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• Bill Goldbach posted this Ute a while back but I always thought it was missing something....
  • Yes! *NM*
• OT: 67 years ago yesterday(Sept. 5th, 1956), I arrived at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. I STILL wake up at 0500/0530!! L.O.L. Have a great day everybody! *NM*
  • I was 9 years old playing with wooden boats in puddles... Knowing our history I guess you were 19 then. *NM*
    • Welll, I was closer to 19, than 18 as if you remember, Raymond, my birthday is when? L.O.L. *NM*
  • Boomer, well I was around, all of 2 & 1/2yrs of age........probably starting to annoy my newly arrived (by 2months) younger brother.....you look after yourself mate & keep gluing plastic, regards from Oz. *NM*
    • Will do, mate. The wife will be 81, come Sunday and I'll be 86, on, "when", Raymond Gallant ? C'mon man, surely you remember. L.O.L. And don't call me "Shirley"!! L.O.L. *NM*
      • I'm thinking it's on Halloween, right? *NM*
        • TA DA!!!!!!! Correctamundo!!! *NM*
  • You make me feel young......I wasn't born yet!!! *NM*
• A little progress *PIC*
  • Interesting start... What's the story? Drag, rapid delivery, or ? *NM*
  • I LIKE IT!!! *NM*
• My other stop on Monday was the Labor Day show, at Poopy's Pub, in Savanna (IL). Again, it was small, it was hot, and it was dusty, but there were some pretty cool cars *PICS* *LINK*
  • Oops... Here's the link.... *NM* *LINK*
    • More great stuff. Thanks for posting. *NM*
    • The one that really stuck out for me was the chopped pink and white '59 Caddy and boat. They will not have any problems picking that out in a parking lot. ;^) *NM*
      • I liked the '47 Cheby S/D in the background. *NM*
• Will the chassis from the AMT 1958 Chevy fit the original AMT 1958 Buick? I can get a Buick kit minus the chassis. Usually, the wheelbase of the Chevy's is shorter than the BOP's. What other common kit chassis can be used under the 58 Buick body? I need the same wheelbase. *NM*
  • Also, will the windshield and rear window from the AMT 58 Chevy fit the AMT 58 Buick body? Thanks everyone. *NM*
  • I think the 59 Cadillac pieces would be closer. *NM*
    • The Revell kit? Thanks. *NM*
    • I meant, the Monogram kit? *NM*
  • Some more information....
    • I'll be glad to read the consensus on this one as I have a similar problem. *NM*
      • I'd go with the AMT 62 Electra, probably a more common & cheaper kit,almost the same wheelbase, general frame configeration. torque tube driveline & a Nailhead to boot. *NM*
        • LINK- 1958 Buick Frame Chart *LINK*
• Labor Day Monday, I went to a couple of small car shows. Unfortunately, I am once again having problems with my home Internet/WiFi, so bear with me as I attempt to share them from my phone. First up, the Davis Park Labor Day show, in Rockford. *PICS* *LINK*
  • Nice pics. Some great shots. Thanks for posting. *NM*
  • I'll take the Magnum plez!!! *NM*
    • You'd have to fight me for it 😁 *NM*
      • Marty, you and Dave, "fight"? I'd buy a ticket. L.O.L. Oh, and I'll take the "rust bucket" Cheby S/D. *NM*
  • A Mack B is aways good. *NM*
  • Great pics! That '59 Mercury 2 door sedan reminded me of Albert. He would have loved it. *2 of Marty's PICS*
• Hello guys I'm doing okay still having issue with my tremour but not as bad as they where. I need some looking for a Article
  • Charlie, I have the issue with the third part of the series: June 1995. I think I might have been buying the magazine off the rack at that time, so may not have the first two parts of the series. *NM*
  • Just a guess. Might be OCT '94, APR '95, Jun '95. *NM*
    • Good guess......I checked & Oct 1994(#93), April 1995(# 96) and June 1995(#97) are the three issues with the '62 Bel Air articles. *NM*
      • Thanks for the help I found all of the artlices *NM*
        • Maybe, now knowing which issues, someone can scan copies and post the articles for those of us who may not have these magazines. TIA 😎 *NM*
  • Glad you're feeling some improvement. Get well soon. *NM*
• Devon Truck Show 2023, primarily Euro and Brit modern trucks. The guy has a ton of photo files if you feel like exploring. *NM* *LINK*
  • If I was heavy into trucks, I'd be doing backflips. Thanks for posting. *NM*
• I had the hobbyshop dream last night...
