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Coming along nicely. Charlie Larkin

What a piece of junk! I mean that in the nicest way, of course. Great work. Charlie Larkin

Don't let the ladies interfere with your modeling, Nick. Sometimes, that's the only thing that allows you to de-stress without saying or doing something you might regret. Stick around, it's still a lot of fun, and build something! Charlie Larkin

Wouldn't that be indecent exposure? Charlie Larkin

It's good to see you're trying to be honorable, which helps a lot. Hopefully, your situation will improve soon and things will be as normal as they can be again. Charlie Larkin

IE doesn't like ad-ons because it thinks it's perfect, and legitimately, there are some products that can cause problems. Ad-Block is NOT one of them. I use it myself and it works wonderfully. What's nice is you can selectively disable it if you need to. Charlie Larkin

That might work nicely and is worth considering. That said, I don't have the money right now to pay, but if it was the right price, I absolutely would considering purchasing a membership. Charlie Larkin

A lot of the advertisements are triggered by your own browser's history, so whether Gregg and Dave tailor ads to interests reflected here (for example, ads from Revell or Testors), your own browsing history, as Tom illustrated, will also affect the ads you see- such as ads for cars or promotional items, or whatever else you might have been looking for recently. An easy way to cure this is to clear your browser history- frequently. Of course, you'll then get all kinds of bizarre things for a while, until the ad software re-learns your habits. Then there are the "spam" ads, as I like to call them. You all know the ones, the ones that start out with some cheesy line like "new (insert state) law allows you to save on car insurance," "one weird trick to do (insert action of choice)," and the like. Those are usually operated through Google or specific marketing firm using Google Analytics. I took a one-credit graduate seminar in Internet advertising, and the depth and reach of these practices is really quite shocking, and more than a little disquieting, and there really isn't anything we can do about it, except disconnect the Internet from our computers. Charlie Larkin

Those wheels look super, Mike. What did you do to them? As to the rest of it, I'm sure this will be up to your usual high standards and I'll look forward to seeing this in October. Charlie Larkin

I just tried the site, and found several of the links aren't working- not even going to missing page links, simply stationary. No product updates, either. Charlie Larkin

A Nova is cheap enough to get into order that even with restoration I'd still be saving money over a newer car. Get something that'll last longer, too, especially with re-coating with modern anti-corrosion materials. Charlie Larkin

Nice job so far, Austin. Who's kit is that, Bar Mills? Charlie Larkin

They don't seem to be making Buicks anymore, either. Just funny-looking, too-small things with Tri-Sheilds. Charlie Larkin

Bill once again managed to read my mind. Exactly what I was thinking. Charlie Larkin

Nice execution. Charlie Larkin

The Breeze-way window was one of the cool ideas that never really caught on, but it also made for some interesting styling. It may be the angle of your pictures, but the roof looks like it's slanted a little- as though the back was higher; I remember those having a fairly flat roof, with a small dip at the very back. Either way, very nice conversion work, and definitely something to display with pride. Charlie Larkin

Nice job on that. Charlie Larkin

One other thing I noticed..in the last picture, those center taillights look like they're illuminated. Even if not an intended effect, very cool! Charlie Larkin

The S/S wheels looks right at home on it, and that black! S-H-I-N-Y! I'm very impressed with the look of that wet-look clear. While I'll agree that the car from the factory wouldn't have had so deep a look to the finish, a well-maintained car with good polish/compound/wax practices would still look very good. That would also do a nice job of replicating a car with a fresh resto using modern paint. What make of pen is that that you use, Al? I might give that a try for W/Ws and W/WWs and the occasional RWL/OWL tire I find myself in need of doing. Charlie Larkin

The two-tone paint seems to eliminate the top-chop look. As usual, Wayne, your work is simply outstanding. Charlie Larkin

The Stude and '41 Chevy would especially be welcomed by a lot of rep-stock builders, too. I think the '41 Chevy is one of the classiest cars of the '40s. Charlie Larkin

I think there's a lot of truth in that, Doc. That's why so many of us tend to have a whole bunch of projects going at once, the impatience and resulting frustrations (or vice-versa) need to be contained or all your work will suffer. Charlie Larkin

I may have to get a new car... A 1:1, that is. Anyone in New England/not too far away got anything VERY cheap? Charlie Larkin

Impressive work. Charlie Larkin

It's a lot of plastic surgery, but it can be done. The Olds and Pontiac both had longer wheelbases, and a lot of that was in the nose from what I can tell and in addition to the lengthening, would be some re-shaping. Charlie Larkin