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Here's one that was in progress:

I found this with a quick Google. I bet someone on here has build a 4-door Valiant.

Awesome job on that! The body is looking great. I had a '65 Skylark Gran Sport, with the 401 nailhead, in my senior year of high school. I've always wanted to build a model of it. I would love to see more details about the body modifications you make.

Just this one four letter word holding me up... W O R K. ? It's The Man's way of keeping me own. Or keeping my completed model count down, anyway.

and split peas

Then you'll need a model of the Valiant Dennis Weaver was driving.

A classic, great movie. Highly recommended.

I have a similar problem doing my job. Sometimes I feel like I am begging vendors to sell something to me.

I always do

Got a bit more done on the C20 today. The nailhead came out of an AMT '62 Buick Electra 225 kit that I bought back in the '90s. It had the cutout in the oil pan and block for the axle to go through. I filled that with some small pieces of sprue and finished with glazing putty, then primed it. I remembered that my old C20 didn't have the backup light option, so I deleted those. Last weekend I was at Michael's with my wife, and while checking the clearance aisle I found a water based "chalky white" paint. That pretty well describes my old '64. I've never used water based paint, so this is a first. After thinning with isopropyl alcohol I sprayed some on a couple of test pieces. Since I have two kits I have practice material. The roof (left) was airbrushed and then polished with 2400 then 4000 grit polishing cloth. The hood (right) was airbrushed and untouched. The paint gets a slight sheen with some polishing, and my plan is to polish through to the primer in some areas as if the paint had worn away. Sort of "what my truck might look like 34 years later". I'm still playing with thinning the paint, the orange peel is heavy and when I polish through to the primer it doesn't look to scale. Kind of a fun test anyway.

Wow, absolutely gorgeous... and what everyone else already said. Beautiful job. My dad always reminisced about his '48 Chevy.

It seems a little slow drying to me, but otherwise fine. It seems like it takes longer to cure than the black. It does sand well from my experience.

burned nose hair

I've been happy with Duplicolor primers.

Bucket list! Thanks for posting, Bill.

the BIG bottle

ooooooooh, ahh...that is a gorgeous '63. I remember as a kid a lady in the neighborhood having one that color, but I think it may have been a 4-door. That color is very authentic. Very nice build.

That's really cool and well done. How about a video link of it going around the track? ?

Very nice and great idea on a cool subject. Love it!

Nice score neighbor! Payless? They've been gone for a while.

Nice looking ElCamino. The paint and interior both look great.

Nice job. Good looking woody.

That paint is gorgeous, Alex. Your entire build is very nice.

Nice looking Lincoln and good color. Nice clean build.

That's a good point and that's what I do with automotive paint. There's no filter in my spray guns. I had a problem with some old Model Master paint and didn't have a good filter on hand. I'll look for the 190 micron. Thanks.