MrObsessive

Mostly music------Alternative, and every so often an Oldies station playing (IHeartRadio.com). I have a hard time with a TV show playing as for me it's a bit too distracting. I find myself watching the show (or even the news) more than I'm trying to work on the model!

This is a bit tough to answer as I built mine very differently than the way you're doing yours. As far as the interior, I didn't use the interior bucket at all due to the opening doors. The tub would have made this area too shallow for the door jamb area, so I used only the driveshaft tunnel from the tub, and blended it in to the chassis floor. I guess you could say that I pretty much re-engineered the kit from bumper to bumper. If you'd like, you can go here as I have a TON of pics of when I was building it. You'll see how I did the interior for it. I can tell you that this is not just a problem with this kit, there are some others that I can think of from Revell that sit too tall due to what I call "stacking" of the different parts of the kit. You've got the chassis floor for one that is more than likely out of scale thickness comparing it to the 1:1. Then throw in the interior tub, glass, and the whole car can end up sitting higher than it should. Real cars don't use tubs for their interiors, and it's something I wish Revell would get away from, and engineer their kits like AMT did during the '90's with their interiors being built on the flip side of the chassis floor--------just like a 1:1. It's good that you can sort this out before you paint! Nothing's more frustrating to me than to get everything all built up, only to find out there's a severe fit issue at the end. It's one of the reasons that painting is the LAST thing I do before I get 'er all together. And yes, indeed they DO look good in red!

Beautiful! I've always loved these cars and now you don't see as many of them as before. One of the few Hondas I REALLY like, and wouldn't mind owning as they have PLENTY of legroom!

David, one very common problem with Revell's '59-'60 Chevy kits is that I believe they modeled the floorpan a bit too tall, allowing the floor to hang below the rockers a bit too much. I had this very issue with my '59 WIP, and I ended up grinding away at the floor with a Dremel Moto-Tool to get rid of the "hanging low" look. It's hard to tell in your pic because of the shadows, but I suspect that's the trouble you're having. Not to hijack your thread, but here are a couple pics of what I had to do....................... Before pic of the floor hanging too low............. ..............and now after.............. The hair raising part is that I had to grind at the floor AFTER it was all painted and detailed! Hope this helps!

Welcome back Roger! I know all too well how it feels to be "out the loop" for a spell!

Sad ain't it Bill? Back in the early '80's I sorely wanted a '65 Dart Convertible with a three on the tree. I hadn't yet learned how to drive a standard shift car, and my Dad refused to show me how. He had a very nasty experience trying to show my Mom how to drive stick many years earlier, and it turned into a disaster. She ended up wrecking the trans in our '55 Plymouth Savoy and my Dad swore he would never show anyone again how to drive a manual shift. He told me if I wanted the car bad enough, I'd take the time and learn it. So that's what I did! After a few stalled attempts and a bit of rolling back on hills-------within a day I had mastered it down pat! Nowadays, folks are too "busy" in their cars with yakking on the phone, texting, eating, putting on make-up.......who has time to shift a car!

You're quite welcome! Lemme know how well it works for you!

Ahhh, the 1960 Chevy! IMO, this kit has the most accurate 1959-60 GM "Bubbletop" rooflines! I liked it so much that I swapped it in place of Revell's '59 Impala build I did a while back. So you can bet I'll be following this one to see what you do with it, and I like what I see so far! VERY good job on weathering the chassis!

Kevin, everything is looking great so far! As far as polishing out paints, I use nothing but Chamois cloths when handling and polishing out paint jobs. Chamois is nothing more than cow's skin, and I don't think you can get any softer than that. If you seen the thread on my '59 Impala WIP, that's what the paint was polished out with, and I'm doing the same with the BMW build I'm doing. I've tried using cotton cloths, flannel shirts, and other such things years ago, but there were always still swirls and scratches in the paint. Another tip, and you may already know this one is that when you're rubbing out the paint with the polishing cloths-------make sure that you're working the cloths in one direction. You don't want to use a circular motion with the cloths as that can make for trouble later on. Keep up the fantastic work-----------lookin' really nice!

This is a very interesting thread! I been thinking for quite some time now when "autonomous" cars first started making the news, who's going to be at fault when there's an accident? One could try to sue the carmaker (for instance Tesla), Tesla could then take a hands off approach and then sue the software maker for that particular system in the car, the software maker could then counter-sue and blame the driver for their "error", because the system in the car was not used as intended. Where would it all end? I can see this being one big fat legal nightmare because in today's litigious society, NO ONE wants to take the blame for anything------it's always someone else's fault. BINGO! The very reason why such vehicles should never be allowed to turn a wheel on the road! You can't even get people to pay attention when they're in control driving on a bright sunny day, let alone getting them to "take over" when things go awry!

Very, VERY nice Jim! Super-duper clean just the way I like 'em! As far as the master cylinder, that looks like a molded on hold down bracket and not a mold line as was mentioned. And yes, I echo what Harry said-------that engine bay is extra nice and tidy!

Mine has the "Manu-matic" shift. I thought I'd never go with an automatic after having standard shift cars for many years, but now I've been spoiled. Exactly! I don't have a long drive to work, but it became VERY irritating to let the clutch in and out when traffic is slowed due to an accident or construction. Not to mention as a lot of us here over 50 can vouch for--------the knees and legs don't work as well as they used to 20 years prior.

Oh OK.........I was looking particularly at their water based acrylics. I seldom if ever use their sprays.

