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• Another for 5-9
• First look at the Chip Foose Duesenberg video. *NM* *LINK*
• 2 Kustoms for 5-9
• oopppsss forgot this '59 for '59... *NM* *PIC*
  • I like that!! *NM*
• New build third time over
• '59 for '59... *NM* *PIC*
  • Another view...'59 for '59... *NM* *PIC*
    • Diggin that! *NM*
• First road race of the season :) *LINK*
  • HMMMMMMM.................... couple of ideas. *NM*
• Just finished. Another 3D Pontiac. .......... *PICS* .....
  • Your Pontiacs look really good, Scott. *NM*
  • Another winner! *NM*
  • IMHO, that was the best colour combo for these cars. The stripes really set it off. Can anyone get those decals, or did you special order them? *NM*
    • Thank you. Just contact STS Decals, also known as Customized by Design, and ask them to print you the stripes for the 1973 Pontiac Grand Am that they designed for Scott Liggett. They have them on file and can actually make them in any colors that you want. *NM*
      • Thanks, Scott! *NM*
  • Very nice and very cleanly done. *NM*
  • Beautiful! *NM*
• 1961 Sunliner stocker *LINK* *PIC*
  • Nice job! Good thing it wasn’t garbage day! ;) *NM*
  • Like that old stuff... *NM*
• My 59's.... Yeah, you've seen 'em all before..... *PICS*
  • Marty...your '59 Elky street freak always was, and always will be, a totally killer model IMHO! Thx for posting again...TB u *NM*
  • That's ok I still like them. *NM*
• Friday Evening Randomness..... ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
  • Great Pics Thanks for posting! *NM*
    • X2. *NM*
  • I like the Gremlin reminds me of a friend of mine in HS.... smaller circles but the same concept. Love it *NM*
• 59 for 5-9
  • Different take.... In a good way, I like . *NM*
• '59 *PIC*
  • I need sunglasses to look at that model! LOL! *NM*
  • I could see myself cruisin. *NM*
• Thinking outside the box...'60 Elcamino.
  • WOW!! *NM*
  • 59/.'60 Chevys no matter the model all shared the same 119 inch wheelbase. Chevrolet did not have different wheel based cars those years.
    • I agree on both counts. I had just independently checked wheelbases for these cars, having read the comment earlier… 119” for everything. I am also hoping for a new tool or upgraded clone of the ‘60 El Camino. Seems like a slam dunk to me. :) *NM*
    • '57/8 Ford wagons and Rancheros all had the same wb as well. 116" shared with Ford Custom sedans
      • Hey Yoda, 👋 wondered if you were still on the board. *NM*
  • My first attempt at kitbashing an Revell '60 Chevy and a AMT '59 Elcamino over 20 years ago.
    • Your kitbash looks good. Google search confirms that 59/60 Chevy where only one wheelbase. *NM*
    • He is correct . You can look up the specs at oldcarbrochures.org *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Bill, you've got an incredible garage! *NM*
  • Thanks Bill!! *NM*
  • Those Imperials are stunning, Bill. *NM*
  • Wow, that '59 Plymouth...! *NM*
• OOPS! Forgot a '59!.....pics.....
  • You did good David!! *NM*
• My 59’s *PIX*
  • WOW!! How great is that!! *NM*
• 59's for 5/9.....pics.....
  • Love rhe blue and white one!! *NM*
  • Re: Looking good *NM*
• That’s a ‘60 El Camino body, isn’t it? I noticed the Bel Air side trim, which is different from the Nomad. *NM*
  • Yes, an original SMP or AMT, whichever it was at that point in time. The bumpers are not broken and have Modelhaus taillights and wheels w/ caps for it if I go completely stock, but haven't decided yet. *NM*
    • It is looking great. I hope you post pics when it’s finished! :) *NM*
• 59's
  • Cruiser skirt on the Ranchero is sweet - well played *NM*
    • Re: Thanks *NM*
• AMT '65 Riviera Help
  • Re: AMT '65 Riviera Help...see if this helps *PIC*
    • Re: AMT '65 Riviera Help...see if this helps
      • The classic nailhead look - the covers are practically vertical
        • Top of heads (valve covers) sit dead level. *NM* *PIC*
• A few '59's...pics
  • That Dodge is simply spectacular!!! *NM*
  • Amazing how extensive and elaborate the design and trim were back in that era. Good job of highlighting them! *NM*
• Super Nova is finished, happy with how it came together.
  • That looks really good, nice build! *NM*
  • What do you use for a filler/putty, RS? *NM*
    • I have had great luck with this putty for many years, around 5 bucks a tube. *NM* *PIC*
      • Thanks, RS. Does it bite into the plastic for a good bond ? Lacquer based? *NM*
        • One-part spot putty is essentially extremely unthinned lacquer primer *NM*
        • I used it on this 50 Ford about 15 years ago, still good.
