cruiser66

this makes me want to build a 57 Ford of my own. Thanks !!

Love the detail good job.

you did justice to one of my favorite cars... excellent....

sweet !!!

well done. great looking car...

NICE !!!

nice work. reminds me of my first car. 58 dodge coronet.. same color

engine and chassis done. waiting on body paint.

I used my gray primer this time and result was way better than the white. I guess its possible the white primer is the problem because after that was when the trouble started. I am also going to switch final colors just in case.

here it is after only 3 hours in super power from ace hrdwr and a light wet sanding. I am starting over with some thing different. Randy C, I watch HPI Guys workshop and viewed the video on how to use cheap spray cans, after I botched this one, but found no clue as to what went wrong here. I have done this more than a few times without this kind of ugly result. I will say, I never got as good as a result as hpi gets either. anyway, here goes......

LOL.. I didnt think I would offend anyone with that statement. different strokes I guess. tonite I decided to strip the paint and start over with a better paint more suited to styrene. I might have gotten a bad batch of rattle can paint at wally world, cause I never had spray paint look that bad before. Ill be back shortly.

I decided to paint the whole car one color for now, because when I put the cream color on,I painted the hood and doors seperatly from the body. the doors came out a completely different shade from the hood and body. almost as if the primer was a different color, but it wasn't. next I will paint the lower half with the cream color, then sand,clear coat and polish and hope for the best. maybe because I actually hate this car it is going to make me suffer. after the 55,56, and the great 57 chevy's the 58 looks like your grandmothers Sunday go to meeting cant get out of it's own way sedan. ugh. lol.

painting is my scourge. Im going to give up on rattle cans except for some primers. here,s a little progress from todays torture..

a little progress here.

looks like a cluster you know what, but just getting started, I will organize and clean up during the build. I am going to use wheels from a gt500 mustang, and Im going to mix custom with standard parts that came in the kit, because I dont like either one all the way. wish me luck, at 71 years old, I will be challenged to stay steady and not make a mess of things. It is an amt kit won in a Chinese auction at a club xmas party. the club is Table Top Cruisers of central Fl.

ive been here under another name, but something screwed up my computer and when I re- booted after struggling with a bad hard drive, I couldnt get my old acct to work. doesnt matter any way ,Ill just be happy with this one.