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The kit has been out for a few days at my LHS, haven't picked one up yet. I built one years ago, and it was a nice kit; wish I could have bought the 1:1 back in the day.

The stock Cadillac engine would be a darker blue shade, but it could be any colour you want to complement the exterior. The block-connected oil filter was introduced for the 1956 model year. Hope this helps.

Grabbed this one at the local shop today. Pricey, but I was fortunate to have a discount coupon at hand, making the cost more bearable.

There is a Testor's enamel colour (square bottle) I have used for Pontiac engines. It is listed as Gloss Turquoise, number on the bottle is 107-RM11071_0711.

That would be a cool version to build. If memory serves, one of the drivers was Robert Bateman, before becoming famous as a noted wildlife artist.

Picked up the Schwinn at the LHS, and bought these built-ups at tonight’s club meeting. The ‘cuda will be stripped, and rebuilt as a Super Stock, but the Eldo and Toronado are pretty clean builds, so I will leave them alone for now.

Date: Sunday, August 18, 2019, 9:00-4:00 Location: Pere Arthur Guertin Community Centre, 16 Rue Beriault, Gatineau (Hull), Quebec (across the river from Ottawa, Ontario) Theme: '30'- Anything with the number 30; cars from 1930, racing vehicles, Block 30 builds for aircraft nuts, etc. Website: https://www.facebook.com/AMROmodelclub

Ixo had a good line of 1/24 scale die cast bikes of various eras. I didn’t buy any of the really old or new bikes, but ones from the late ‘60s-mid ‘70s. I found some in a box during my garage cleanup, will try and post some photos later.

The covers look very close to the ones I remember being in the AMT '66 442 convertible kit.

The '65 Galaxie chassis is a more accurate choice for the '66 Merc. The frame from the '60 Galaxie ('57 to '64) is a completely different configuration than the '65 and up Fords.

I don't know if it's the same as on the video, but I have laid down Tamiya putty over seams, and then over-coated the putty with liquid cement to help the putty sink down into the seam. I haven't used this technique in a while, have switched over to using various grades of Mr. Surfacer instead.

I thought about it, Steve, but it's so much nicer working inside the (climate controlled) house than in a trailer. Once I clean the garage, I can move some more stuff out of the house and set up a permanent work bench once again. As it is, I have managed to get rid of all those boxes that were sitting in front of the storage racks when you were here.

Getting the debris off the Comet is one of the goals of this clean-up, though I can't do much about insulation or heating in this garage without framing in a work area. The garage is a 40'x60' steel structure, so it will stay as strictly storage. I have several plastic storage tubs, and they have worked very well.

One of my goals for the summer months is to go through my storage area in the garage and organize/cull my ‘archives’. There were a number of boxes I had not inspected since before I went to grad school over a decade ago, so I didn’t know what I would find. After opening up the boxes, this is the stack of books and magazines (minus several shopping bags full of paperbacks) which are going to be sorted and articles removed. I didn’t find any models I didn’t know about, but I did find a lava lamp that had survived over 10 years of extreme temperature shifts, but still worked! Now to finish repacking and get on with checking out the models.

I picked up this group of kits at last night’s club meeting. The Broncos were missing parts (tires in the blue kit, and the wrong body in the Baja kit), and the BRAT had a smushed box, but no internal damage. The Revell turbo 2.3 is started, but it will be nice to be able to finish this one (the one I tried to build when I was a kid was never completed; losing a rod and piston assembly at school put an end to the build...)

It was a worthwhile attempt to get some more sales from some existing moulds, but they never looked right when you painted the inside of the body as stated in the instructions. I tried it with the Imperial, and it didn’t work.

I hope that driver topped off his electric reservoir with the genuine Lucas smoke; won't run unless the smoke is still in the wires.

I would choose a DH Comet over the Connie for my airliner pick, but I can't argue with most of your choices. Until I looked at your top pic, I never considered a Bugsmasher as being beautiful...

There is a resin Fuego available in 1/24 by AirTrax. My sister had a Fuego Turbo, and the best feature of the car was the front seats! Comfortable, and plenty of adjustability. A friend and I found a Fuego in a wrecking yard, and scavenged the seats from it. My friend turned his into an office chair, while I installed mine into my work vehicle (a Chevy cube van) for a much cushier driving position. There is also a Tercel kit available in 1/24 from Imai. It's the original SR5 hatchback, but with big IMSA-style flares.

There used to be a Tamiya spray which was very close to that shade (Metallic Olive Green), but it was a limited edition colour and hasn't been available in years. There is a chance that one of the other posters may have a spare can, so you may want to try the Wanted section.

The colour was also available in an aerosol can, but I don't know the number for it.

If you can find the old Pactra R/C paints at your local shop, there was a colour (RC60 Pearl Copper) which was a reasonable match for Sierra Gold. The Pactra shade is slightly lighter, so you may want to add a drop or two of black or brown to tone it down.

I'm beginning to wonder if the bottles of Chevrolet Engine Red I have in my stash are mislabeled. I checked the online photos of a number of different engines, and I am not seeing the shade which I airbrushed. It is a very intense, almost blood red shade. I would post pictures, but I have already re-sprayed the engine with Chevrolet Red from a local auto parts store.

I realize this is a question which may not have an answer, but why did Testor's choose the colour palette they did for their engine paints? I can understand the variety of medium/dark blues in the line, but what is with all the reds? Apart from 1 year of Chevrolet V8s and a pile of Chrysler slant sixes, there is little call for factory red engine paint. Where's all the orange and light blue/green shades that factory stock builders could use? Any thoughts?