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Excellent work so far. I keep thinking I need to build one of these

Did a trade with Vince aka - vintagedragcrazy Its all great on my end as well

Anyone know of a source to obtain the decals for this car . I have about all the parts gathered up,,,but so far cant find the decals anywhere

Yes, I have a mint sealed inside Barry Setzer Vega funnycar with will remain that way as long as I own it. And I have ZERO intention of selling it in my lifetime. I bought it factory sealed strictly for sentimental reasons ( its one of the kits I remember building when it was new , many many years ago) I opened in when it arrived just to ck the contents were intact and mint ,,,but that's as far as its going to go . I have several builtups and one built and in the case. And with it being its one of my all time favorite drag cars. It seemed only right I needed one . Actually I have a few kits that will never get built ( same reason as above ) A sealed inside Soapy Sales challenger , one of the re-issue Badman Chevys and one of the re-issue McLaren Can Am cars ( the 1/20th scale version.) All were kits I remember having way back when and wanted them ,,just so I can say 'I had these back when new' . I have builders or another unbuilt to build of them all when the time is right or the mood strikes me its time. I am casually on the lookout to get a mint unbuilt Charlie Allen Dart kit for the same reason. ( already have a really nice buitup of it )

Hmmmmm, that copper isn't to bad. Might be a candidate. ( I also have a 59 Lincoln as well,,,,but that one will be much later) Cant find either a 59 or a 60 in Rose Glow

yes. One 0f the Uhaul trailers...molded in purple. I have a couple..so do t really have a plan for this one if u need it

The Lindberg kits body is actually pretty accurate, and with a little work builds into a nice shelf piece. Its just the wrong year for my needs / interests.

Yep, Original MPC 1970 Challenger annual. In the auction also included a few pics of a 71 Challenger ( expensive and tough to find with a good body on it ) As a general rule a 70 will sell in the $50 range, a clean 71 , can easily double that. I'm in it all for about $80 delivered. Needless to say I was a happy camper to open the box and find both kits were pretty decent AND complete.

Mail man dropped these off this afternoon. 2 very clean builtup Challengers. A complete - uncut UN-altered 70 and a clean 71 ( its had the funky rear spoiler glued to it so the deck lid will need some work. Paid less for the 2 than either one usually sells for and I got the trailer (unbuilt) and the decent 70 box SCORE !!!!!!

i would like to see one in rose.glow and /or copper. When I first started thinking on tbis one...i was thinking black with tan interior But at the moment. Maple.leaf is my leader.......I'm just undecided for interior color. This is a convertible zo interior will make or break a color.

The light pink is unique. the front ( looks like a russet red of some sorts ) not so much Anyone know what the name of this is ? It has a plum look to it that might look pretty neat in scale

Same here ,,,, I wheel and deal in cars. so my daily can change at a moments notice. I'm working on a 2005 PT Cruiser as a resell piece now actually For right now I have my old standby 1998 Ram 2500, V10 auto 4wd. I like the truck and it will pull most anything ,,,,,but its a gas guzzler. I'll also drive my daughters 2004 Neon or my wifes 05 Town and Country minivan. The days of making cars payments are over for me . If I cant pay cash for it,,,I don't want it

Fellas, I am looking for some suggestions / ideas. I'm really undecided on color combinations for this one. I have a 1960 Lincoln convertible build calling my name Really really loud . Body is near perfect , chrome is already redone . So I want to jump on in and get the body in paint this summer before winter hits ( when I do most of my actual building due to to down time) I've googled for some info as to what color was avail with a specific color interior unique to a 60 Lincoln . And a few cars pop up on my search all the time, a black car with red interior and a black car with tan interior ,,,which looks killer on this car. Problem is I'm not 100% sure I want another black car ( especially with red interior) build on the shelf . Black with black interior is out of the question. Not real fond of the greens avail on this particular car so its doubtful they will be in the running. Red seems so over used ,blue is a maybe but I have a few blue cars in the case now. A white car looks too plain on this body. any suggestions ? pictures would be great of each suggestion

Not that I'm aware of . But if you come up with something ,,,,I would take at least a half dozen sets for myself

And for the record, I don't consider myself 'cheap' I actually prefer the term selective frugal..... case in point as follows . About 2 years ago started with a list of kits desired ,, which started off as just the 1959 Annuals,,,but that quickly got updated to kits produced between 1958 and 1962 ( some I really wanted ,,,, Johan 1959 Plymouth for example ,,others were only if I can get a good deal ,,,,, Johan 1960 Cadillac for example,, ) My list contained approx 40 kits ----- give or take a few ,,,and I now have about 90% of them marked off my list. And I think I've spent something close to 2k to fill said list. Most were in the price range I've seen them sell at . A few I got a screaming deal on,,,a couple others I may have over paid ,,slightly but not much. But all in all think I've done fairly well. And yes my wife knows of them all. She learned a long long time ago to trust my judgement on how much I pay for something. Now I just need to get my but in gear and work on them .

Ive only done this method a couple times . I'll be honest ,,,,,I think it works the best if you are using an airbrush to spray the body ( its thinner coats ) . I did it on a couple cars after spraying with a rattle can and and IMO the emblem gets paint buildup around the said emblem thus making it harder to highlight the now buried foil lettering

Paid $500 for a factory sealed 1968 Color Me Gone Charger funnycar Came to my senses a few years later and sold it......for the same $500. But the past years I've been on a buying spree...and have bought a bunch of old annuals buitlups.....most were in the. $50 -75 range...but I do have a few go over $100

Anyone know if any wheels like this are avail anywhere ?

Pretty bold prediction . But I certainly hope they all come true

So my only option for a 1/25th scale 1957 is the issue laden Revell kit ? I already have a 55 for myself so I knew what its like. I think the 56 is a discontinued piece, same for the Revell kit ? which means the secondary market for both If so I will let him know

Ok, I've been asked if I can / would I do a Nomad series of kits for a friend of mine. Primarily the tri 5 cars - 55 to 57 years preferred ( I cant think of any other produced in stryene ) I know of some later model year wagons but no other Nomads,,,or are there ? What's currently avail, I have an AMT 55,,,,and I see there is a 56. Is the multi-piece opening door revell kit the only option for a 57 - they must all be 1/25th scale or he's not interested. I did an Ebay search for Nomads and it came back with all kinds of hit's,,,but I'm not positive which ones are readily avail

Hands down my favorite of of the Del Rio builds I've seen so far. On my soon to happen build,,,I was going to go all black ,,,but now I hope you don't mind but I may steal this exact color scheme

REALLLY like this one, especially the color combo

Agreed To my eye the roof is to bubbled to much in the center compared to the 1/1 and to the original MPC issue. And it sure hasn't hurt the value of the original annuals. Decent originals will easily pull $30 if its nice and uncut ( sometimes more ) , you can almost double that for the 1972 model year version. I think I have two or three of the 71's but only one 72 and maybe 1 or 2 of the 73-74 versions ( none are for sale btw ) And for the record I think the current 55 - 56 Chrysler 300 kits are pretty darn close to dead on the 1/1 ( IMO )

It does