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Ron that's funny. I had a friend that had his Ford truck painted by them and they even painted the rocks and debris in the truck bed. He forgot to tape over the chrome trim on the tail-gate and they painted that too. All for only $39.99. Sounds like when I paint a model car. You can tell I have both a cat and dogs by the hair in the paint jobs. Glad the paint came off the tires modlbuldr and it could have been worse. I know. Been there and did it. Got the paint spattered T shirts to prove it. Patrick

That's so cool Greg. My grandkids love the cars with flames too. They think I should put flames on every build I do, even my HO scale trains. Hope to see you at the show Sat. I am going and maybe will bring some projects. Boy do I like that grey '30 Ford 5 window coupe. My dream ride. Patrick Mitchell

I know what it is but I don't know the year or model.

Fine different build on the Revell '39 Ford coupe. Perfect weathering and as said before nice touch with the mason jar boxes in the trunk. These cars, as mentioned, were called Fordilacs and there were Studeilacs too. Those Caddy motors sure moved a lot of white likker back in the day, They would order the replacement motor for the ambulances because they had no serial numbers to trace back to an owner if the car was "caught". Love this historical build. Need a "revenuer" pursuit car now. Were those pursuit vehicles the first government "hot rod" cars? Patrick M

Andy is right. I ran a '57 Chevy in '67-8-9 and I had a pair of pie crust slicks on it with chrome steel wheels. I sold the car in '70 and saw it 15 years later and it still had the slicks on it. Don't think they were new. It was still being drag raced locally in bracket racing. Hope that helps. Patrick M

Great job after all those years. I know people that have been building for 40 years, me, and can't always build that good. Fine paint and the decals look OK. Welcome back and keep building. Patrick M

Fine job Bob. That looks fast sitting there, catch any crook in almost anything. My lady friend has one of these with a Hemi and it is fast, but uses lots of gas. A good trade off? Hers is white but man that black looks good on this vehicle, especially with the silver top and hood. I wonder what modifications they do to these for Police service like they used to modify the older Police cars with "heavy duty" or Police duty parts. Sure looks real. Another excellent build Bob. Patrick M

Excellent build Chris. That blue is perfect. Bob, you will go nuts trying to figure out why some things are done in designing and molding the models we build. So many simple mistakes in so many kits over the years I too wonder what is going on with the companies. Do they not have some one on staff that can do a little research into the vehicles they make? Some parts in kits are works of art and others are completely wrong. Makes you go a little crazy if you think about it. Thanks for the post of this beautiful Vette Chris. I need to get one. Wish it could be a real one. LOL Patrick M

Me too. I like the green color on the chopped top truck. Nice work. Thanks for the post. I love that dio, perfect for photographing your builds. Patrick M

Nice job so far David. That color is fine on that car. The frame looks real, like one of those in the 1/1 car mags before they drop the body on it. I like the way you have detailed the headlight rims. Nice touch. I have always liked the scale Willys coupes the model companies have released over the years. My first real detailed motor was in my first Revell Willys coupe. Not near as good as yours. Good build. Should look great with the body mounted. Patrick M

Excellent build Mike. Can I steal that color combo for a '57 I am building? Looks great. Those tri-five Chevys always looked best with 2 tone paint jobs. Your detailing in the engine compartment and on the engine is award winning stuff. Good luck. Patrick M

Nice Ford and it is "in the weeds" for sure. Steve, BMF means the use of Bare metal Foil on the chrome trim parts on the car. Usually better than trying to paint them with some form of silver or metal paint or leaving them body color. Some cars need more foil than others too. That Ford looks great in those 2 colors and the custom work you did was near perfect for that car. I can't wait to see more of your work. Patrick M

