MrObsessive

GOOD MOVE! That one disappointed me a long time ago once I got a gander at the body! I could probably make the corrections, but there's times when kits are simply costing too much to want to go through all of those changes! ?

Looking over the kit listing I surely hope that bus IS this one! Snap-Fit notwithstanding, I can kitbash the more detailed chassis with something else. I don't think this has ever been done in scale, but I could be wrong. I have seen built diecasts, but it'll be nice to have a plastic one of this. The Jag coupe might be the old Aurora one that's been out plenty of times. I'm not crazy about that one as once again, its proportions look off to me especially in the nose. Want a nice E-Type coupe?? Seek out Heller's VERY nice albeit simplified kit of this car. The lines look spot on and if you're willing to spend some money, look on eBay for Fernando Pinto's hand laced wire wheels. EXCELLENT looking to my eyes!

I have the original Sunny kit and I always thought this car more represented an FIA car and NOT an actual 427. Not a bad kit at all, just not a proper 427 as we have known and seen it. Better to stay away from that one unless you want to do some body corrections. That body to me always appeared a bit "thick" especially in the door frame area as those A pillars are waaaaay too heavy looking to my eyes. There's other aspects about it that don't seem right compared to the 1:1. It reminds me of Revell's reboxing of the 275 GTB Ferrari which is also way out of proportion. I just can't think of who the original manufacturer of that kit was at the moment. Edit: I just thought of the maker as soon as I hit the send key. Renwal? They never did a correction of that kit and every time I see that beautiful 1:1 car on the box art, I immediately know that what's inside will be woefully disappointing.

Thanks Joe! Revell's kits suffer from what I call "stacking" when it comes to their construction. They're still using a platform for the interior instead of having the interior built from the flip side of the chassis floor.......just like an actual car. Throw in the sometimes too thick glass and that's a sure fire result of the too high stance. That's one thing I like about AMT's newer tool kits as they build up without that platform like interior. I knew the 'Vette would suffer from this if I built it like before, so that was a MUST that the suspension be lowered just a tad.

This was kind of tough to watch as some of those shown were VERY young! And there were some surprises (for me) as I didn't know they had passed away. Katherine Helmond was one..........I had NO idea!

I'm definitely going to grab one of these! Not sure when I'd build it, but the subject matter alone has piqued my interest! In fact, I'd probably build this over the two door hardtop or convertible conversion. I sure hope they can see fit to do other subject matter like this in the future!

Steve, I've used mine right out of the can (NOT the aerosol), but I've used my old Badger Crescendo with the heaviest tip to put it on. I didn't have any trouble with it going on too thick. Here's a pic of that '74 Corvette that I restored where I didn't want any surprises with some of the bodywork/corrections I had to do. Yes, it's a very good idea to put on a light coat of primer before the BIN as it will adhere much better. I did let this sit for a day and then a couple coats of grey primer were put on before the color coats. Just some very light sanding I needed to do. Perhaps this is due to the Crescendo atomizing the BIN a bit better than if I were to spray it directly out of the can, which for me is a no-go. As far as longevity of the BIN..............that is one downside of getting the larger can----it can go bad after a couple years. I didn't have any trouble with rust, rather it just got waaaay too thick to use to the point that not even 91% alcohol would have any effect. I never liked the spray cans though, but in the future if I have to go that route, I'm definitely decanting it into an airbrush jar and then spray away.

Raymond, your latter thought is more likely the culprit. A lot of primers may have an opacity problem where the pigments are not "tight" enough to get better coverage. The reason I mentioned the BIN Zinnser is twofold: Bodywork and plastic compatibility. I may end up doing at times a bit of bodywork to fix imperfections in the shape of a particular model, and then there's the issue of today's plastics which can be wildly inconsistent as far as how they'll take a particular brand of paint. Putting on that barrier coat helps a ton in giving me that extra bit of insurance against surprises as I've had one too many times in the past, paint craze due to "weak" plastic, and using certain fillers which don't always play nice with certain types of paint. This is what has worked for me for years now and I have pics on hand where I've used the BIN over plastic (primer first) and have gotten good results. As they say.........."Your mileage may vary".

I've brought this up on other threads, but this is my go to solution when it comes to sealing plastic against hot paints, as well as stopping "bleed through". First, you'll need an airbrush and then you'd need to stir up the contents thoroughly. I'll spray a very light coat of primer first on the plastic, then it's followed up by several coats of the BIN. Lights coats are important as you don't want to bury any script detail and whatnot. I'll then follow this up with another coat or two of primer followed by my color coats. Never had an issue with crazing which is akin to bleed through as that's the color of the plastic showing through on primer which has not tight enough pigment in the paint to prevent that. Hope this helps!

Ooooh! NICE interior Pat!! ?

Steve, both of those are super FANTASTIC, but I especially like the Ford! That's been pretty much my normal for a number of years now.....no more than one or two per year. Maybe that'll change for 2020, but I do have some ambitious projects rolling around in my head for the future.

I was watching that one too Tom and good for Paul! One thing that might have been in its favor is that this is truly a one of a kind model. No kit has ever been done of the two door hardtop and Paul's excellent conversion work I can see had them tripping over themselves to snag it. A while back Paul had up for sale a 1:1 '59 Plymouth four door hardtop. I don't know if he ever sold it, but I saved every pic that he put up of it. That's one conversion I'd love to attempt one day as I have a rather forlorn '59 Plymouth model that could stand rescuing.

