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Another favorite TJ-build! My grandfather was Town Marshal in a mountain resort town in the 50's and 60's. He provided his own patrol car, so he always had some dandies. One was a '52 Nash Ambassador, not much unlike this one, although not black and white. One of his amusing past-times had to do with the big drop of the front of the hood. To check the engine fluids, you literally had to duck under the hood, with part of it behind your head. If a surly or unpleasant gas station attendant dared give my grandfather a bad time, he'd ask the attendant to check the oil. Then, with troublemaking attendant under the hood, where the big Federal siren was hidden, Grampa would 'accidentally' bump the siren button, startling the errant oil-checker into straightening up suddenly and meeting the overhang of the hood with the back of his head, providing great mirth and merriment to my grandfather and all other onlookers.

Yeah, I'm confused, too, Chris . . . your '65 looks like a '56! That's a lot of modifying! Seriously, it looks very good!

Everything Tom said is true. I also use Dupli Color sandable primers almost exclusively. They come in white, red oxide, and common gray. I use the gray under medium and dark range colors, the red oxide under reds and browns, and the white under all light colors and whites. The white primer gives you a brighter base for brighter colors. Tamiya primers are finer than Dupli Color. I use them for delicate models with thin or shallow detail engraving such as trim, emblems, etc. that might be covered up by heavier primers. But, the Tamiya primers are radically more expensive than Dupli Color and are less readily available. Dupli Color primers can be had at most auto parts stores, hardware stores, and all WalMarts. Tamiya, not. Primers give color coats better 'bite' but you should always sand (almost polish) primer smooth to assure as smooth a base for your color coats as possible.

I agree with G.

Nice. Pretty fancy cars for a demo derby.

Nice save.

I can't wait for those 61 Pontiacs, Dave. My personal favorite 60's era poncho! Thanks for doing them. And thank you to you and your colleagues for all the great kits you've produced at Moebius. I have 'em all and I love 'em all!

Excellent work, Drew.

A TKM? Hard to believe! It looks like a car. In fact, it looks really good. That's why it's hard to believe it started out as a TKM. You did a phenomenal job of turning that t-u-r-d into a good-looking model!

Not bad.

Turned out well, despite the challenges it threw at you.

Sweet!

Exquisite!!!

I'm with MNWildPunk. Dittos!

You say "Tameeya," I say 'tomato.' Let's call the whole thing off.

Nice!

Wow! Outstanding!

I'm having trouble with phrases like that. And police officers born in the 90's. And things like that. Antiques (and authority figures) aren't supposed to be younger than I am!

Sad. The passing of a true legend.

Nice.

Beefy stance!

You're on, Charlie. Desert Scale Classic will be April 11. NNL East will be April 18. Plenty of time in between to be at both! We'll leave a light on and we'll roll out the red carpet!

More wow!

I'm tri-lingual. I speak English, fireman, and cop.

Hey, Simon! It'll be great to see you guys, again, too. It's been way too long! Oh, yeah, man. Barbeque! No problem . . . wherever we go, we make our own barbeque!!!