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What's good all, along with a number of other builds, jumped into this one, similar to the Dodge pickup i'm working on, this is another I probably would have never guessed I'd be building one day! My lady friend's father owned a Gremlin, it was his first new car, we chatted about it one evening, had some good laughs but they liked it and it had some value to them so I decided to build him a model of it. I ordered the kit last week and it arrived yesterday, spent a good amount of time last night sanding/filing on the interior tub and chassis to get the fit a lot better, out of the box it was awful as you can see in the pic below. I've got it sitting a lot better, not perfect but I also do not want to sand through a few areas. The build is going to be relatively stock, I've only got a few pics to go by and it is a surprise for him so I can't ask him too many questions regarding it. I had a friend mix up the medium blue for me at his paint shop based off the pics and color codes we found online, should be a fun little build, nothing fancy and so far nothing has fit well, lol!

Thank you, had been some time since spraying the Urethane, it looks like I should be able to nib this down and get it where I want it! Using the Stratto blue base worked out well, aside from it making the blue a hair darker than I was aiming for, having the blue base compared to one of my golds or silvers cut down on the amount of urethane needed, not as heavy. I gave that some thought, honestly I'm thinking of getting this one together and then building a second one with a detailed chassis, hemi or newer style engine etc., sounds like a fun project!

Appreciate all the comments everyone! My 59's are on the back burner for a few weeks, dove into an AMT Gremlin, building it for someone who owned one as their first new car, chipping away on a Revell 57 Ford and a few other old projects, little work here and there on this and that at the moment. May end up creating an on going, WIP Thread rather than having several for each project with random updates

Looking good, like that stance and chassis mod!

The fun cruiser:

Thank you all for the comments, this is one of the more simple builds but looks so good! Think my daughter Bell and I are going to take the 1:1 out after we finish our BBQ this evening ?

Thank you both for the comments, it was a fun build, have some ideas for another one!!

Thank you both, there some things in the color I'm not happy with, will let it sit for a few days and see if it is salvageable or I'll strip it down and start fresh, dunno times ?

Very clean build!

Good looking build

Got the Oriental Blue down, have a few spots to nob down and clean up before and clear gets sprayed

Three coats of HOK Stratto Blue base is on and things are looking pretty good!

Got some work in on the Dodge this morning, just finished yard work with my son and thinking of some Kandy Blue, debating on bases, right now I'm looking at Orion Silver or Stratto Blue then covering it in Oriental Blue. Should be fun, hopefully everything comes out decent!

Thank you Doorsovdoon, awesome kit, we have a number of them with a number of ideas!! Thank you Gary, means a lot coming from you! Gary's work was very inspiring for me as a youth, always looked forward chopping it up at the NNL's back in the day! Thank you Bigdrag!

What's good all, thought I'd post one of my pops builds today, this was built from an older version of AMT's 1957 Chevy Bel Air, relatively box stock, few parts to dress up the engine, chrome wheels and white walls to build a simple 60's style cruiser. Body was cleaned up, paint is a single stage jet black, not 100% on the brand, it something we were experimenting with on some parts for the 1:1 chevy during restoration. Thank you and enjoy!

Thank you for the comments AMF and Paul, I grew up around the hobby and the real cars, love em all! I can't tell you how happy I am my youngest is enjoying the hobby and now taking a huge interest in the real ones, she has claimed my 63 Riviera as her first car...We are very fortunate as my father was a painter/auto body guy so we have always had access to the full size guns, touch up guns and materials. I grew up spraying HOK, PPG, Sikkens etc and now teaching Bell. It has been sad to see the hobby slow down so much over the years, I myself am guilty of falling in and out with everything else but since diving back in and having Bell working and learning, it has been great! Hopefully by the end of the weekend we will have some updates on Bell's pick up in here! Thanks again guys, Bell appreciates the comments and support!

What's good all, been working on the Dodge this week around work and other things. Getting some good progress in, lots of clean up, got some primer on the other day, a little more sanding and 2nd round of primer this morning. Body is pretty clean now, scribed, cleaned up a couple spots where the scriber jumped, hate that! Filled a few sink holes, smoothed the body, nothing major, just clean smooth appearance. Hoping to get some more work in over the weekend along with some work on some other older projects I've been digging up!

Lots of casualties along the way buddy! Love to paint though, now have to finish some of these projects ?

Thank you CT, the compliments mean a lot coming from someone of your caliber!! I was fortunate to grow up around classic, customs and hot rods...shops etc and have my pops who worked on them and was a painter! He was actually hesitant to teach me, so you can imagine the look on his face when he came home from work one day and I was spraying kandy urethanes... think I was in 5th grade ?

Oh man! They are beautiful cars, the curves, how they sit...Even simple builds on them are very stunning, would love to have a 1:1!

Good looking build

Came together great, love that body style/era, after building my 36 and seeing others, so many ideas ?

Beautiful build, love the detail!

Sweet build, like the creativity here, definitely something different but very well executed!

Sweet build, all came together very nice!