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I always had a thing for Betty. I will never understand what she saw in that little twit. ?

I admire your persistence, sir. The kit does not warrant it. The subject, on the other hand, does and that's why all this stuff needed to be done. We all know by now the kit leaves a whole lot to be desired and your work on this kit will be the template for future builds. Not every builder will want to do all of this, but, for me, (and you, if I may assume) this is where the fun is.

OK, Charlie.....I was not upset. I was trying to be funny. It is a fact, though, that I sometimes don't come across as funny. I thought I used the proper emojis but maybe I should use more. I don't know. Posting emojis, for some reason unbeknownst to me, is a problem for my tablet's word processor. ? it has its own ? ideas and often doesn't approve of mine. And sometimes I'm a little cranky because of it. But it's not you, Charlie. We are ? cool.

Exactly, James. You get to exercise the creative side of your brain in a very different way.

Using those little magnets to keep your doors aligned is worth the extra effort. Good work, Dave.

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.