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I have the recent box set with the green Buick wagon. Not sure what to do with it, so I leave it all in the box. Too nice to get rid of box and all. Would love to see your cars though. I think the "extras" included with mine were in my box so it wasn't sealed. Went and looked - nice cars in that set.

All my builds would be considered "day 2" cars. LOL. I get them close to right as I find on the internet, but I never worry about perfection on everything. The manufacturers use a particular car for their tooling and what if it's wrong? Then we are all wrong. And if our reference car photos have something slightly off, we copy that and our is forever wrong? Meh. My family doesn't care or know. And you guys are about the only others that see my builds. I'd rather have or see a well-built slightly inaccurate build than one with perfect 1:1 details and a parting line looking at me. however, if someone chooses to leave that, I am not calling them out on it on teh forum. That may be the next thing they learn. Took me years of modeling before I learned (from you guys usually) to clean this stuff up. Whatever makes and keeps it fun.

I was following the buildup as well. Came out nice.

Good point you raise there. I tried superdetailing and realized it was not fun for me. BUT I do admire the work you guys can do. I do like detailing what I build as much as possible. That includes the hours of sanding, scraping, filing glue seams, etc. That is tedious to many I know. But it has to be done. A transmission and oil pan do NOT have a visible seam. That's part of the fun to me. No one should be maligned for having fun with this hobby. I too like my job but it sure gets heated and stressful more often than I'd like. So I bust a few miunutes on here during the day to let things get back to normal. And come November/December, it will all slow down. (Convenience store renovation project manager) - [ Be kind to the guys working on the canopy, pumps, and signs at a convenience store - give them safe distances, please]

I wear glasses normally. Progressive lenses. NUT I have a set of magnifiers - in my profile pic. Interchangeable lenses from like 2 x to 5 x. Also has an LED on it. HOWEVER, I'm near sighted so I can see up close really sharp. Most of hte time, I just take my glasses off and do my close up and tight detail work by getting really close to it. Works best for me. Magnifiers make me feel disconnected in most cases for some reason. I've used magnifying glass lamps, readers over my glasses and these great magnifiers I'm wearing in my profile pic. But no glasses and just working close to my eyes works best for me. it's troublesome to have to go on and off with the glasses, but works best for me.

Glad it's working out then. Carry on.

Uh oh, that's an ominous post. Crossing my fingers that employment continues...

Looks good. Cool that these cars can be fixed into nice replicas in just a little bit. Wish we still had Rite Aids. Walgreens has taken over every chain in our town and either renamed them or closed them completely.

Wow. The bar just keeps getting higher and higher.

Here's another photo. Up on wheels. At least temporarily. The body still needs stuff added. No steering wheel or dash yet. Just a note: when building the front suspension, test fit the spindles carefully. Do not force them into the a frames. Probably have to open those holes up a little for spindles to drop in. That is about the only weird thing I have encountered so far.

Thanks. This may be the hardest kit I've ever finished. A series of starts and stops. And trying to solve issues only creates more issues. Maybe it will get finished in the next few work sessions. Dangerously close to completion.

Thanks. This may be the headrest kit I've ever finished. A series of starts and stops. And trying to solve issues only creates more issues. Maybe it will get finished in the next few work sessions. Dangerously close to completion.

That's a reasonably good price on that. Good score. Nice vehicle.

Couple new photos. The body is mated with the interior for the last time and I'll just have to deal with whatever fit issues pop up next. The engine is great. The interior is nice as well. After this will come glass photos. Those require some edge sanding and paint scraping to get a good fit.

Yes the wheels in the Morgan are beautiful. Someone should be making those available.

I'm just seeing this. Here's a car that was at the GAA auction this year. MAybe a little more inspiration to keep plugging away! Can't wait to see this one done!

The OP MG is looking great too. Keep it coming.

I have this kit under my desk at work. Waiting to take it home so I don't put aside other active builds to start it. Looks good. inspiring for my build.

