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What a great question, and right on time for me as this is something I’ve really been thinking a lot about recently, just this past November I had two really good buddies pass away on the same day, one here in the US and the other in Canada, one was a member of a model club here in the US, a club I’m in , He had about 200 models , everything from finished, WIP, to complete kits, those where picked up by a couple of our club members and sold on eBay and the money was given to his family, My other buddie who passed away had tons of beautiful built models, kits , parts, tools , paint , etc, and a family who had no interest in any of it, and I’m sure sadly that most of his work ended up in the trash , now getting to me , I’ve built models for years and really enjoy this hobby, I too have many built models, and many kits, and unfortunately I’m blessed with a family who couldn’t care less about any of my stuff when I go, now I’ve seen quite a few of my model car buddies pass away over the years and then watched their models get sold off, or just disappear, but with the two more recent deaths it really hit me hardest, especially my friend Rick in Canada , so I decided I’m not going out like that, I’m sizing down, way down, this year I’m going though all my stuff and picking what I’m going to build and I’m going to sell the rest and enjoy the money while I’m still here, I really enjoyed seeing this topic and reading what everyone had to say.

Beautiful build!

Awesome! Congrats!!

Awesome 37 !!

Awesome build and a great restoration and repair job!

CT that’s incredibly awesome!!! Everything about this shows a very well thought out plan and very nicely built car, very cool!!

Beautiful Bird !

Really nice build , reminds me of a real 66 nova I owned back in the early 80’s , it sat real low like yours but was painted a bright orange, I really liked that car, yours looks awesome!

That’s one beautiful Monte ! Love the color!

That’s a beautiful 56 !

Awesome build!

Very cool ! I’ve always liked the monkeemobile , but even more the seeing the real car I think I like seeing models of the real car even more, yours looks super !

Thanks so much!

Thanks guys!

Just realized I forgot to add the crazy kit supplied custom head lights, I guess to match the bubble top.

Thanks guys for all your comments!!

Thanks guys for all your comments!!

Awesome 65 ! The details are tops !

Thanks Paul that’s the most awesome comment I’ve ever gotten on any site , that would be so cool, not so much for me but for my buddy Rick ! A true modeler for life ! The guy blead plastic! Would be nice to honor all the modelers we’ve lost over the years.

Wow !!! So much work and such an amazing awesome build!!

I’ve always had a thing for this body style, and corvairs in general, yours looks awesome!

Awesome save !! Looks great!

Absolutely beautiful!! Everything from the pesco pumps to the rag top to the mural on the trunk!! Awesome build!

Here’s another one I just finished, this is the early Monogram 1955 Chevy , when I got this kit the windshield post was broken and after trying to repair it a few times I finally just cut it and glued the windshield to the custom bubble top and re made a new windshield post allowing me to be able to chop the top, adding most of the kit supplied custom parts ,shaving all the chrome and giving the car the stance I wanted , it was ready for primer and paint, candy green mixed with candy teal and sprinkle with a rainbow flake, and topped with a 2 K clear coat, all this over a silver metal flake base, pearl white and candy teal interior, I didn’t like the way you could look down though the bubble and see the stock rear seat so I made a rear cover, all in all it was a fun fast build of a vintage kit ,complete build about a week, hope you enjoy.