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Lee, what is the material on your seat and interior panels?

Thanks John. It was the decal on the passengers side door glass. Thanks for the comment on my 49. It's funny you mention that about guys wanting to buy my truck. I am ask a lot at the cruise-in's if it is for sale. I had one fellow at a show come back twice throwing out a number at me. I guess he really wanted it.

I spoke with one of the fellows on the floor a while back that knew a little about the models. He told me that the local store has nothing to do with when it comes time to restock. He said they just put on the shelfs what comes off the truck. I sent an email to Hobby Lobby customer service asking about thier re-stocking process and just how kits are selected for the shelfs at all the HL stores. We'll see if I get a response.

Thanks for the comments fellows. Jim, I do have the tube setting on the painters sticks but I guess I could raise it a little higher and leave the parts under the tube.

My wife and I love going to all the cruise-in's and shows. Last weekend we won Majors choice and best of show with our 1949 Chevy 5 window pickup with an LS 5.3.

Love the 55 hardtop. Nice work. Keep it mild now ?

Now that Hugger Orange is in my mind while I go back and look at it.....it does look more orange. No matter, its a great looking 56.

Yep.....that looks good. Nice job.

Nice looking Ford and great detailing.

Nice looking.

The red 56 Chevy is my pick of the litter.

Thanks Dave and Phil.

It was nice. I spent more time looking at it than the wife liked.

Thanks buddy. Wife and I had a good day at the car show Yesterday so I thought I would get after it this morning.

Saw this Camaro Z28 in the parking lot at the Home store.

It was all about the look back in the day.

Thanks Carl.

Thanks Dave. These are the products I normally use. I'll see how these work out. I'm going to let the paint cure for a full week before I start polishing. I have everything covered with a plastic tub for the time being. I'll probably remove it in 48 hours as it should be fairly dry to the touch. I think it will cure faster with the tub off.

Nice looking van Tony. Love the color. Just wouldn't be right without a little fun in the back.

Thank's for the nice comments fellows and I think your right Ray.

I saw a video of a fellow (Dave G.) airbrushing Testors thinned with lacquer thinner at 50/50 and the outcome looked pretty good. I thought I would give it a go this morning. The subject body is the Revell 1956 Ford pickup. I bough a bottle of the Testors Gloss Tangerine and thinned it with the Sunnside lacquer thinner that I keep on hand. I did not prime the body and this is a first for me. Air pressure was set at 35 psi running through my Paasche H airbrush. By the time I got done with 4 coats of paint I had used the whole bottle. Except for some trash in the paint (I paint outside) it came out pretty good but not as good as Dave G. red that he airbrushed.

If you followed my build you know I had a problem at the end of the build. With that being said I got everything put back together except the interior. I cleaned it up and glued it back together but I still couldn't get the body to go all the way down. I wasn't going to fight it again so I left the door panels and dash out. I also got the decal fixed I guess. Looks a little crooked but that's the best I could do. I tried polishing the paint in the area that got messed up and it looks better than it did but still looks bad. Enjoy the pics I guess fellows.

Ok....I'm calling it done, I guess. Pics will be posted in "Under Glass"

Nice looking collection of cars. They look really nice.

NIce looking pair of dune buggies. Reminds me of when my father in-law had a couple of these. They were a hoot to drive.