Monty

I agree, painting by hand is truly an art and your work is phenomenal. A definite mush-see! In a more serious vein, our new friend Eero also did this one, which I thought was impressive. (Go to his link to see more pics of this - great work!) Eero, can you explain the orange at the leading edge of the vent windows?

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Well, now that I've read your suggestions and perused all the threads that you recommended, I'd have to say that my questions been more than adequately answered. This won't exactly come as a shock to those of you who responded to my question, but we have some amazingly talented craftsmen on this board. .

No, but since I missed it the first time around, I'm glad you posted the link. Brian's an incredible builder, isn't he?

I swear I saw a mini tutorial on this somewhere, but I can't seem to dig it up. Anyway, the plan is to use some nice scale planking to create an effect like this. I assume I can buy the wood through Micro-Mark, but having never worked much with wood (especially in this scale) what else might I need to pull this off? What should I use for the metal "ribs"?

I have to agree with this. While I hate that it ever got broken to begin with, it doesn't appear that you'll have to do anything more than reglue the various subassemblies to restore it to pre-drop condition. As regards your plans to change wheels etc, I hope you'll reconsider. This was an excellent rendition of the 1:1 car, and IMNSHO deserves to stay that way. Anyone can slap Cragars on a kit. Nailing a showroom stock look is a whole 'nother matter. Kudos on your composure. Sounds like you're dealing with it better than I used to.

A build like this deserves those accolades - enjoy 'em! I hope it inspires more Nomad and Nomino (?) projects.

Hmmm, any interest in shooting some pics of your dad's build as it progresses? Maybe a mini-tutorial regarding the new cab piece?

Yes. AMT provides a piece that you graft in as the back half of the cab/front part of the "truck" bed. In the two previous versions of this kit that I've had (decades ago) that piece was ribbed on top, so expect to do some serious sanding to get a smooth roof like Bruce did. Jantrix, I hope Bruce answers your question 'cuz I'm interested too. I haven't attempted this conversion, but it looks like all it would take is some precision cutting in order to pull it off.

Posts 15 & 25 suggest otherwise...

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.

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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".