deepthinker84 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 10/20/2018 at 10:20 AM, Smokestone10 said: Forgot about this one. It's based on the same '65 kit, just an earlier issue. Going off the idea that the Continental and T-Bird were related, and the fact that AMT makes a nice '62 T-Bird, I spliced the two to create a "what if" Continental Sports Roadster. The one I just bought might end up a little closer to stock than the two you've seen. 1965 Lincoln Continental Sport Roadster by Chuck Most, on Flickr Love this colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 The junky blue '62 has been reborn as a period-style custom, and I also recently wrapped up a crusty '41 Connie lead-sled drolds1, Izzy3906 and MKZMark 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just did a somewhat relevant new post on my website. It just so happens my first disappointing scale model purchase was a Lincoln kit. http://chuckmost.wixsite.com/madhouse-miniatures/single-post/2019/11/09/Sht-Kits--Lindberg-1948-Lincoln-Continental R2D2 and Robert Iggy Cerami 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Speaking of that lousy old Pyro-based kit, I just picked up three built examples as rebuilders today. Here they are on the trunk lid of my MKZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 My latest acquisition- an original '62 Continental dealer promo. It's a tad dirty and has been repainted but I nabbed it for about 30 bucks... roughly one tenth of what I've seen pristine examples go for. So no guilt at all about treating this one to a rebuild. Robert Iggy Cerami and MKZMark 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 Over the weekend I got the Jimmy Flintstone '65 Continental "Highboy" body. I think it'll make a decent little Ed Roth-like "odd rod". Here it is next to the stock '62 for a size comparision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Today a package from Australia showed up. It was the two hot-rod Lincoln V12 engines I ordered. This is a 1:24 scale cast resin piece from The Parts Box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPofMD Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Has anyone found a kit for the 93-98 Mark VIII 's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 8:49 AM, CAPofMD said: Has anyone found a kit for the 93-98 Mark VIII 's ? Not yet, but there is a guy working on a resin kit of one. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Too-Many-Projects-1669710309751941/photos/?ref=page_internal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPofMD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 If y6ou don't mind me asking, w2hat's he gonna charge you for it? Is it gonna be '93-96 or a 97/98 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 Not sure yet, but when I know you'll know. Plan on getting at least one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Got this much maligned kit today. Actually, two. If the body proportions look weird, there's good reason. Revell took an existing Thunderbird pro street kit, and fabbed up a shortened MKVII body to fit. I also ran across a built up MPC '68 Toronado. I'm posting that because @drolds1 might get a kick out of it. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Of course. Love the Toronado. Ahead of its time with engineering breakthroughs that Oldsmobile was known for, especially the FWD drivetrain. Thanks for posting the pic.☺️ Here's the Hurst Hairy Olds, a Cutlass with a Toronado drivetrain at each end. Maybe you can pick a kit of it :https://www.ebay.com/p/1401630408 Edited February 15, 2020 by drolds1 MKZMark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 I have the Monogram Hairy Olds kit somewhere. One hell of a machine, even in 1:24 scale! I've heard the guy that built the car for George Hurst was so afraid of it that after he got it back, he cut it up with a torch and buried the pieces in the desert. The hand-made aluminum bumpers survived, though. They're on the re-created Hairy Olds that was built a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 Another one that might be up @drolds1's alley- the AMT '64 Cutlass drop top. I've been waiting for this one. So have a lot of other people, seeing as how this is the first time it's been reissued since 1964. I've actually been racking up the Oldsmobile themed kits of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Cool. I'd build it stock, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 5/2/2021 at 2:58 PM, drolds1 said: Cool. I'd build it stock, of course. I might do that... but with a bit of a twist. AMT also does a '65 Malibu wagon, so I might do a little cutting and pasting to make a '64 Cutlass wagon. So it would be a model of a stock vehicle, but not a box stock model. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 One from a while back. AMT 1965 Continental with some 3D printed wheels and supercharged DOHC modular V8. I'm currently working on the Mark VII pro Street kit that's currently reissued. bbf2530 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Cool! Looking forward to the Mark VII. It’s one of my all-time favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 11 hours ago, drolds1 said: Cool! Looking forward to the Mark VII. It’s one of my all-time favorites. I've actually never built one until now. Apparently the head of Revell at the time wanted to do a full detail kit of a factory stock VII but the bean counters shot him down. He compromised by convincing them to do a variation on an existing kit (the Matt and Debbie Hay Pro Street Thunderbird) and that's ultimately how we got what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 On 12/15/2019 at 3:33 PM, Smokestone10 said: Over the weekend I got the Jimmy Flintstone '65 Continental "Highboy" body. I think it'll make a decent little Ed Roth-like "odd rod". Here it is next to the stock '62 for a size comparision. And I managed to make something of the roadster. It's mostly AMT Phantom Vicky parts with a supercharged Lincoln 430 MEL engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 George Barris would be proud.☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestone10 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 On 2/27/2024 at 5:57 PM, drolds1 said: George Barris would be proud.☺️ I was thinking more like Ed Roth, but Barris probably would have liked it too. He owned quite a few Lincolns as personal cars over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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