David G.

It looks like you've made some great progress on this Carl. I like your treatment for the tail lights and the color will look fantastic. I'm a little confused about your plans for the header tubes. You plan on just keeping them as a design feature with no connection to the engine or exhaust, yes? David G.

Oh yeah, enamel paint. I normally avoid it just for that reason. Now I'll have to give it a try just because of that reason. Great idea Karl! I'll have to play around with some enamel paint with flocking and embossing powder to see if I can develop a workable system for myself to use. Thanks for that Karl. =D-

Nice work on the carpet @64SS350 ! I have such a difficult time getting good results like that, that I almost never do carpet any more. It's a shame that, most likely nobody will ever see it again. Thanks for sharing this. David G.

Those are some fabulous added features @BK9300! I can only imagine the extra time and effort it took to build and install all that! 😮 Very cool! Thanks for posting it. David G.

Wow @Steve H ! An in-dash factory installed 8-track?! 😮 Those are super rare in those Sixties Oldsmobiles! Excellent details all! Thanks for taking the time to post this Steve. David G.

Thank you kindly Steve. David G.

Thank you so much Brian. Thank you Gary. Knowing some of the amazing work you've, that means a lot to me. David G.

Hello Everybody! Due to a number of reasons I haven't had much of a chance to work on my builds lately. But I did manage to get a good coat of Tamiya TS-19 Metallic Blue sprayed on the cab. I'm pleased with how it turned out but now I see that the hood and fenders will need another coat to darken them up a little. I also got the grille and headlights properly cleaned up and primed. I'll need to decide how I want to "re-chrome" them. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

A very tidy build, love the frosty green! Thanks for posting it. =D-

Hello Everybody! While I sort out what to do about the paint flaws on the body, I decided to address some of the other tasks that need done. The kit chrome has been stripped from the external header tubes. After filing away the seams I had to re-sculpt the grooves that were under them. Once that was done, I primed and sprayed the tubes with Rust-Oleum metallic chrome paint. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post any comments you may have. David G.

Thanks Bob. It does have a few trouble spots I'm still working out but I'll get there. Yeah, wide whites are pretty much a requirement for a car of this vintage. David G.

Thank you kindly Carl. Thank you Steve. I think I'm going to see what a quick polish can do for it. It does look pretty good already and I'm the only one it has to please. Which is where most of the problem lies Thanks for your encouragement Steve. =D-

That's so cool! So the cured clear is the reason that the decals look kind of frosty? I occasionally make my own decals, I'll have to keep it in mind about working the clear before it fully cures. I always learn something new when following your WIPs Daniel. David G.

Good progress on this Dan. It's going to fun watching you sort all this out. It must have been a nerve-wracking task to load trailers like this in real life. David G.

It looks like mating up the engine, chassis and body will present some challenges Len. But seeing what you accomplished with the side trim, I'm sure you'll get it all sorted. Funny thing, AMT's '57 Ford Hardtop had the same sink marks on the front fenders. It must be a model-year feature from Ford! David G.

The blue dots are a really cool and exceedingly well executed period-correct addition Daniel! I haven't thought about those in yeeeaaarrrs. The mockup looks great! The clean and fresh paint does look a little out of place though. I'm sure that you do have plans to address that. David G.

Looking good! The wheels are a nice contrast. David G.

It's all coming together quite nicely Greg. I continue to be impressed by your styrene sculpting skills. David G.

Wow Steve! Tremendously impressive work on this tribute build! You're definitely capturing that Plowboy feel on so many levels. David G.

Hello Everybody! I've allowed myself to become distracted for a while by one of my other hobbies. Consequently, I've been spending a little bit less time at the bench building models. But I have managed to get some work done. Another round of color sanding. Well, it started as polishing but I started burning through the paint so yeah... Which leads to a better paintjob. There's still a bit of orange-peel that I think I can polish out. In addition to the slight orange-peel, I have a little sag at the bottom of the door which I think I can take care of with my Zona polishing cloths. Still, there's always time for an inspirational mockup. Seeing the car mocked up like this almost makes me think that I can live with the paint as it is. Hmmm... Well, that's all for this round. As always, please feel free to post any comments you may wish to share. David G.

Brian, thank you for following. I'm sure the trailer does deflect when loaded but I don't think it's by very much. So far I've only had it loaded with the one car as you see in the photo and there was no noticeable deflection that I could detect. @Mopar - D has built more of these trailers than anyone else I know, maybe they would have a better answer than I do. Thanks for your question Brian, I'll keep it in mind and do a load test when I get the upper decks installed. David G.

Thank you Len. Time, our most precious resource. It's the one thing that we never seem to have enough of and can never get any more of. David G.

Thank you Dan. Oh, there's no way it would accommodate all my cars. In fact I'm having a little trouble trying to decide which ones I want to load it with. I'm thinking of using some of the "B" and "C" level builds and leaving the "A" level builds in the display case. This photo is from almost a year ago, there are even more now. Thanks again, David G.

Thanks Greg. Yeah... I'm still working out a place to display it. This thing is flippin' huge, almost 24" long and more than 29" with the loading ramps in place. =D-

Thank you Germán. =D-