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Welcome Paul. Wagons are indeed cool!

Oh! And a '49 Buick, Olds or Caddy Sedanette? Thanks!

Greg, Would you mind checking with Rik & see if he has a '61 Dodge wagon? I would greatly appreciate it!

Very cool!

I have never heard of "fingernail resin". Is this something you'd find at a beauty counter? Nice job on the bumper/grille, BTW!

Just curious: How does the hood open? Not sure I'd like to do any wrenching with all that exhaust in the way Maybe its better to just leave the hood shut!

Very nice work!

Yep! I was thinking of my poor Hemis having to run on regular

That's a nice looking gas station. (But no ethyl?) I need to make me a dio like that. Very cool!

The wood grain looks good! Are you going with wood or plastic for the panels?

Thats cool! & it only took 3 drops of paint!

I want more pics too please! Some more of the background details in the !st pic. I too like the duster's color.

I like your unique models & the builds are well executed!

Very cool! Nicely done!

I usually build 1/24 - 1/25 scale but I currently have several 1/32 scale cars started & maybe 20 or so more 1/32 kits.(maybe 200 1/25 scale} I may get around to building some of them, but like a lot of us I have more unbuilt kits than I have life left. I probably have at least 3 of each scale started. I'm trying to complete some of those before starting others, I will concentrate mostly on 1/25 in the future. I have a growing collection of 1/64 die-casts & some 1/25 die-casts. I also have 2 1:1 collector cars to contend with. I hear HO scale calling too!

The broken grill & newish heater hoses in the weathered engine bay add to the look. I like the hose clamps, too! Great job!

If it is the wood grain on the plastic that is causing the contrast concern, perhaps you could sand the wood grain on the plastic to lessen or eliminate the texture & then do your wood graining technique as it looks very realistic. When I saw your practice piece I thought you had done it on balsa wood, Also, keep in mind that there would be some contrast in the grains as the framing wood is a different type of wood than the panels. Also if the wood has a new coat of vanish, that would have an effect on the appearance of the grain. You have probably taken all this into consideration, but I know sometimes I tend forget about the forest when looking at a tree. (just trying to maintain the same "timber" with that last remark )

I had the kit when it was current but lost it & 99% of my models in a move in the '70's. I bought one a few years back on Ebay as I have become a fan of the slant 6. It was a complete kit but has a tire burn on the windshield.

Is the woodgraining done on wood? If so, was there not enough grain that just doing a stain wouldn't suffice? Or is this practice for the framing? (It looks like a panel that you are working on)

Nice! I like the slightly weathered wood.

Says it all!

The interior is fantastic!

What he said!

Beautiful paint/flame job!

The rack looks great! I'm impressed as to how you made the feet.