          • That's a cool build. Must weigh about 3lbs with all the putty in it! *NM*
  • Very cool! *NM*
• Tweeking the box of the pickup before repaint , , , [PICS]
  • Brilliant fix! *NM*
    • X2!! *NM*
  • Wow, that's great modelling, looks so much better! *NM*
  • Great fix - like the 1:1 without the MIG. Will that affect the tailgate fit at all? *NM*
    • Haven't checked yet, Bob but I don't think it'll be a problem. *NM*
  • Yeah! Nice fix! Sometimes that is all it takes; a little cut and a bit of a tweak!! *NM*
  • Good job! At least you didn’t have to deal with the wall of the bed being molded to the cab like the Datsun PU kit. Ugh! *NM*
  • Now this is how you do bodywork. Take a bow Steve! *NM*
    • Thanks John, You coming to Fredericton at the end of the month? If so, I'll see you then. *NM*
• Here is a 1958 promo that I planned on detailing inside and out. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this or not. .......... *PICS* .....
  • Re: Nice *NM*
  • You'll need at least two sheets of Bare Metal foil! LOL!! *NM*
    • I can dig it !! *NM*
    • And medication... '58's were the last stand of Harley Earl *NM*
  • I read many years ago - if you remove all the chrome off of one of those and put it all straight end to end it would go nearly to the top of the Empire State Building. *NM*
  • X-EL reissue…nice! *NM*
• I think this one is my only '58... *LINK* *PIC*
  • Re: wild *NM*
  • That's different all right. I have always felt that the '58 Impy is a custom car straight from the factory. I'm one of those people that loves it. *NM*
  • And it took me 78 years to get around to building one. *NM*
  • Looks like something you would see in one of Andy Southards books. *NM*
  • Another view from the opposite angle...thx for looking....Tb *NM* *PIC*
  • Wow - all the parts in the box!
• Don't have any '58s to share, but here's a few '57s, a day late... *PICS*
  • Looking good! *NM*
• My 58's
• My '58's...pic
  • Great builds! *NM*
  • Re: nice *NM*
• This model was built by Nicholas Arvanites using a Drag City Casting body. This body is still available.. *PICS*
  • That looks so very cool! *NM*
• Another 58 for 5/8 *PIC*
  • Nice build! *NM*
  • Those colors look great. *NM*
  • I agree with the others!! *NM*
• '58 for 5/8.....pics.....
  • Great work on both! I like the Buick portholes on the Chevy. *NM*
  • Nice builds!! *NM*
• If it helps, the SOHC in the Ohio George kit has a C-6, which was standard for most drag cars after '65
  • He initially adapted the OHC engine to a Hydra-Matic. Ford helped him with the C6; the ones he used actually did shift themselves *NM*
• I'll never understand why AMT re-released the convertible '61 as a Trophy instead of the Starliner
• One of the dealers that our agency serviced in NW Ohio turned that paint delaminaton into a mini industry
• The WalMart near us has shelves lined with these - compared to the days when K-Mart and others had aisles of 1/25 kits... *NM*
• Interesting that the '70 Trans Am has nearly the same issue
• [SOUND OF LOUD FOREHEAD SMACK]
• I bet that might be in "Bill of Work" for the tooling... *NM*
• Museum quality build. And I keep wondering... why no kit B-Mack or early Peterbilt/KW? *NM*
  • I recently (within the last two weeks) won a B-series Mack diecast in an online Mecum auction...
• Does the Moby '65 SOHC have the repositioned shock towers - or the quarter-elliptic leaf spring front suspension? *NM*
  • Only the longnose '66 Mustangs (six built) had the short quarter elliptic springs in front *NM*
• Yes on both counts. *NM*
• Clean machine! NIce one. Is that a greyhound hood ornament? *NM*
  • Re: Yes, I've seen it on numerous 1:1 '34 Ford coupes. PICS
    • One guy in my area had one on a '34 sedan street rod. It was also a windshield washer; when he hit the switch, the dog would turn to face the windshield, you can guess the rest... *NM*
• Nice ride. I have sometimes wondered where you got the decal ladies for that. Aftermarket or in a kit somewhere? *NM*
  • Actually I created the graphics were originally from the sleeve from an old 80s straight to VHS movie that I picked up at a yard sale, just so that I could scan the images for these decals.... I saw those images and knew that I had to use them on this build. *NM*
• Cool 4 door hardtop - pretty rare type for the model car biz. Great color combo. *NM*
• My 5-7 *PICS*
  • Super clean build. *NM*
  • I agree!! *NM*
  • That's a beautiful build, perfect colour choice, nicely done! *NM*
• Sort of OT question for the Ford tractor guys...my nephew was just given a 1943 2N. Nobody wants them, or a choice gift? Looks pretty good in the pictures. *NM*
  • Sturdy little work horse of a tractor for sure... Do you know if it has magneto and hand crank. Some of the wartime N2s did. *NM*
    • I'll find out tomorrow. Wants to see if he can rig a snow plow on it. *NM*
      • Good luck with that. Early hydraulics--more expensive than may be worth. *NM*
  • Click on enclosed LINK to find more details on Henry Ford's Famous "N" series. There's a 1/24 Heller Ferguson kit (#81401) which is very much like the Ford N. *NM* *LINK*
    • Here's a video of Dearborn plow for Ford Ns.... *NM* *LINK*
    • Saw one at the LHS in Muskegon the other day, almost grabbed it *NM*
  • Too early development to till with. DO NOT till--will rip out PTO--tractor then worthless. Can brush hog mow just fine, though. *NM*
  • Still useful and good parts availability. My brother has an 8N he uses to mow woods trails. *NM*
• Nice try, but that has too many “specialized” pieces to make it truly Lego. You couldn’t make anything but that car with those pieces. *NM*
• Where’s the politics? I haven’t mentioned any politics. Cute and clever? I’ve been called cute by a lot of people, but clever not too much. *NM*
• Here are some '57's!! Thanks for looking.
