Maindrian Pace

Great restoration, color, and wheel choice, and the car sits just right. I like your photo surface, it looks like smooth graded dirt with tire tracks. Very realistic. -MJS

Because you are moving the rear of the roof upward and forward, the B pillar can be bent back slightly to give it the proper angle, instead of straight up as supplied. The pillar spacers are Plastruct strip pieces measuring just a hair under 1/16" on the B and C pillars, and just over 1/16" on the A pillars. Because the A pillars are at more of an angle than the others, they rise less with the same spacers so thicker spacers are necessary to raise the roof level. Check the fit of everything with tape before you commit to the glue. When it all looks good, let the glue fly. I use good 'ol Testors toob gloo for my chops (and un-chops) because you can move the parts around a bit to finalize the fit. Then I touch it up with Hobbytown medium CA and kicker for extra strength and for minor body filler at the joints. Better? Total time to get to this point: 5 hours, 30 minutes, with one break. Next time, we'll talk about those rear wheel wells, the trunk lid, and where to get the best Chinese food. -MJS

The roof is to low. The world truly has come to an end. Revell is the Devil. I'm so disappointed, I think I'll switch hobbies. Boo hoo. Let's fix it. This will be a replica of my 1992 LX. This pic was taken at a dead-on side view at 30 feet with telephoto to minimize lens distortion and show what the actual car looks like. I'll have to kitbash it into an automatic with power windows and A/C, not a problem. That roof, however, will need some work. I cut it along these marks. Whack it free with the razor saw. The angles of the A and C pillars are right on, the roof was lowered along those planes. When you chop a top like that, you must lengthen it, which is what they did. Use tape as a guide to cut the roof in half like so, then a sheet of sand paper on a piece of glass makes a perfect broad flat file to reduce the two halves. Reduce a little at a time, checking the alignment of the pillars as you go. -MJS

You would think that they would have this problem under control, especially with later diecasts and toys... This one really frosted me. 20+ years ago, I restored a rare gluebomb AMT '69 Cobra Jet coupe, and now the dreaded tire melt. Only on one wheel, though. Now I wrap the wheels where the tire makes contact with narrow strips of masking tape. We'll know in another 15 or so years if that works. -MJS

Excavators - serious business. You should see what they can do to a car. -MJS

Outstanding fit and finish, very unique subject matter, love the color scheme and the stance. -MJS

I do have a dog in the fight, and I still don't have a kit. I doubt that Revell will change the roof, because that would mean all new glass as well. I'll just buy one and do a model of my daily driver. With all of the black window trim painted, they don't look that bad, and very good next to older Mustang kits that are much more out of proportion. -MJS

Great looking MK II GTI, those are a very worthwhile car to restore. Now pretend that you are an episode of Wheeler Dealers, and go all Edd China on it! -MJS

The good thing about P-J is that when you see how much he wants for common parts, you either buy the whole kit from another seller for a few bucks more, or you fire off an order to the Modelhaus or one of the other good casters in the biz. Then you thank ol' Peej for bringing you back to your senses and making you do the right thing. -MJS

Looks like a $3 eBay glue bomb. -MJS

The tires were also pictured in white in many vintage advertisements of the day in artists' renderings, and properly stored archived publications were not susceptible to the same discolorations as photographs. Fanciful artwork aside, the tires were most likely off-white, yellowish or slightly tan, but mostly white. -MJS

A tiny minority of troublemakers exists on every board. They are easy to ignore, place on ignore lists, or ban; at which point they go somewhere else to be unhappy. Life goes on, nothing wrong with this forum. -MJS

Corvorado - actually based on a '70s Corvette. The conversion did nothing for the handling. -MJS

Some time ago, I became addicted to watching demo derby videos on YouTube, and that car looks pretty much exactly like modern prepped derby cars. Really impressive. It amazes me how much effort goes into a car like this - almost as much as in some race cars - to be used up in such a short time. Derby people are a devoted bunch. -MJS

Looks like I'll have to shave the window cranks and add door pockets to make it a power window '92. -MJS

I think it was mentioned that those decals were photoshopped, the kit decals will hopefully be better. -MJS

Great job on the car, and great movie with a pre-insane Charlie Sheen. -MJS

Túlio, Whenever I open one of your threads, I expect to see a beautifully built Ford, and you always deliver. And this Fairlane shows that you are getting better with each one too. -MJS

Great job on a kit seldom seen built. I have one, and they are nice kits. -MJS

'79-'86 LTD/Crown Vic '74-'75 Monaco C-tub The Coronet/Sattelite and the Fox LTD. -MJS

They should bring back the GT and put this engine in that. -MJS

Of course you would take the Veyron over this, it's more than a million dollars more. The article stated that the regular 662HP GT500 tops at 202, and that the top speed of this car has not been announced. -MJS

Uh, they expect those tires to hook 1,200 BHP to the ground? -MJS

It actually doesn't look that bad right now. But it is paper-thin and pretty much still destroyed. -MJS

I live less than four miles from the Main street lots where it was filmed, that area is almost totally unrecognizable from the late '70s. -MJS