W-409

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:

Very clean looking Camaro. Nice to see one of these built Stock, especially when it's done this well. I like the overall look very much and nice details in engine bay finish this off.

Fantastic work as always! It's a shame that the WIP was moved into Big Boys, so I will have to catch up your latest updates from there. This makes me speechless, it's so nicely done.

Wow - I'm very glad I checked in to this Truck section after a long time and saw this. Excellent work all over, this must be one of the most realistic Truck models that I have seen in a long time. These are hard to get right, because usually most of the parts are painted with the same color, but this one looks spot on. I like your paint job. It looks very smooth and shine is just right - not too shiny but not too flat either. Very nice work overall, I wish I saw more of this good Truck models being built.

I'm not a fan of Rat Rods or rusty cars. Usually I think they would look better if painted with a smooth and shiny paint. But as models, I enjoy seeing those. Probably because I have tried to make rust in 1/25 scale and even if I knew that it is hard, it was way harder than I thought it would be. So I can appreciate the work that has been put into them. But as a builder, rusty rides usually don't interest me. I like to build the cars the way I'd like to have them in real life. And I would not want to have a rusty car. Though I have one project planned that will need to be rusted completely. It will be a true challenge... Modern Resto Mods or Pro Touring whatever cars with big wheels and tires scare me away each time, though. No matter what scale it is.

That's a neat idea with the stance! How did you get the rear axle twisted like that, I remember this kit has molded in axles on the chassis? Maybe I would raise the stance a little. Especially the rear end looks a bit low to me. On these GM A-Bodies the rear end doesn't go down that much on launch at least on stock type suspension. But of course this car could be lowered. Otherwise I like the stance, and these A-Bodies definitely do that twisting when they launch so it looks natural. For those panel lines, I've found out that to me this works very well. It's made by Trumpeter. I'm interested in seeing more of this.

I saw 20th Flight Rockers performing live a bit over a week ago and I took a couple of videos too. Here they are covering Jerry Lee Lewis' High School Confidential. An excellent band & An excellent cover!!!

That brought my mind how the same thing happens on The Driver. Though, it's not a hubcap, it happens with trunk lid. In this chase scene, the Cops shoot "The Driver's" car and trunk lid comes off. Still you can see the car after that shooting and it has the trunk lid on place. Better yet, on a couple of fast shots before the shooting, trunk lid is already missing. In that movie they also overtake the same '73 Chevrolet Chevelle many times during the movie in different chase scenes. You can see it in this scene as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43zcvKPnc60 I've never noticed that the car used on that crash on Vanishing Point is a Camaro. That's a real shame, it would have been much nicer to see a Challenger being destroyed.

Didn't see this thread until now so sorry if this one has been posted already. It should be easy anyway...

Great looking Stock Car. It's nice to see these older Stock Cars built as well, and you're the master in building these. Another beauty in every way from paint and decals to that fine detailing all over the car. What kit did you use as basis for this one?

Thanks for the kind words Tyrone, Carl and Gene! Actually making that roll cage was easier than it looks. I was afraid that I'd never be able to make a cage that fits well inside this car, but I'm glad how it turned out. And that's my first try at making a "Full Cage".

I haven't had much time to check in on these threads, but now I was able to go through the latest updates and I have to say that this is looking very good! Nice paint work and mock ups look very good as well. The stance on that 2nd picture looks spot on to me. I can't wait to see more of this.

That's a sweet looking Cadillac! Those pics were worth freezing, too, these models just look so much better in outside pics. Great job with the paint and BMF, very nice and clean work all over.