Thanks for the info Greg. Found stuff I didn't have in my Corvette books. If things go right I will bring the Vette to the April show. Don't have much to do to finish it. Need to complete the interior and add some final detailing to the motor and assemble the car. I want to BMF it too. Just need to find a safe container to bring it by bus west on Greenway with some other builds. Hope to see you there. I missed the show last year because of 2 serious heart attacks that put me in the hospital and extended care home for a month. Doing fine now and building everyday. I've been looking forward to this show for a long time. Patrick M

Boy when your Grandmother buys you a kit, you pretty much have to build it. That said, this is going to turn out great. Excellent work on the interior and that engine color is just about as close as you can get. I had a neighbor that rebuilt Edsels and that was the color of his motors. Fine detailing on the motor and wheels and tires. Are those the stock kit tires or aftermarket stuff? They were nice looking cars with just one problem, the horse collar grille. Nice build so far and I think your Grandma will be happy. If she keeps going to out of the way stores who knows what she could bring home to you next. Patrick M

I like where this is going. One fast question--where's the bullet holes on the sides of the car? Don't know of many shot up cars that had un-shot sides. I will watch this because I have heard of the salt method but not the salt and hairspray method. Must have missed one of your builds that used that method. I like the idea of the black base coat to paint over. I had used silver but it had no shadows or contrast in the weathering. Thanks DR.C for giving us a look into your world of styrene and talent. I heard the door creak but it opens wide to let us in. Patrick M

Good start Greg. Those are Buick nailheads, maybe 401 cubes each.I just used one I found in my engine stash box in a T project. I don't want to burst your plan Greg but those headers from the old dragster with the Hemi won't match the exhaust ports on the nailheads. Just a thought. Hope you get this done in time for the April show in Phx. Should be neat. Patrick M

Excellent save of a mostly ruined old kit. I love old trucks and try to build them as often as I can. Nice weathering on the body and it looks like what a frugal but talented farmer would create to save money and to get the farm work done. Fine little dio base too. Harry is right the wood does look too new to fit with the truck but Hey, the farmer could have replaced it already after the original wood wore out. Good job and a very interesting build. Maybe think about a hitch on the back somewhere to pull a hay trailer to feed livestock or other farm equipment. Just a thought. I spent many summers on one of my uncles farms in Ohio. Almost drove a small tractor through a barn when the throttle stuck. Thanks for the post and photos, Patrick M

Nice start Greg. Excellent work on the tilt front and the nose up stance. I would paint it some color of red, everybody knows red cars are faster. Hope to see you at the Desert Classic event next month in Phx. Patrick M

Hey Chris, Are you going to the Desert Scale Classic contest and swap meet this April 16th Sat.? It will be at the same place on west Greenway road just past 35th ave. I am planing to be there with at least one build, a large scale '57 red Corvette. More if I can finish a couple others. Hope to see you there. Patrick M

I just found a web site with over 160,000 photos of drag racing and boat racing from the early days to now. There is a membership but you can still see 1000s of photos without being a member. All the most famous racers and vehicles from the history of drag and boat and other forms of racing. And I was just looking for photos of early drag race magnetos. The site is called--- wediditforlove.com--- Patrick M

Back again--what did you use for the carpeting? I can see the edge of the material near the door. Is it a piece of cloth or something else? Thanks again for listening to my--our questions. Patrick M

Excellent build Lyle. I like the details like the handrails, rumble seat handle, step pads, cowl lights and the chrome strip on the back of the grille shell. Nice touches. A Ford in a Ford, way to go. Fine color(s) choice too. I can't believe you have built that many. I have a bunch of those kits but have not finished them yet. Thanks for the post, photos and the inspiration to complete at least one of my kits. A fan of your work Patrick M

I bought an MPC 1/16th '57 Corvette roadster kit years and wondered if anybody has built this nice kit. I have it half assembled and got stuck on the color of the rug in the interior. Were they red or black? The kit has a piece of red felt(?) for the carpet but mine was ruined when I bought the kit second hand. I plan to use flocking but want to use the right color. I have seen both colors in searches on the web and wondered which one was right. Any one know the right color? Thank you, Patrick M