Modelmartin

Those ducks are a lot better to have around than the infernal Canadian geese we have around here. They are just giant pooping machines and they are hundreds of them in our parks. It gets so you can't walk around some of them.

Certainly not my cup of tea but it is kind of cool. It does drive which is more than you could say about a lot of American showrods. The Europeans are more into that kind of thing than we are. A guy in England did the same thing to a Mini and I think it was lower than the Beetle. He drove it on the street and was legal. He put in a big sunroof to see traffic lights.

That is a Japanese 1/16 37 Packard that was sold in the US by Entex. I believe they also did a sedan.

I have been using a bathroom fan on my booth for almost 30 years now. Yes, The same one! I should think there was some other factor going on for your friends explosion. One can only speculate and I won't. Best wishes for his recovery.

She's Italian. Tie her hands behind her back!!

There was a Duesenberg Derham sedan that Bohman & Schwartz chopped in about 1935 or so.

It needs a polka-dot clown suit paintjob and an orange wig on the roof.

You forgot to block out the hubcap badges. Knew the make anyway.

That is an excellent build of an unusual and very cool car. I like it a lot. Have you considered doing the first Peanuts funny? It was a 65 or 66 4 door Ford LTD hardtop. It was red with a vinyl top. I think the story was that the body was made by Ford for a commercial where they placed the car on top of a rock formation and had a model pose next to it. I remember the commercial from when I was a kid. He found the body somewhere and turned it into a funny car. It had a 392 hemi.

Gotta disagree on the chrome issue, Art. Even among Dueseys, I would guess that maybe only 20% of them had chrome wires when new. Page through the Elbert or Roe books and see what I mean. The showcars, Hollywood star owned, and very high-buck ones did. Of course every restored car from the 60s on had them chromed when restored. Thank goodness they are starting to get away from that a bit. Ditto on the whitewalls. Although they were more common than chrome wheels they certainly were not on every car! The chromed spokes and painted rims are a good look!

This is from the November 1955 Hot Rod. It was a NHRA national meet in Allentown, PA. The logo on the truck door says Queens Auto Wrecking ___ Roosevelt Ave. I thought it was a really cool pic and would make for some great inspiration for you rat rod builders! The caption reads "Here's the way to go to the drags. Members of the Long Island Timing Association loaded four competition cars on auto transport."

Two things to add here. These were generally custom ordered and any color could be ordered so if you don't feel the need to copy a particular car anything you like will do. The Classic Car Club of America does accept any color on coachbuilt cars. Also Chrome wire wheels were rare when these cars were new. It was much more common to have them painted one of the body colors with a bright hubcap and sometimes a trim ring around the rim. Those plastic wires in the kit will look better painted.

Hey Harry and Gregg! Maybe they make aftermarket kits that you could purchase and install on your Mustangs! Wouldn't that be awesome?!!!

I saw the test shots on display at NNL Milwaukee in April. The new tools are outstanding. Bill Lastovich was there and told me that management decided to pony up the bucks for a correct all the way through Chi-Town even though it can't be recycled into any other releases! I am impressed that they would do that. The Hawaiian is different enough from the Polar lights to be worthwhile and there will be multiple releases of that tooling eventually. I was never overly impressed with the Polar Lights Hawaiian. It is a good kit but was generic. The body was a styrene copy of the resin Good Stuff body! If you compare the kit to pics of the real thing there are many differences in body, frame, etc. For me it's no big deal. I can make the changes and be pretty happy with it. I just don't think that because PL made one that it negates the Revell-ogram release. I will definitely buy both of them! And I already have the PL kit.

Ditto! My wife thinks it's a cool hobby and business and knows that I am responsible with our money. Most of my model car friends who know her thinks she should be cloned!

I always thought these two guys could be twins. Bobby Labonte and George Clooney!

Ok Harry! I actually laughed at that one! Dumb enough to be truly funny!

Cool subject! I will look forward to seeing you finish this one.

What next? Shelby Pinto?

Love it! That goes in the Hall of Fame for weird sponsorships! Mr. Donut in Japan. Great build on the bike, too!

At one point in the 70s my dad had 3 65 Imperials - a Crown like the one pictured and a Convert and a Lebaron. They were pretty nice cars but they take a lot of work to keep all the stuff in them working. I remember my dad's cars needing new rear leaf springs, exhaust sysyems(full length duals - $250.00 in '75!),trannies going out, power windows and seats being less than co-operative. They looked great, were pretty fast in a straight line despite their mass with a 325 HP 413 engines, and were very comfortable. You are probably better off not having the $2500. because that's just the down payment!

Very cool!I always loved the oddball race cars. Looks real good.

That looks very nice. Are you going to attempt the Deluxe trim around the beltline?

I say almost real because the car is a replica. It is a 1/1 model! Edit by HP: TMI!!!!

I had that article clipped and in my "weirdness" file! It is from the September 52 Motor Trend. I think there was a Popular Mechanics article on this thing too. The on the move oil change and tire change was explained there. First off it was 'just' a $7,000 car. That story got better in the re-telling!! Actullay, it looks like the non-stop thing wasn't implemented yet. If you want the full size scans PM me with your e-mail and I will send it off to you.