Sport Suburban

Now I'm going to have to post some more. I have six that I have finished this year so far but these are the first two that I have shown.

On this one I did use Tamiya spray cans. Most of the time I airbrush the paint. But this one was a bit of a rush job and I sat down and focused on it. The clear coat is airbrushed though.

Thanks for the comments. I do appreciate them very much.

The issue you need to look into is this kit. I have 4 of this kit and it's bumper is smaller and fits the bodys very nicely! For comparison I have two original issue 1971 GTO's, and 4 of the 72 issues, oldest one is red and molded in the 80's, two grey ones from 2004 and a new one in orange. I don't have any original 70 kits and your only reference is from a 70 promo. I'm not saying that you are wrong just that the last 88 issue of the 70 GTO has a smaller bumper. Here is a 70 I just finished. The body is not widened and the bumper is unmodified.

I really didn't do anything to the glass. It was bagged separately from Revell and well protected. I didn't really polish it. I did clean it real good and made sure to clean off all the fingerprints from the inside just before I installed the interior for the last time. The outside also got the same cleaning when it was finished. One last wipe down with disposable lens cleaner right before photos helps too. Also the grill is molded open right from Revell also so no detail painting was done. I did however clean up any flash that was present in the grill. My wagon example was much better in this regard that the chrome tree in my Modelking 57 Custom Police issue.

The rear bumper from the MPC 70 GTO fits much better. It is now hard to find separately. Also before you send any money to Reliable Resin you might want to look for reviews on him.

Go for it!

Missing Link resin has offered one recently. I bought one and it is pretty nice.

That was me being lazy. I needed to connect the exhaust and realized I could use the cats and cut at the cross member. Then use the rest of the factory exhaust from the 57 from that point. I built this in three weeks for a club theme. The hood emblem was the only body mod I did to this one. I personally didn't like it there either.

I used Sherwin Williams CC939 automotive clear coat. It is great paint but I would not recomend it for models for a few reasons. First it is expensive at about $500 a gallon (350 for clear, 120 for hardener, 75 for reducer). If you need to strip a model if you mess up, purple pond and brake fluid will not remove it. Those methods have to get to the base coat and will strip it away but the clear will come off in sheets. I have used scotch tape to pull the clear off first. Also it seams to bond well to Tamiya and Scale Finishes paint but I have problems with Testors paints. It has pealed off during foiling or additional masking. I have a 70 AMX that I had to strip and start over because the clear lifted right off the paint when I masked for the shadow mask. The real reason I use it is because I have about a quart left over from painting my real car. It is great paint when used properly with a proper base but risky with other model paints. I have not had any issues with it when it comes to decals.

That's funny and thanks.

Thank you and yes, whom ever did the master for this did a great job. My Modelhaus catalog from 2007 does not give any credit. I look forward to building the Revell kit and will get to it. I have both the first Hurst version and the latest Hurst pace car version with all the extra stock parts. I also built a 70 Olds 442 Pace Car convertible resin from All American resin and it is well done also.

It is brush painted over the semi gloss black. I'll thin it a little more so the black shows though the brush strokes and looks similar to real wood.

I considered pearl white with the candy red. It would have made the foil stand out more.

I have not been posting many of my builds so I figured I would post a few and see what you guys think. Here is a 57 Del Rio Wagon built somewhat Pro Touring style. I was going thinking of building it with a 427 Cammer engine for something different. I didn't have one of them in my stash and saw an article using the new Boss 302 motor. I had that and thought why not! I did use the motor and fan shroud along with reworking the air intake parts to get it all to work. I love the way it cam out and looks like it belongs. I also used the rear axle from the Boss 302 kit and had to lengthen the driveshaft. Wheels are from the Revell 59 Corvette kit and work great. Breaks are from the Boss 302. The interior is mostly stock with a floor shifter added for the 6 speed trans along with a custom steering wheel from my parts box. Paint is Tamiya spray TS-30 silver and TS-39 red with real auto clear coat. Fell free to ask any questions or post any comments.

I have not been showing many of my builds so I figured I would post a few of them. Here is one I have had waiting for a long time and I figured I would get this one built. It is a Modelhaus resin 72 Olds 442 convertible along with their 71/72 W30 conversion kit. I bought this stuff back in 2008 along with the Fred Cady decals to do the pace car. Figures that in 2010 Revell releases their kit. I have two of them and will build one some day. This one is based on the Johan kit. Don't worry no Johan original Johan parts were used in this build. The chassis is AMT 69 442. I used Scale Finished Fire Orange and real automotive clear coat. Door handles are from the Revell 66 Chevelle wagon. Please feel free to post any comments or questions.

Revell 70 Boss 302.

Model King AMT 59 Imperial.

Revell 70 Monte Carlo.

Revell 66 Chevelle wagon.

Not exactly, two different resin casters with similar stories. Both with good products and were fast shippers. Aft establishing a good reputation. Things started to fall behind and orders got slower and slower to appear. Stories started about why they are behind or lost shipments. Now we know not to buy as you will either have to wait years if you even get your stuff.

My 07 catalog from Modelhaus has that 92 Roadmaster listed at $40 plus another $4 if you want the hub caps. I think that kit is more complete than what my old book lists for contents. I don't know what the last price was. My 70 Charger RT kit was $59 when I bought it. Last time I looked at that kit it was 75 I think. I know some kits are way more. The most expensive one I bought was the 58 Fairlane convertible with the top and cont kit. $128. I will admit that if these start getting high prices on eBay I may sell some of them if I have not built it. I have sold some Mini Exotics kits and R&R kits because they became worth so much more and the subject was not a must have for me. I originally bought them because I had planned to build them but something else came along. I did have a Mini Exotics 427 Cobra Daytona Super Coupe kit. It needed quite a bit of work but was not a bad buy, I think I had $60 or $70 in it with a Revell 427 Cobra chassis for it. When I learned of the MFH kit of the same subject I wanted that version but it was over $300. A little over a year ago with the exchange rate in my favor I was able to buy it directly from MFH for $245 shipped. I sold the Mini Exotics kit on eBay and got back $125. Most resin kits seem to be a good investment as most of them I have sold for more than I bought. Just don't ask about my R&R 66 Impala, MCW 65 Satellite, and Modelhaus 72 442 convertible. (I just finished building that convertible and bought it in 08 and Revell kit came out in 2010 I think.

He has had this one awhile too. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-EXOTICS-R-D-UNIQUE-1954-CORVETTE-CORVAIR-SHOW-CAR-1-25-Model-Car-Mountain-/381599944736?hash=item58d9211020:g:zQcAAOSwT5tWPhjl

You guys remind me of what John Maxwell said when he was asked why he has not written a book about Business Ethics! He said there was nothing to write. Business is business and ethics is ethics one is not related to the other. Business is a financial agreement between two parties and ethics is how you treat people. You do business ethically or you do not. You bring morals into business or not. That is about who you are doing business with but not what you are doing together.

My order from mid May when they opened the web sight back up and my order from this weekend is almost 1000 orders apart. That is a lot of orderes for under two months.