  • Pretty! *NM*
  • Like that James Bond convertible! *NM*
  • Thanks all! *NM*
• The REAPER
  • R/S......thats neat work , especially like the work on the firewall & interior floor. *NM*
  • Looking good! *NM*
  • Re: great looking *NM*
• '57's for 5/7....pics....
  • Quite the collection of cool '57s. Did you print out your own Chester Cheetah? *NM*
    • No, those are temporary tattoo's. *NM*
      • That's an interesting idea. I would never had thought of giving anything like that a try. Did you put clear over it? *NM*
        • Not sure as it's been awhile.......
  • There's some great looking model builds Dave! *NM*
  • Great looking builds!! *NM*
• My Five-Sevens for 5/7.... (nothin' new) *PICS*
  • Lots of eye candy! *NM*
  • You did good! Marty! *NM*
• Some '57s *PICS*
  • Still kicking myself for not getting one of the Modelhaus ‘57 Plymouths when they were available… oh well, it’s not that I don’t have numerous other unbuilt projects waiting. Nice selection there! :) *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Terry!! *NM*
• I'm sure there are more knowledgable people than me who will chime in, but here's how I understand it.
  • Years ago, there was also the fact that model kit tooling tended to be produced in factories that were Unionized. China has no labor unions, AFAIK.
    • Also, weren't a few kits made in Mexico for a few years? *NM*
      • I've built the original MPC Indy Turbine car from a kit made in New Zealand, & Testors in the late 1990's had an address in Australia on their HSO kits(tho' unsure whether any were actually made here)....tooling does move......lol. *NM*
      • AMT kits were made there (by RC2, IIRC) 1995-1999 *NM*
  • Thanks, your's is probably the best take on this I've read, and you remind me of some things I've forgotten, and some I didn't know. The worst part of the whole thing, is that the tooling in China probably aint never coming back. That's sad, and not political. *NM*
  • Just information, but I read somewhere that Salvinos has their new tooling made in China, but shipped to the USA for production. I don’t know that for a fact, but “I read it on the internet”. Take it for what it’s worth.
  • Listening to the model railroad manufacturers they've tended to speak of the vendors as partners...
    • At NNL I bought a new issue Heller Renault 4L kit "Made in France". If it can be done there it can be done here. *NM*
  • In the ancient of days, the Detroit area was awash with injection mold vendors
• The scale of Atlantis is radically different than Revell or R2 - and they bought the molds for a price right around scrap value
• It sounds like there are too many complexities involved for it to be a simple answer. IMHO, international trade is good when it’s between friendly, trustworthy countries. Beyond that, we’re getting political, so I will stop. *NM*
• I really like the "High School Hot Rod" term that you coined - the root beer float '56 fits it to a T *NM*
• A bunch of '57's...pics
  • Nice! Absolutely love the Buick! *NM*
  • The stance on the turquoise and white Chevy hardtop is killer!!! Seriously diggin' the Buick too. *NM*
  • WOW!! *NM*
  • Bob, one of yours reminded me. I have one...PIC INSIDE...
  • The Buick and the Olds really stand out to me. Is the Buick a promo or maybe a resin by Tom Coolidge (sp?) *NM*
    • Thanks for the compliments! The Buick is a Modelhaus resin, as is the Olds. *NM*
• For 5,7.....Lots of '57 models over the years (PICS)
  • Nice collection of builds! *NM*
  • Those sedan deliveries with fully open elements - especially the spare tire wells and gas fill up with its fender door! are really fine work. *NM*
• I wonder if they do Model T's or similar blocky styled cars *NM*
• Still not a Palmer. If it gets kids in the hobby it's all good. *NM*
• No national politics mentioned, don't censor, that's Spotlight's job *NM*
• Multiple layers of licensing figure into their costs (and pricing) compared with Atlantis *NM*