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Thank you Claude . This is painted with Duplicolor Desert Sand Mica and then cleared. I've always been fussy about my paint jobs but I think experience and patience is all I can think of, I have no secret recipe. I remember back in 1962 (I was 11) when AMT came out with their lacquer spray paints ,that my older brother would have me spray his models as I was better at it. In the early 80's he wangled me into going to work with him (100 miles away) making 1/43 white metal handbuilt models. They didn't have a good painter so he wanted me. I ran a professional spray booth until I got tired of only being home on weekends. I did continue doing the show circuits with my brother, selling models. I had customers from all over who hired me to build models for them but I finally stopped so I could work on models for myself. I did continue going to the shows though. Now I mostly build for pleasure. Rich

Thanks everyone for your comments. You are too kind. Rich

Thanks Trevor. About the Avantis, they are leftovers from a project I was involved in when I worked manufacturing 1/43 white metal models in the 80's. These are samples I painted back then. I hope to finish them if I live long enough. I still have parts for 1-200 of these.

You did a superb job, I really like 4 door cars. My mom bought a new 1962 Chevy II 4 door and I loved it.

Great job, these look fantastic. I love 4 door cars. I had a 71 Monaco wagon back in the day.

I repaired and painted the body, and painted the chassis and base color on the interior a few years ago. Then it went into a display case to cure as is often my method. I took it out a month or so ago and finished it. I used Modelhaus bumpers and made hand painted decals for the seats. I thought about doing the top and bottom section of the steering wheel in clear like I did for my 59 Plymouth (which I'll show sometime) but decided to just paint it. I used an original set of tires rather than the more detailed ones I sometimes use. Most of my plastic builds are original issues of early models. I try to do restorations like this when possible instead of going into my stash. I like working with the old plastic and I'm still building pretty much like I did when I started in 1959. Of course, I'm a little better now. I know many of you do a lot more detailing but I like to build them just as they came out of the box. Most don't have engines or a lot of chassis detail anyway. Once in a while I do major modifications but usually prefer to keep my builds simple. Thanks for looking at this one! -Rich

Roger, you are quite right. I'm glad you mentioned these faults. I thought about correcting all those things, especially the incorrect tailgate lettering but decided to keep it as simple as possible. I did modify the rear window opening a bit but it is still far from correct. As far as ride height, this is a 4 wheel drive truck so it should be higher than stock 2 wheel drive. As I said, I may change to larger, more aggressive tires and wheels with hubs at some point but I like it this way displayed next to an AMT. For the price and what it is, this model isn't really too bad. -Rich

This is a resin model I bought a while ago that was built. I wasn't happy with it so took it apart, stripped it, and completely rebuilt it. I like the looks of these flat tops and have a couple of others I'll be posting at some point. I finished this one last week. I'm partial to 4 door cars and wagons so you will be seeing more coming up. But there will be 2 door cars too. Thanks for looking!

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the kind comments. Rich

I just finished these a couple of weeks ago. Hope you like the photos. Fell free to comment-good or bad. Rich

Thanks, I could take photos of this and the AMT side by side if anyone's interested.

Ertl's 60 Ford pickup can be made into a pretty nice model. Here are photos of one I did over and photos of how they look from Ertl. They are pretty easy to find. I purposely kept this build quite simple. I did grind out the back and make a floor and wheel wells as well as adding the hood emblems. I put stock wheels on it but did not drill out the centers of the front hubcaps as I have a set of larger tires and rims and thought I may change them out at some point. The colors are correct for 1960. I also have a few more unbuilt originals from AMT as well as one I built. Rich