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Superb build and your collection looks a lot like my own.

Both are exceptional and congrats on your feature.

So it's like that eh? What an exceptional build. Underneath passes for 1:1 easily. You know your subject and it shows.

16 eh? Amazing when I think about where I was skills wise. You are far ahead of where I was. Of course that was 1979.

Outstanding group. You seem to have picked the right color for every build without fail.

Nice assortment, like a box of chocolates. No scale snobbery here folks.

Go for it my friend and build another. It has been said building a kit a second or even third time is when you really get the result you always wanted. I will say this. The windshield tested my patience. You get a slab of acetate and an incorrect size guide on the instruction manual. Drilling a hole in the windshield I just cut for the rear view mirror was a trip and a first for me. And I still have to either paint the Ford script on the bed or find a decal. My decal stash has let me down.

I just finished up a grail of mine in this "The Rodfather". I remember this kit on the hobby shelves when I was a kid and liked the look of it. Decades later I saw a picture of the box and remembered it from my youth. I want to thank Bob (TooOld) for the mint original decal sheet. I sprayed it with a couple of coats of the now discontinued Testors decal spray and it spent a couple of days in the sun. Main kit is a Revell Tweedy Pie II. Testors Arctic blue metallic enamel on the shell and Duplicolor semi white on the rest. Parts box Firestone rear tires and the fronts and rims from the Revell 66 Chevelle. Aluminum intake tubes and lavender plug wires. A little flocking and Voila! Thanks to Bob for helping me make a grail for my shelf. Now if I can just find some room...

I have a GIANT stack of these PL kits. This is one on the list. Yours looks so right. Well done and a really sweet project you are realizing one build at a time.

A tough kit to get right and you got it soooo right.

All are seriously nice, but the white tri 5 is killin it..

All great builds brother. A good year by any metric.

The detail achieved is truly what makes these Top Studio sets worth every penny. Of course, you need skills to use them properly. This is what it looks like when the builder has thos skills.

Thanks to all who commented. I must make a confession though. The World War Toons tank in the pic with the Schwinn is an old build. I did build A WWT tank but that one was given to my brother Rick. This one needs to go to him as well. I give him all my Deals Wheels and WWT builds for his collection. This one slipped through the cracks.

You could tell me all the problems you had and from where I sit I couldnt see a single one. That is a sweet Countach

Sometimes you have to put your foot down and get it done. We are all glad you did as these are all projects that deserved the attention you gave.

The quality of builds on this site has gone up significantly over the years. It is guys like you Spike who bring it up.

It is not the quantity but the quality big guy. You got it here in spades........

Superb models all. The colors are perfect. The right backgrounds would fool just about anyone.

All of those are super nice. Like Joe said, the finishes are top notch.

Beautiful build. I am currently working on one now. Hope it comes out half as nice as yours.

Well when you put it like that... Seriously gorgeous stuff Peter.

Looks great. This kit seems like a right of passage.

A couple of these were started late 2021. Since I finished them in 22 Im including them here. I have a half dozen started in 22 that Im not including so it evens out. 22 is the year I returned to automotive models, and while not all of these are cars I am including them since I am proud of what I have accomplished. No names on these, I'll let the pix do the talking.

Last post before it goes in the finished section. I have a set of 70 Chevelle mirrors drying that I'll slap on later. PE scripts, door locks and handles are done. I scratched up an antennae because I never put them on my builds but felt it was a nice touch on this car. All that is left is the hood and that looks like it may need some extra work. The attachment areas just dont seem right. It will be a hassle it seems. I will get it but it will take some effort. This was a fun reach into the past in plastic.