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Thanks, Dave, it does photograph well enough but the roof reflection tells the story. ?

Thanks, Sonny. I agree on the beauty of this body style. The "corrected" engine didn't make the final cut, though. Testor's "violet metallic" is a favorite of mine and I decided on it because I wanted the trim to show up well. It seems to have worked. One of these days I'll wrap this one up. Same color, different car. ? I love those little square bottles.gotta love this body style. Notice the similar roof-line.

Lenny......I am truly at a loss for an appropriate response. Does Mc Donald's have car hop service where you are? I suppose I could go to Sonic....but there's no Grimace there. But there is one here -> ? <- ......?

It was a job, Greg. Lots of do-overs. Lots of wasted foil. This is usually my favorite task. ?

Yup. Way up on the top shelf.

Thanks, Bil, it is a decent kit. I still have more to do so maybe my attitude will improve after it's all together. I have the interior pieces masked and ready for paint but it's rain tomorrow. ?

After spending a fat chunk of yesterday rubbing out this body and most of today foiling it, I am not happy with the end result and it's because I didn't wait long enough for the paint to get completely solid. I thought it was. It was when I got to the Novus stage I saw the scratches. They would not polish out and there's not enough paint on the body to drop back down to 3200 and coming back up. I was already seeing some unevenness; I hate to repaint, so on to the foil we go. This car has a ?-ton of trim. Half of it is easy enough but that stuff up front is an angry female canine. I thought I wanted to get another one of these kits but now...not so much. Some areas were a bit difficult because of weak mold lines although most of that was at the bottom of the belt line trim. Anyway, thanks for checking in. ?

Thank you, Robert. I was having a good day ?

That's some pretty amazing work to get all this done in less than a week ! And with the old lady on your back to boot!? Excellent work, JR. ?

While watching this build I was not liking the color and the '65 model is my least favorite of the big Fords. That said, the finished build looks terrific. The chrome trim sets off the paint enough to change my opinion of the color. The addition of the quarter windows lends realism. The Cragars work to put this Ford squarely in period and the angle of attack is just perfect. Congrats on another sweet build, David ?? You worked your tail off on this one.

Thanks for the info, Jeff.

I picked this up today at my local Hobbytown in Yorktown, VA. It's a bit hard to navigate once you get off of I-264 because it's kinda hidden but be persistent. I found it last year and it's small but it's something to do on an a cool Saturday. Maybe I'll see you there if my wife will give me some cash ?.

It looks terrific, Bil ??

Thanks, Bob. (It was the voices ?)

Thanks, David. Sometimes it's best to just let it happen ?

When I selected a drill bit for the cup holder operation the only thing I had to guage it with was a case of coke bottles that came with the '41 Plymouth (?). Since I don't drink that awful poison, I would propose that the cup holders are the perfect size for a 16.9 oz. Aquafina ?.....or a 7 oz. long neck ?

Well, I have colors for El Nomado. I whipped up an interior and I had this can of Tamiya Coral Blue( which,by the way, is a dead ringer for Testor's Turquois) and, I dunno, it seemed right. Anyway, I was looking through a parts box for a console and ran across door panels from the Lindberg "'38 Ford Van" . The Nomad interior door panels were molded in relief so low it was barely visible. There was actually a place marked out for an arm rest but nothing in the instructions to indicate the presence of arm rests in the kit nor was there on the sprue trees. Lindberg to the rescue. I modified them a bit so you could pull the door closed (no handles, solenoids, remember?....oooo....but how do you roll the windows down??...electric windows!.....note to self: gotta make buttons). So....this is how it looks so far, I'll work in some buttons later. the door panels echo the side trim in matte aluminum (it was all I could think of) and the console echoes the bed treatment. Yes the cup holders look too small. Live with it ?. That's it for now, I need to wet-sand the body and do whatever after that so....thanks for looking, grimacing, smirking, etc. Your comments are always welcome. ?

Ah ha. OK. ?

Any chance of getting the front wheels in a bit?

Ride height looks bitchin, BB ?

I think the Olds is an excellent choice, Bob.

The merger with ERTL was a very good thing for AMT.

Thanks, David.

That's what happened to me when I looked it over. Instant karma. ?

Thank you, Carl!