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Paint is Krylon short cuts pepper red with gloss black on the lower body. Corrected the muffler's But I need to fix one pipe from the engine to the muffler. The black on the seats was done with fine line sharpies as well as the black on the Rims.

On the amt '66 chassis the rear wheel well juts out so it got trimmed flush to where the jut started from. The chassis behind the wheel well's also needed to be narrowed down on each side. The fire wall/radiator support trimmed on each side that contacts the body. Leave a little of the transmission tunnel so the firewall can attach to the chassis. On the inside of the chassis plate cut the tunnel off till flat to the chassis plate. Also shave some of the front of the rear wheel well's down so the '63 Interior will fit smoothly. This may take a few times to get the adjustments to fit nicely. Note that the wheel backs will also require trimming to fit the body correctly, and the mounting plate on the inside of the front bumper/grill will need to be cut off as well. I also removed the tab that is on the front of the interior as well.

Need to find the missing drive shaft otherwise here's the bottom. Note I added the spare wheel pan from the '63 nova's chassis to the 66's The '66 Nova chassis is a stock chassis.

This is the second copy of the 1963 Nova wagon I got the other day. This copy has a chassis/engine from a AMT '66 Nova kit. The transmission/drive shaft tunnel was removed just behind where the firewall mounts ( left a small loop to attach the fire wall to). The rear wheel well's had to be trimmed down as did the rear chassis plate. I also had to trim down the fire wall/radiator support to fit into the body. The Bodies engine bay was also cut out to allow the detailed engine bay of the '66 nova. I added the turn signal switch, gear shift, and window cranks to the interior of it. The blue on the windshield was done with a light blue sharpie marker. The body is painted Krylon short cuts rose gold, Krylon short cuts gloss white for the roof. Interior colors are Rose gold, off white, and rose gold mixed with flat black for the floor.

Painted a GM dupli color blue with off white roof.

USPS just dropped off the Two '63 Nova wagons I bought from automodels2 on E-Bay...

So this issue is basically a reverse engenering kit that has some corrected parts of an Original issue kit? As this is what they done to the Mack Cruiseliner. Yes the molds would be new, but are based on the old kit with some of the minor issues fixed. and some parts changed in locations. That being said I'll at least buy one so it can be built to look like the one my older brother got for Christmas in 1973. I did a replica of the 4070 a that I got that Christmas already. Then there is my green and white 4070 a, and my non painted cab 4070 a. Note the Red with white was missing the bumper which had since been replaced ,and added to the truck.

I know it wasn't a factory option, But a dealership could do an engine swap according to a nova data site I seen online. It stated that though all '63 nova's top engine was only the inline six, a buyer could have the dealership install a V-8 for an additional ($1,500)The two popular engines were the 283 and the 327. How many buyers paid for the extra is any ones guess. Yanko done his cars at his dealership, Most with non factory options added.

From all that I seen , I Think the inline six will, because this release don't have a metal axle in the front (axle pins instead). It may take a little alteration but I'll know more when the kit's arrive in my hands. The 283 will likely come from the amt '57 Chevy kit (opening trunk version)..

automodels2 sent me a email via ebay that the two I bought were shipped, so hopefully I get them sometime early next week.. One is getting the six banger from an '60 chevy pickup, I updated the engine to look like one that a nova would have. The second Nova will get a 283 V-8 which I read someplace could be done by the dealership for extra cost..

Ebay seller automodels2 has sold out, Thankfully I ordered mine from them before they sold out. The last buyer bought the last 6 of the '63 Nova wagons.

I just ordered 2 of them from them on ebay..

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang wasn't a Disney movie it was United Artist. That kit was one of my grail kit's that I now have built in my collection. I have two Grail kit's I'd still like to have, even though I have resin copies I'd still would like to have the original issue's MPC 1971 Impala Coupe, and the MPC '72 Impala/Caprice.. Iv'e lucked out and have both MPC '68 Impala's Both MPC 69 Impala's not to mention the '73,74,75,76 MPC Caprice's which were all grail kit's for me.

