Snake45

That's pretty cool, in its own funky way!

The fewer parts, the better. Some of my most enjoyable builds of the last few years have been simple curbsides and snappers (and pimping out promos and cheap diecasts) where I can concentrate on sit and stance and paint and finish. I'd rather have a model with THESE things right and no detail at all, than a model with every imaginable detail but bad paint or a goofy stance.

Very clean work on both! Well done!

Not a bad idea. I'm going to do some snooping around in this area.

Very cool! I'm at work where Facebook is blocked so can't see pictures if any. Are they going to be "positive" or "negative"? I think what we really need might be negative lace pattern decals.

Me too. I need a couple of those. Everything else, I've already got a couple copies of everything I'm interested in.

Very nice! Those both look great! I think my next step is to get the thing out of the box and see how the paint looks, and if I think I can pimp it out with minimal work and my beloved Silver Sharpie. I'll probably be going for a daily-driven "Day Two" cars a couple years old, or maybe even an early-'70s High School Hot Rod, so a super-shiny, super-accurate factory paint job isn't a must. I'll probably also just do it curbside, at least for now. Maybe I'll add the engine and detail the chassis later.

Accurate or not, it's beautiful and a nice piece of modeling. Well done and model on!

I just LOVE "free," "found," and spare parts projects! Drive on!

I'm sure you're right. Maybe I was thinking of the Annual because there were at least three other wood-based buildups in that IIRC--the '57 Chev sedan delivery, the '34 Ford panel truck, and a way-out custom roadster. That was a cool book! I should dig that out and re-read it tonight for the gazillionth time.

Joe, I asked exactly the same question not long ago. Some good discussion on the topic here: As to your specific use on the side coves of '61 Ranchero, I'm working on that very kit at the moment and I think that would be tough to do, even in 1:1. The concavity would make it hard to get the lace to lie down flat. I believe in the real world, lace was usually done on flat or convex panels. The lace was just stretched tight and taped down at the edges and the paint shot at low pressure. I think maybe some painters would dampen the lace with water from a spray bottle to give it a little bit of "cling" before laying it on.

Only major problem I have with the GTO is the shape of the C-pillars, but as I showed here, they're easily filed back to the correct shape. Thanks for the comments and tips, everyone. Keep 'em coming!

It was in Car Model and I think it was 1965. I've seen at least one part of it, maybe both. It might have been picked up in the Car Model Annual which I think came out around 1966 or 67, which fits your timeframe.

I looked without success for any reviews/discussion of the Polar Lights '65 Coronet in this section. Just found one in the Snakepit, prepainted in a nice red. Thinking of whipping it together. Any pitfalls with this kit, any major corrections to be made, any other comments on it?

Is that one of the pre-painteds? I have one of those around here somewhere and I think it's about the same color. I really dig that murdered-out Dart, too. I gotta build something like that--very very soon!

What a clean build! Nicely done!

I've bought two of them, unbuilt NIB, at the local monthly toy show at very reasonable prices (IIRC, @‌ $15) in the last year or so.

Maybe none are in production at the moment. But there should be plenty of them on eBay.

Yup. And a Silver Sharpie will make quick work of the window frames and some of the other "chrome" trim.

Most of those should clean up nicely, especially if you have all the parts. I've been having a lot of fun lately taking old builds like this--mine, or bought cheaply on eBay or the local monthly toy show--and cleaning them up, fixing them up, and improving them a little. You'd be surprised how good one of these old crocks can look if you wrestle it to the ground with a little 2017 Model-Fu.

Great paint on that '75! Keep us posted on that one!

This is where you learn how to color sand and polish out paint, a vital model-car skill that will take you to "the next level." You might actually need to lay another coat or two of the clear on if you're going to do this.

The issues with one-piece bodies aren't bad at all and are a lot of fun to build. The two-piece "gasser" issue bodies, on the other hand, are just complete ass. I've picked up a couple of those kits though just for parts.

I TOLD you don't worry about that, I can rebuild the edge. Geez, now I feel like a jerk.... (BTW, I'm at work where Photobucket is blocked, so I can't even see these pics yet....)

Now I want one! That would make a fabulous street rod.