MrObsessive

Well, I have the correct ten spoke wheels that I got from GMP......those have nice tires to go with them. As I mentioned, I'll be using part of the '66's bodywork which would include the roof, beltline with the more correct hip, as well as the rear deck. The roofline would need some changes as well as the '68 coupe's rear window was more tunneled, and there's a distinct ridge that runs parallel to the window line down through the C pillar. I'll be using Keith Mark's decals as he makes some very nice side stripes among other things. Here's a pic from his Fotki page.......................... Color is a little tricky for this car, as I've read that the main car used was already painted 1968 Ford Lime Gold, and the candy green was painted over it. The green had some gold pearl in it, so I have to brush up on my candy painting once again! It'll be a little bit before I start on this one------I'm about to paint the seats and such on the '59 Impala, and then I can soon start on painting the body. Stay tuned!

:lol: The Green Hornet is a car that I built not quite 20 years ago ('96?) and I had did just that--------whacked the roof off of the '68 Shelby and only grafted the roof on to the lower body. To the casual observer, this might be OK, but looking back on it, the roof always seemed to sit up too high. Then I realized years later that I should have used part of the '66 body to get the proportions right. Here's a pic of my model and then following I have pics of the Green Hornet, '68 Convertible, and the Fastback............ Len, you can see the difference in the "hip" area between the coupe/convertibles, and the fastbacks. Just one of those things that I've picked up on over the years, and the Green Hornet happens to be one of my favorite all time Shelbys! I've got all the right pieces and parts to do a more correct one this time around........I even recently located some very good shots of the underside showing off that very unique independent rear end and suspension

I have to agree Tim. I recently wrote an article for MCM and it wouldn't be fair game to put what I wrote on the 'net and post it here. Gregg and Harry spend a lot of time to get material for the mag, and it's only fair that articles that are written be kept to such. Just my 2¢ worth!

I've not done this Len (yet), but I can tell you it's not as simple as cutting off the roof and putting on a top boot. Convertibles shared the same hip, rear quarters, and rear deck as the hardtop. Fastbacks were a bit "swoopier" in this area. Your best bet would be to use part of the beltline and rear deck off of the '66, and graft it on to the rear deck of the '68 among other things. Interesting enough, a variation of this is going to be my next project after I get the '59 Chevy done. It'll be the one off Green Hornet Shelby EXP 500 that'll need the same type mods to be correct. Hope this helps!

One of the nicest '72 Olds I've seen on this forum! Your photography is top notch as well Yuri!

Unfortunately Jeremy, his webpage wasn't archived as I tried to do a search on the "Internet Wayback" and came up empty-handed. I saw the AMX 2 on his site........it has to be a good 10+ years ago now. There is a page on Alex Kustov's Italian Horses site which talked about what happened to Guido. Pretty sad story, and just goes to show that if you see something in resin and you really like it, ya better grab it as no one knows how long it'll be available. If you click here, it'll take you to Italian Horses review of one of his kits.

Color matching or not, that is a great miles deep paint job!! Very nice and clean, and I have to agree..........it may be more work, but it's worth the effort to paint stripes on. Yours decals look nice though despite the difficulties.

Pete, I got a hard laugh out of that!! :lol: I needed that today!

I bought one of their '67 Shelby conversion kits as well back in the early '90's. For the time, it was VERY well done, and would hold up to today's '67 Shelby kit for accuracy of its parts. I don't know what happened to the one I did.........I believe a friend of mine really liked it, and I sold it to him. Somewhere lurking in one of my many model boxes is a '68 Shelby Convertible transkit buildup that I did. I believe I built it right around the time of the '67. It I'm sure is in pieces, and I'll do another someday......but base it on a kitbash of the '66 and '68 kits. Yeah, I wish I could have picked up more of those transkits back then--------along with some other gems they had.

IIRC, Guido was working on an AMX 2/3 before he stopped producing models. I thought I had seen on his home page of his website years ago, a rough casting of the AMX 2. Too bad as he did make some fantastic stuff------things you'll NEVER see offered by any of the model manufacturers.

