W-Machine
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Nice attention to detail. I like it.
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I don't think that I've seen a 1:1 Chevy LUV since 1988. Very cool.
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Who wouldn't think that crew cab was cool? Awesome!
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I found a diecast 2014 Chevy Silverado that was nearly identical to my 1:1, so naturally, I had to doll it up to look like mine. Painted the bed liner & wheels, made a few decals, plates, inspection sticker and stuff like that, and it is now my desk nameplate paperclip bin. And yes, I took the 1:1 to a sign shop for the windshield header that reads "Red Menace". It is red, and I am a menace.
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The color really pops. Very nice!
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I like the look of that Mustang. Very cool.
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Wow! Certainly not something you see every day.
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Thank you to all. Getting back to the rich aroma of paint and plastic model cement is helping me to put my life back together. It's therapeutic.
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Excellent color choices for the exterior and vinyl top give it such a nice, factory-fresh look.
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Well, if the Duke boys drove a Poncho...it might look that cool.
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Using the Motor City Resins kit as a basis for this build was a fairly easy conversion. The hood, bumpers, chassis and a few interior parts were sourced from the AMT '69 H/O kit, and the Revell '72 H/O kit provided some parts as well. The styrene scrapyard provided a couple of things. A pretty straightforward build.
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That kit is probably THE best Oldsmobile kit ever released, and your build really looks great!
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Very nicely done, I have one that I need to rebuild some year. Where did you get the cowl stripes for it??
I made them using Windows Word and some decal paper. Took a few tries to get the size to look right, so you do your practice runs on plain paper.
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How cool would that be in 1:1? Very nice!
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My mother-in-law had a "Matadork" in that exact color. I hope to do as nice a job as you did at replicating hers when I get to that kit.
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That is PRECISELY how I would have ordered my 1:1 version. You know, if I had a time machine.
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What's not to like? Very clean, great color choice.
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Nothing too crazy, I used the hood and bumpers/grille from The Modelhaus to turn the AMT '69 442 into a '68. Photoetched scripts and license plate frames. I made the plates, inspection and other stickers, and the '68 Oldsmobile sales brochure and an issue of Collectible Automobile that featured a '68 Cutlass on the cover. Most other stuff was either out of the box or my styrene scrapyard.
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Here's a largely box-stock build of the AMT 1969 Hurst/Olds. I did machine new exhaust tips out of sprue, but otherwise kept it pretty simple. I'm currently working on a companion convertible starting with the Motor City Resins bodyshell. I was pretty pleased with the results here.
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Sweet 'n' clean. I would have ordered mine just like it in October '69, if I had a time machine.
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I like your Riv a lot, because you kept it subtle and classy. The first-gen Rivvie had such clean styling, hard to improve on. Customizing one can be hard, because some guys don't know when to "lift the brush", so to speak.
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Shot propane tanks with a hunting rifle. Crashed cars into utility poles, on purpose. Picked fights, with cops. Homemade explosive devices. I have about 170+ years worth of stupid packed into my life experience. I'm not done yet.
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The laws of physics apply to EVERYONE. And they are, shall we say, "self-enforcing". No matter what your theory about how drunks ALWAYS survive a crash because "they're more relaxed" or whatever (not true), it's probably best not to get good 'n' lickered up before you get behind the wheel.
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Who knew that the glue-sniffers who frequent this site had dating advice? I think that you guys are on to something.
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You really nailed the look. I like that color, the poverty caps, and the slant six.