My top 10 1.1968 mpc Chevrolet Impala 2 1969 mpc Chevrolet Impala 3 1973 mpc Chevrolet Caprice 4.1966 mpc Pontiac Bonneville 5. 1968 mpc Pontiac Bonneville 6.1969 mpc Pontiac Bonneville 7. 1973 Ertl International Transtar 4070 A (3 of them) 8 1973 Ertl International Transtar 4270 (4200) {3 of them} 9 1977 Ertl (amt) International Transtar 4300 10.1977 Ertl Transtar II

L.A. Dodgers Tommy "slim fast" Lasorda passed away, he was 93 years young. The slim fast was put in the middle of his name because he did commercials in the 80's for them....

My Cousin is clearing out her mother's home (my Aunt) and I got Item's that were my Uncle Duane's today. Items include: High school Drafting class book that has drawing that he did for classes, three US Buttons (US ARMY) Marksman cross (US Army) , A pair of his eye glasses, pocket knife, Graduation from basic training book from Ft Knox, His wedding photo of him with his bride, And the Folded US Flag that covered his casket. My Uncle died on January 9,1962 In an accident at FT .Hood Tx. He was one of five men killed that day. The troop transport truck hit a Tank which tore off one of the trucks fuel tanks. the Truck caught fire, and according to my late aunt he was sitting near where the fuel tank was. Four of the men killed that day died before help arrived , My Uncle lived long enough to tell them his name at the Hospital before he died from his burns from the accident. Duane was my Dad's Brother. DUANE E HAINLINE 25 Yrs old..

Marion Ramsey age 73, Best known for playing Officer Hooks in the Police Academy movie series..

From 1980 - 1987

Monday at 9 pm at the Hospital news was confirmed by her Partner who was called by the doctors that she had in fact passed away. Intestinal issues compounded by a Urinary tract infection that ravaged her kidneys, liver and gallbladder . Thus causing a blood infection which lead to her passing....

Since I have both the amt Chevy Titan 90/GMC Astro 95 small grill trucks in my collection I opted to update two that I had gotten in 2020. These were done in the later part of 2020, But I never posted them on the forum. The Green and black Chevrolet Titan 90 was a rebuilder I got in a trade deal, and so it was the first conversion I'd done., Wanting to bookend it with the GMC Astro 95. So I bought the recent reissued GMC Astro kit. I like the larger grill look of the later made trucks more than the small grilled one's....

January 1, 2021 my area get hit with freezing rain. January 2, 2021 My Aunt passed away at 2:39 am, This was my late sister's Birthday as well. My aunt lived in the same trailer ct that I do so I would visit her regularly, shovel snow, get her food from the store, sometimes a bucket of KFC Chicken or other take home food from a restarunt . her heart codition which caused fluid retention in her legs had gotten worse in 2020 and having the heart valve issue she had made things worse for her. At least she wasn't hit with covid 19! Luella M Garrett (Hainline) Born April 26,1937 Died January 2,2021

Partly, It's all CGI with Tom Hanks as most of the people in the 2004 Christmas Movie. There are Model rail road set's made in HO and Up of the train. Since there is a '49 ford hubcap in a couple of shot's in the movie that's where I got the idea from. See the photo of a screen shot from Polar Express..

Bruce McGill who played D-Day went on to play Jack Dalton on the Original MacGyver

I actually have the hubcap still. But I left it off for the "lost hubcap look" The idea came from the Movie Polar Express. The hubcap in the movie is from a '49 Ford so I wanted to do a movie tie in to that..

Recently aquired from a trade deal.. I used Krylon short cuts oil rubbed bronze for the body, Krylon satin boot's brown for the interior. The driver lost a hubcap which ended up in a boys bedroom (POLAR EXPRESS)