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Thanks. That is the military modeler experience showing through. If I ever stumble across the kit again I may just do the poor old girl up as her end of life appearance. That would mean significantly more rust underneath, a rotted through frame rail, exhaust held together with soup cans, no longer shiny paint and a destroyed interior and top. Oh and a mismatched '66 Biscayne hub cap.

Well that is fun!

Beautiful build of an oddball subject. When I was a kid our neighbour had something like that. I don't remember what it was exactly but seem to think it was something British or Italian. Was already really old and beat up in the sixties. It was a blast to drive around the fields even if it did get stuck every few yards.

Beautiful!

Yep the mirror. I was going to make the panels and then forgot so now it REALLY isn't done! I don't bother with antennas on any of my models although I could do it retracted I suppose.

Agh. It isn't done yet! Was posting pictures on another forum and noticed something very predominant on a convertible that I forgot to install. Who's eagle eye can catch it?

Even funnier is that the date on the bottom is 1965 so a year before the show even aired.

All I can say is that I hope to some day be able to get paint jobs like that one! Even without the gloss it is spectacular.

I am actually surprised at how many '64s I have seen on this forum. Not nearly as many as the 1960 Chev Fleetside pickups but more than I expected to see.

The weathering is pretty much accurate for when I bought the car. If I did it as it was 6 years later there would have been a pile more rust underneath and the exhuast would have a bunch of tin can and hose clamp patches. It is hard to tell in the pictures because it just looks like lighting but if you look really closely at the hood you will see it is slightly lighter than the rest of the body. This picture shows it best against the drivers side fender. This is because I added a drop of white to the paint when I did the hood in a deliberate replication of my real car (the cat hair in the picture is not authentic to the real car). A few weeks after I got the car my dad put a bottle of brake fluid on the hood while working on his car next to it in the driveway. Of course he knocked it over and didn't notice. Since brake fluid and fresh enamel paint do not play well together there was a nice bubbled trail leading to the grill. He had it repainted by the same place that "restored" it but after about 6 months it had faded slightly. I lived with it and was probably the only person that ever noticed. I did get an Earl Scheib $69 paint job not long before I stopped driving it though!

LOL we have talked about this before and I forgot! I am doing the Nomad at a very specific moment in time. I have the Jimmy Flintstone sedan delivery body already so will just move forward that route. Just means cutting out some windows, removing the trim and rescribing some doors. working with the resin Econoline body has given me the confidence that it isn't that huge a project really.

Great start! I have been doing it for years and wouldn't be much better at that fading.

Rest of my army gear that I hauled around is done. Hekmet, web belt with canteen and first aid packet, duffle bag and rolled up beret with cap badge. And I almost forgot a vital piece of equipment! Section of 69 Fairlane console with shifter for the transplanted C6 tranny scratch built. The real section of console was literally cut out of the car, placed on extenders and raised up. Was a bit awkward to reach and the linkage was home made and wonky but it did get the job done.

I just grabbed one of these. Wrong size decal or not I have been a fan since 1966 and I can prove it! Note the shirt And a first issue 1966 Corgi (I believe) that I have had since new and never destroyed.

What body are you using for the Yeoman? It is a two door right? I have the 58 sedan delivery body to do my Nomad but if I don't have to cut out windows it would save some work even if I do have to add some doors.

LOL I will need to be very lucky to ever finish my list! Doesn't even include many of the mundane drive for 2 months and throw away cars such as a Maverick, early 80s Chevy Citation and 74 Delta 88 four door or some buy and flip ones like a 64 Skylark or In stash I have 1966 Corvair - Mine (started) 1970 Coronet R/T - Mine (almost done) 1977 Ford van - Mine (started) 2014 Scion FRS - Mine (started) 2020 Toyota GT86 Hakone -Mine 1965 Chevy Stepside - Dad's (started) Still looking for kits that I know were/are made 1964 Karmann Ghia - Mine 1962 VW Van - Dad's 1964 1/2 Mustang - Mom's 1966 T-Bird - Mom's 1976 Gremlin - Wife's 1976 Pacer - Wife's Ones I have little hope of ever getting but may be able to convert something: 1991 Eagle Talon TSi - Mine 1974 Chevy Cheyenne Dully - Dad's 1973 Datsun B210 - Wife's 1958 Ford Custom 300 two door - Mine 1992 Geo Metro convertible - Mine (very customized) 1956 Chevy 4 door hardtop - Mine

Well three important to me, or at least story worthy, cars done. Three more are in process and three more are on standby waiting their turn. Not to mention the bunch I still need kits for. Man I had a lot of cars! Oh and yes I am getting sick of red and there are still more to go.

