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  1. OK Camaro fans! Tired of always seeing Camaros done in the ever present Rally Wheels? Check out these never seen before wheel covers from Chief Joseph! Many kudos to Fireball Modelworks as I asked him in doing these a while back, and they look terrific! Now for those of us that want to do the "lesser" '67 Camaro versions, these wheel covers fill the bill! You'll have to get appropriate tires and whatnot to fit, but I'm sure many of us have TONS of tires in our parts box to deal with no? Joseph's a GREAT guy to deal with and these showed up in my mailbox very quickly! Highly recommended for EXCELLENT service, and you won't be disappointed in anything you get from him!
  2. Hmmm........I actually tried that once. Got it to work and all in my then '57 Corvette project. Of course, this was all for naught as I couldn't find a way to get the steering wheel to attach and have a firm enough "grip" to make the shaft turn. Oh well------by now the thing would have been skipping gears anyway, so it's just as well!
  3. The MPC '60 Corvette is not bad at all for what it is. One thing IMO that needs correcting however is the side cove area as it's a bit misshapen. Actually, overall body shape wise I think the '60 is a bit more accurate than Revell's '58-'59 kits. At least to me from a side profile. BTW, '59's had the horizontal pleats...........'60 was vertical.
  4. That subject has been brought up before, and to date I've never seen one. My solution for that if I ever wanted to build a first gen Camaro convertible would be to completely rework the hardtop to look like a convertible uptop. Lots of work, but sometimes it's the only way to go to get what you want.
  5. Well, in all fairness the AMT one (particularly the '75 Laguna) is not right to me either........especially in the quarter window area. It's not so much the entire roof is off, I'm looking at particularly the shape of the side window profile-------right at the upper window line. Just doesn't look right to me, but nothing that some sanding and reshaping couldn't fix. Yeah, the Johan '75 Cutlass will be my go to source as far as doing any kind of '76-'77 Cutlass at this point. The roofline is dead on correct for that-------I was hoping that the NASCAR body would have gotten some other areas right. The bodysides are a real killer for me looking at it further. As was mentioned, there should be a distinct crease right above the rockers, as this was one of the changes for '76. Gone was the Oldsmobile "bulges" on the fenders. Also, the C pillar kink or bulge on the beltline is absent------yet something else I'd have to add. It was mentioned in another part of this thread that some raced with smooth sides. That very well may be, but it's just something more I'd have to correct. For what this kit is costing, IMO it should be a lot more accurate, even for a NASCAR runner. There shouldn't be multiple things one has to "fix" at this price point sadly. Frankly, the only thing I can see usable on this NASCAR body would be the hood! At least the creases and whatnot are correct on that-------------I think.
  6. Beautiful model, and one of Lamborghinis best designs! Just wondering if this is a curbside or full engine detail kit? Might pick up one of these down the road.
  7. OK, having just seen Rob's pic of his kit and having seen some of the issues that had been talked about earlier------I have some serious doubts that I'll be getting this kit, even for a donor body. Yes, I know this is a NASCAR and that there were some differences naturally from that to a street version, but I'm seeing through my laptop screen some HUGE errors that are sticking out to me like a smashed thumb. One biggie for me is the "crease" in the beltline that should be there on all Cutlass two door models for 1976-'77. This should be just below the "B" pillar and IIRC, even the NASCAR versions have it. Another oddity is the shape of the side window profile (door glass). 1973-'77 GM Colonnade bodies had a distinctive sweep to that window arc, and this body, it just appears misshapen to me. I can remember this car from new, and it was my Driver's Ed car from that very year, so I'm more than a bit familiar with how it should look. I initially thought about using this as a donor kit at least for the body, but it would be just as much work to use this one, as it would be to convert a Johan '75 Cutlass body (I've got five of those) which to me is MUCH more accurate representation than what I'm seeing here. There are some other foibles that are screaming out to me as I type this------sad to say I'm gonna have to pass on this one.
  8. Here ya go! I got the engine color wrong on it (was replicating a restored car), but besides a couple added details for the engine, this was built pretty much out of the box, and was the subject of a basic building thread years ago.
  9. Paul, that is UBER nice! Not a real big fan of wagons, but I would take one over an SUV or Crossover any day of the week! I may be interested in this whenever this becomes available as a kit. I do like the plainer ones though without the wood grain trim!
  10. Very nice and clean as a whistle! I did one years ago in the exact same color inside and out. Aren't these neat kits? This is one of those that no matter how many years go by, it'll still be enjoyable to build. It just never gets old!
  11. Now that was a NICE car Chris! The Plymouth parked on the opposite side of the parking lot looks to be a '55........that's what my Dad owned and that's what I was brought home in the hospital in. I have memories of a '57 Buick as a kid in the later '60's as we had a good family friend who had a 2 door hardtop Century just like your Dad's, but was all white with a red interior. The car sticks in my mind as I've always thought that was a curious looking rear window treatment with those "slats" dividing up the backlite into three sections. IIRC, GM called that style roofline with that C pillar shape "Florentine". That's another one of those styling cues GM was famous for that you could tell from blocks away that it was definitely GM, and could even zero in what year it was. Every once in a long while R&R's '57 Buick will pop up on the 'Bay. I can't remember the last time I saw one though-------it's probably been years now. The one I have I believe I got from our Mid Atlantic NNL sometime in the mid '00's. I've been in my house for nearly 12 years now, and I know that it followed me here from my last house to this one.
