Message Index

• Any ideas what my new project is???? *PIC*
  • Dodge Fever!!! *NM*
    • We have a winner......... *PIC*
• '36 Ford sedan finished , , [PICS]
  • Good looking sedan *NM*
  • BEAUTIFUL! *NM*
  • VERY NICE!! *NM*
  • Outstanding!!!! Definitely the finest build of the JF flatback that I have ever seen. *NM*
  • Great looking model! *NM*
  • Re: Nice looking Ford *NM*
• I totally forgot about 4-3 day. I meant to post these yesterday. Here they are. .......... *PICS* .....
  • You're something ... nice job *NM*
• After a couple of days of dedicated work followed by a very productive thrash last evening I finished my Project Nispath. *LINK*
  • Nice work Chuck.. *NM*
    • Thanks Wayne!! *NM*
• Question about MPC Asto-Vette custom corvette kit
  • Interior and chassis parts are all shared with the '68 annual kit. I believe the windscreen was used in both kits also *NM*
• long shot parts request: from AMT 49 Ford
• Friday Evening Randomness.... *PICS*
  • The Best-est *NM*
  • Great selection of pics *NM*
  • Thanks for sharing your pics *NM*
  • Those hot rods will melt the ice outside my house! *NM*
  • Thanks Marty! *NM*
  • Thanks Marty! *NM*
• Pierce Tower Project
  • Amazing!!! *NM*
  • Dang! Always ambitious and well executed *NM*
  • King size model project. It looks like the truck my home town has. *NM*
• I know that Plymouth had 2 different Mod Tops. One in blue and one in yellow. Did Plymouth offer the green? Was the only Mod Top color available for the Dodges just green ? *NM*
  • It's complicated. For example, Plymouths had "Mod Tops". Dodges had "Floral Tops". Check this website, it explains it. *NM* *LINK*
• Took several years, but this resurrected glue bomb is off the bench...pics
  • Beautiful build! Love the color, the stance, and the passenger car taillights. 👍 *NM*
  • THAT is really cool looking. Great job on building it. *NM*
  • Very nice build! *NM*
  • Very Kool! Nice Save! *NM*
  • Oooooh!!!!!! I like that!!! *NM*
  • Beautiful! *NM*
  • Sweet! *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Thanks Bill!! *NM*
  • The Blue Super Bee is perfect! *NM*
  • Digging that sinister looking black 67 Charger!!! *NM*
  • That '71 GTX knocked me out of my chair!! *NM*
  • L ve the 50s Dodge convertibles! *NM*
• Finally have it in the paint booth *PIC*
  • It’s looking great! *NM*
  • Re: Finally have it in the paint booth - chassis pics
    • Looks darn good to me! *NM*
  • Ain't enough O's in smooooooth....Col. Sherman Potter *NM*
• Who made the 1974 to 1977 Mustang ll promos? Was it AMT or MPC? Thanks. *NM*
  • '74 and '75 only. Made by MPC (the only Ford promos they ever made) *NM*
    • I can probably guess, but I do sometimes wonder why there seemed to be a lot of duplication of subject matter back then. Makes it kind of confusing with reissues today, like who made this kit, which one was better, etc.
      • There wasn't licensing back then. If someone wanted to make a kit, they did it *NM*
        • It’s bad that I am having a hard time remembering a world where licensing and branding didn’t dominate everything, but that makes sense as an explanation. *NM*
        • There would still be rights/usage for identifiable people and properties... but there was a long spell when having your model on a shelf was considered free advertising
• Here is a picture of my MR2 with the front bumper fitting correctly. PIC
  • Pretty neat ! One of my school friends bought one of these when he graduated from university. It was a really cool little car. *NM*
    • If l could get in one.....actually get out of one, l think it would be fun to have *NM*
  • Nice build! The green and orange play well together! *NM*
    • Thanks, l have a lot of Le Mans, GT3 and drag racing decals left over. I have no idea what those decals came from but l thought they really fit the overall look of the car. *NM*
• Thanks for the update - appreciate the scholarship as always!
• Thanks Bill.......made me laugh, smile & brought back great memories........thems was the days.......lol. *NM*
• 4X4 Pull Truck *PIC*
  • Awesome! Will you be getting their pulling sled to go with it? *NM*
• What is Clearview 2000 ? I'm completely clueless. I know nothing about it, *NM*
  • Back in the Scale Auto days, in the April issue they would do an April Fool's article. This one was a new product (Clearveiw 2000) that when sprayed on a model the plastic would become clear. LOTS of people fell for it. *NM*
    • I remember that article, as well as the letters from folks trying to find out where to purchase the product in the next issue...
