Sport Suburban

I wonder if your rear bumper is like mine. My 72 has some serious sink marks in the rear bumper. I thought it was glued but when I took it apart it was snapped and no glue was used. The chrome on mine is shot. So I was planning on filling it in and getting it rechromed.

Don't be afraid to try something different. I like stock Muscle Cars and I really like pro touring cars. My only suggestions is if you go pro touring don't build it as a stock body with the big wheels. Stay away from stock colors also. I would lower it some more but not scraping pavement. Shave off the handles and marker lights.

Yes, they had 2 more. Bring your 40% coupon. I went for some gloss black paint and left with more.

I just picked up this kit at Hobby Lobby. I'm surprised that they had it in stock this soon.

His stuff is great but his wait times can be rough. Patience is defiantly needed but so worth it. I have his Cobra Daytona Coupe (5 month wait), Corvette Gran Sport roadster (4 month wait), 62 Corvette (15 month wait) ,61 Corvette (18 month wait). And two of his GT40 engines. The Corvettes I order just after one was featured in the Model Cars mag. The demand was higher because of the coverage. I got the 62 just before the Revell kit hit the shelves. All my orders were though Strada Sports and my credit card was not charged until he received the order and was ready to ship them to me! I also knew that his wait times were long when I placed the orders and was fine with it. Also as a note to Harold and his customer service. I had bought the Cobra Daytona Coupe 6 or so years ago. I started building it a few years ago. I noticed I was missing the two front inner fenders. I contacted him about it and he sent me the missing parts at no charge.

I need to sell my set now!

By the way, I didn't use anything else from the 73 kit. It was a donor for one of my 70 Cougar restorations. So most of the parts are going for that build.

Wow, Thanks everyone. Now to answer a few questions. The color is Testors Model Master custom spray enamel Turquoise Metallic #2945. I decanted it and sprayed it with my airbrush. I liked this color so much that I am also painting a 60 Thunderbird convertible with it. The model itself is mostly right from the kit. This issue has these wheels and the 428CJ engine. As for the convertible boot. It came from this issue 73 Cougar. I don't know if all of the issues have the boot or not. I did add the dog legs to the 69 tub. I just used some flat styrene and putty to do that.

Here is one that I have been wanting to build for some time now and had finally got around to doing it. This is a 69 Cougar 428CJ convertible. This started out as the 428CJ coupe kit. Not much was needed to turn this into a convertible. I cut the top off and used the boot from the 73 Cougar kit. That kit has a convertible boot even though it is only a hardtop kit. Leftover part from the 70 Cougar kit days. I changed out the front bumper for an older issue that had the bumper guards. Then added the trunk rack from the 72 Corvette kit. Let me know what you think of this one?

Looking really good. One small suggestion, sand off the hood pins from the hood and use the photo etch ones. The ones on the hood are in the wrong spot. They should be in the lower section closer to the fender right next to were they are now. That has always bothered me about that hood. That and the fact that the shaker is missing the grills.

Thank you, those funny car parts have been sold long ago. They were pretty popular too.

I have had some bad kits and made them better. To me that is some of the challenge. But my first real surprise was in the late 80's. I finished the Revell 70 Superbird and had built the MPC 71 Superbird. I still have both those builds today. I wanted to complete the set and got the AMT 69 Daytona. What a shock that was and the directions even listed the use of putty. I did build it but it became a donor later on.

Here is a pic of the stuff that was available from Replicas and Miniatures.

See next post! Duplicate, sorry.

Thanks again everyone. I really enjoy restoring these old subjects that you don't see much of. This one was probably one of the hardest ones I have ever attempted to restore. Mainly it was finding all the parts I needed to build it stock. All the build ups I could find were drag versions. The hardest part to find was the interior tub. I ended up buying a promo and resin casting that tub for my build. Also with the prices that Johan kits go for now, just buying donor kits was getting expensive. The best solution was resin casting for all the missing parts I needed to build these AMC Javelins. So coming soon in my pile of projects is a 68 Javelin SST, 70 Javelin Dan Gurney edition(stock muscle car not the race car), 74 Javelin AMX, plus all the stock 2 seat AMXs (68, 69 and 70).

This is another one of my recently finished models. This one is pretty much built right from the box. It is Revells 55 Chevrolet Bel Air Pace Car convertible. This is a very nice kit that I really enjoyed building. I only had one issue with mine. The kit decals were bad and would not stick to the body. That was a first for me they had also yellowed badly and while it was not noticeable on the red panels, it was obvious on the white sections. I found some Fred Cady decals on eBay to finish it up.

Decals came from Mike Coleman, whom I found on Facebook. The paint is Testors guards red in the bottle. I airbrushed it on and covered the whole car in automotive clear coat.

I did struggle on that issue. I had decided to build it as issued by Johan. I would like a better more detailed chassis and engine compartment. Once it is on my shelf I rarely open it up. My only deviation from Johan in the outside rear view mirror. It's Revell 68 Firebird. I do have the Johan bull it mirror but just could not put it on this one. Thanks everyone for all the great comments. I do appreciate them.

Here are a few photos of the body work. Both bodies did strip well and you can see that in these photos. You can also see the resin replacement cowl and core support.

Here is some of what I started with. These pictures are from the eBay auction. I had to use parts of both of these bodies to build this car. The blue body is what I chose to start with. I needed to replace the cowl with a resin piece that I had cast. I also had to use the uncut rear wheel openings from the red/blue body. You can see that they were enlarged on the blue body.

I thought I would take the time and show off one of my builds that I finished up earlier this year. I have not been posting much of my stuff or even taking photos of what I have been up to. Here is one of my big restoration projects. This took a few years to gather everything up and get the project going. This is a Johan 69 Javelin SST that I built starting with two broken up bodies that I will post up also. But first here is the finished build. Any questions just ask and I will do my best to answer them.

Dude!

The fact that the part was changed and the part number was not is proof that somebody was hiding something. Anytime the part is revised or a change is made in any way they have to change the part number. This is required by the industry and even happens when a vender change is made. This is done so they can track any emerging issues.

It seems like it is all AFX N Scale stuff. Maybe her ex is rdxsfan2!

I read that the 70 Cuda that they raced was closer to stock and was not as competitive. The 71 car was an all new car with many mods that they got away with. First thing that comes to mind is the wheelbase on the 71 car was altered. It measured out to spec but both the rear suspension and front suspension were moved foward the same amount. That was one of the reasons the 71 car has sheet metal inner fenders.