Steven Zimmerman

Randy used to cast a body for this that had the '57' side chrome and the tail fins removed, with later model 'vette tail lights in a rolled rear pan...was pretty neat !....'Z'

I believe Race Motor Replicas....

.....Gwtting...crazIER, don't you mean? (grin)

I see this in the newspapers a lot; "we need to REIGN IN our spending ", instead of 'rein'.....I rememner debate club in 10th grade where the topic was compulsary arbitration, where my opponent called it "COMPULSARARY" Arbitration; I scored big points when I gave him a grammar lesson as part of my rebuttal....

Mufflers aren't chrome, they're POLISHED STAINLESS !...........GRIN.'Z'

Ya need some armor all on dem tires, bud.... (GRIN)....actually, I'm serious....Our tires always had 'SHINE" in the day !....'Z'

Last year for my birthday (one week before Christmas) my wife bought me an aluminite resin starter kit. one of the best gifts EVER ! Now we make a trip to Hobby Lobby twice a month...she makes jewelry, I need resin; those online 40% off coupons are great !.....'Z'

I glue them all.

Nice job! Is that an AMT Olds frame?

The bottom one is stock, came with a small V8

Whether the work is 'good' or not, the creativity factor is A+.Sometimes ya gotta jes get down n dirty, when the juices flow....If you think it could be improved, BUILD ANOTHER ONE, and clean up the areas you didn't approve of on the first one....'Z'

The front suspension from any AMT Ford NASCAR kit adapts quite easily to this frame, if you cut the NASCAR framr immediately behind the 'A' arm mounts, and cut this frame just in front of where the front frame starts its first downward bend. I have done about 10 of these.

The front suspension is not accurate. The rear suspension , with a little work...OK, maybe a lotta work, is quite useable.

I have used it (with modifications) under the AMT 66 Nova, Jimmy Flintstone 60 Chevy sedan delivery, the AMT 67 anf up fleetsides, and a bunch of other bulds...I love it....'Z'

My kids grew up fine, knowing that if they used a tool they had to put it back. And I had all the tools to do body work, rebuild engines, paint guns, plus all the tools you need to build a house. My kids are grown and moved out on their own...My problem ?....gettin my WIFE to put them back. I have 5 of those nice 25 foot tape measures, and a place for each- but go to use one, and i have to hunt everywhere! Thought I had a solution, bought her her own toolbox and tools to keep under the kitchen sink....yeah....RIGHT ! If i ask her where she put a tool I KNOW she used, she gets that bewildered innocent look on her face, "I never used it...."

I like it.

Channellock manufactures a myriad of small tools perfect for us model builders. I lobbied for years, to get them to advertise in the hobby mags and to produce user specific tools we could use, but my pleas fell on deaf ears. My wife makes jewelry, you should SEE some of the tools they have....'Z'

Yes, it is a factory; no it is NOT a factory producing SEARS products.

To Johnny in illinois, if you re read my post I said there IS no Sears factory....your statement fell under "was"...(GRIN)....'Z'

fourth from the left, with blue / red handles....mfg by Channellock, inc.

Nice to see you have a set of Channellock pliers on that rack. They're about the only tools "Made in America" any more.

Channellocks - a term used for almost all generic slip joint pliers, but a term that is registered as a trademark by Channellock, Inc., my employer for the last 31 years. incidentally, the blue color on Chabnnellock tools is also a registered trademark, and has been proven in court, refering to a certain shade of blue in the color spectrum, and extending to several shades on either side of it. Incidentally, when I started at Channellock in 1980, just about all hand tools sold by Sears (Craftsman) were manufactured by Channellock, until the business went to China....There is NO 'Sears' factory, they have ALL their products 'farmed out' so to speak.

If your primer adhered where it was heavily sanded and not where it was lightly sanded, this tells me you did not have all the release agent cleaned off the body, regardless of what you washed it with. There is no other explanation I can think of.

Nice job on a model you seldom see finished...Just picked one up myself !..'Z'