  • I have those too. In addition, there are ones they never made like the Johan ‘79 Eldorado and ‘80 Cadillac Coupe Deville, MPC ‘71 Pontiac Grand Ville, ‘72 Lincoln Mark IV, ‘71 Cadillac Coupe Deville, ‘73 Ford LTD, ‘72 T-Bird, etc, etc. *NM*
    • I hear you, 1973 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe', 1973 Imperial Crown coupe, 1971 Mercury Grand Marquis coupe, 1970 Hurst Chrysler 300 . . . *NM*
  • Sure have different dreams - Tatra 77, Mercer Raceabout, Austin 7, Scammell Scarab,,,,,, *NM*
  • Well, I had that dream for real for 20yrs, my own hobby shop, specialised in plastic cars,trucks & planes & resin conversions...no trains, toys, dolls, radio control or games....lasted from 1996 to 2016..a dream?...nightmare sometimes but still miss it....lol. *NM*
• I joined the ATSFHSMA a few years ago (not a member now). The ATSF Historical Society and Modeling Association did have a few members then who were not that "welcoming" to the BNSF era.
• That's really great looking. *NM*
• Great job! *NM*
• GOOD GUY: John Sharisky Got the engines today--if everybody packed as well as he, there wouldn't be any damaged stuff! *NM*
  • I’m glad everything arrived safely! *NM*
• Weekend *PIC*
  • I always thought the 63 Tempest looked better than the 64, if it just didn't have that darn swing-axle transaxle. *NM*
  • This was my weekend, I'll start with Saturday (from the "Cars in my driveway" sporadic series...)
    • The Buick under the hood is a nice surprise. Beautiful car *NM*
    • Lordy, you just can't beat a full-fender, 3-window '32. *NM*
    • That 32 #W has to be a 1:1 version of the Revell model kit, nice nailhead BTW. *NM*
    • Very nice! Thanks for sharing the pics. *NM*
  • And this was my driveway yesterday...
    • You don't see very many Stude's and I'd have to say that is one of the nicest ones I've seen. Again I don't see many but maybe a couple of times a year. MAAAYBE. *NM*
    • Love your Stude! *NM*
      • It WAS my Stude for 32 years, my buddy Terry now owns it and it looks and performs a lot better than when I had it... *PIC*
        • Ray, thanks for the photos. Great rides combo. I've always been impressed with your wonderful real estate. *NM*
  • Terry, do you have interior photos? I can't remember. *NM*
    • Of the wagon? *PIC*
      • Yes, your wagon. *NM*
• That Nickle Plate Alco is along way from home, if you took that pic in Arizona. *NM*
  • That line of photos and the steam engine were at the Oregon Railroad Musuem in Portland. *NM*
• Re: Tamiya Mercedes McLaren SLR Yikes! that's awesome! *NM*
• Are the Pinty cars basically the same as a ARCA car? *NM*
  • Very similar, can use older model year bodies, fewer restrictions *NM*
• I have a few POLA G scale items....PICS
  • I would love to score the Lanz and the crawler! *NM*
• Wow. At least he had a good life. *NM*
• Part Request
• Re: MPC Chevy Monza Sportback was 5 lug. Like I said, verify. I was just going by the box art picture which looks like it might be either? Hard to tell in a small picture. Thanks for the clarification. Here it is enlarged: *NM* *PIC*
  • Got me curious so I dug a little more and found a pic of that MPC box side. Definitely 5 spoke for the (Vega style) Monza Sportback MPC kit. The 1:1 Chevy Monza Spyder style with aero roof line have 4 lug. See the *2 PICS*.