    • Hey, David! Ya just spoiled all of the fun! 8^)) *NM*
    • IIRC they used a photo of a body from one of the classic kits with a clear body? *NM*
      • Correct. *NM*
• Finished PICs I was reaching in the drawer for my can of red paint and saw this green. I am so very glad I didn't go with the red.
  • WOW ! It looks fantastic in green. The orange stripe goes very well with it. Great work on the build. *NM*
    • Thanks! I had the orange decals for years and they were meant for this build. *NM*
• The MPC Shalako had deep dish 5-spokes that could be a starting point. There's a Cragar sticker on the side of the car, so . . .
• I can confirm the first issue Plymouth has coil springs in the front suspension . . .
• Former Lurker - now posting
  • Welcome to the board,Cliff *NM*
  • It is a good group supported by our generous hosts *NM*
  • Hi Cliff ! Welcome. Hopefully you'll get back to building and we can see your work. *NM*
  • Welcome! *NM*
  • Welcome Cliff! I'm interested to see what you get started on *NM*
  • Welcome, Cliff! *NM*
  • Welcome to Spotlight, Cliff! *NM*
  • Welcome! Remember, keep it simple and it doesn't have to be perfect *NM*
• Just what I needed, another body for my Project Black Ash, LOL. *LINK*
• Well last week I finally finished my Project Revan and it's another one for the books. *LINK*
  • Nicely finished ! Sure wish they would reissue that one and also downscale the previous generation supervan. *NM*
    • I have 2 of those MPC Off-Road Vans SOMEWHERE in my "STUFF". Are you surprised I CAN'T FIND either one🕵🏻‍♀️? *NM*
  • Well Done, I have a Chevy 4WD van conversion around here somewhere, maybe yours will serve as the inspiration for getting mine finished. Good looking Ford 4x4 *NM*
• I know a guy who builds them, making them match the box art more closely than possible straight out of the box *NM*
• I have a Palmer Avanti kit. Thought I might build it as a Pro Mod racer, with just the body on a Revelll drag chassis.
  • If you ever decide to unload the Premier Champ pickups, I'd take them off your hands... Had one of those kits a while back, but let it go to buddy who collects Studebaker stuff. *NM*
• Super sharp, Cliff! TB *NM*
• David that '41 Ford just sings! Congrats...TIM *NM*
• Just built the Revell 2010 Chi Town Hustler & started the Revell 2011 Jungle Jim Vega, interesting how 2 kits have such different assembly formats, both AA/FC roughly from the same era, the Hustler seems to be an easier build...or is it just me.......lol. *NM*
  • The 1:1 cars were about five years apart, pretty much a lifetime the way things were changing. The Hustler had a unique chassis, only two of which were built *NM*
  • The Chi-Town Hustler kit was a newly tooled kit in 2010, while the Jungle Jim kit was a reissue of a 1970's era kit. *NM*
    • Not sure which version the JJ kit is, but the Seventies Revell funnies were massively retooled at some point...
      • I've found that, even with the retooled chassis, the reissued 70's Revell funny car kits are still considerably more fiddly than the newly tooled Chitown Hustler and Hawaiian kits, which, IMHO, benefitted from lessons learned from Monogram's excellent 80's funny car kits. *NM*
        • Yep, just been playing with the JJ front axle/radius rods & doing battle with the various "cockpit" levers & pedals........what fun......lol., *NM*
        • Main things Revell should have fixed are the front axle and wheels...
          • Yep, very fine scale detailed but so fiddlely, reminded me of the suspension parts in the Roth show cars & Orange Crate, wonderfully fine moldings but oh so a PITA to assemble.....lol....but i'm a model builder so ........lol. *NM*
  • Thanks Marty & Mark, the JJ kit being a reissue from the 1970's explains it, after this I've got the MPC Ramcharger Challenger & Kallita Mustang & AMT Hemi Under Glass & Nicholson 62 Bel Air......varoom!!!....lol. *NM*
  • Hi Andy. If you want to, you can email me pics of your builds and I can post them for you. Let me know. *NM*
    • Thanks Scott....will hopefully get some more pics done soon......still a bit of organised chaos due to kitchen etc reno.......lol. *NM*
• Found some great online reference pics for Petty cars from 1972-74 that might be helpful to your project. *LINK*
  • Fantastic album! Must see for Petty fans! *NM*
  • Thanks Mark. Great albums! *NM*
  • WOW- what a great album! My favorite era cars, too!!! *NM*
• Pretty color combos. *NM*
• Just re-discovered the Henway. *PIC*
  • I thought it was 2.5lbs...........lol. *NM*
  • Yup! Time to git 'er done!! 8^)) *NM*
  • How old is that project anyway? I'm sure I have a few older than that, but I know yours has been around for some time!
    • 1984 *NM*
  • Don't be chicken ;) *NM*
• Perhaps you should explain what Clearview does. There may be some young un's on the board now! *NM*