I've not seen a name "sand" for Tamiya. There's "Buff" which is XF-57.

I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea and this has been talked about here before, but certainly the subject matter has my attention big time! I was on another forum here, and this is DEFINITELY heading our way! You might balk at the price, but in this scale, it's just BEGGING for a LOT more detail than the issuers of the subscription can provide. I also located this interesting video on YouTube which was shown in the UK-----they always seem to get the good stuff first! Stay tuned!

I find this all very interesting as well! I have a number of Moebius kits and I have yet to have any issue with any of them. My only complaint is that I can't wait to see what they come up with next! Patiently waiting for that Mercury Cyclone! If I do have one "nit" it's that the hood on the '69 Ford truck is ever so slightly warped----no big deal as I can straighten that out as I want it to hold on the body a bit better, and not just sit there with the chance of it sliding off unexpectedly.

I'd have to see it Harry, but when I went to our local train place a while back who has just about EVERYTHING (Tommy Gilbert's in Gettysburg), all that I saw was "too big". The spacing wasn't tight enough for what I was looking for. I'll look again next time I'm down that way which may be this weekend...............HO scale you'd think should be tight enough!

Thanks for all of the suggestions fellas! BTW, the '59 Mercury convertible rear quarter I showed isn't damaged in any way,,,,,,,,,,,I just used that as an example of how to replace such ribbing if I or someone else wanted to do so. In fact, I got the body from John Goschke (aka Froghawk) as I have a '59 Mercury hardtop that has damaged quarters. I was going to do that very thing-----cut away the quarters on the convertible, and use them on the hardtop. The body on the convertible is so nice though......I almost don't have the heart to cut into it. Rare, good vintage plastic is getting ever harder to find as time goes on. Art, your suggestion is a mighty good one! I have some .010 round stock lying around (Plastruct) and I may indeed use your suggestion if I ever need to replace the ribbing. It would take some patience and a steady hand, but that's never stopped me before! Thanks again folks!

Ahhh, the "plucked chicken"! That's how the stylists referred to the styling of the '62 Chryslers when they were pretty much "ordered" to get rid of the fins after the rather wild '61's. Steve this is going to be a real beauty, and interesting thing about the '62 convertibles, they had nearly no tulip panel between the top well and the leading edge of the trunk. That would make things rather daunting for us that like to open up things such as trunks, doors, etc. I'd have to resort to doing this one if I were building it like I did my '59 Impala-------make an inside brace and hinges, and test fit, test fit, and test fit again! You won't be doing that with this one thankfully! And yes, convertibles to me are ALWAYS incomplete unless there's an uptop to go with 'em! If there is none, I simply make my own! Good job on those boot snaps too!

Hey Bill! Great minds think alike eh?? I was typing the same thing right at the same time you were posting.

Interesting thread! As someone mentioned in another thread, different builders will experience different things. I can only tell you that I've been wary of red and yellow plastic for a very long time (since the '80's) as I've also had the dreaded "bleed through" problem. The problem might not lie in the color of the plastic, but how "tough" the plastic is. In other words manufacturers can change their quality of plastic from time to time, and that can change how different paints will affect different kits at different times. Back in '99 I built this '55 T-Bird which was converted from Monogram's '56. Needless to say after I got stung by the "bleeding plastic" a couple times before, I figured that I better use some type of barrier as I absolutely did not want yet another red car, but the T-Bird Blue which as one of the colors for a '55. I simply overcoated the plastic with Future, and no bleed through whatsoever. So yeah, in MY experience I have indeed had red and yellow plastic bleed through, and IMO it does occur and sometimes can keep happening no matter what one does to the plastic short of burying it in some sort of sealer. Something I recommend anyway especially if major bodywork has been done.

Gregg, there's one problem I see already------when I log onto my PayPal account to pay the $5.00, there's no link attached to it where you can then download the PDF file, HTML, etc after you've paid. I went to my PayPal account directly, and I don't see where I can then download the mag. Thanks!

EXCELLENT and BEAUTIFUL!!

OK, I have this kit and while it's certainly miles ahead of the annual that came out in '61, there are some body details that bug me still to this day, and I doubt they get corrected. We all know about the incorrect cowl shape, and the too shallow interior, and possible too shallow body (that's subjective), but the thing that sticks out to me is the misshapen C pillar. It's not the correct shape as the trailing edge of it is too "bowed" out and not like the 1:1. With my kit, I ended up sanding that to the correct shape it bugged me so much. I haven't built it fully yet, and Moebius's '61 Pontiac to my eyes has THE MOST ACCURATE 1961 B body bubbletop roofline. Heck, I ever get around to doing a WIP of it, I may swap roofs altogether like my '59 Impala. Not a big deal to most, but I hate incorrect rooflines as that changes the whole character of the car IMO. At least Lindberg got the C pillar "kickup" correct.............something that AMT never fixed on their '62 Bel AIr.

What he said where I highlighted! Often, I've skipped over posts because what is being said is typed out in one looooong paragraph with no breaks, bad and obvious spelling errors, making it tiresome for me to read. I know this is not English class, but good communication goes a long way to ensure that maybe, just perhaps someone in the know will take the time to read all the way through what was posted. I also don't like to point out errors or criticize on a public forum what are obvious bad building techniques and/or paint. I have PM'd folks in the past to point out WIP mistakes that they may be making. That is one way to get something across without singling them out in public. I guess I gotta say like Mom always says............"If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all".