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You should get an email with a tracking # and a link to UPS. It'll tell you when you can expect delivery.

I wonder if either AMT or Johan ever considered tooling up a Mark III. When I was younger, I had a middle-aged couple on my paper route who were fairly well-to-do. One day when I came by to collect, the garage door happened to be open & I noticed that they had an Eldorado similar to Ron's & a Lincoln that looked a lot like this one. I remember thinking how nice it would be to get to choose which of those cars you're going to drive that day.

I swear I can her Jim Croce's Bad,Bad Leroy Brown coming from that car.I liked your ice blue Eldorado, but this one is stunning. Any interior, engine or chassis pics?

I ran into this a several months ago when I decided to build a replica of a Cutlass ragtop a friend's girlfriend had once owned. I already had the kit with the W-30 hood and didn't want to buy another kit, so I submitted the question to the Spotlight Hobbies board. Long story short, Kevin from the Missing Link / MAD / Motor City casting consortium contacted me to say said he offers one that is a perfect fit. If you've ever purchased anything from them, you already know that you'll be receiving a top-notch piece. Try posting this question in the Resin section. I'm sure those guys will have his most current contact information. In my situation, another modeler had contacted me before Kevin did and asked if I would do a direct swap for his non-W-30 Revell hood, which is what I ended up doing.

I used Martinfan5's free shipping link and ordered several new Testors paints late last Friday night. They all arrived about an hour ago today.

It's an old tool, but it has several features that I thought were neat touches: poseable steering, front height adjustable via kingpin placement, & IIRC, the tailgate swings down. I normally don't even bother with the "custom" body pieces on most old AMT kits because I think they're garish, but the custom grille on this is subtle yet effective. OTOH, the engine looks slightly small (don't know if it actually is or not) and the chassis has a single, molded-in exhaust. If you're building the drag racer or a serious street car, you'll want to find a way to carefully remove that.

Yea! Always nice to see a '70 Charger on here. I've always considered them to be the best looking of the '68-'70s, although I swear I'm the only guy on the planet who can't stand those things at the leading edge of the doors. As for your build, the paint's sharp, the interior looks dead-on, the substitute chassis is a major upgrade and the engine bay rocks. All in all, a very nicely done job on an all-too-rare car (You listening, Revell?) One note: If by any chance everything's not solidly glued together, you may want to check on that windshield.

Please refer back to post #8. You'll note that the text does not contain the word glue, which should've been evident when you quoted me in post #9. Just in case you're unfamiliar with the way the forum software works, when someone goes back in to amend something they'd already posted, a dark, bolded notifier will show up at the bottom of the post. You'll notice there isn't one in post #8, whereas you apparently made some kind of change to your response in post #9, because the aforementioned notifier (Edited by cool.modelmania.cool, 16 August 2012 - 01:09 AM.) appears under your comments: Also, is there any particular reason you feel compelled to link to my profile? To the best of my knowledge, nobody has had any trouble finding it through the usual processes.

James, where'd ya get the wheels & tires for that back beast? I don't recall seeing them in any kits, but they look killer on yours.

Frederic, if you can tweak the right front tire so it's straight up & down, you'll have a sharp model you can be proud of.

Wow, Jim, lots to like here! That is a rich-looking burgundy which really complements the car's lines. Your paint application also looks sharp, as usual. There's some nice detailing going on in the engine bay, too. Couple questions: 1) Where did the dual-gate shifter come from? 2) Any particular reason for leaving the inner fenderwells in primer?

Just incredible. Thanks for the links! Always nice to see what methods another modeler used to get the results they wanted.

Sorry to hear you're having such a tough time with this. I've been trying to do a copy/paste of the e-invoice I received from them yesterday, but I suck at computer stuff so I can't. To place the order, I had to log in with my customer ID etc. as usual, but the free shipping info appeared in red on the order page, along with the stipulations that the order had to be greater than $24.90 to qualify. Here's the lower portion of the e-invoice. Looks like all kinds of Tower Hobbies info on there. Order Summary Billing Type: Mastercard In-Stock Subtotal: $ 25.81 Standard Shipping: $ 0.00 Total Current Charges: $ 25.81 Please note: Partial or full return of an order with an applied promotional discount may result in loss of the promotional discount. Once again, thank you for your order! IMPORTANT: You are currently NOT receiving the Tower Hobbies online newsletter. To activate your subscription, and start receiving money-saving offers, new product announcements and helpful ordering information, please click here. We will not share your email address with others. See our privacy policy. Tower Hobbies Contact Information World Wide Web Tower Hobbies Home Page: http://www.towerhobbies.com Customer Information Center/Manage Your Account: http://www.towerhobbies.com/cic Telephone Fax Postal Address Toll-Free Orders: 800-637-4989 Toll-Free Order Assistance: 800-637-6050 Non-Toll-Free: 217-398-3636 Toll-Free: 800-637-7303 Non-Toll-Free: 217-356-6608 Tower Hobbies P.O. Box 9078 Champaign, IL 61826-9078 © 2012 , Tower Hobbies. All prices, pictures and descriptions are subject to change. Tower Hobbies maintains no responsibility for inadvertent errors.

