MrObsessive

To Echo what Scott said, back in the mid '90's I was using BMF that was left over for sure from the late '80's at least.........and it was still sticking well. BMF Co. for whatever reason doesn't want to admit that they had bad sheets------or poor quality control. As far as the other foils such as their aluminum, and black.......forget it, they're junk. I've tried 'em and they weren't worth a darn. The black "coating" practically peeled right off the chrome it was sprayed on if burnished too much. The aluminum if burnished too much simply turned back into chrome! Might not be so bad for certain applications though...............

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Whatsamatter Bro?? That looks great!! I'd throw some clear on it.............maybe tinted with some red, foil 'er up,------do the interior white and call 'er done! It's a mild custom so no one else will have that unique color on the table!

The new AMT '57 Chevy IS a bit bigger than the old '60's repop. I tried to fit the new chassis under the old one and it won't fit unless you do some major massaging. There's something about the shape of the new AMT '57 that's not quite right to me either.................it lies somewhere in the shape of the wheelwells in relation to the rest of the car. They almost appear elongated to me-------that's probably what kept me from building it among other things. Maybe a swap from the old body wheelwells to the new one is in order?

Now that's one you don't see often! Very, Very nice! BTW, Philo, to save yourself some work-------you can put all your pics into one post up to ten pics. No need to make separate posts for one or two pics.

Superglue would fog the plastic, not to mention you could never blend in the superglue and get it polished enough to make the split disappear. Cracked clear plastic is basically unfixable, because it's cracked clear plastic. The stuff they use to fix real windshields I doubt would work because it's...........well for real glass. I think there's a fair amount of heat involved to get that stuff to flow-------it would really do a number on plastic.

AFAIK the convertible hasn't been available for a while for some reason, just the hardtop. They can be found on the 'Bay------don't pay a bunch of money for one as there were tons of 'em made. I'd like to see Revell make a convertible out of the '60 as well, but a conversion shouldn't be too hard. Yes, the kit did originally come with skirts as well as the hardtop.

;) Well you know what they say....."That's the brakes!"

Wow Chris, I LIKE that!! Where you been hidin' that one?? It looks great!

Alclad is one of the closest paints I can think of that would resemble chrome. There may be a couple other brands out there, but I can't recall the names right now. Alclad can be tricky to work with though as you have to apply a black base, wait 'til the base dries thoroughly, and then gently mist on the "chrome" coats with an airbrush. I've used it an while the results are chrome like-------nothing beats actual chrome IMO though. Here's a couple pics of an '05 'Vette that I built with the wheels painted with Alclad................

The best way I've found to do them is to use black water based acrylic paint after you primer, but before you do your color coats. I've seen a number of builds when they're done after everything's said and done, but the panel lines really jump out at you and lends itself to a "drawn on" appearance to them. Painting over it tones down the dark lines but still gives the appearance that the panels can open. The reason I mention water based acrylics (such as Tamiya) is that after you flow them in your panel lines, Windex or anything with ammonia can wipe the excess right off. Marcos Cruz recently did a build where he did this and his came out looking fantastic! Maybe if he sees this thread he can post pics of the build he did with it.

Correct!! I got a new sheet a while ago (it's what's been holding up the '55 Ford among other things) and yes, it's much, much, better than before! If they didn't change something then why do they stick a "new" label on it as shown??

Do you mean making them or bringing out the ones already on the model?

Nope, that's the '68 Shelby front end on that car. Ford built this one off as a possible new model addition to the Shelby fastback and convertible, but nixed the idea late in the game from what I've read. I also read that the car started life as a California Special, but later had the Shelby front end grafted on. The green color is actually a candy painted over the original Lime Gold. Here's one I built 13-14 years ago-------crude by my standards today, but it still exists! I didn't have the car's 10 spokes back then, (I do now from GMP) so the Magnum 500's and redlines were the next best thing. I'd really like to do this one again since I have all the right stuff to make one now including the decals from Keith Marks................someday.

Y'know I at first ignored this thread because I just don't get into the whole "pro touring" type cars. But I got nosy because I seen all the replies so far and...............WOW!! The whole thing just looks soooooooo RIGHT!! The wheels, the color, the stripes,.......and I just love that engine cover! I'll have to be more "nosy" from here on out!

Not to hijack your thread, but a "challenging" kit is an understatement!! Yours looks terrific though!! Yes, I built one about 2 years ago, and needless to say I practically had to reengineer it from bumper to bumper. If you want to see the torture I put myself through with this kit, just click here. ............and yes George, I intend to build that one you sent me as a 50th anniversary car!

The frame from a '55-'57 Chevy might work with some tweaking but the engine is a whole 'nuther kettle of fish! Dave from Model Car World makes a '55 Olds kit which he'll sell you the engine separately if you'd like (I have one). It's in 1/24th scale though but it won't be that noticeable in this model.

Beautiful Job Irv!! I too have a built up that could stand restoring..............you don't see many of these as they are soooo hard to find! I'm tempted to one day kitbash it with the '59 to get full engine detail............

Fantastic craftsmanship with those seats Dave! I think I'll just stick to paint for the time being! Your point about sticking with some new technique is a good one though............determination is the key! I nearly gave up on roll up windows several times on the '57 'Vette years ago because of the strange way the windows have to roll down. I got curious and spent money on an actual assembly manual of the car coming down the line and got to see first hand what kind of window regulator the car had...............it made me that more determined once I saw it. One of the favorite quotes I've heard said............"Results will follow desire!"

True story about that car George: When I wanted to build my model of it, I located the guy who originally owned the car! I located him through the magazine as it was featured back in one of the car magazines back then (circa 1995-96). The guy told me that he just sold the car not that long before for something like $75,000------and the new owner resold it a short time later for quite a huge sum more!! I needed to get info about that IRS setup and got some neat information about it. Also the fuelie setup was interesting as the car used an electric fuel pump mounted somewhere in the trunk IIRC which he sent me an illustration of. I may take some pics of the one I did...............but it may not be until later in the weekend if I can find it. It's among a bunch of other models put away when I moved to the house.

Aaron, if you want to get brave, you could build this.......... This was a one off done by Ford in '68 nicknamed the "Green Hornet". It had a Conelec electronic fuel injected 428 as well as an independent rear. Beautiful car that fortunately escaped Ford's crusher! I tried to build one back in the mid '90's that while not bad...........was a tad crude due to my not knowing some things that I do now!

Also I wanted to add that the tops of the rear quarters were a scooch taller on the hardtop than they were on the fastback. I've seen some conversions that while nice......had a droopy look to the rear due to the quarters not being changed.

Yup.......the California Special had the regular '68 Mustang front end (Shelby fog lights though) but had the sequential tailights in the rear. Also, AFAIK.......ALL California Specials were 2 dr hardtops-----I've never seen a fastback one. A roof swap would be in order ('66 Mustang would be a start) as well as reshaping the "hips" to something shallower than the fastback. Here's a couple pics courtesy of Google............ HTH!

I collect diecast at times IF it looks right in scale----------especially in 1/25 scale. Danbury is probably the best when it comes to scale fidelity in diecast. What's the most I've paid? Well I have a few of those 1/12 scale Danbury Mint diecasts that were $500+ with accessories! That was B.M. (Before Mortgage)----------Can't spend money like that too much these days!

I was gonna say that looks like Juha Airio's model, but I didn't want to give it away! One of the signatures of his models is his glass is always sooooooo nice and clean, and distortion free!