    • The stock wheels in all those Vega and Monza kits that can be built stock all have 4 bolt wheels with the dog dish hubcaps. Shows it right on the side of the box pic you posted. Any Vegas and Monzas with 5 bolt wheels were modified. , , *PIC*
      • The stock wheels have hubcaps so you can’t see the 4-lugs. The optional mag wheels are open where you can see the 5 lugs. If he’s asking for 14” 4-lug wheels, I assume he wants open wheels where you can see the lugs. If not, then it doesn’t matter either way. *NM*
• Do you need taillights for the Elco? *NM*
  • I might - the bumper stripped clean but the lights are in there pretty good. *NM*
• Very nice build John. *NM*
• Thanks, Wayne. Had no idea such a rig existed--too cool (now...IF I could scratch build, and IF my hands didn't shake , and IF...) *NM*
• You sure build some really interesting and intriguing stuff. *NM*
• Wow what a great build. *NM*
• Great name and build. *NM*
• Would anyone have the decals for the Grocery Getter Pontiac Tempest wagon they are not going to use? Is a Model Car world kit. *NM*
  • None for sale, but I could do a hi-res scan of the sheets *NM*
    • I don't have the sheets....:( *NM*
• Now that's a cool build! *NM*
• Marty.great pics as usual, lots to see...Anal Andy Q...why don't people who use alloy radiators paint them black, I'd much prefer to see a black radiator...am I anal or what ...surely the black paint wouldn't affect the cooling that much?...1st pic is the case in point.lol. *NM*
  • For what that puppy cost me I want people to see its aluminum. Seriously I'd never thought about it before, since I usually only see them on race cars. *NM*
    • A lot of those aluminum radiators are cheapo eBay specials, made from recycled Pepsi cans. Between the cheap material and epoxied tanks, throwaways when repair is needed *NM*
      • OK, but the ones I'm familar with are from Speedway Motors or Moss and they're usually what I consider expensive. *NM*
        • Same here... Walker Radiator Works for example, VERY high quality. Don't think I've ever even heard of an "epoxied" radiator tank. *NM*
          • Typically, there is a thin rubber gasket between the plastic end tanks and the aluminum body. *NM*
          • The cheap radiators' tanks are welded, but final assembly (tanks with the finned tubes) is done with epoxy. If you have a "flipper farm" "classic car dealership" in your neck of the woods, you can likely see cheap radiators on some of their consignment cars *NM*
            • I wonder how long those last, a year, maybe two. *NM*
              • Probably depends how often the vehicle is driven…hot and cold cycles. *NM*
              • Long enough to flip the car, maybe it lasts as long as the duct tape over the rotted inner rocker panels *NM*
  • Have you ever tried to get paint to stick to aluminum? Without the correct prep, primer, and paint it'll peel easily. Especially with repeated heating and cooling. A lot of expansion/contraction going on there, and if the paint doesn't too, it cracks. *NM*
• Wait....George has friends???? Who'da thunk it? *NM*
• Long shot seacrh question. I am building the JR Salvino's modified and I want to paint it solid black and have gold flake numbers. I would love to have red trim around the numbers but that may be asking too much. Any idea where I could find gold flake numbers to fit. *NM*
  • Terry shoot me a pm with a pic of what your looking for. *NM*
    • Thanks, The only picture I have is in my mind. Let me try to draw what I am thinking about and I'll send that to you. It's just a shot in the dark. *NM*
    • Some one just refered me to Vintage Racing Minitures and they have exactly what I am looking for. Well, I am not sure if the size is right for what I need but I think so. If they don't work, I will shoot you a picture and we can go from there. Thanks again. *NM*
  • You may want to look at Vintage Racing Miniatures decals for the Revell Kurtis midgets. The sheet has gold leaf numbers with red outline. JIM *NM*
    • That is so cool! Thanks *NM*
  • Terry, reach out to STS Scale Model Decals, they do some great work and pricing is quite reasonable.
