FINISHED PICS! The Never-Wuz Wagon. AMT 65 LIncoln Continental

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 Youse guys whut mess wid dem cars .Youse nebba seeces to amaze me , I do gotta say dats noice mine frend ! LOL.LOL.Great Job there , Do More , Do More - T.B.

Thanks, all, once again. This is an OLD thread, but it's nice to know that it still gets people smiling.

nice change of pace. I like the dust with no rust . lol

Hi Doog

I know this an extremely late comment on an old thread but,  i just had to say: WOW!!

This goes beyond being a master builder ... we must have a new title for you 

Thank you, Greg; it's a little surprising to see this thread come up again, but I guess it's nice to know that my model has "staying power", lol to impress the second time around! :)

Doog, I realise this is a 4 yr resurrection as you call it, but I didn't see it back then and can't resist commenting on what a nice job you did on the kit, mate.

Thanks, David! I appreciate the compliment! :)

Great job on this kit! Love all of the modifications that you made! This kit would make a neat "what if" ambulance! There were several smaller ambulance builders that used vehicles other than the Cadillac chassis...  I would add it to my "planned" builds, but I already have a few lifetimes of those already...

David

Thank, Steve. Yeah, Uncle Ted would've done that. Or,more'n likely, he'd have rigged up some way to plug the air hole with some concoction of rubber and gasket sealer heated with a cigarette lighter and infused with a drinking straw. lol.

It's kind of a surprise to see this old thread ressurected, but nice again to write about my dear old uncle. We miss him, especially during Christmas, where he used to bring up these weird and wonderful presents and games. He used to have one with the kids where he went to a surplus canned goods depo, and got all these canned good that came without labels. Just shiny, aluminum cans that were technically "expired" and so they'd have the labels removed--but you could still buy them if you were poor. He'd buy a bunch, and then wrap a $10 bill around them, and say to the kids "You can have the money,but you have to agree to eat one teaspoon of whatever is in the cans". Cuz you just didn't know? It could be beans, it could be tomato sauce. I'll never forget one year that my little neice got saurkraut. She cried! (No,he didn't make her eat it) :)

 You and Uncle Ted have quite the fancy car there.  Do you suppose he would'a filled a flat tire with sand,  if it still had some good tread left?  

Regardless, Great job of modeling and story telling. 

Yeah ;

   But hypothetical or not it was interesting . I would wish for more . I had a Sicilian grandpa like that !

Ha, no, tankerbuilder; the conversastiuon was hypothetical. That's the kind of guy Uncle Ted was--kinda like a "hillbilly McGuyver"-picker dude who just made do with whatever he had. Ithink it came from his time being in the field in Vietnam.

Aha !

   Your conversation with Uncle Ted was awesome . Did you hang the jugs under the car ?

OH !

    I wish I knew how to get them darned pichures over here ! I used that roof on the last Gran- Marquis kit I had . No they never made one , But that body is close enough !

    Made a Colony Park out of it and remover the sculptured section toward the front . That wasn't hard and then the rest , kinda went like yours .The hardest part for me was getting the side chrome exactly right .

     I did cut the wall behind the seats so you would have the wagon as it actually was , then put one seat back down . It folds forward . I also moved the back door handle to the rear , as it would be on a Merc .Not quite as nice as yours , But , I did mine over thirty years ago ! Enjoyed the build .More please?       Tanker - Builder  

Thanks, Cadillac! I'd liike to see a photo of your if you can post one. I've never seen another one of these built. ;)

Very cool model. It's too bad FOMOCO never built a Wagon version. Had they, we wouldn't have this Model Kit.

I built one of these as a wagon many years ago. Mine hauls a Revell Ford GT40 on a Trailer.

The clear roof section is filled and painted, the Tailgate window is removed to give the appearance of being open. The too small and useless Luggage rack wasn't used and is (Thankfully) LOST. I haven't seen it since finishing the Lincoln. I used Wire wheels to match the GT40's. Because of the Two Tone (Ford Gold with Ford White) Paint, I decided not to add the Wood grain Decal. Had I used it, I would've trimmed it with either REAL Wood or Plastic painted to look like it. Kind of the way Ford did it back then.

