mr moto

WOW! That's a beautiful job! With a start like that, you'll be building contest winners before you know it.

Here's that 59 Lincoln I rehabbed a while ago. It's amazing what a little elbow grease, some Alclad and a few parts from Modelhaus can do!

Great job so far! Fixing up old glue bombs is a fun thing to do. A couple of years ago I did a '59 Lincoln that I got cheap off of Ebay. The paint and some of the parts fit never came out as good as I wanted but it displays well and was a lot of fun. I'll have to post some pictures when I can locate them. BTW, if you like Mr. Obsessive's up top idea, I have one that I think I can spare. Beware: It's pink!

WOW! This is great stuff! A lot of excellent tips and a subject of particular interest to me. The first car I can ever remember was the 1950 Merc that my family owned when I was a kid. Back then they were just used cars - not classics yet! I've been wanting to build one completely stock. I've NEVER seen that done before. They're always chopped, channeled, etc. which is totally cool but they were pretty cool right off the showroom floor, too. I'll definitely be following this one!

I've decided to do a new take on my avatar build. That's the old Glencoe/Lindberg Flying Saucer kit. I think the kit has about 8 parts total but I love it. This time out it gets an engine (Double Trouble early hemi) and there will be body (fuslage?) mods that I haven't done yet. What I have in mind is '59 Caddy tail fins. The original kit has a cockpit about 1/4" deep and only the head and upper torso of E.T.'s uncle so I've opened up the cockpit to full depth. A bucket seat from a Studebaker Avanti fits right in (wouldn't you know it!) and the pilot's head is getting matched up to an old Ulrich Mini-man body. Just havin' some fun with this one!

WOW! That's a beauty! I'm guessing it's the Modelhaus resin kit - gotta try one of those someday. I had a friend in the early 70's who had a solid black 1950 Nash with no gloss left on the original paint. Very sinister looking! Sort of a fat fendered rat rod. It was nicknamed "the Beastie." Talk about some room inside! I think you could have a barn dance in the back seat.

I hope everybody in DMCC apreciates just how cool it is that they have a model CAR club! I'm envious. There's a local model club that I belong to and it's full of great guys with a lot of skills but they're all military/aircraft/sci-fi builders. They just don't understand the car guy thing!

WOW! I think that's what it's supposed to look like! Great eye to see the potential in that kit!

Yeah, when I started building 1/25 was as big as 1/12 is now!! Must be those bleepin' **!#@?^ bean counters tryin' to cut costs on plastic!!

I'm on board with Mr Obsessive and Ed Shaver about the Studebakers! I could make a whole list of my favorite ones that I'd like to see but what's the point? Well, okay, how about a 62/63/64 GT Hawk? Does this one look okay or what?

So that's what happened to Rat Fink!!

I have no personal experience with this since I don't do any machining and, of course, the ultimate answer is "try it and find out" but I have seen someone in the local club make parts by lathe turning tooth brush and screwdriver handles.

COOL!! This is what it's about!

I do it one of two ways. You can buy after-market distributors that are either ready to wire (already have holes in them) or even pre-wired. Some are resin (plastic) some are machined aluminum. I like the resin ones from Replicas and Miniatures. The other way is to make my own slightly oversized distributor from a piece of kit sprue. Very low budget and it works. You just need very small drill bits and a pin vice to drill the holes for the wires.

That just shouts "HOT ROD!!!!" That looks great! I might be getting the itch to build something like that.

I luv it, man! The look is so clean and the paint is beautiful. Great work. That's what I call "style"!

That shot from the rear could be Real or Model material! Great job!

That's beautiful! Gotta be one of the best looking cars Ford ever made and you captured it perfectly. The interior looks like you could slide behind the wheel and drive away - and I'd love to!!

I haven't checked on that color but Model Car World does custom mixed factory colors for many cars. This would be for airbrush use. You might be needing rattlecans. http://www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/

I thought they didn't worry about that kind of thing on British cars!

I said model on this one and when I did I was absolutely convinced but the more I look at it the less sure I am!

Welcome!! It's good to see another oldie but goodie (like me!) joining up. Your Duece looks great!

That is TOO COOL! I've always loved the '32 Ford Vicky look but I never thought about how great it would be on a Willys or maybe a...??? Great imagination. I think that's the best part of this hobby!

Very, very sweet! I'll bet that was a lot of fun to build. It sure is fun to look at!

Man, your neigborhood has a better class of dumpster than mine does!