MrObsessive

I once had the Time Machine one, but sold it a while back as I figured I'd never get around to building it. I do like the fastback a bit better though, so somewhere along the line I'll be building that. Yes, Snake.........between the two bodies, Time Machine does a better job of getting those C pillars correct. And yes, the glass more than likely will need to be vacuformed in some way.

I had to think about this for a bit as most of what I have in models and kits are packed away in boxes and it can be a chore to dig through and see what's what. IIRC, when Don and Carol were taking orders for the last week of their site, I ordered their '76 Cadillac Coupe DeVille kit and a '70 AMX hood. I do believe it might have been the very last day the site was open that I ordered those. Later on when they had their "last call" of things that were left over, much to my surprise they had '64 Falcon taillights........something that I had wanted before their site closed, but got swiped out of them when the ordering page went wonky. So that was pretty much the last thing. MUCH needed and wanted taillights and looking back I wish I could have gotten a few more things in mind, but passed over them.

To echo what Tom and Snake have said..........if there's a bit too much glue, there's not much you can do to salvage it. Especially the old tube glues are notorious for really digging into clear plastic and ruining it forever. Tom mentioned vacuforming or using clear stencil sheet to make your glass. I've done both at times depending on the type of windshield (flat or wraparound) and while it requires a bit more work, you can always make duplicate copies in case the first one gets messed up due to paint, or it didn't come out quite the way you want it.

Paint/two-tone is looking great so far Pat! If you can get through foiling one of these, you foil just about any car. This, the '58 Olds......actually just about any GM '58 car as they could be chrome laden beasts! When I was doing my '59, I remember it taking over a period of several days working an hour or two at a time.

Chris I have one of those X-El '58's and yes, it does appear to be a bit smaller than 1/25. As you know, Johan was notorious for sizing their kits to be able to fit in a certain size box. The Caddy to me appears to be more 1/26-27th scale. It's buried along with a bunch of other stuff since I moved, but I had it on display alongside a Johan '59 Plymouth for example. They were about the same size even though in real life the actual car is noticeably LARGER than a '57-'59 Plymouth. @stitchdup I have also the Imex '58 Eldorado and a dream project for me would be to take the roof section of the '58 Chevy and then "stretch" and "shape" the roof to suit the C body proportions. That's one of the things that's kept me from building it. Getting the roof contours right, and then getting the A pillars to "rake" at the proper angle as the '57-'58 GM B-O-C two door hardtops and convertibles had a steeper rake to the windshield pillar than the four hardtops and sedans.

Chris, knowing Ray and how he did his masters, I doubt he changed a thing in regards to the proportions. I remember now where I saw the '58 coupe..........it was on eBay under the seller "MsMightyMouse". I'm not sure I have the name correct as I've not seen that seller list anything for some time.

Ray did do a resin '58 Cadillac two door hardtop, but it was not accurate at all as the roofline was not correct and it had the incorrect lower trim intact. I'd like one of these too...........I have an X-EL '58 Brougham 60 Special. One could take that and do some kitbashing, but man I'd sure hate cutting one of those up! They're nice to begin with (for the most part) so perhaps a very beat up one could be had sometime where I'd take one and do some "plastik surgery".

Welcome along Peter! It's great to have more folks from England!

Absolutely fantastic Rich! That is one of Modelhaus's rarer kits as I've not seen very many of these listed on eBay or even built for that matter. You getting that kit might be the subject of an interesting thread............the last items bought by us before Don and Carol closed up shop.

Delton, I remember the incident about the young girl at the gas station with her Pinto. I believe that happened in the early '80's? I think she also had a couple friends with her in the car that died as well? I never was a fan of the Pinto when they were new. I knew folks that had them and I don't remember them being worried too much about the fire issue. I do believe that's one of the reasons however you no longer see center gas filler necks in the rear of any car built today. They're either on the right or left side. That also I think has a lot to do with gas tank placement these days. In my Challenger, the gas tank is under the rear seat. Safer place for it as it's not hanging way out there in the back as the cars of old. The Saturn I had before was the same way. It took me a bit to figure out why the rear seat seemed to sit "higher" than the front seats. Well, that also had its tank right directly under the rear seat with the filler door on the passenger side rear.

On the old Hobby Heaven board, there was a lady I used to correspond with on a regular basis by the name of "MustangGal". Her real name was Jackie Murphy and I thought she was a darn good builder. Haven't heard from her in years now and I don't think she ever joined this board that I know of. Jackie you out there? We'd love to have you posting here!

LOL!! ???

Tell me about it! I cringe going over those things! I have 20's on my Challenger so it takes bumps like that especially hard. I try to slow down for 'em, but there's always some idiot right on your tail that makes it tough to do that sometimes.

Pat, that's lookin' good from where I sit! ?

Donn! That is one of the NICEST I've seen of the '67 Camaro! LOVE the paint, and the engine details are excellent!

Robert, you're fortunate that you got this kit! The kit looks great and each time I've see one of these, they're total glue bombs with tons of stuff glued on everywhere. I happen to get a clean builtup about 15 years ago.......debated off and on over the years if I should ever redo it. I got it from a nice fellow off the 'Bay whose brother had built it when the car was new, but had since passed away. That was pretty much the only reason I've kept it as is..........as sort of 'tribute' to the past to how the model was built, instead of trying to make it 'modern'.

Very nice and clean! Until you turned it over, I would not have known it was a slot car! This is another one of those I wanted from The Modelhaus, but looked for one too late. Now it's unobtainium (unless I pay a STEEP price on eBay), so I'd have to make my own sometime.

Glass. Not much can drive me more bonkers than to have glass that's either ill fitting, or is so distorted that it takes away from the appearance of the model. I consider that to be like bodywork so I like glass that's as smooth and distortion free as possible. It's one of the reasons I'll go through the trouble of either using clear stencil sheet for glass, or I'll make a buck and vacuform the works. Glass was a MAJOR sticking point for me when I first saw Moebius's '61 Pontiac Ventura. The couple builds I had seen had the glass sticking up so far (should fit nearly flush with the roofline), that it looked REALLY out of place and prompted me to do a tutorial on how to fix that properly.

Very nice! This is the first I've seen one of these done! I've had this kit for many years now and it's good to see this one done up so cleanly. If I ever get around to doing one, I'd like to put on Fernando Pinto's excellent hand laced wires which I have a couple sets. Very period correct for this type of car.

I see an early '60's Falcon judging by the taillight albeit blurry.

Hard to believe here in 2019, they're working on what will be the '22-'23 stuff as we speak. '20's are out now, '21's are pretty much set in stone, and what would be ready for the '22-'23 model years are on the computer screens and in the styling rooms at the moment. Time sure does fly!

Yeah, there was a tiny fin right smack in the center of the deck lid of the '61 Fury.................. But what was originally proposed was much more in your face. Saner heads told him no and this was pretty much a one year deal. Yup! Ask any owner of a '57, '58, or '59 Chevy how quickly their cars "aged" in those days! Ford did the same for '58, '59, and '60. Literally three completely different body styles in three model years. They're sorta doing the same thing again these days, especially among the Asian and Korean car makers now. What are their styling cycles............three or four years now?? ?

Wow!! As your board name says............that is TREMENDOUS! Very, very nice work! ?

Thank you both for the compliment! I learnt this method from Ted "Chopper" Lear YEARS ago and it always came in handy. If there's anyone out there that has a HUGE wealth of knowledge when it comes to bodywork........it's Ted!

You lucky DOG you!