Ok......this'll be interesting! I can only think of about half of what those cars are. One of those is actually a sort of "holy grail" build for me in the future.

WOW! That would take up most of the space on the table! Imagine for instance a 1/8th scale 1976 Cadillac Sedan de Ville!

Ha! You ain't kiddin'! I learnt my lesson loooong ago in the mid '80's on sealed kits! Long before eBay, in SA(E) someone in the classified section was selling a sealed AMT Golden Classics '53 Studebaker. Cost was $20.00 + shipping which in 1985-'86 was a good chunk of change considering. The kit shows up about a week or so after I sent the money order and much to my chagrin, the body was bent over on one side. Almost as if it was set on a heater grate too long and it warped the body. Everything else was fine.......straight floor/frame, straight hood, etc. Just the body that was bad. Perhaps it was pulled out of the mold too soon and it cooled that way? I dunno, but I never trusted a sealed old kit again after that.

What a neat little car Rich! I like it! My Dad once told me that he wanted to buy one of these new just before they quit making them ('62?). Brand new off the dealers lot was something like $1500. He wanted to buy it for my Mom which would have been perfect for her because she was short and of course room for me as I was just a toddler at the time. The reason he had to turn it down? My Mom could NOT drive a stick (still can't) and they only came with a manual----no automatic available. Oh well..............

Exactly Rex. Let's face it------none of us are getting any younger and there will come a point where these kits that are now getting big bucks, the generation of us that remember them will no longer be here. That's how life goes.......all of us at some point will 'move on'.

I hear you Tom! I can about guarantee that I have kits in my stash that will fetch that much and then some. ESPECIALLY the resin foreign kits that I have. There will come a point where I'll let them go..........too much to build now and as we always say, we'd have to live three or four lifetimes to finish them all!

Thanks Wayne! The color is 1968 Corvette Bronze. I had this mixed up locally at an automotive paint shop. He has several model guys that come in and he'll make up a "touch up" amount since the paint has to be thinned anyway. Unfortunately, I'm hearing that he's retiring soon and I'm not sure if someone else will be taking over the business. That's too bad because I really liked how he did his paints. Not to shed a bad light on the aftermarket paint guys, but I've always found those to be a bit too thin for my tastes. I'd rather have the paint not thinned and then I can determine how much I need to airbrush.

Robert, very nice group you got there! I especially looooove however that green Daytona! The Grand Prix is also sharp............don't see too many of those built any longer.

Thanks for the nice words fellas! I'm a bit envious of some on here that have multiples of cars built...........that's the way it goes though! Hopefully this upcoming year I can get more than two done. But of course they won't be superdetailed like the ones I've done in the past. Thanks Leroy! Yeah, that might be nice on a show car or something, but what's supposed to be representative of the real deal, super glossy looks out of place to me as well.

I can vouch for the good work that Dale does. He lives not far from me in Reading, PA and I've sent things to him to be plated years ago and they came back super nice! ? As Dale mentioned in his letter a while back though.........everyone now is on a first come-first served basis. He's not a young man by any means and I can't blame him for not wanting to be overwhelmed at this point. I will have some things that need to be plated down the road........I may just write him and ask if I can simply drop them off instead of using the USPS. However long it takes is how long it takes...........the way I build, I'm certainly in no big hurry!

Jean-Phillipe, those are some simply beautiful Caddies! My favorite two though are the '62 four door followed by the '70. Very neat work done on those and something I haven't tackled yet.........doing a four door conversion. I have the bits and pieces to do one, but the ambition hasn't struck me. Yet!

Slow year for me due to a number of things. BIGGEST one for me was moving to a new place which meant disruption of any building till just very recently. The '68 Corvette I'm showing here was the last model I finished up before I started to get the tons of model stuff together for the move and it made the move safely without anything getting broken or lost. In fact, all of the built models made the move with no damage whatsoever. That in itself is amazing because in past moves, I could always count on something getting lost or damaged. Here's the 'Vette................. I included a "sort of" in the title, because I can't remember if I finished this '74 'Vette at the very end of 2018, or if it was New Years Day. Either which way, here it is again as I think it's the first time I've done two of the same type of model back to back. As of right now, the '55 Ford is still on the work table. This may as well have been a complete build as I'm practically redoing everything as if I was building the model for the first time, with the exception of grafting the new roof on the body. Door hinging, trunk hinging (just finished that the other day) and body recontouring (slightly) so hopefully I can FINALLY get this thing done early in '20 and move on to the next project (return of the Green Hornet? ) Thanks for lookin'!

This is the first I noticed this thread and I had to dig up pics I have of the 1:1 to see what you're talking about Bill. Yes, those A pillars are definitely wonky looking compared to the real thing. Almost to my eyes that the windshield itself is a bit "chopped"? I have this kit, but never took a real close look at it till now as I bought the original YEARS ago when it first came out. Now that I've seen it, as they say, I can't unsee it. Yes, I do agree that not everyone is in tune to what might be wrong with a particular body shape or detail. Someone like myself that can notice these things either when they're pointed out, or sometimes IMMEDIATELY especially if said car was once a part of your life (1957-'58 Plymouth for example.........we won't go there!). So, if the mood ever strikes me to build this car, I'd almost be tempted to "swap bodies and fenders" into something more pleasing to the eyes. Been there, done that with a certain '59 Chevy.