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Novi. Wow. This is really going to be special. Those Holley's look so real. I bet the song this engine would sing at full throttle would be music to any car enthusiast's ears.

Charlie, there are no words that can be used to describe how awesome this creation is. I'm just glad I got to watch you through my computer screen put it together. Thank you for sharing it with us mere mortals.

Thanks, Todd. I can see how responding to that post might be difficult. You're not sure if you are dealing with a person who has all their faculties or not. I assure you the real build looks somewhat better than that one. Now if I can just find time to take some photos, I will get them posted. Thanks again for your reply.

I can see from the response to my last post that like my wife nobody understands my weird sense of humor. Let me splain what's going on here. I built this model 53 years ago, I might be wrong about the exact year but when MPC came out with their Nascar series of kits, I could not find the Coo Coo Marlin Monte Carlo kit, but I wanted to build Bobby Allisons Coke Monte Carlo because he finally brought Chevy back to being competitive again and win some races. I had to buy the Jim Hurtubise kit and also an AMT Monte Carlo kit for the donor body. I put it together the best I could, and brush painted it with some testors enamel bottles and then painted on the numbers and sponsor info and his name. I used the decals from the Hurtubise kit for the contingencies. I always wanted to do a do over of this build and the real one is safely sealed in the display case till I can take the final photos and get them posted in the Nascar Under Glass forum. Back then we did not have the resources we have today like computers, the internet, Aftermarket decal makers, that I knew of, and a place to share our models in discussion groups. So, forgive my lame attempt at some humor.

Andrew, you are the king of finding ref materials to build your projects. I'm so jealous that I have no knowledge of how to find what I need to build my projects. I have to rely on the kindness of others to give me the info I need and usually somebody always comes to the rescue, so I don't have to guess. But sometimes I do. Which is perfectly fine too. Model on, oh master of the metal.

Looking Awesome, Gerald. Some fine detail work you have going on there.

Thats good. I wasn't sure if they had plexiglass in 1954. Must have come up with it for World War 2 aircraft.

Thanks Carl. I really have appreciated your support on my latest journey.

Well, I finally finished her at 4 this afternoon. I fixed the left quarter glass fairing and installed the hood and trunk pins. I then put a coat of future on. it's my usual ending to any of my projects to protect the decals from peeling in the future. Hopefully in a couple of days I can take the final photos and get them in the Nascar under glass forum. It took 120.5 hours to complete. Started the project in April. Here's a sneak peek below. I will have better lighting when I do it for underglass.

Andy, that should be nice when you get the cover done and add it when needed. If the male snaps were already there it must have had a cover when it first came off the show room floor. At least you would think it would have. Probably went bad a long time ago if it hasn't been garaged its whole life. Oh yeah, I wanted to know if that roof is hail proof. You might have already covered if its real glass or something else.

Here is the process I use to make the hood and trunk fasteners. If you look at the picture of the pliers you will see a sneak peak of the model. I didn't know it was in the shot right before I'm posting these wips. Just a really small partial shot of the left front fender.

Wow, Andy. I did not know that car even existed. Imagine that a glass roof in 1954. I wish you good luck with your travels and park way out if you have to. But that does not always guarantee safety from door dings. Some people just can't stand that other people have fine rides to drive. Take care of that baby the best you can.

Kevin, I tried to use the oob hood and trunk fastener decals that came in the kit, but they refused to separate from the backing paper without coming apart. the sheet also does not separate the decals from each other. you have to cut them out exactly. I make better decals then that. I will now have to make some styrene hood and trunk fasteners like I usually do. I'm not wasting a sheet of decal paper just to make 5 fasteners. Thanks for your reply

Thanks, Kevin. I'm really feeling good about the build now, but I noticed I have to go back and fix the grille and the left quarter glass fairing after the decals are complete.

Andy, It would be a sin to drive that vehicle daily. That beauty should be in a museum somewhere. If I owned that car and it got a door ding at the local supermarket, I would have a coronary event for sure. What year is that dream car? I'm guessing 55, 56 ?