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Nipples Lenny? Nipples? Nice work on the door cards so far...I like nipples, ?....I say leave 'em

Too late for Maggie, Len, but my next long roof project is a '53 Country Squire ?. Flintstone didn't give me any decals, either ?. Who makes decals like that?

That thing looks sweet, Steve. I really love these '60s 'Birds. I think there are plenty of folks that don't realize just how difficult it is to scribe nice clean lines like the ones you did here. Great work!

You nailed it, James....right down to the tools thrown on the seat. See? It was fun, right? ?

That shade of green is perfect for this scenario, James. Don't forget your door handles.

They are both quite convincing, Len, but the darker, "browner" one on the right is my choice. I also think a mid-'60s Pontiac made of wood is a fabulous idea! ? There's a guy in Hampton that built a car with a boat for a body....well....never mind ?

This is Alien technology, I'm convinced. ?

Don't use the pine cone this time, Greg. ?

Oooo yeah.....that's a beauty ?

OK, James, I'm liking it. Imagine a scenario that ends with an image of your Chevy. Where would you find rust in this particular car? What areas are the most susceptible to rotting out? Rust is about texture and color. But. Again, go easy ?.

I cannot see, in my mind's eye, any scenario in which a pine cone - clean, dirty, or otherwise - could apply paint with any degree of.....anything ?! but it was funny ? OK, let's not do this again.....sorry Greg....?

Dirty pinecone? Did I read that right? ?

OK, yeah..... my over-active spell checker, itself, is tyrannical. When I have bloviated for several paragraphs, I proof-read several times before hitting the "submit" button and when im sure I have it all straight and just before I hit the button, my spell checker re-writes it all. Very frustrating ?. If I didn't need it so badly I would shut it off. ? Thanks, Charlie, for dragging this up. ?

I don't get it, Greg. That just looks like a pretty normal paint job to me ?

The Nomad is 1:24 scale and the AMT Novae are 1:25 but you may be able to use the rear portion with some creative butchery. I'm not a fan of the pro-street look but the Nomad body is a good candidate, certainly. The Nomad chassis has molded-in exhaust that would need to be dealt with. Yeah, there's some work involved?. These Monogram tri-5 chevy kits are not well-detailed (firewall is a glaring example) and if you don't need an accurate model, you can overlook its deficiencies. The interior is another example. But you can still have fun with it. I have two of the Nomad kits and the '55 ragtop waiting for me. I'm thinking "gasser" for one Nomad ?. Maybe a '70s street machine for the other one, like the one on the box, but with better wheels ?.

Hey, James, you got me thinking about another of these 1:24 Monogram kits - the '57 Nomad. So I opened one up and started looking it over and I discovered a huge goof. The spare well is not depicted correctly on the chassis. It's a huge mistake. The Nomad stores the spare horizontally but the chassis/floor has a vertical spare well like a Bel Air. The cheap-skates pulled a fast one. ?.

I agree with Ricky, there is a tendency to go a bit too far on your first few projects of this nature (I still haven't learned that yet ?) so just keep that in mind. It looks like you are keeping to your original plan, James, the engine and chassis looks terrific.

I think you should test the paint scheme on a spoon. That just looks like primer to me , Greg. It doesn't matter what they call it. Maybe "KHORNE" in Icelandic means "oxide" ?.

I'm lovin' it!

I can't keep a bit smaller than a #76 because I always break them but if I had one, I would use a #80. You probably have some bit you use for ignition wire? You're creating an illusion, so you can't always keep everything to scale. This is art now, James. The lines that are left behind may add to the overall effect. You are doing just fine.

I have used a 1/2" chisel blade , a #11 "surgical" blade, single edge razor blades and emery boards and nail files, and anything else that would make the trim go away (picture the AMT '56 Vicky ?) To answer the question, nothing is easy until you make it that way.

I'm going to take a chance and post these photos that I found out in the ether. They will possibly help you with hole locations where you removed the trim pieces. You'll need to zoom, of course, to see some of the holes. I will take them down if you wish.

Nope, don't waste your time, Len, it's not that important. I was just wondering maybe you'd run into something like this. I think I can make it work if I ever get around to it. Thanks for the link. ?

It requires a whole lot of magnification. And tweezers.. Hey, I was just thinking about what you're doing with the Plymouth and Dodge chassis/ body swapping attic junk, etc.. and it got me thinking about a swap I will be doing (if I live long enough.) I have the Dirty Donny Super Bee that I want to build as a stock street car, not a tubbed-out pro-streeter. I used the tubbed chassis for a stock car, using the Round 2 '64 Dodge body with the expectation of using that ('64 Dodge) chassis under the '70 Coronet body. It looks pretty darn close to a drop-in but, as we all know, the best laid plans...well, anyway, whattaya think? You probably have all that stuff in your attic ?.

Yes it does, it makes good sense. I believe I will try it on my next opportunity. Thanks, Dave!