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Awesome build Mike & thanks for the tip on the Fremont resin bodies.

Beautiful model Elliot. Love the two-tone Larry Watson style paint work and that tuck&roll interior is outstanding! I don't generally model customs but your '55 is inspiring me!

Excellent job Eric on the roll bar re-sizing, this build is going to be awesome once it's all painted up & decaled. What are your plans for the markings? Home-printed decals? Unfortunately white is a real challenge unless you have an Alps printer.

Fantastic job David! Love these early 50's GM sedans (spent my younger years riding in the backseat of my parent's '52 Chevy). I wish Revell had issued Chevy and Pontiac versions of this kit, the AMT '51 Chevy Fleetline body is just plain weird.

David - Really liking this stock car version of this excellent Revell kit that you are doing justice to. Your paint and construction work is first class. Looking forward to seeing it in UG soon! I built and posted the "City of Roses" Pan-American road race version of this kit a few years back and was so impressed with this kit, I bought two more to eventually build a showroom stock and a gasser version. Your stock car is making me want a third kit now to copy you here and do all three!

Spectacular job on the paint work, spectacular job on the BMF trim, love the color, love the stance. I'm not a fan of large wheels with low profile tires on classic cars (I'm old....) but I have to be honest and admit that they look great on this build. Bravo!!!

Great pics guys! My favorite is Grumpy between the two blonds (Linda Vaughn & her understudy?) I've read that Mr. Jenkins was quite a lady's man when he wasn't tuning cars and winning championships. The good old days indeed!

Wow! That's quite a list Mike! Looking forward to seeing a photo of all these lined up (or even half of them!) later this year. I remember building the first release of the Jo-Han '64 Dodge Polara "Ramchargers" kit as a 10 yr old and wishing a year later that Jo-Han would issue an AWB version of a '65. The 60 year wait for these Moebius kits was worth it! Thankyouthankyouthankyou Moebius!!!!!

Nice progress Eric. I agree with you on the roll bar, it's way too thick! I've had good luck using .080" -.125" OD Evergreen styrene rod and heating it using a flame or boiling water to bend it around a suitably size mandrel (round bottle/ cap, drill bit, etc.) for the radiused portions. Love the side profile pic showing that awesome stance, this is going to be one bitch'in build when it's done and painted. Model on!

Here's what pleased me today (actually over the last few days): 1. My best friend Joe generously gifted me a Kyosho Mini-Z Ready to race RC Porsche 962 with controller: OMG this thing is FUN!!!! We raced on a foam race track at the hobby shop where we bought our cars. It was like slot racing without the slots. These things really scream! 2. Ok, I knew it wouldn't take long for me to put the first ding into my beautiful new 1/27 scale Porsche 962 but little did I know it wouldn't be due to my driving. Today I decided to practice some driving on our back patio. Our six year old beagle "Huntley" was hanging out in the yard at the same time and when he saw the RC car take off, he did what any good hunting beagle would do and took off chasing that "rabbit"! Like a good hunting dog, he caught it and managed to put the first small dents into one rear wheel and the body of my new Porsche (although like a good hunting dog he didn't squeeze his jaws hard and totally crush that "bird"!). Now I can really start enjoying my new toy and no longer worry about the first dents! Dents/ defects vent evil spirits, right? Besides, now when I look at those dents, I'll think of two of my very best friends, Joe & Huntley!

I agree, very cool!!!! I'm amazed what you 3D printer guys are doing these days. I retired from CAD use 9 yrs ago but maybe I need to reconsider my decision, looks like 3D printing may yet be the rule not the exception of scale modeling in the coming years.

Great timing Mike! I've got this one on the bench now with plans to use the Fremont decal set. Thanks for the heads-up on the decal size, I'll need to check out the Fremont graphics relative to pics of the actual car. Like all your other door slammers, this one came out great! Do you have plans to build more of the other '65 Dodge AWB A/FXer's that you haven't already?