MrObsessive

Simply Gorgeous!!

You betcha! Excellent stuff and I've been using it for years!

The '59 Dodge and Plymouth rear wheel wells are a bit too low IMO. IIRC, John Goshke pointed this out when he was building I believe a '59 Plymouth (could have been a Dodge) and he corrected it with using part of the quarters off of AMT's '57 Chrysler. That's all I can think of at the moment. Some may quibble with the overall scale and 'size' of certain models they did. For example, I always thought their '58 Cadillac (I have an X-EL promo) was a bit on the small side despite it being 1/25 scale. One reason for this is Johan needed to have their models fit in a certain type/size box for store purposes so they may have 'fudged' the size of their models just a bit. Same goes for the '58 Oldsmobile. Perfect body lines, but once again looks to me just a tad small considering how big the 1:1 is. Grab those Johans if you can get 'em! Most of what they made will never see the light of day from any manufacturer, so if it's what you want and it's a decent price........GRAB IT! Judging by what I see on the 'Bay and at shows, there's still a demand for 'em. EDIT: There is one other car which has a design foible that's bugged me for years. Johan's 1964 Cadillac Convertible. The windshield frame is waaay wrong for that car. In '64, GM was still using different windshield frames for different cars. The two door '64 Cadillac was using GM's new for '63 "squarer" windshield frame with it's much squarer header. The convertibles (and I believe the four doors) were using the older '61-'62 "rounder" windshield header except it had the straighter pillar and not the rounder one like the 1961-'62 cars. If were building this model, of course I'd change the windshield frame for something else. Maybe swap one out of Revell's '64 Impala which is correct? Just an observation on my part........your mileage may vary!

Oh yeah! When I had my AMX (a '69 390), I dusted off many a car up to and including a Road Runner (another '69?) with a 440. A little tough to beat that one, but one BIG advantage of my car is that indeed it was light. It might have weighed just 3000 (or slightly less), but my car was literally a bare bones, no nonsense kind of car. No AC, no power brakes, no power steering, VACUUM wipers which I thought they got rid of by the early '60's. One thing I didn't like about the car is that it had drum brakes on all fours which I thought was a bit unusual for a car with a 390 and I didn't like where the shifter was in relation to the seat. It sat just a bit to muoch to the left of the driveshaft tunnel, so a 1st/2nd power shift I had to move my long leg to the left a bit to keep from scraping my thigh. It could be a bit of a handful in the rain as well. It was my daily driver and in the rain it could be easy for that short wheelbase to swap ends..............happened to me a couple times! I'd sure like to have another, but it would have to be a nice days only car. My Challenger has me spoiled with its AC, power everything and it's much more liveable to take a long trip in than my AMX ever could be. Not to mention prices for those are a bit steep these days. Just for a nice 'driver' you can still be paying 15k on up with pristine examples going for 35-40k. Not as high as some Camaros and Mustangs can go, but at least you'll have a unique car which CANNOT be faked.

I can see that kit going for $160+! Being started notwithstanding. Johan was the only one to make that C Body Mopar.......and it’s dead on accurate which is a major plus. ??

Yeah, I'm watching that one as I'm curious to see how high it'll go. I can betcha it'll be sky high before it's all said and done as they're hard to come by. I got a very restorable promo a while back as well as a '66, but heaven knows when I'll get to do anything with 'em.

Hard to see the whole car, but this is my sister and I standing in front of my Mom's then new '68 Javelin. I believe this pic was taken Easter Sunday of '68. Someday I'd like to build one just like hers. I believe this car had a straight six in it. Mom later traded it in on a new '69 SST with a 390. She complained that the six in her other Javelin kept stalling for some reason and the dealer never could fix it right. She kept the SST till about '78 or so, then she traded that one for a new Grand Prix as her then husband HATED the Javelin. BIG mistake as that Grand Prix had more trouble than you can shake a stick at!

Yeah guys............careful with this one! I had to do a double take to see if I was right. Still not sure though..............

Dave, I had heard through the grapevine that same word........hopefully they'll materialize as I do believe they can be decent sellers if done right. Multiple versions would be needed though. No way they can focus on just one model as soooo many others can be made from it. NICE looking Javelin BTW! Trans Am racers anyone?

Well, if you're interested, the original thread is here. I did take pics of the body with the barrier coat and primer..............I had no time to touch up the pics and upload, but hopefully sometime this week I can get 'em up. I'm on vacation starting Friday at 7:30 AM when I leave work so I HOPE to squeeze in some time to get 'er done!

WOW! That orange looks great! Last night I barrier coated and primered a Corvette I'm working on interesting enough. Soon, I'll be putting on the color coats. Mine's a '68 convertible. It'll be more of a 'bronze' color which I hope to have all clearcoated and rubbed out by next week.

I think you may mean the '57 T-Bird "BattleBird"? Here's a WIP of one...............

