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Dropped by the local LHS (the one with the preferred partner program) & the 2010 Mustangs are in, I haven;t opened mine yet, since due to a pending neck surgery it will be about three months before I will get back to building again I didn't want to over stress my self. They also had the new? Texaco '50 Chevy pick-up, & the '62 T-Bird from Round2 on the shelf. Not a bad week for modelers.

Got mine on Monday, I was busy with the grandson (watching old Bugs Bunny cartoons) & we both had to take time out from our busy evening to browse through the issue once, then get down to some serious reading. Gonna have to get back to Bugs some other evening. Oh for those that don't know us, Micah is only three years old but has to "read" every issue of the car type mags we get (full size or model) & thinks that he has to help Grandpa with the building of every model that comes in the house. He can also name properly every model that he has "helped" on. We will have a future modeler there.

OOOooooooooo! please excuse the drool on the page, this is just one of the cool things that Round2 could do for us in the line of "parts only"

I too have to vote real on this one, the tires were a thought, but the rear of the wheels look right, & I think the detail on the interior did it for me, rear shoulder straps, got to be real.

If your files get extremely plugged with plastic filings, you can soak them in a solvent like acetone, or MEK, then use a brass wire brush to clean out the teeth if the "gunk" doesn't just fall off in the soak.

I'm gonna go with Real,,MODEL, looks like a 1/8 scaler to me.

WOW! Don't sneeze, or you'll lose one of 'em.

I think that the wheels would look killer if they were done with Testors "Smoke" over the kit chrome.

The carpets in the '57s (if your interior is red) are mainly red, they have a small amount of black threads in the weave, that can be imitated with a little black flock mixed in with your red, you can also use velour (velvet) for carpeting in these if you go one solid color.

"Reclining"?, or "Declining", if you're reclining it might be a bit hard to do some of the things, & your arms will get tired very quick.

They are to real, my wife has hundreds of books about them & the people that have them

It would be much easier to use the JoHan '56 Pontiac for the main body,& either the AMT, or Revell Nomads for the roof,& the Revell chassis with the 'vert crossmember. That's the way I'm going on the one I'm building.

But most of us that have a thing for cute girls on the hods of cars, don't want them painted there .

Really close on this one, but I have to say it's a very well done model, or it's very light on it's feet for a real car.

I don't know if you know or not, but AMT/Round2 is releasing their COT kits in a generic white kit, & if we all ask often enough maybe they'll even change their minds on the full detail glue kits.

Now, THAT is one Haulin' El Camino!

Got the coil wire pulled so no one can steal it?

You're BACK! & in black at that! great build, black is truly one of the hardest colors to get "right" even in full scale. I learned a tip from a "master painter" when I was doing the full size cars that works well on our "babies" not only on black, but best on solids {not metallics/pearls). After you get a good coverage with the main color, make each following coat with more thinner, less color, & add clear, then add the last couple of passes with clear & thinner to get a surface you can polish. This will result in those three foot deep paint jobs, works especially good on Blank & Red.

This would make a great partner for one of Revell's new midget kits.

as used by FDR

I'm not sure if it's 1/24 or not, but both of the big Ford pick-ups from Revell/Monogram have the 460 with a C-6 in them.

Use Ford's Wimbledon white, this is available in spray from Testors in their new two stage factory colors.

You can get a little bit more flair with very little extra work, if you first heat the tubing (don't go to hot, aluminum will heat to the point of melting without changing colors)over an open flame first, this softens the aluminum, & makes it easier to stretch out the "bell".

Is that really a wheelchair that is sitting behind the rear cowl? (hint hint)

The "Old" licensing "Bug-a-Boo" strikes again! We lose,unstead of a real deal in a 3 in 1 model, we get a so so 2 in 1.