  12. My friendly neighborhood Postman dropped these off at my door yesterday................... Been looking for a set of these for awhile, and it was another one of those items I kept meaning to get from The Modelhaus, but kept forgetting. Got these on the 'Bay with just a couple days to go, but no takers. I was the sole bidder, and now I got 'em! What are these for?? This............... A now unobtainium resin '57 Buick Century hardtop from R&R that I've had for years, but never started on. The hood is a bit ill fitting, but since it's resin it'll shape up just fine. I've got the interior and dash for it too, but I'm not crazy about the seats. Probably will go with a modified '57 Chevy for the seats and whatnot, and a modified version of its chassis to jazz things up a bit. This will need stripped of course, so I'll probably go the safe route and use Easy Off Oven Cleaner (yellow can) to get rid of the paint.
  13. While I'm not a big fan of NASCAR, I'm just glad this bodystyle is AVAILABLE! The more 1973-'77 Colonnade cars in any version the better! I sure wish I could get just the BODY for this one! It would make my eventual '76-'77 Olds Cutlass Supreme project that much easier. Heck, I might get fancy and get the model just for that purpose!
  14. Aaaah so that's it! That's the Floride I have then.......the Caravelle was similar. Well, I can tell you that the resin kit I have looks just like that----------multi piece body and all! I don't think Ray ever had that kit listed in his catalog, I stumbled across it by accident by word of mouth. I do believe the hardtop was removable for the convertible Floride according to this pic here............. Quick funny story about the Renault kit: When I had heard that Ray had this model, I had called as I knew he would be at the Toledo NNL-----this was around 2002-03. His wife Ruth had answered the phone (the other "R" in R&R), and I asked her could he hold the kit for me as I was going to the NNL. She said she would pass the message on to him, and since Ray had never met me before, I told her that I'll be a big black guy with thick glasses that he'll be seeing. She answered back "Really? Well I'm a big white woman!" I burst out laughing immediately!
  15. I have several rare kits (probably more than several ), but one of them that immediately comes to mind is a 1/12 scale Doyusha Honda S800 kit (a 1966?). I've had it for years, but just haven't had the guts to build that one yet. They're out there on the 'Bay, but can cost major $$$ and that may be what's holding me back. Another is Gunze Sangyo's Jaguar XKE convertible kit-----the one with all the white metal bits and pieces. Not sure when or if I'll ever get around to that one..........I've got the Heller version which is probably easier to build, and didn't cost an arm and a leg! This can be a wide open subject--------let's not get into the rare resin stuff you'll never see anywhere! One resin that I doubt you'll see anywhere on a contest table is a Renault Caravelle convertible that I got from R&R about 15 years ago. It was a repop they tell me from a French kit, but I'll be darned if I've ever seen it live and in person.
  16. Took some digging but I zeroed in on what it is. I also found it in one of the strangest places! Won't tell you where till after the fact though!
  17. Thanks for the info, but a bummer about the Maserati. That Espada looks very interesting..............not one of my favorite Lambos but a nice looking car just the same. I'll bookmark his site to keep up to date with what he has. This is the first I've ever heard of him! This also reinforces how I feel about 3D printing. It's the wave of the future, and models that otherwise would never see the light of day, can now be had with very good .STL files and some patience to get what we want.
  18. Either that or perhaps take wire out of coax cable and using clear paint, attach them to the lenses like I did for the Chevy...........
  19. This looks familiar to me too, but I can't zero in exactly what it is!
  20. One of the Revell or Tamiya RX-7’s would have one. ?
  21. Ok, I just took a look at that and YIKES!!
  22. Ahhhh forgot about MCW!........... Now this is just me, and you guys know how I am.......but there are some tweaks here and there on those bodies that I'd do to suit me Just the same, if you can deal with resin those are your best bet!
  23. Oooooh! Maserati Ghibli! Is this kit still available? I went to that site but didn't notice it listed. Despite these being "curbside" seems as though he does print full engine detail. One would just have to craft up the engine bay structures and whatnot, and cut out the hood. I don't know what some of these designers are smoking these days but there are some styling trends that are just flat out ugly and ungainly. For example, trying to put fender "humps" on a car where the front end is way too short, and the wheels too close to the front door. On a Maserati Ghibli, it would look beautiful...........On a Nissan Altima? No.
  24. Tom, I've seen conversions done here on the board of the car you're looking for, but those were started from existing kits and not based on any resin that I know of. I don't know your skill level, but if you wanted to do a '62 Impala four door hardtop for instance, you could start with Revell's '62 two door and go from there. Keep in mind though that the rooflines on the four door DLO were about an ½ inch to an inch taller, and not quite the same roof stamping between the two. Then you'd have the rear window to deal with as having to either vacuform or acetate bend that one. Four door sedans are a bit trickier as that roof was definitely taller, with the sedan roofline having a different shape altogether especially in the C pillar area. For '63, things get trickier still especially for the four door hardtops. GM went to a flatter windshield header for the B Body four door hardtops, and the only roof I know that would work with that, might be the Johan '64 Cadillac two door hardtop which used essentially the same stampings. I've seen nice conversions on here as well using that roof, but those are scarce and you'd have to luck out and find a junk body somewhere just for the roof. Lots of work for sure, but then they would be unique as not too many of them turn up on the show tables. Hope this helps!
  25. I did some digging and I ran across this............ They say it's a '53 and it was called the Firebird It Looks a lot like that model kit.
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