I Flocked the Headliner and Carpet in my Model.

caSSius

Splendid work Karl...it turned out perfect...all your little extra's that took so much time came together very convincingly.

Cheers to Uncle Ted for inspiring the build, and may he rest in peace.

Thanks, sincerely, CaSSius--I appreciate the kind thoughts and compliment!

Aaron Skinner

Karl,

Nice work as always! And the conversation with Uncle Ted is priceless. We all need one relative like that.

Cheers, Aaron

Thanks too, Jim Barton! I know that Uncle Ted would have gotten a kick out of my memories of him, too!

Thanks again, everyone!

Aaron Skinner

Karl,

Nice work as always! And the conversation with Uncle Ted is priceless. We all need one relative like that.

Cheers, Aaron

I enjoyed the conversation with Uncle Ted, too. He sounds like a real-life Red Green.

the doog

 

And thanks, too JT--I gotta tell ya, James--your hint about the embossing powder has been the biggest hit with modelers in this build WIP! On Scale Auto forums too--a guy over there just loved the tip! I gave credit where credit was due, though! I thank you for turning me on to that stuff--it's really a nice and better-scale substitute for standard flocking!  Thanks for looking in and for stopping to comment!

 

hey no prob lol, I discovered the stuff about 5 years ago will never go back to flocking again.

Karl,

Nice work as always! And the conversation with Uncle Ted is priceless. We all need one relative like that.

Cheers, Aaron

Splendid work Karl...it turned out perfect...all your little extra's that took so much time came together very convincingly.

Cheers to Uncle Ted for inspiring the build, and may he rest in peace.

Ed, thanks a lot for your nice comments; I have to laugh, because some of the things I was doing at the end there were so tedious and time0consumnig that I was like "Ugh, am I EVER going to finish this?!?" Glad to know that at least I made it LOOK "easy", ha ha!

"it'sonlyakit"--may I call you Mona LIsa?   Thank you for making your first comment on the forums on my post! And WELCOME! You know, you probably were right about the trunk--I should have secured it front-to-back, but now the string has been set and secured with superglue, and I'm afraid to truss it up excessively lest I ruin it artistically. You;ll have to get in on the build earlier for the next one and give me some extra eyes! Thanks again for your comments and suggestion!

Thank you again, Ibuild48!

And thanks, too JT--I gotta tell ya, James--your hint about the embossing powder has been the biggest hit with modelers in this build WIP! On Scale Auto forums too--a guy over there just loved the tip! I gave credit where credit was due, though! I thank you for turning me on to that stuff--it's really a nice and better-scale substitute for standard flocking!  Thanks for looking in and for stopping to comment!

Thanks again, everyone!!

Holy cow! that sweet!!!!  love all the gear you added

WOW!  Stellar Finish!

Thank you for sharing the techniques and photos of this build, I have the same kit some where in the unbuilt stash.

As I went though this article I noticed your fotki site and just before clicking I said to myself, this guy must have a armor/figure/weathering background and I was right. The Impala in the snow............WOW. That is the kind of car modelling I enjoy, replicating reality, well done.

I have one suggestion for the trunk on top of the Lincolns roof, some more roping through the interior and back over the top for "safety".

What amazes me the most,isn't the actual build itself (for once).It's definately masterful as usual.

What blows me away were the words FINALLY and FINISHED!

Considering the amount of work put into it,I'm shocked it's done already.

I thought I worked fast when deep into build mode.

Awesome job dude!

IBuild148

doog,

Just so you know that was just tongue in cheek only.

DITTO on "The Most Anti-Smoking and Anti-Drug Modeler in the World"!

 

Thanks too, Griffin, Hercmech, and Jim! I do sincerely appreciate the compliments and the kind words!

OUTSTANDING work Karl. We've all gotten loads and loads of great ideas and learned a lot from you. Keep up the great work.

Jim

AWESOME Doog!