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Thanks all for the comments. Head light lenses are in, side markers are done. Found and glued the sunvisor assy in. Wheel centers are detailed in white like his old car. His car originally had hubcaps ,,,I found out he added the wheels a long time ago from another car. Its DONE and in my case for safe keeping till next time I see him,, which will be in the next few weeks I'm sure. Although I might surprise him and stop by his house maybe one day next week . Thanks again, I appreciate it

Yes, plain old Testors enamel. with Testors wet look clear over it . Ive done a couple this way with no issues

Cool ,,,,,,Ive head horror stories about these kits. Yours is making me think I now need one

No stryene kit ever made. but there was a resin conversion kit produced. I think it was missing link whom made it ? I personally wish someone did a 58 conversion,,,mainly just side emblems needed

Sure would.

Please

Keep up the fight. I so look forward to the subject matter you bring to the bench each and every time. You are in my thoughts regularly.

Thanks for that. I just ckd and forgot to put the clear lenses in . Will tend to that tonight when I do the side markers

Jim. I ' think ' his were white between the spokes. But im not 100% sure. Need to ask his wife and hope she'll know. . if not Ill just wing it . seeing the pics. I need to detail the sidemarkers.

Replica of a good friends actual car. Revells 1972 Olds kit. Built as a plain Cutlass convertible. All box stock ,, with exception to embossing powder for carpet. Painted in plain testors bright red with wet look clear. Interior is just duplicolor white primer with testors semi gloss clear. I need to find out what the accent wheel color was on his old car ,,then once all wrapped up . I'll give it to him as a gift. Long story short he bought his car back in high school. Drove it all thru college, dated his now wife in it. After graduation ,,,he started a family and career. And the car ended up in storage and just slowly went down hill over the past 20 plus years. With a daughter now in college, and 2 more to go. Last summer, he made the painful decision to sell the car to someone who would / could do something with it before it got any worst. So we spent a couple days getting it running a drive-able enough it would lot drive and sort of clean it up.. and he sold in the 1st day to someone who happened to drive by my shop and spotted it outside. . The next day the guy came to pick it up,,,,,, and when the car drove away I thought he was going to cry. So,,,,, when Revell issued this kit last year and was able to build a plain Cutlass I decided to give him is old car back,,,only slightly smaller and easier to store. I will say,,this car builds up beautifully with zero issues Thanks for looking, and comments or criticisms more then welcome .

well that sucks, I need 58 and 60 Ford ( along with many others )

Impressive is a huge understatement WOW.

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Edit, I am thinking of the split where the grille meets the fender is actually hidden ( sort of ) by the bumper. The area in the grill is smooth So yep, fill it in

Its where the plastic grill meets up with the metal fender. On a real car its there just not as apparent as the model depicts

I like it, wheels and all.

we think alike. Other decals for the lindberg 64 dodge and plymouth line would be ideal for me As far as just some generic made up names decals means nothing top me . IMO, ( and i'm just using one kit as an example ) With the recent re-issue of the CMG kit they are obviously trying to get all they can out of the tool. . I think they could get considerably more mileage out of it if they offered decals for other known cars from the same / similar time period . I think would sell better and for more money. As an example some generic sheet with made up names/ graphics sells for lets say $5-$7 range. A sheet to replicate an actual car , lets just say Bobby Harrops Flying Carpet Dodge could sell in the $8 to $10 range

Thanks all. The minute i started on it . i was excited about it. Rigbt up till the end. Thats been my problem lately..lack of enthusiasm . I think i need to cocentrate on more of these simple builds for a while

I've noticed this in the 1/1 world as well. Guys are getting older. and not nearly as many youngsters with the same wants/desires.

I don't see anything left behind now thats its done But its all chrome parts so I cant comment if it would have create issues if parts were to be painted afterwards. I basically balled up some clay and lightly pushed the car and exhaust stacks in place to be held down to it. Rolled up a few smaller ones to 'smoosh' under the lights to basically just hold them in place while glue dries

Last nite while rummaging thru the pile to pull kits out for sale ( Im thinning down considerably on cheap kits ) I stumbled on this one, and to be honest I didnt even know I had it . So I pulled it out of the box to take an assessment if it was complete before I decided to keep it or put it in the sell pile . Everything was still sealed in the bags. So I did a quick parts count, and thought this could be an easy one. So,,last nite at about 8 pm I ripped it open and dove in . By midnight it was almost done. Painted almost entirely in Tamiya spray lacquers so it dries fast. This morning attached the tail lights , exhaust stacks and headlights and walked away for the afternoon while they dried. Honestly Ive got MAYBE 4.5 hours in it,,,,, 5 at the very most. Its done and in the case. I feel good. ,,,,,,, Just might have to do the actual Munsters Coach next. Thanks for looking, Enjoy, and any comments good or bad more then welcome

Not something I would have ever thought, but so cool

Stumbled onto this one last nite. While working on the Dragula yesterday after dinner,,,, I was wondering how to hold the exhaust up in place while glue dries. Testors takes to long to dry, not to mention I really didn't want to stand there holding a piece at a time while it dried ,hoping it was actually straight and Superglue fogs the chrome finish . So,,,,,,,, I had a box of modeling clay on the bench Ive been using to make foil impressions of emblems . and had this hair brained idea if this would work . and it does, In this pic you can see its holding up the exhaust, the headlights in place and the tail light bar in place. works like a charm ,,just don't bump it til everything sets up.

ps, I have both original MPC 1970 and a 71 Cudas , and a few unbuilt Johan 71 Sox and Martin kits . Plus I have an extra 70-71 MPC interior tub if anyone wants to see side by side comparisons . ( sorry ,,none of it is for sale )