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Excellent looking project. Very well executed.

So great to see your builds again. Excellent job as usual.

Dave, you're SOL on a 78 Catalina, plastic, resin or die cast in 1/25. The only close one I know of is the resin NEO American Excellence Bonneville in 1/43.

Very convincing, nicely done.

Just...WOW. But we've come to expect that from you.

His columns were a big influence on my early model building. RIP to Lou and thanks to you for sharing this great find.

That is just outright spectacular. Great job.

Good for Greg, well deserved. I have seen the work in progress over the years, and can only imagine the finished model. Can't wait to see the photos.

Well great job on it. That's one of the most realistic pavement bases I've seen.

Very nice. Represents the prototype very well.

Great model, but your photos are terrific. Tell us about your "pavement" base. It makes the scene look so real.

They make some really nice pieces. But I'd be crazy to start collecting in another scale, one is enough!

Dan...Missing Link has one out in resin...much better quality than the Otaki kit, IMO.

Superb!!

Looks great, go get some air Looks like the bounce off the floor didn't cause any major damage, thankfully.

That is very nice, job well done. Any pics of the denim interior?

Love it, very main stream...

Looks even better in person...great job and well deserving of the award.

Very sad indeed. He made a lot unique products that no one else would even try to do. Most of all, he was a nice guy, a pleasure to talk with. A void will be felt.

I was going through some old photos lately and came across this collection of 1/24 muscle cars by Monogram that I built about 12 years ago. As I recall, the kits weren't super detailed, but built up to be very nice replicas in their own right. Its weird that this 'odd' scale was used so often by Monogram back then, when 1/25 had pretty much dominated the market. But I digress... Anyway, here goes. I only had 1 image of each of them... 69 Coronet Super Bee... 70 Superbird 71 Hemi Cuda 69 GTO 64 GTO 70 Chevelle SS

Here are a few oldies... 61 Pontiac Tempest, restored from a glue bomb a few years back...painted in authentic GM 61 color, with Modelhaus chrome. Does an 80s Chevy Corsica count?

Very nice, both the model and 1:1

Bill, the "lower teeth" were on the Custom Royal, I believe. This car is based on the Coronet, and didn't have the "teeth". And.... I just checked the 58 Plymouth...its very close and may not need any major surgery. Thanks for the suggestion. Strange, because the real cars' wheelbases are 118" for the Plymouth and 122" for the Dodge. For reference the Chrysler 300C is 126".

Kev...looked over my 72 from the NNL...its real nice, going to be a winner for sure. Good job lad, good job!

I was lucky enough to be able to snag one of The Modelhaus' new 1957 Dodge Coronet D-501 2 door sedan kits at NNL East. In a word, this kit is fantastic. Don & Carol have outdone themselves with this one. The body is superb. It is made as a curbside, with the hood molded in, but it has great detail, moldings and emblems that are clearly visible. The interior is a platform, with separate side panels. Its based off the 57 Chrysler 300 with new side panel detail and correct bench seats. The chassis is a one piece, but will do the trick for a curbside. Chrome is excellent, vacuum formed f&r glass is super clear, and lots of small detail parts are in there, too. Tires are wide whites with dog dish caps. It is possible to do some surgery and combine this one with the chassis from the 57 Chrysler, but its not a drop in. The Chrysler chassis needs to be shortened a scale 4". The engine should be good as-is, as the blocks were the same, but the air cleaners were a bit different on the D-501s. This will make a real nice replica of a car never before kitted. Of course, those who know me know it'll be a replica vintage police car when I'm done. My research so far show that this car was used by the Ohio Turnpike Patrol, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nebraska State Patrol and of course, the CHP. Its priced at $95, but well worth it.