oldcarfan

I really like your style! This is going to be great.

I saw a restored Mustang II with classic license plates on the highway in front of me.

It's bright white paint. I have an old, I mean 25 years, bottle of Novus. I just checked and it is still good. It is taking some of it off. I just found some sanding sheets so I'll give that a try too. Thanks, guys.

Thanks, I'll have to look into it. It looks like some of the stuff is out of stock. Hope he'll have more!

I could really use some help. I've used Sharpies for detailing for a while without a slip, but guess what? If you sneeze, while using it, you end up with a nasty mark on your nice fresh paint. I have tried regular household cleaners, rubbing alcohol and such. I thought about thinner, but that will attack the paint most likely. Any ideas on something that will remove it and not disturb Dupli-Color paint? Do I have to strip the paint and just start over? Its not in a place where I can just patch it and go. Thanks for any guidance.

I just came from the C1 Models website http://www.c1-models.com and wonder if anyone can either yay or nay them? They have some really nice things. Are they dependable? I've not ordered from an out of the US company before. How is the order process? I didn't see an order from us tab.

You have inspired me. I remembered a similar 1972 Corolla that I have. I bought it 20 years ago to make a model of my first new to me car. I'm going to dig it out and see if I can do something with it.

I have this same kit sitting in its box. I'll be watching to see what you do with it. Enjoy!

Sorry about the slant six, I was thinking of one for a base model, not an AAR.

For trucks: The Revell 50 Ford F1 into a 52 F1 shouldn't be too hard. The AMT 55 Chevy truck would be a nice 55 GMC. The Monogram 40 Ford truck and the Revell 29 truck would be nice with the stock parts back in them. Monogram's 77 GMC would make a nice Jaws Blazer. The Chevy Rescue Van would be nice with the window option again and the Dodge Van could be backdated to the original 73ish version, ideally with the window option again. Maybe some TV tie-ins: Pretty much any mid to late 60s Chevy Camaro and Belairs. They were used in Bewitched. I think I Dream of Jeannie used Pontiacs. A stock non-T/A Firebird and the Monogram 77 Chevy or GMC stepside could be a Rockford father and son set. The S/H Torino could be cool with one of the Revell NASCAR chassis under it. If they did the Mercury variant it could be David Pearson's 76 Daytona winner.

Nice looking! The only thing you could add for accuracy sake is a puddle of transmission fluid under it. My parent's Oddysey is currently on its 3rd tranny. Apparently that is a regular thing for these vehicles. Rueful Lol.

And a slant six! Lol

Probably not a good idea for a model company to take advice from me, but here goes nonetheless! One easy conversion would be to get a 1974-6 Mercury Montego from the S/H kit, as there were only minor deviations from the Gran Torino. It would fit right in for a generic 70s era detective car. Another option might be a Gran Torino Elite or even a mid 70s Thunderbird or Cougar. I'm not sure how popular those would be, however. Of course I'm always up for a Ranchero and a wagon, of any year and since the chassis is already there, I wouldn't say no to a 1972 Gran Torino of any body style. From the 1991 Ford F-250 I could see an F-150. That would pretty much be just a matter of suspension and wheel changes. A 300 inch six for it would be cool, too. Also how about a nice O.J. Bronco from the AMT F-150? The chassis from the 1977(?) Monte Carlo from a few years ago, could probably yield a 1974 Chevelle, Cutlass, etc. One of the various Bandit Trans Ams that have come out could be turned into a base model Rockford style Firebird. It would also be nice to see a 1976 or so chrome bumper Z/28 Camaro and maybe even a lower level Berlinetta from this as well. I just bought a 27 T roadster body from Flintstone, but I would love to see a styrene version based on the 29, maybe a Bonneville style rather than the more modern hot rod style.

These old Japanese cars make really cool rat-style cruisers. Yours is really looking good!

As far as the Gulf blue, I built one of these years ago and found that Krylon made a baby blue that was a very near match to it. Don't know if it is still available though.

Good project!!

I have been collecting these kits. I just got 3 more from Steve Kohler this morning. I recommend him highly by the way. The Porsche and the Ferrari are still factory sealed. The Toyota truck isn't one of the kits I ordered. I found that at my dad's house and just started on it. The Porsche is probably destined to be a Magnus Walker style car. I really love what is called the Outlaw style of Porsche.

This is the Revell Acura NSX from around 1993 or so. It is a nice kit and still holds up well. I built it back when I was in the Navy, then put it away. Time and travel were not kind to it. I came across it by accident the other day and decided to redo it. It's not a glue kit so it can't be called a glue bomb. Maybe a snap bomb? Anyway, it went back together pretty well. I polished most of the scratches out of the windows. The only thing I couldn't fix is that the tires have started to attack the wheels. They are starting to melt just a bit. It was a nice trip down memory lane for me!

He was way ahead of his time. Somet of the things he did became standard practice later on and a lot of the rest were things others were already doing, they just hadn't been caught.

Looks good!

Not too long ago I got on an eBay kick and got sniped. A day later, a similar auction came up and when it closed, the sniper got me again. I looked into it and found out some people use a sniper program to go in and "steal" an auction at the last minute. I was pretty sure that the same guy was doing it both times, so I put in a bid on another of the same item. About a minute before it closed I increased my minimum bid to $62 from $12. I guess his program kicked in and at a couple seconds before it closed he bought the most expensive Monogram Porsche 924 he ever saw. I know it was petty, but I did have a laugh. The next time it came up, I got the kit I wanted for a fair market price.

They haven't had any in my part of Texas for many years. The last time they did was around 8 years ago. I bought 3 Chrysler 300s, an Escalade and a couple of the 65? Lincoln Continentals from them. Cleaned them out.

We just had the Lone Star Roundup in Austin this past weekend. It had some of the best hot rods you could hope to see, mostly home built by young people who are recreating the culture of the 50s hot rodders and build cars reminiscent of the era . Some 20 or so years ago, the hot rod movement was in the same position as our hobby, with an aging (sorry) fan base. The Hot Rod magazine show coverage of the time featured generic Chevy engined cars with pastel paint and those crybaby dolls leaning against the fender. Then along came the rat rodder movement to shake things up and things began to change and grow. I have been trying to get my kids interested in this hobby with no luck. They don't even seem to have any interest in 1:1 cars. Is that God showing his sense of irony? It would be nice it we could figure an angle to bring in new blood here as well.

I came across this interesting article today and thought some of you might find it useful. http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2013/08/21/the-truth-about-smokey-yunicks-78-scale-chevelle/

Beautiful!