. This must be the best build that I've seen from this kit. As always, your paint job is incredible and as someone said, panel lines look very good. Nice touch adding a bit better headlights to this one as well. Very nice and clean work. Is there any American Car Culture nowdays in Russia? Here in Finland there definitely is, but I haven't heard much about American Cars in your country.

Looks like I've missed a couple of comments in here. Well, a late Thank You for the kind words & thanks to Steve for bumping this thread up. I figured out how to make my collectors while making similar headers on my '55 Chevy and now I will use the same method on this build. More on that technique can be found in this thread: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90198&p=1222108 Unfortunately I have made no more progress with this Chevy Nova. A Couple of other projects, 1:1 Drag Racing and building a full scale '60 Impala have basically stopped my progress with this (And other builds as well) for now. But I will keep you guys posted when I get something done with this one.

Last Friday night I was watching Mike Bell And The Belltones that is an excellent Finnish Rockabilly band. Here are a couple of excellent covers they played: First Baby, I'm In The Mood For You. I heard this is originally Bob Dylan's song and I had to search it from YouTube. Man, that original version was horrible, but this cover is excellent for sure! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBa0Kn6bzfE And here they're covering Carl Perkins' Record Hop. I like the original version, but this is even better:

Maybe this is because many people see nothing wrong with that Plymouth body? I built one of them when I was a bit younger and yep, I was watching reference pictures and I saw a real '58 Belvedere often on local Cruising Nights. To me the kit looked perfect and only a year or two ago when I found out what the issue is by reading this forum, I noticed it. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. But now when I know what the issue is, it kind of bothers me every time I look at that body. It's not a big problem, but it could be better (And yep, I'm planning to build another one of those somewhere in the future and I'll probably end up not fixing that problem because it would delay the progress by a decade or something ).

Sad news indeed, but I believe that they deserve the retirement as they make the best resin parts in the States. I'm not that much worried about those resin kits, but mostly I'm afraid of what happens to those replacement parts for old kits... They can't be found from other places! Looks like I will have to save my dimes to place an order. I need some of those replacement parts and a '59 Chevy Pickup cab.

Yep it must be one of the worst kits ever made. Also the 3rd bolt on left hand side of engine oil pan is .003" too far back. Seriously, these threads are really funny. I'm so glad that Revell made a good quality kit of this Ford. I see completely zero problems on it except the taillight issue that John posted. But then again without knowing I would have never seen that problem, and I probably will forget that problem in ten minutes and then I see no problems with that kit again so I'm very happy to see this being released.

Thanks fellas! Peter: You're too funny ! Actually I got my priorities right and "forgot" this one . I've done a little work with it, though, but not enough for an update I'm afraid. Kevin: Yep, me too! Definitely the best looking X-Frame Chevy and of course it feels the best when I'm behind the wheel. Tim: It's glad to hear that there are folks that enjoy following this build. I hope I can post a couple of updates soon... Rusty: Yep, I posted that 1:1 build on 348-409 Forum http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/60-chevrolet-impala-ht.29529/ . I've been doing pretty much rust repairs lately, but now I'm working with Bondo to smooth out where needed. Thanks again!

American Cars is my biggest interest and I build very rarely something else (European or Japanese cars) and I basically never build anything else than cars. It's tricky to say who makes the best kits, but I would say that it's Moebius Models. Their subjects are the most interesting and kits are very high quality with lots of parts and very little fit issues. Revell kits are the second best in my opinion. Their subjects are interesting as well and kits are high quality overall too. The third is either AMT or Jo-Han... Both of them are not as high quality as Revell and Moebius, but especially the old kits are very interesting. Many people seem to say that Tamiya, Aoshima etc Japanese kits are the best. I've built a couple of them and I wasn't too crazy over them. Usually the fitment was good and they were good kits otherwise, but many times engines and chassis details are very simple or they don't have an engine at all. That's a big turn off for me as engine is my favorite part in model building. Plus that the subjects are not very interesting to me.

Umm I'm 18 years old and I've never heard of this before. (But I might be strange 18 year-old guy as I don't use social media at all.)

Yep that is in a good condition for sure. I can't wait to start building that one. Thanks for the info on those hubcaps! I just checked it from Google and you're right. The seller told me where they were from but I could not remember it anymore and I thought they would be from DeSoto.

Looking very good, I like that scoop a lot. It fits really nicely to the body shapes of this car. Here's a little more inspiration. This is me behind the wheel of our '74 Chevelle Stock Eliminator...

Thanks! Yep, it'll be built as a Mild Custom . I'm not sure about anything other than that yet, but I'll make my plans when I get it apart and see what I should change and what should be left original.

So true ! My thoughts exactly.

I bought SMP '61 Chevrolet Fleetside builtup as it was pretty nice and clean and the price was fair (And it is in '60 Chevy Pickup box). It will be built as a Mild Custom. Also I bought a set of whitewall tires with '60 DeSoto hubcaps. Tires will be used as front tires on Drag Cars, hubcaps will end up in a Custom build I guess. Then I bought a big set of different valve covers. A couple of pics of that Chevy: http://public.fotki.com/NostalgicDrag/smp-61-chevrolet-pickup/

This happens almost every time to me as well. But the only way to go here is, as you said, go and fix the problem. I've always thought that if I have made it this far with this model, I'm not going to rush it in the end. And so far I haven't done that.

Living here in Finland, this one was easy! Only thing I had to do was just to check the model number from Google. I saw one of these last summer at a Street Racing event here in Finland. It was a true sleeper, completely original looking with mud flaps, stock interior, stock exhaust tip etc. But with a turbo engine, it was surprisingly fast:

My favorite: Power Meet 1994 Single: This Limited Edition 7" Single was made for 1994 Power Meet in Sweden. It has The Go Getters playing Go Go Go To The Power Meet on side one and The Hi-Winders playing It Takes A Whole Lotta Power on side two. Both of the bands are excellent Rockabilly groups. I found this record by accident on a local shop that sells Rock 'n' Roll & Rockabilly records. Here is a video of The Go Getters' Go Go Go To The Power Meet: