Jim N

Sorry for your loss. The car looks great!

Looks great!

Excellent work!!

Very nice. The wheel base seems to go forever! Parking that car would be a real challenge.

You did a great job!

Very nicely done! The paint looks great.

Very nice! You did a great job.

Looks fantastic!

Great looking model!

Great job!

Both look great!

Looks great! The detail work is outstanding.

I got my information through news articles. Shortly after the Obama administration took office, they set up the Auto Industry Task Force, which was to work with GM and Chrysler to get them through the reorganization / bankruptcy process. GM gave this task force its first proposal and it largely kept the company intact. The task force was not impressed and at the end of March 2009 sent the company back to the drawing board. At the next meeting, GM had to justify the existence of the divisions it intended to keep. Buick and GMC were specifically questioned by the task force. GM argued successfully that while Buick did not sell particularly well domestically, it was one of the company’s most popular brands internationally. Many foreigners in the emerging markets look at American brands as luxury items and Buick fills this role in GM’s car lineup. GMC was also questioned as the task force made the same comment as the poster I responded to. GMC trucks are essentially the same as Chevrolet, so why keep two divisions that make the same vehicles. GM as I pointed out provided the task force with sales data that, while the vehicles are essentially the same, people who buy GMC will for the most part not consider Chevrolet. GMC is looked at as more of a premium vehicle and Chevrolet does not necessarily have this reputation. Contractors were specifically mentioned in the article as individuals who as a group prefer GMC over Chevrolet. I do not know how aggressively the task force pursued the matter of closing GMC with GM, but it was a matter that they broached at least according to a couple of news articles I read. You are correct that GM was mismanaged for a long time. This was noted by members of the task force. They were surprised at how poor the talent was in GM’s accounting and finance divisions.

I thought it was alphabetically as in blue label before red, but apparently I was mistaken,

Really nice looking model! If I may offer one suggestion: Micro Sol and Micro Set are supposed to be used together. The solution in the blue labelled bottle is applied to the plastic (Micro Sol I believe) and then the solution in the red labelled bottle goes on the decal (Micro Set I believe). I am away from my workbench, so I am not certain of the names on the bottles, but the order they are applied is correct.

Very nicely done!! I just bought this one and have to work it into the rotation.

Great looking conversion!

Excellent build!

You can make one from an aluminum can. I have done that a time or two when I have lost the part or broke it.

Great job!

Very nice looking collection!

Looks great!

Excellent work!

Very nice!

You did a great job!