Monty

I'll never get to own one of these Ambassadors due to high costs and scarcity, but seeing this one built so nicely almost makes up for that.

I'm glad somebody talked you into posting this! I love the color combination you chose and it looks like you've done some nice paint detailing on the engine and interior. Welcome to the board. I hope we'll get to see more of your work soon.

Anne, if you're not able to find the Tamiya wash, Testors has just released 5 new enamel washes. http://www.testors.com/category/562121/Enamel_Stains Click on the bottles in the link for the part number and description. Your hobby store probably won't stock these, but most will be happy to order them for you. I've already got #2183 (Oil and Grease stain) on order. It should work well for old, tired engines etc.

Here ya go, Anne. http://oldmansmodels.com/id76.html Worth every penny. As far as buying paints, they're getting more expensive every day, but you can get around that if you're not in a huge rush. Every once in a while Tower Hobbies offers free shipping on orders over $25.00, and someone on here will announce it. This is the time to get things you'll use over the long term, such as bottles of Model Master Metalizer. It wouldn't hurt to have an assortment of quality sable brushes either.

1) I'm looking for a set of 1/24 15" 5-slots. These will be for a street machine, so the appearance should be more along the lines of an Ansen Sprint than, say, a Halibrand-type look. I know there are tons of the old Monogram 5-slot wheels, as well as the Japanese/Arii/Ma's Resin versions, but if there is another alternative, please let me know the kit or other source. 2) I'd love to have this Centerline wheel in 1/24 and 1/25. http://www.stangfix.com/testforum/gallery/7/980-100211083518-7407950.jpeg Does anyone recall if they were ever part of a kit? Bonus points if you can remember the name of the wheel. Google reallllly let me down on this. 3) Did Monogram ever issue a set of 1/24 15" Hurst wheels in any of their kits? IIRC, they came out in 1965. Were they still considered a viable wheel in 1970? New - Looks like the originals were 14" & Hurst stopped production in 1969.

I recently completed a trade with another board member for one of those XJS kits. Based on what I've seen in the box, Hasegawa seems to have put a lot of work into this kit. Any pics of yours yet?

Blair, that's an amazing build of that kit! Love the stance, the wheels and most of all, the color. Please tell me what paint you used on this.

Once again, Brett knows all! Thanks! Apparently I should've been looking in the Military paint section. I've noticed that hobby stores rarely have extra space for new items like these, so you'll probably have to buy them off the 'net. You can get them directly from Testors, but Scale Hobbyist has them for more than a $1.00 less per bottle.

I'm sure I saw something like this in the last day or two, but since I was looking for something else at the time, I failed to make a note of where I'd spotted these items. It certainly wasn't on Testors' site; they're terrible about announcing new paints/colors etc. The bottles looked to be the same 1/2 oz units that MM uses for their other paints, and IIRC, the part number has 4 digits and starts with 21 (ie, 21xx). Thanks for any info you have on this!

Turned out nice,Ray!

The wheels and tires are most likely from early '70s Monogram street rod kits.

This might be easier to answer if you told us what you were trying to accomplish. For example, Bill's suggestion would probably be great for most things, but wouldn't be as practical for something like changing the color on a set of multi-spoke wheels.

Important question: do those wheels have 4 lugs or 5? A quick Google search showed that there are a lot of 4-lug wheels out there for 1:1 Civics. Maybe they're meant for the older ones.

Casey's right on this. Here's another option: Humbrol offers tinlets of clear enamel red #1321 & clear enamel orange #1322 that work well for this kind of thing. You can get them from redfroghobbies.com or your local HobbyTown.

A positive attitude like that is an excellent way to begin. As you've said, this board has several quality casters, which, to my way of thinking, can only make modeling an even more pleasant experience. I happened to bring up Danny's site because he offers two versions of that Mopar wheel (standard & deep). In addition, if you've purchased parts from him before, you already know how high his quality standards are. I look forward to seeing what you have to offer. If the Pentastar boys are as underrepresented as you say, you may have a small gold mine on your hands.

Fred, would you consider posting up some pics of the car, especially the WIP stuff? For some reason I can't get enough of those old MPC 'Vettes, and I don't think I've ever seen this one built.

I'm not out to deprive Kevin of a sale, but this guy has 'em in regular and deep dish. He's a member here, and he makes good stuff! http://www.scenesunltd.com/Wheels.html

Years ago, I came across a rather unique ebay bid. The seller was offering a Heller Ferrari 512S kit along with an UMi modellwerke conversion kit to change it into a 512M. The conversion kit contains a vacuum-cast body in thin, white plastic as well as a thin, clear vacuum-cast plastic body. (The instruction sheet tells why both are included). You also get Fred Cady Sunoco decals, a P/E set and an instruction pamphlet. I recently traded my 512S kit away, so I no longer have any need for this, but I'd like to know what its value is, as I'll probably put it up for trade. I wasn't able to find anything current on ebay, so... what do you think it's worth, and what are you basing that on?

Well said. Thank you!

We don't get to see a lot of Javelins on here, so it's nice to see yours, Dan. Nice masking on the side graphics! I wish Revell would crank out a full detail '71-'74 for us. I've heard the JoHan Javelin glue kits have an older AMC engine in them. (Imagine someone kitting a '71 Mustang with a Y-block...)

Eric, I love the color you chose for this one. What paint is it?

I love purple too! I may have to look into those HOK paints.

Just out of curiosity, what color are you painting it?

I recently received a Barnes & Noble gift certificate and now I'm interested in hearing your recommendations for interesting books about car models & the car model industry. For example, I think there's supposed to be a fairly good book about Monogram. I don't know if the books still have to be in print in order to buy them through B&N, so if you can provide me with the actual title & author, or even better, with the ISBN, I can check on that.

Mark, can we assume this is the Tamiya kit? I have yet to build one of their kits, but they seem to be very well engineered. Based on what I see here, I think your novice status will soon be a thing of the past.