gtx6970

All the time. One of the reasons I enjoy the old annuals. A lot of them don't have an opening hood so there's no engine to worry about anyway The older I've got the less important super detail builds have become. I build for me

yes kinda maybe sorta . Box is kind of neat. Not sure I would pay extra for it. And regardless of box this kit is all over ebay , but by the time postage is figured in. puts it at $35 and up. I dont want it that bad . Im more a $20-25 range and less kid of guy

Now this is one I actually would like to have

Nice work, Love the rainbow Cuda

Dude, You need to quit posting pics of 1/1 cars and claiming them to be models WOW,

Agreed, Ive already filled maybe a half dozen with unbuilts putting some not so expensive builders on top in the boxes as filler .

IF it is fact 1.25th.I want a couple of them . Anything else I 'might' get one. but not likely

DAAAAAAM nice looking car. my all time favorite color combination to

I have a few of the 500 kits as well as several of the MPC Daytona kits ( they grill is on same chrome tree ) So Im good But I will have to ck and see if I have an extra/spare hood ( not likely )

If they did I cant find any reference to them offering one . Ive been searching for days and the only one I come up with is Reliable resin and I am not going there

No, Nothing body panel is the same between the 2 bodies Fremont resin makes stretched wheelbase 67 Vette, but its a fastback. I'm thinking I may buy one of them and cut the top off and add the rear deck off a roadster or make my own from a 63 roadster back half and the 67 fastback front half. decisions decisions

Depends on how good your skills are. IMO the easiest to locate route would be take a LA Dart kit, cut the front end off it and graft it to a AMT 1971 Duster. Hardest part would be making the tail lights or just buy one of several resin bodies avail out there

All the time. Thats how I end up with multiples of some of the early annuals I have . After buying a second ( or a third ) I finally decided to make up an excel list in the computer. Of what I have, when I bought it, costs and what parts if any are needed. Age tends to play with ones mind when I get to a show and see a part ' I THINK ' I need. Recently a kit on eBay caught my eye and I thought I wouldn't mind having one . So I put it in my watch list. Then a couple days later was rummaging around the model bench storage area. Low and behold found out I already had that kit. Huh, lucky me . It was Heller kit of a Citreon something (early 30s car )

Unknown by me. Ive looked off an on the past few weeks and found nothing except reliable resin and I'm a NOT going there for any reason. At this point I think I am just going to make my own . So we shall see what I end up with ,,,good or bad

Mine is a convertible

Sweet, I bought a 56 kit simply because I saw one of your builds. And I had ZERO plans to build of them ,,until then you must buy black paint by the gallon. Are these rattle cans or airbrush

That is simply to cool for words. ( pun intended btw ) My wife is in Tucson this week and shes says its quite hot. ( low 100s ) Has Phoenix hit the teens yet temps wise

Just 100 . Rookie . I probably have at least 5-600 range , maybe closer to 700. So i dont NEED anything About the only current kit on my radar is the Dyno Don cougar. Otherwise I want to avoid adding to the pile if I can with current kits.

Looks great for a quick and easy few hours at the bench thee freshened up interior looks SO much better. it makes the paint that much nicer If I may suggest , run your silver sharpie along the drip rails and call it done If you want to throw a charger 500 grill in it to mach the rear glass , I might have a spare I can send you

What I'm thinking I'll do is exactly whats mentioned above. But I think I will leave the front fender humps alone. I can see them being a ROYAL PIA to make right . I'll have some free time once our house is done and listed. At least maybe a little bit . But once it sells it'll be months,,maybe even a year or more before I get to do any modeling And I have a couple nearly complete builds I want to finish up simply to make them easier to pack and travel across country. If I get them done, I'll work on this Vette body. I'm planning to use a modified Polar lights chassis under it And btw, Ive looked thru all my vintage magazines and don't have anything detail wise for either one of these cars. I did find a cut away picture of the Don Kirby car but it doesn't specify the wheelbase

I have thought about this for the more delicate built cars. This way I dont have to worry about them so much . Ive bought a couple hundred of the baseball card boxes to pack them in once Ive wrapped with tissue paper I think the more common unbuilts and both common and vintage re-builders can travel in the U haul box truck ( top freight only )

BTW, I have a couple Revell 67 fastback bodies enroute from member Muncie ( thanks Steve ) I already have a Revell 63 roadster kit here Once all is in hand, I'll do some measuring and see if the 2 bodies will mate up without much effort

Guys, This helps A LOT . I think doing it this way is about the only way to get it to look right. I'm not after 1000% dead nuts on. But as close as I can with a reasonable effort. still need to get to the file cabinet and see if I have a build article on either this or the Don Kirby car ( same basic car )

Fair enough. Ive not held the trumpeter kit in my hands but I have heard enough bad press on them Ive not looked for one either I got lucky about 2 years ago. Bought both a 59 and 60 Bonneville from same guy , gave $150 for both delivered. Although I look for convertibles. the 60 is pretty nice and is sitting in my case, not likely it will ever get rebuilt in my lifetime I had a pretty nice hardtop I sold last spring . it sat on my swap space table most of the morning at $100 before it sold for 75 I just got rid of a spare 60 convertible a few months ago or I would loan the hood to you

Nice job on the conversion on the Bonneville. But, I got to ask, why not just pick up an original AMT builder. There not to difficult to find . And can be had in the $60 range give or take a few bucks