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Thanks! it will be in primer soon! Dave

Thank you! The ‘55 stripped easily, the ‘60 is about 50 or more years old and the ‘69 is almost that old. The paint is almost part of the plastic. I will sand it all smooth before I prime. Dave

Thanks! All it takes is an idea and a dremel!! Dave

I had a wild idea the other day so I acted on it. I had a large pile of Vettes so I thought I'd mix them up a bit. I took a 1955 a 1960 and a 1969 Vette and decided to combine them. I'm not sure how it will come out but I'll give it a shot. I liked the front of the '55, the side panels of the '60 and the rear of the '69. I cut the '55's front off from the top of the front fenders back to the firewall, I then cut the '60 side panels along the same route, I also cut off the rear of the '69. I had to narrow the '55 front to fit the '60 panels and added them to the '69 rear. The window pillars will need adjustment. It's too many colors at the moment but its about to go into a primer. That will show me where to start puttying. Not sure what engine I will use or if the wheels in the pics will stay. All constructive criticism appreciated. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

Its nice to see a monster truck as an old pick up truck. Great job! Dave

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Dave

I thank you for your nice comments. Cutting the body wasn’t really hard I located the middle and drew a line, then figured out how wide I wanted the body. I then measured half the distance and put a piece of tape along that line and did the same for the other side, then I made two cuts to remove the piece between the tape. After that I sanded the edges smooth and glued a piece of flat styrene under both pieces to hold them together. Then came all the puttying and sanding I’m sorry to say that I took the tires from my tire box and don’t know what model that came from. Dave

Thanks for your nice comments! I really appreciate them. Dave

Nice paint color! Very clean build. Dave

Fantastic job on this one! Its perfect! Dave

I finished it! Total build time 32 hours. I narrowed a 1959 Imperial about an inch and cut off the front. I added a firewall from the parts box. All other parts were either from the parts box or scratch built. The exhaust pipes are hand made from aluminum wire and tubing. The paint is a 3 color process. after the primers I used a flat black, then a metallic silver sprayed at a distance so it lightly covered the black, then I used a Duplicolor Metalcast red anodized spray over all that and four coats. Then I polished it out. Thanks for looking and I hope you like it. Dave

WOW!! This is amazing! I love the paint work. Dave

Beautiful work! I always liked Marlins and yours is really nice! Dave

Your build is looking great! I like the heavy duty tires. The boom I made for mine is slightly over scale. Dave

Thank you for your nice comments. Dave

Thanks! I’m glad I inspired you! Dave

You seem like you are on a great route. Start with what you like and move on from there. Anymore, probably in the last 12 years or so I don't build from the box. I usually create something that I see in my head and look for bodies and parts. Half the parts I see in my head I don't have so I challenge myself and make the part. I have lots of bodies that are missing parts that I harvested for other projects. Dave

NNL East isnt something you want to miss. Its a really great model show and swap meet in Wayne NJ. I went there for almost 20 years. About 45 minutes from Plainfield. Theres also a show called Super September Showdown in Gilbertsville Pa (obviously in September). https://www.superseptembershowdown.com/ About an hour and a half from Plainfield, NJ Dave

I did some more work on this one. Testing out a grille, getting the stance correct, working on the interior and getting the paint color down. Dave

Nice job! I love those darkened spokes on the wheels. Dave

Two tone always looks great! I don't think I'd lower the roof as you may have an issue with the windshield. As far as the whitewall tires, they look good. The wheels would need to be black between the spokes just my opinion. Dave

Here are a few of mine.

Steve, I first put a piece of painters tape on the glass then I used a very small drill in the center of where I wanted the star, but I didnt drill thru the glass. Then I used an exacto knife to cut the cracks by pulling the blade from the drill notch to the outside, then pull off the tape. You may want to try this on a piece of test glass. Dave

Looks good! I agree, its good exercise for arthritic hands as well! Dave

Beautiful shiny paint! You did a great job on this one. Dave