This is pretty much what I did.

I've seen things on here that made me wonder whether the builder had ever even been under the hood of a car. Yeah, I know: "You build for yourself".

Actually it did. The only stipulation seemed to be that the order had to exceed $24.90. I didn't even have to type in the promo code. The online invoice had a space where the shipping cost would normally go & it just says WAIVED.

I'm not sure there's much reason to even try and work with the old MPC Radial T/A. To start with, they're about 1 1/2 scale inches shorter than the AMT Polyglas GT, so they almost look like the undersized tires the lowrider guys seem to like. Personally, I wouldn't put them on anything bigger than a Mustang II. If memory serves, Revell's '70s funny cars had distinguishable, and with acquired skill, paintable lettering on the tiny front runner tires. For whatever reason, MPC couldn't be bothered to recreate the style and size of the Radial T/A script with that kind of meticulousness, hence the heavy, discount-white-letter-tire sidewall script. Sanding it down would only make it slightly less egregious. Surprisingly, the tread pattern isn't horrible, but the tire shoulders are a little too squared off. Here's another thing to consider about options: it appears as though Shabo made a slight tweak to his BFG tire letter transfers: They say T/A Radial instead of Radial T/A. Maybe he was trying to avoid paying royalties or something Now you have me wondering if I could accept a correct BFG sidewall with Goodyear Blue Streak Sports Car Special tread... At this point, if it was available, I probably would. Who're you calling obsessed?

Jonathan, thanks for passing this along! They're one of the few online places I know of who're carrying Testors' Trend line of enamels and they've also got some new enamel PNs in 1/2 oz. sizes. Looks like I get to try out some new paints without incurring the shipping expense!

David, why on earth would you be hesitant to post a build like that? What paint did you use to get that shade of red?

Cranky, looks like you've built a few of these along the way. Lots of creativity there. In regard to this one, it looks like you and Gluebomber were on the same page...kinda. Apparently great minds do think alike. The color combo rocks! . http://www.modelcars...52 What paint did you use on Electric Midnight?

He made several attempts using the casting materials Micro-Mark sells, but even though he followed the directions to the letter, the materials wouldn't set up correctly. In addition, when used as instructed, the black dye turned the tires a very light gray. When he tried adding more dye, it affected the castings, rendering them unusable. There were a number of "established" casters on another board whom I contacted on his behalf, (with his grudging permission) but none could be bothered to reply. He has since gone back to building semis. Among the things he has scratchbuilt: a 1/16 Detroit engine for one of the big Monogram kits and a set of 1/25 stanchions(?) the support poles for the front of a semi trailer. Using a metal crank, which he also made, these can be raised or lowered. Being a former OTR driver, he made sure they crank the same way the real ones do.

Here's what drives me insane: I have a friend who's an incredible modeler and scratchbuilder. He and I ran Radial T/As on all our 1:1 street machines over the years, so he wanted some in 1/25 scale for his models. Long story short, he knew he'd have to make them himself for them to be correct, so he used parts from 3 different model tires and created masters for a 235/60/15 and a 255/60/15 Radial T/A. (He said the masters were a major PITA to make, but they scaled out perfectly. If you knew this guy, you wouldn't be surprised - verrryy German). Unfortunately, he was worried about someone else getting ahold of these and profiting from his work, so he decided to cast them himself in very limited quantities. Here's where it gets bad. He's still not sure how it happened (Dog? Kid?) but somehow a container of lacquer thinner got tipped over and ruined the masters, and he says he's not going to bother starting over again. (I've offered him everything in my model collection, but he won't budge.) I've got some pics & I remember some of what he told me regarding his procedures, so I keep hoping a talented & tenacious person will want to take this on in the very near future.

I can't even fathom trying to plumb a nitrous system in with those twin turbos. Nice touches with the hood vents and custom grille. Note to self: Silver seems to work on these cars....

Alan, those Radial T/As appear to be resin castings of the BFG tires Arii used to offer. On the positive side, they seem to work well with many 1/24 cars (especially B-body Mopars) and I'm glad you're also offering the 5-slot wheel instead of making folks choose from some of the strange wheel designs Arii offered. When you sand the tread and paint the sidewall letters carefully, these tires can really look sharp. From what I understand, the original Arii sets are hard to find, so it's nice to know we can still get them from you. On the negative side, I'd guess the majority of us build mostly1/25 scale kits, and these tires would more than likely look out of scale on most of them. It's nice to see that you offer some Pirelli and Dunlop tires. I may have some use for those in the future.

Derrick, the color combination on that slot car really pops! What paints did you use on it?