Oh yeah, let's hear it for the FUN FACTOR! I don't do any super detailing anymore. I try not to scratchbuild anymore - those are the places where my projects would bog down. However, I will search the internet for photos of the details on interiors and engines to try to get the colors correct. And whatever details were molded in. I use BMF, Chrome paint, Molotow, sharpie for chrome details. Depends on the particular part. All "chrome" is not equal. And much of it doesn't look like what BMF turns out like. Polished stainless window trim can often be sharpie and look just as good. IF you look at my 55 Chrysler on the diecast page, look at the rear 3/4 shot. In this, there is Molotow, BMF, chrome kit parts, and the factory silver tampo. Look at the rear window frame - silver tampo. Can you really tell the difference in it and the BMF adjacent to it? I basically got tired of foiling and just stopped. I did want the side trim foiled and it did make a difference, but not as much as I hoped - trim was cast pretty heavy and paint thickness and such. The head light rings are a combination of molotow and kit chrome from where I sanded out the sprue marks. That's good stuff for touchups. You guys are my toughest critics. my family won't notice. But I try to build everything to look as REAL as possible - that's my goal now. And it is as fun as it's ever been.

I bought the Testors metal 69 Charger and Daytona on ebay. Supposedly was both complete. Wasn't. The pictures were hard to tell and the price wasn't bad for ONE much less two kits. We agreed to a partial refund. It was missing an entire engine and windows for the Charger. The engine was no big deal unless you wanted the hemi. Still had 2 440s. As a seller I hate to put a sealed kit up but I also hate to open it on the off chance the buyer wants the SEALED kit. I don't have many sealed kits though. And I try to post my kits as honestly as possible. If I say "appears complete", it really does as far as I can tell. But some sellers honestly have no idea - they may or may not even have a working knowledge of model kits. So I figure it's on me to figure it out. I try to photograph everything to not hide it. I hate dealing with refunds or exchanges so I want it to be right when it is posted so I don't have to deal with it later.

I have a burgundy notchback and a silver Aerocoupe built up. And they look like the real versions, so it was a good kit I thought. Have a couple more in parts stages. Kinda like real ones in a junkyard, LOL Wish there was Grand Prix kit from this era. Then I'd have the whole set, MCSS, Buick GN, Olds HO, and a Grand Prix. But the Pontiac didn't really have a performance model other than their 2+2 aero car did they? I built a bright red MCSS at some point - why Chevy never offered that in a bright red is beyond me - it was spectacular.

ok, WOW! Glad I didn't try that. I don't like that at all on this car.

I'll have to get a 66 someday. I built plastic kits of each uncle's car as I remember them and gave them to them. So I collect those in a smaller scale although I did get a Welly 65 Impala in 1/24 (1/27?) last year. It's small for 1/24. Cool display idea. I have 8 loose 1/64s on my PC and the HW Advan hauler with the wagon in front of my monitor. Under stand for other monitor are 8 more and the BRE Datsun Hauler set. one shelf on bookshelf behind me has a dozen or so 1/64s, 1/24 First Gear 69 Camaro conv, Franklin 42 Chrysler, Welly 79 Ford truck, Motormax 74 Vega, First gear Studebaker Speedway truck. Oh and another shelf with more stuff. And that's just the work stuff. Oh yeah, 3 M2s under my LEG lamp from Christmas Story on my desk too. LOL. Mostly repeats and lesser value/interest things at work so as not to be too interesting to folks passing by. I would send pics but the dust is too embarrassing to post.

My dentist had a 3000 in 1:1 for a while and that was a truly beauitiful car. Would love to find a replica of that.

Yours is very nice as well. Love the colors. Strangely, I couldn't find a blue one on the internet that seemed to match up with the box art. And I really wanted to use this root beer on a full car. Seemed like these could be about any color. Guy I'm building for says top down - he's big into roadsters and convertibles. So I'll probably see if I can pu the top together as a drop on item if he wants to use it.