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Cool ride. Nice car. I too lost a 1:1 to an engine fire. I had 9 years of blood, sweat and paychecks invested in it.

Just caught this thread. I love you creativity and problem solving adventure. Following.

I am late to the party but have read the whole thread. I shall now follow. I saw a 1:1 of this back in the late 80's in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a work in progress as evidenced by the Bondo and primer. I thought it was a cool concept. Your build progression feels a lot like my Pro Street 70 El Camino endeavor. It turned into quite kit bash. There was a lot of problem solving. Most, but not all of my goals were met with that one.

I am all of he above... Diehard car guy since I could identify every make and model by sight in the late 60's. I love the creative license to make it any color, any engine, and any wheels my heart desires. Solving problems and learning new techniques. The satisfaction of a job well done. The ability to admire my builds long after they have been completed. A little ego boost if my results are liked by others. (My 1:1 serves this purpose as well)

SWEET BUILD! Love the stance.

The best man in my wedding had a brown 73 Cutlass. I always like the style.

I am kind of in the middle. While subject is the MOST important criteria, good artwork provides a bit more enticement. Particularly when illustrating the decals included therein. In my earlier days, the paint scheme often had an influence on my paint choice for the build. Nowadays, not so much. However, I am inexplicably drawn to artwork with patriotic red, white and blue paint schemes. I think it is just me.

Very cool build.

Cutting and slicing at its finest. Well done. Pretty color too.

My techniques are very similar. I do not prime, unless I have had to do body work. I like the white Tamiya primer but it does not go far economically. I like decanted enamels and lacquers and also hobby bottled enamels. All thinned with hardware store lacquer thinner. That is up until I started using Mr Color Leveling thinner. I HATE sanding so I will generally skip it unless have to. I do not polish my paints, but Steve's results have me seriously considering doing so. For clear, I have 11 cans of Testors Wet Look Lacquer. Though, I still usually use Future because I know it will NEVER have a reaction with any of my paints and screw ups are easily removed with household ammonia.

Way cool. I am a fan of those Cutlass high parts count chassis too.

After seeing all these pics, I am a fan of these big beauties too.

All of the above. It took a good look to not see a real car in those 1st few photos.

Wow! Excellent result! Do you have a link to a WIP thead?

My wife has converted 2/3s of our back yard into a garden. We get daily visits from a pair of yellow finches to decimate some of the variety of sunflowers we have.

I too like to look at builds in my display case. Usually at least once a week. More often when I am actively building. Though I need to get better at keeping the doors closed when I am sanding. Nobody in my circle of people care about them, but that is ok. PS Thank you Steve for motivating me to be a better craftsman by sharing what is possible.

If I am following somebody, amber is safer. If the car is pleasant to look at and is not simply a transportation appliance. I like the cleaner look of NOT having amber lenses. Less colors on the palette is better.

Because of my generally Day 2 builds, a modified engine is part of the fun. I love kit bashing and working with what I have. I have only built one, no-engine kit into one that did. I was still more fun than work and I was pleased with the results. (see pics)

I graduated HS in 79. Every guy wanted wide rear tires but nobody was doing rear tubs (Not in the budget generally) The common option was 15x10 Cragars and N50-15s. Some cars got fender flares. A few were tasteful. Many were not. Air Shocks were all the rage then too. A couple of hours at the tire store and you were set.

I am curious as well.

I always remove them. I like trimmed, detailed parts. For painting I will build sub assemblies that shall be all one color. For everything, I CA glue a stub of sprue to a hidden portion of the part which gives me full 360 degree access while painting. This includes bodies. They are easy to snap off later.

I have run into the same scenario on occasion. Super Clean always first. If it struggles, then brake fluid. Sometimes back and forth.

That turned out SWEET!

Excellent build Carl. Thanks for sharing.

I give you a 7 for the concept. As someone who has been on the roof of a LOT of Burger Kings, your accuracy is way off. But I will not hold it against you. Nice effort. Throw some more detail at it as you see fit.