Bill, fasten your seat belt! A friend of mine who works in the oil industry tells me that the average price of gas come the middle of next month, will be on the order of around $4.20 a gallon here in the Central PA area. Right now it's running about $3.60 a gallon. Now he has nothing to do with oil futures or anything speculative such as that, but he works with people who are in the know about such things, so I consider him to be a reliable source.

It IS too far back Luc. It's one of the reasons I've never built mine, despite having had it for many years.

Seems to me if you want to do some "stretching and shaping", one could use the chassis out of the Round 2 reissued '68 Roadrunner, and '70 Super Bee. Or perhaps the '68-9 Revell Dodge Charger kits. Now true these are 1/25 scale, but you can't beat the detail these have to offer. Just my 2¢.

What an excellent build! A beautiful example of one of Bill Mitchell's nicest designs! This was back when a front wheel drive car didn't look a FWD car. I have to say that your photos are excellent as well--------very clear and sharp showing off that beautiful paint!

Incredible work! You've got great symmetry of the body, and your radii are in the right places as well! I'm also a big fan of this car, and it's a shame that AMC never put this one into production. I definitely will be checking in on this one!

Wow not bad at all! The Buick is actually a '60, and to me its roofline looks a little better done than the Impala. Would you know how much these run?

Ahhhh....... Rich, Rich, Rich! You got me so tempted! I love this era of Plymouth as my Dad once owned a '57 Belvedere many years ago. It was a two toned green (pastel), and I can still remember the push buttons on the left hand side of the dash for the transmission. I have one of these '59 promos, and I'm really tempted to go all out one of these days and kitbash it with full detail using RC2's '58 Plymouth. Sadly, Johan was the only kit maker that did the 1957-59 Dodge/Plymouth 2 door hardtop roofline correctly. Don't get me started about RC2's effort with their '58............ Keep up the good work Rich............this will be stunning when you're through with it!

I second that about Tom's products! I recently got a 1959-60 GM 2 door sedan roof section from him, and it was very cleanly cast with nary a pinhole! Also, he's a real nice guy as well to deal with--------here's a pic from his Fotki page of one of his '59 Fords built by Paul Hettick.

John, I have the scriber and in fact, it's what I used to cut open the doors of another project recently. It's a very good tool as it takes out a thin slice of plastic with each pass, as opposed to the back edge of an Exacto blade shoving the plastic aside. I highly recommend it!

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Well, I don't know about the "custom" body part. The box I have says 1/4 scale. In fact, mine was about done when I bought it, but it's falling apart now. I'd sooner take everything apart and start over. I've had it for the last 8-9 years now and heaven knows when I'd ever get around to re-building it. BTW, the engine I have for it is actually the Revell reissue from years ago. It too was started with only the pistons in the block moving and that's it. I'd just as well take that apart too and start over from scratch.

Ok, here are a few pics of the full built model. This isn't mine, but as I mentioned, one that was put on eBay back in 2007 as that's when I downloaded the pics from there. Very impressive, but seeing this doesn't give you a good perspective on how massive this kit is. If you click on the first pic, you'll be able to see the full boat of pics I have.

When all else fails, there's always eBay! In fact if you check here, I see all sorts of colors that 30 gauge Kynar wire can be had in.

This thing is so enormous that scratchbuilding whatever would be needed shouldn't be a problem! I mean this thing can literally take up your entire coffee table! Hee-Hee, thanks for the compliment! Ahhhhh, but there's the rub...........Time to build it! It's almost Pocher like in its complexity, and I've so many other projects that I want to do. It would definitely be a very long, if not years long project! Stay tuned though as I have pics of one that was fully built and functioning. It was on eBay years ago, but I can't remember if it ever sold or not.

I happen to have both the chassis and the engine-----both have been started though. I don't know if I'll ever get around to building/finishing it as it takes up a LOT of space. I've seen the crazy prices that these are getting on eBay, and it's tempting to simply unload it there. We'll see..............