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Great job on both!

I have a list of "memory" builds to do and you're right it is fun when it brings back memories. I'm actually doing a simultaneous build of a '67 Impala four door hardtop along with this '61. We kept the '61 until dad traded it in on the '67. I took my driver license test with the '67 on my 16th birthday in 1968. Other family cars on my list are a '53 Ford, '57 Ford, '70 and '78 Caprice. Then I have my own cars that I've owned too.

Beautiful build Thomas!

No 348... 283 2 barrel.

Finally getting around to posting a WIP of a '61 Impala four door promo that is a tribute build to our family car in the early '60s. Good memories of the Imp with the family taking long trips each summer in it. Two especially memorable ones were in '63 and '64 when we did back to back trips out east, including New England in '63 and visiting Kennedy's grave in Arlington and the World's Fair in '64. Those were the days,... both summers were HOT and with no AC the hardtop was helpful. Having no seatbelts today seems strange but back then my brother and I had unhindered run of the back seat. I've been looking for an affordable four door for quite some time and one finally showed up and I was lucky to win it. It needed TLC and bodywork but I was ok with that. Full disclosure, I'm almost finished with the build so I'll be posting some build posts the next few days and then I'll post the final result in the Under Glass. Me and my older brother, probably on our way to church. Numerous issues to be corrected, not the least of which is the right front fender. Front roll pan and driver's A pillar needed replacement and I had a perfect donor I had a second donor for the chassis

Welcome aboard!

That's what I ended up finding for my Invicta.

Below zero isn't uncommon at all here, but rarely does it reach -31. Last time it hit -30 was maybe 5 years ago.

You too Les.... took a bit for both trips but it was worth the wait. Now, onto my project of the '59 Plymouth suburban. Fun and frustration ahead..... ?

We'd been having an unusually dry winter (for us anyway) and hadn't been able to take our snowmobiles out til we had a 12" snowfall a couple of weeks ago. But... the temps dropped like a rock that night and haven't recovered yet, so rather than riding in below zero temps we've been holding off. Hope is coming though. Looks like highs in the 20's by the end of the week so maybe we can finally get out of the house and ride.

This morning with my coffee .... We've only barely gotten above zero (daytime that is) a couple of times in the past couple of weeks <groan>....

Unfortunately I don't have an extra set. I was able to grab just what I needed for my Invicta. Good luck though!

Not really a trade, but I wanted to give a shout out to Tom Geiger for taking the time to make me some great scale license plates for two of my childhood family cars. Thanks Tom!

x2... Not sure putting enough pressure on the blade to make it conform is good for most seam or flash removal. But, I haven't tried it so I guess I'm no judge.

Not in my case anyway ?. Even though washer fluid is cheap, it works better than the others (various % alcohols, Wicked reducers, Tamiya x-20, Testors Universal, etc) I've tried with craft acrylics and I'd gladly pay more because it really does work better for me. Seeing as how I'm on SS, I'm not complaining that is is cheap though ?

I've never had any issues with plain old windshield washer fluid for craft acrylics. I use a small blow dryer after I lay each coat down and slowly build coats, only giving the last one or two a moderately wet coat. It dries nice and fast with the blow dryer.

My go to is the Trumpeter scriber but use others, including a good old backside #11 xacto. The Trumpeter is thinner than the Tamiya and unless I want to widen door gaps a bit I use the Trumpeter. I like to use the PE Tamiya saw blade too, as for me it's pretty easy to use if you go slow and it seems to remove most of what it cuts as well.

Welcome!

After reading these attached threads I may end up passing on the Caprice. The $100 price seemed really too high, but it's the only game in town (that I know of) for a downsized early Caprice and I have a special reason for wanting to do one. I'm not nuts on doing resin in the first place but would possibly take the job of doing this if it was maybe half the price. I guess I can just wait. Thanks for all the replies!

One kit I'm looking at from this seller is the 77 Caprice two door. Anyone have any comments on this one?

x2 ?

Nice builds Dave!

Depending on your budget, the H Paasche can't be beat and I believe you can still get it at Hobby Lobby either by itself or in the set. Plus, if you hurry you can still use your 40% coupon. I've read where HL is going to discontinue the coupon by 2/28. I have and use an Iwata Eclipse dual action that, in my opinion, sprays much nicer than the H (which I also have) but the downside is the learning curve to a DA. There are lots of factors in a good paint job,.. more than just the airbrush itself. Good luck!

Thanks for the input guys..

x2... just what I was thinking. If there was a discreet place to reinforce, that would be a great option.