    • Thanks, I found some decals at Vintage racing Minitures that I think should work. If not I will contact them. Thanks again. *NM*
• There's always a new project with Modeler's ADD! Vintage AMT packaging question re: Buick Special Stawag
  • Whoops - belay that '62 question. My box is the '61 with the orange background. All else applies. Thanks! *NM*
    • What is the depth of your '61 lid? I did a quick check of a '61 Ford Starliner kit I have. Approximate depth of brown "bottom" is 3-11/32". *NM*
    • Pretty sure only the two Buick wagon kits use that "tall" box...
      • Well, mystery solved - I think. Looks like....
• That's a nice looking build. *NM*
• I'm pretty sure I used to see your work in another forum (it's gone now) called eScale. Then everybody moved to Skid's Place a UK forum. I still use that one too. You should post over there too.
  • A big thank you. Much appreciated. *NM*
• I've decided to expand my building of cars to include 1958 and 1959. I like those last 2 years of the 1950's because they were finally allowed to use 4 headlights. Here're a few that I've picked up in the past few weeks. ....... *PICS* .......
  • Those all look nice. You're right about the '58 promo. Rare to see one of those that straight. *NM*
  • The ‘59’s were great due to their excess styling at the time. One of my favorite periods. I have a half a dozen ‘59 Impala’s to restore. It does get addictive. *NM*
  • Given how nice your '60 Buick came out, looking forward to seeing where you go with these *NM*
  • How kool would that be if those were all a modern tooling kit? Nice score, look forward to your builds. *NM*
    • Definitely something R2 should look into before all the boomers die off. *NM*
• I thought this ramp truck was interesting. Kinda looks like a Dodge - *PIC*
  • Looks like that is what was intended to be. Headlights and fenders sort of give it away. *NM*
  • AMC cars hauler replica? Probably did not want to give Dodge the credit for hauling their cars. Anybody know? Or maybe Dodge wanted too much $ for licensing the model? *NM*
• If a kit has just the top or bottom of an engine
  • If the hood is glued shut it won't matter I think. *NM*
    • Shouldn't even have to do that... The idea of a curbside class is to view the car as it were parked at the curbside. Judges should not even handle the model, so whether it has an engine or not is moot.
• I just keep coming back and looking at this build...
• Here…
• How would you take care of that? Buffing it out could take the chrome off. *NM*
  • It’s just dirty/oily print. Light wipe with alcohol should do it. *NM*
    • I hope it works. Whenever I had something like that in the past, I found that the oils(finger print) actually etched into the chrome. *NM*
      • Soft cloth no chemicals. I think it worked *NM* *PIC*
        • Nice! You were lucky. I had an old Johan promo that had a fingerprint on the rear bumper which rubbing it out didn’t work. Time and quality of plating definitely worked in your favor. *NM*
          • Although painted years ago I only put the chrome on this past week. Fingerprint didn’t have time to set. *NM*
        • Nice job! Now it's completely gorgeous. A little embarrassed at having pointed that trivial blemish out. Thanks for not taking offense. Such a beautiful build. *NM*
          • No need to be embarrassed. I appreciate your feedback. Helps me be a better modeler. *NM*
• Neat find! *NM*
• Nice! I hope they reissue it again. *NM*
• Mustang Cobra II.....so "hated" back in the day but so cool now !!!! I cannot tell you how many of those just got thrown away back then.... *NM*
  • If only Ford extended the wheelbase in the front. That’s what made the Capri so good looking back in the day. *NM*
    • Re: If only Ford extended the wheelbase in the front. That’s what made the Capri so good looking back in the day.
• Thanks to all... will take a good look to see what is in inventory or available on a holiday weekend
  • I always thought that too. With the way I like to do meticulous work on small plastic parts, I probably would have made a good dental hygienist. Then again, having to work inside people’s mouths all day is kinda blech! *NM*