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I think it's pretty cool, regardless of Harry's nitpick. Besides, they don't look chrome to me...just sun baked.

Sweet.

Looks great...and somehow I'm now having flashbacks of a bunny with a pancake on his head.

Good clean work...nice.

Heh. Cool!

I built the 'Vette Van when I was about 10 years old, and gave it to a good friend of mine who'd recently been badly injured. No doubt I did it up like BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH, but I've never forgotten the kit and still think it's a pretty cool kit. One of these days I'll build it again. Some small Cibie headlights would fit right in with the whole Corvette sedan delivery thing. I mean come on...they both scream 70's show car circuit. It'd be rad. Krass n' Bernie rad.

Looking good, Ron. I'm just waiting on some rear tires before I move along some more on mine. I should have them early in the week, so I'm seeing if I can squeeze out a quickie build before they get here.

For a crack in that particular spot, I'd use a liquid cement such as Ambroid or Tenax. You may need to open the gap as Jim mentioned above, but because of the capillary action nature of these adhesives, you'll only need to open it up ever so slightly. Just be careful...if there is only a very small amount of plastic holding the point together, the liquid cement can soften it enough to come apart the rest of the way. It's not that big of a deal if it does (or already is completely separated), it'll just force you to make sure that you get the piece lined back up perfectly rather than holding itself in position. If you're lucky, the body isn't torqued and you can let it sit in its natural position to cure before moving on to the next step. If not, find a way to hold it true while it cures up (tape, a little weight, whatever gets the job done). Give it a few hours, at least. Finally, take your razor saw, a photo-etched saw blade, or a panel scriber and create a cut line on the backside of the pillar. It doesn't need to be much...just wide and deep enough to fit a piece of metal wire inside it, along with a little superglue. Make it extend far enough beyond the break point to ensure a good hold (as far as you can reasonably cut your trough for the wire without creating even more work for yourself, basically). Grab a piece of hard wire. Guitar string, one of those little wire christmas ornament hangers, whatever...as long as it's not flimsy but still thin. Fit it to the trough you made, and superglue it in. You won't need to go overboard...just secure the wire completely and fill the trough. Anything more, and you'll start interfering with your windshield fit. If you have some CA kicker, kick it for an instant cure. Sand or file any lumps 'n bumps back out if you ended up with any, and there ya go. Good luck.

Pretty cool. Your wife has good taste.

Should work...but the emphasis there is on the "should". It doesn't always. When in doubt, always shoot a piece of scrap with the combo you want to use. Preferably from the same kit the body came from.

Nice lookin' rework.

Pretty cool. Looks like something you might see in the pits at a local track @ the 60's/early 70's.

Nice!

Uh oh...we may both end up working on leiferwagon projects at the same time...I'm going to do a phantom 3t version of the 1.5t Opel Blitz panel. Neat holy roller, btw.

That came out pretty cool, Rich. Very different look for a '32.

I clicked on your link to the Christine Movie Car page. Not to be intentionally disagreeable, but the engine in the car on that page is clearly copper in color.

They sure did. Typical '60's type tooling, but the body is captured well. 1/25 scale. There's a promo convertible, as well. I don't believe anyone did the 2 door Impala you're looking for, but I do know there was at some point a resin 4 door available. It may have been an Art Anderson offering, but don't quote me on that one. Someone will chime in to correct or confirm. I know I do still see them pop up occasionally on ebay, and it could be converted with some work.

Pretty cool.

Real nice...both the 1:1 and the 1:25! And am I the only one who is thoroughly entertained by the screws? Seriously, the irony there brought a huge grin to my face.

Thumbs up on having a '50 Dodge. I had a '52 Plymouth for a short time, and highly regret letting it go. /highjack

If you're going with a red version, then there's no real need to be concerned with the orange bleeding through. The worst it can do is make your red a tad brighter over time, which in turn itself will likely darken a tad anyway.

Smells like another good one, Rich. I did one up stock not long after they came out. I keep thinking I'll get around to doing another as a kustom, but something else always ends up taking priority. Maybe you'll get me off my butt!

Not my cup 'o tea car-wise, but that's some good clean work. Nice job.

Yeah, Bill, I guess my post did come out like I want to buy a purpose-(already)built metal lathe. I'm way too cheap and pseudo-crafty for that. lol. Whatever I end up with, it'll be something I put together to suite my needs. But it will be built for turning metal...that's the part I was meaning to get across.

What Bill said. I use my Dremel to turn plastic quite often, and it works well enough...for the most part. I've even gotten away with turning brass and aluminum a few times, but they were just small parts and needed minimal machining. Anything else metal-wise really does call for something built for turning metal. A mini metal lathe is one of my most wished-for tools.