Added some clutter and decorating to give some colour and interest. Posters are 100% accurate to what was there and the 8-track tapes on the doghouse as well. I did make some concessions to history with the magazines since I was not building models nor reading model magazines at age 19. Helmet and duffle bag made out of epoxy putty and textured foil from chip dip lids. Added some mud and dirt made from sawdust to the carpet because I usually tracked a bunch in and the maid only came by twice a week.

Not a 'Vette guy but that is a cool little kit. Never heard of it before but may look for one. Looks like your detail work took it up a couple of notches though.

Stories: I bought this car from a used car dealer shortly after my 16th birthday in 1975. It was safety certified, plated and you could still smell the paint it was so fresh. Up to that point (from age 13) I had been driving unregistered cars that I picked up cheap, drove for a bit and flipped for a profit to buy a "real car". While digging through old photo albums for a picture of it (I failed) I did find the original sales slip. Anybody know where I can match that price today? The poor old girl saw a lot of miles through high school and Sea Cadets as I was often the only person with my own car much less one that could hold so many people. For the next couple of years I had no real issues and it was trouble free. In 1977 I was station to Germany with the Army and left the car in the care of a buddy. When I returned in late '78 I went to pick up my car and he told me he hadn't driven it all summer since it was making a "funny noise". Took me all of five minutes to find the 6 inch crack up the side of the block where it had frozen after he had put pure water in it. Since the engine was toast and he was paying I went off to the wreckers and found a low miles '66 300HP 327 to swap for the origional base 265hp one. Since I was in barracks and had no place to work on the car I took it to the garage I worked in as a kid and had them do it. I don't think I was overcharged. It ran like a dream and all of a sudden could do burnouts that it would never do before. Unfortunately the rest of it was still a 14 year old car and one day while going down the highway at 60 the diff locked up solid. Both hubcaps shot straight down hit the road and headed for the horizon. I came to a screeching halt without further incident retrieved the one cap that headed into field and gave up on the other which was someplace far, far down the road. About 5 years ago I was cleaning up some boxes and fund this in the bottom. Somehow I had hung onto it for 40 years! Of course I had to have the diff replaced. While it was in for repair I stumbled across my Econoline and bought it as my daily. Although I still had the SS and it would carry on for a few more years in a secondary role it was the beginning of the end for the poor old Impala. In '82 the starter went on it and I parked it at the end of my apartment complex parking. Some kids slit the top climbed in and slashed ever single soft surface in the car. Dash pad, seats top cover, door panels, EVERYTHING was cut up. Since I still didn't want to give it up as the body was still great and other than the starter it ran perfectly I towed it over to my sisters shed. On the way the passenger side of the rear bumper dropped almost to the road. A quick look showed the worst! As many of these cars were inflicted the frame had rotted off right where the exhaust crossed it by the gas tank. That was the last straw and the car sat in the shed for a few more years before I finally broke down and sold what was left of it for $3,000. Today it would be seen again on a Bran Find Will It Start video but back then I had no clue where it went. Due to the era I wouldn't doubt it became a Lowrider someplace and could still be around today.

I built a couple cars about 20 years ago but the gloss paint always messed me up. This was my first success. I have done a few since I painted it and gotten a bit better at it with each attempt. It is a whole different world than flat military paintjobs!

It is just a printed picture from the internet with a coat of Future to give it some gloss. My plan is to do as many cars i owned that I can and the temptation to "improve" them is strong but I will resist the urge because in the long run it is far more nostalgic for me to do them as they really were. Now, my memories of them are 20 to 40 years old so some things may not be bang on but they do look right.

This is the very nice Revell latest release. Beautiful kit with very nice details until you come to the tail lights. They are different sizes and just too large so will be replaced at a later date but for now calling it done. This project took me 2 years to complete as it was my first ever real car model build and it kept getting put away while I practiced some skills. This is a model of my very first legal car. By "legal" I mean it had it's own real plates (not off another car) and insurance. When I bought it in 1975 it was fresh out of the body and paint shop but the rest remained 11 years old so the build reflects that mix of old and new. I will post some stories about the real thing later so anybody just looking at models doesn't have to read through it all! So here it is.

Scoured the internet for just the right paneling pattern. Speakers mounted.