Maindrian Pace

Hey, 2016 Camrys are pretty nice.

Looks great Ray, I like the B scheme. Never saw one in real life, but I did spot a nice A scheme on a trailer last Wednesday heading west down the 202.

I started this in '94 when the kit was new. I was going for a latter-day McLaren concept, and de-uglifying the new Mustang. I will finish it soon. I'll probably tone the wing down a bit.

I had a friend in the '80s/'90s, since passed away, that used to drink with Von Dutch at the Mill Avenue bridge in Tempe when he lived in Scottsdale back in the early '70s. He told me many stories about his personality, none of them particularly pleasant. Guy had a lot of problems by then.

Very sharp and correct conversion!

I restored this one from a built kit around 25 years ago.

You were 12 when you did that? Amazing! I wouldn't risk a paint reaction with the clear coat, just polish it lightly and preserve it. Tucking the rear tires into the flares wouldn't be a bad thing, though.

You don't say? I used a maybe 15 year old can of Aluma Yellow pearl on this Ford, and it turned out to be the same color. I call it "Nuclear Waste". I used the same can years earlier on a 1:1 dipstick handle, and it came out the correct color. That paint either doesn't age well, or ages very well; depending on how you look at it.

None are my builds, but all built around the time the kits were new.

Builder of bent banana '80s-riffic Chevelle: "I have dreamt of having a yellow chopped Chevelle since I bought my first car back in 1988, which was a Chevelle." He's living the dream, man, the dream!!!!

Try DVAP.

Bob, When I looked this morning, they were gone - little torn picture icons. I just figured it was the usual ten year-old thread stuff. But they are there now, and it looks just as nice as the original reviews had it.

Right on, Dwayne, that's already a big improvement in proportioning. The molding process is a little stressful, mainly in pulling the inner mold out of the body after it is pulled from the outer because it flexes the sides out slightly. But there are tricks to make it hold together: I use thin (maybe .010") sheet aluminum garden flashing and super glue a piece over any joint; plastic to plastic, and especially plastic to resin, as with this Mustang body. Narrow pieces were added behind all spliced pillars, then worked in with red spot putty to smooth the inside of the body surfaces - also important to make de-molding the master and copies as easy on them as possible.

Beautiful job, it all comes together as well as any factory effort. Great lines, and a very appropriate color combination too. A++. Did anyone save any pictures of the OP's model? I never saw it, and it's long gone.

Prime time! Finally got the body in a decent state, time to see it all in one glorious shade of Plastikote T-235. Just a little more body work to go yet. This right side curved upper door character line was obliterated for some reason, so I gave it some new definition. The start of a Cammer: I had the original '67 interior bucket, rear seat, and dash, but nothing else. Add to that a '65 Galaxie steering wheel, buckets, and console. I was going to go for a racier interior with a roll bar, race buckets, no console or rear seat, etc, but I decided to make it a bit more streetable.

I believe that the curved rear 1/4 windows makes that a Superior Criterion ambulance.

Holy cow, that build is superb in every way! I've always liked the '62 Dodge, and I built the convertible back in the early '80s. I painted it red to match Sylvester's car in Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. One of my favorite cars in one of my favorite movies.

Foreign: BMW E9 3.0CSI BMW 2002 Tii Mazda RX4 coupe Early 1rst gen Celica liftback Stock Australian Falcon XC coupe Volvo P1800 coupe Mercedes 280 SL Porsche 356 A or pre-A

I've thought about doing the Custom Mustang for a long time, down to the spectraflame paint. I think the MPC version of the kit even came with that hood.

It's a 1:64 Johnny Lightning. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-lightning-69-Chevy-Blazer-Boondocker-White-Lightning-rubber-tires-LOOSE-/121955573462?hash=item1c651e5ed6:g:-v8AAOSwcBhWW8J5

'55 Lincoln Capri '58 Pontiac Bonneville fuel injected '66-'77 Bronco '68 Cougar 427 GT-E '71 Pontiac Grand Safari wagon '74 Bluesmobile '79 Ford Fairmont Futura

Hey, if that wiper motor is carefully removed from the Moebius firewall, it can be used on the Revell '90 Mustang LX, which doesn't come with one. So it's actually a free gift.

This exact scenario has happened to me, three times or more, but in the 1:1 car world. Someone will PM or email me with an abrupt technical question, I think to myself, "And you are..." answer it nicely and completely anyway, never get a word of thanks, and he'll do it again a couple of more times until I either ignore him or tell him to ask someone else that doesn't mind rudeness in exchange for generosity. But most folks are very nice and appreciative, and it's noteworthy that I've yet to run into this type in the model world.

True, but I didn't mention that because that style export brace was offered for the '64-'65 Falcon and Comet when the cars were new - and you can source reproductions from the parts vendors. Here is one installed above the stock braces, but most owners cut the original braces out to use the new brace.