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Fine job young man, keep up the good work !

Sure nuff, jus add fenders from either Monogram's 55 Ford F-100 or A M T's 53 Ford F-100.

Does anyone know if they have engine compartments ?

Looks to me as though it was one of S C Miller's pieces . Sam Miller passed away about four years ago. he lived outside of Charlottesville Virginia . He probably was one of the original five casters in the business. I have one myself ..............

Fine job young man , keep up the good work !

Tom, you are the most dangerous diorama builder east of the Mississippi !

Eric , was this person in the advertising agency that designed the slogan , "We build excitement " when Pontiac was still a viable company ?

No doubt about it , it's different .

Just above is a garage I did as a "Support " structure for a larger diorama I'm just now completing . It was made with 1/4 inch Foam core with the exception of the roof . That was made from some 1/8th inch Masonite . The ribs are Evergreen .080 X .080 strips . This was then covered with Testors One Coat AMC Silver lacquer . Then, a simple "Black Wash made from some Brown and Black acrylic was added . The sides got covered with wood Shiplap siding and another wash applied .

This was an old MPC annual in it's day. I have one squirreled away I built way long ago. I don't recall having any issues with fit . To me , the kit fell together very well and looked very nice .

I'm with Bob- Gramps on this one ! By all means it's buildable . Shoot, some careful measuring should net a decent model. I wouldn't even try to use parts of a Corvette kit . The dimensions would be so far off, it would never be right . No, get the sheet plastic out , a can of Bondo and have at it !

Mark, I don't know how much help this could be . That Buick is too new for me . However , these people may be of help : http//buickgsca.com Here is one more spot , even had a front shot : http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=pictures+of+Buick+regal+GnX&id=B6CECE8DE80703B60107127BE4A75E3DE6F56828&FORM=IQFRBA

Fine job young man, keep up the good work ......................

The A M C Silver metallic is pretty sparkly ................

Dave , seriously, I hope you do ! That would make for such an outrageous KUSTOM

Fine job young man, keep up the good work !

John, any time you want to share your painting techniques , I'm taking notes !

O K , who's gonna be first on the board to do a gas station with a line of 70's re- issues lined up going around a card table and looking like it was late 1973 all over again ???

From what I could see, it looks great. I wish you had shot some more pictures , perhaps with out a lot of back ground too................

Great observations Tom. Yes, sad but true , Wal- Worl had several very desirable and interesting die Cast models that were "Limited Runs . I was fortunate in that as soon as I could , I did get the Ford Van and a Dodge Diplomat . For some unknown reason, they sent a slew of Chevrolet vans and I think my close by store got two Fords. I wasn't real crazy about the "Graphics" of either the Ford or the Chevrolet . I wound up disassembling the Ford and painting it in a Factory Mustard Yellow color . OF COURSE , I ADDED one of my snack trays ! I never touched the Chevrolet . I have several of them waiting for me to transform them with examples of products I used to manufacture back in the day ...............

Ray, I'm going to mail ya some of my Louisiana grade coffee. Don't worry, I only use the best Bayou water available !

Nice work, please keep us posted !

Actually, there a couple of "Minor " changes on the sides of the Ford Flair side . Granted the Fenders , well, the outer fenders date back to 1953. The bed sides changed I think around 1975. That was done so that camper shells would fit better . The obvious changes were the Flat tops on the sides and a widened bed overall. I found that out when I had to buy a tailgate for my 78..........

Yes, Mr. Winfield knows I'm one of his most ardent fans . A lady I do freelance writing for passes messages between us . One of these days' I hope to meet with him. Did you know he's completely "Self Taught " ?

Normally, I have a rule about posting my diorama stuff here anymore . I'll break it this time . I placed SECOND , not once but twice by the same Skeleton / automobile - fantasy graveyard , not once but twice . The winning diorama was shown in the most recent Model cars magazine Contest Issue . Heck, as to what I could have done to make it better, truth be told , I dunno.......