Jim B

The Plate Shack has just about every type of plate you can think of (including commercial, apportioned, antique, etc.) for all US States & Canadian Provinces from the 1920s through today.

Thanks, Richard. I thought the Revell Snap kit only had the custom mag wheels & lowered ride height. Maybe I'm thinking of a different kit.

So, I guess this discussion begs the question: what is a good kit for a stock 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air?

Never thought about the clear tape. Seems like a good idea. I've gotten several plates from The Plate Shack: http://www.plateshack.com/ and from Jim Moini's License Plates: http://moini.net/index.html. Then I just basically do the same thing Brian does: download, resize & print on paper. Can't do custom from these sites, though.

It's about a 1968-73.

Tamiya makes a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air?

That looks great. Time to get that over to Davin at Hagerty!

Well, that solves that mystery! I even searched "AMT kit 029-5539", but this didn't come up. Didn't think about MPC. Actually got the parts from a modeler in Canada back in 2018, but there was no return address on the box with the White-Wester Star in it. Post mark was Ottawa.

Maybe. I really have no idea. Searching for "Revell kit 029-5539" brings up just about every imaginable type of kit from the USS Constitution, to aircraft, & Star Trek.

Several years ago, I purchased, or traded for, an AMT White-Western Star kit; and this was in the box as a "bonus": It even says so on the plastic wrap. The tree is labeled 029-5539. Does anyone have any idea what kit this might have come from? Looks like dragster parts to me.

Looks really nice, Graham. You're right, they sure take up a lot of room.

Looks pretty good. Well done.

Nice looking Type-95. Well done.

I haven't built a 1957 Chevrolet either, and I have been considering this kit. So there are a couple of us out there. I did an AMT 1955 Bel Air back in October 2019, though.

Looks great. Well done.

Nice job on the Peterbilt, Jason. If I remember correctly, when I built this kit (and the snap W900), I had the same issue. From what I remember, the pins on the grill are too long & hit the radiator. Check into that. It might be your issue, too.

That looks great. Well done.

Great looking landing gear. I like the added details.

Great looking old school Peterbilt. Well done.

Nicery done.

That's pretty cool. I like your photography, too.

Fantastic detailing. Very well done.

That's pretty cool. Nice job.

Great looking bombers.

Great looking Reo. Very nice! I see the door logos are for Old Forge. There is an Old Forge, NY, not far from me up in the Adirondacks.