Not only that, the front end on that model to my eyes simply does NOT look right. I have the 1:20 MPC '69 and while I don't fret too much over scale, it HAS to look right. I could fix it, but I already have a Johan '70 which needs a resto.

Having once owned a 1:1 '69 AMX, I'm right there with ya! Unfortunately, unlike us lunatic fringers I'm not so sure there's a big enough market to warrant such a thing. True, Moebius took a chance and gave us that terrific '53 Hudson, but they're having their issues at the moment and I don't see even them doing any Javelins any time soon. It is sad as like you said, Johan got the body lines spot on for all the Javelin/AMX's they did. Fortunately, I have a couple Javelins (a '69 resin and a very restorable '68 promo) and probably about half a dozen AMX's including a '70. I got to admit, I'm not a big fan of the '71 and later cars, I don't hate them......I just think compared to the '70 and earlier cars they appeared just a bit too heavy handed for me with their somewhat tall rear quarters. I sure do miss my AMX though.........that thing could literally throw you back in the seat no matter what gear you were in with that 390!

?????? I don't quite understand your question. Are you asking if you should glue the windshield in first before BMF or after? I put the BMF on before then install the glass. Less chance of scratches if you need to trim the BMF but others techniques may differ. BTW, PLEEEEASE don't use regular cement for glass! Only use 5 min epoxy, or some type of white glue depending on the shape of the glass.

I had figured it for some sort of Dodge Dart concoction, but darn if I could nail exactly what it was. I even did a search for Brazilian Dodges, but this one didn't turn up interesting enough. I take it that "B" pillar is more of an add-on as the actual car was a true hardtop. It defeats the purpose of the design, but I guess they had to come up with something just to be "different".

Yes, I have to say that box art is one of their nicer ones in recent memory! It looks as though the tires are the same size on all fours. Knowing how Revell is with their tires, I doubt they'd go through the trouble and they may not have taken note. No biggie............I've got PLENTY 'o tires to pick from if/when the time comes for me to build it.

I too was hoping they'd fix those wheel wells, but that's not the case unfortunately. Still this is a MUCH better version this time around than the original abomination that they foisted on us years ago! Oh yeah and while I'm at it..........do something with those quarter window corners.

BEAUTIFUL! Terrific job on one of my favorite Ferrari's of the '50's!

Hey! VERY nice and clean! As far as the 1:1, I like the cars looks on the outside, but not long ago I sat in one as I was comparing it to the Challenger I have and I didn't like it at all! VERY claustrophobic inside with those small windows and just plain felt uncomfortable to be in.

I'm having a reeealll tough time with this one! What I think it SHOULD be is not it at all and I've about given up! I tried different makes/models/origins, but no dice.

Very nice job on a car that's simply not seen anymore! My Mom had a close friend for many years and AMC's were what she always bought including a car like this. These cars could be tough as nails if it weren't for the tinworm claiming a lot of them. I was just talking to a fellow earlier at work before he left for the night about this very thing. He's a lot younger (mid 30's) and I was talking about the cars I used to see as a kid in the '60's that just aren't seen including this one. So yeah, it's a reality that as time goes on less and less of these types of cars will be talked about and built.

Chuck, you said exactly what I'd like to do with this kit. Take the AMT kit and swap the chassis and interior with the Revell kit, AFTER I swap the roof from the AMT kit with Revell's '64. Neither the AMT kit or the Revell '63 roof is correct to my eyes. The '63 Revell lower body while it has some questionable proportions, the creases are not as defined and sharp as AMT's '63 which to my sight is exactly right.

Paul, in your defense I can certainly understand doing it this way. When you're a one man show, you have to do what's in your best interests and what's physically possible. I look at your recent releases of the '59 Chevy wagon and '59 Imperial sedan. While they were getting very good prices on eBay at the beginning, there have been times I've seen them either go unsold, or there was just one bidder that got it at the end. Another example is the caster that was making a '71 Olds Delta 88. Very much wanted in the beginning, but later on was collecting dust on eBay. I eventually got one for the original asking price which I believe at the time was $90. I definitely want to get your '77-'79 T-Bird when it's available, but I can wait for six months or so when the initial frenzy dies down. God only knows I've got more than enough to build now! This also reinforces why certain kits will never be done by the major kit makers. While those of us out here in the lunatic fringe have been clamoring for these esoteric offerings, one need only look at that actual numbers to see that they would be committing financial suicide if they spent the big bucks on such tooling, only to see very little in return. As that old saying goes................."Patience is a virtue".

Yeah, I would be devastated if I had a cat pass away that young. Nearly 10 years ago, I had one go.....he wasn't quite 10. Tore me up for weeks. He had liver failure and by the time I discovered what was wrong with him it was too late. My Dad had a cat that lived to be 23. She was a tiny thing, but it wasn't dwarfism as far as I know. I didn't know about Peggy Lipton till a couple days ago. I too am of that 'certain age' and remember her very well from "The Mod Squad".