David G.

Nicely Done! Love the color combination, it looks correct for the era. David G.

Nice detail on the interior. Excellent choice of decals. Great work on the rescue and resuscitation. David G.

The silver you picked looks great Declan! It's nicer looking than what Pontiac used back then which looked more like metallic gray. Your detail work on the interior looks good too. This should be quite a build when you're through. David G.

Thank you Declan. The colors I plan to use are Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal for the body and TS-40 Metallic Black for the landau. David G.

@bisc63 Thanks for the excellent advice Rusty! I followed your suggestion of filing down the area above the headlight pods. Doing that seemed to improve the fit but not quite as much as I would have liked. With a little more test fitting, I realized that the thickness of the raised areas on the fitting tabs was about equal to the remaining gap between the grille and the hood. So I filed the lugs off the top of the fitting tabs and glued some styrene of similar thickness to the bottom of the tabs. This lifted the whole grille by about 1 mm. That did it! There's still a bit of a gap where the left fender rolls down into the hood but for the color I plan to paint this car, it will likely not be noticed. It wouldn't take much to fix it though... hmmmm ? Now on to the next activity! Thanks again Rusty, I do appreciate your advice. David G.

Excellent color choice, great paintwork, nicely done. David G.

Nice detail painting on this one, the interior looks great! David G.

I'd say you nailed it, everything looks spot-on. I love those "sport" packages from the Seventies; decals and wheel covers. David G.

A beautiful rendition of two iconic movie cars, Well Done! David G.

I'm not sure on the wheels, it would depend on what other options are available. The stance is great, 49 Mercs are one of the few cars that actually look better lowered... in my opinion. The red interior should make for a nice, striking contrast to the body color you intend. All in all, great progress on this Chaz! David G.

Beautiful color, very eye-catching. I agree with Alan Barton's advice regarding the paint issue. David G.

Without question, that's the best build-up of this kit that I've ever seen! David G. ps: I just checked out the link you provided and I'm still reading through the text. What I wanted to ask what application you used to build your site. I've been looking to upgrade my own website and this is similar to the format that I have in mind. Thanks, David G.

Holy Cow! That thing's a Monster! Great work on that, the engine details and decals are mind-blowing. David G.

Thank you Bob. I spent most of yesterday's bench time working on the interior so I didn't get to look into the suggestion that Rusty offered up above. I plan on getting to that today, I'll report back on the results. Thanks for your comment George. Thanks for the link Michael. I took a quick look but they didn't seem to have any tops posted on that page. I'll keep them in mind for the future though. Thanks again for the comments and suggestions. David G.

? That is just too cool! Well Done! David G.

@Ceaser_Salad Those are great looking first builds, everybody has to start somewhere. I especially like the rusted out wreck. The other two look solid and well constructed, which is a great place to start from. A prime objective with most hobbyists is improvement. Quality of work only comes with improvement of skills, which only comes from experience. It's like I say: "Each model I build is really only practice for the next one." As for your initial question, there have been many very good answers offered none of which I can honestly improve upon. Regards, David G.

I have seen some Gundams built out and they're quite impressive. I've often considered buying one to build but they're rather pricy and there's almost always a car that I want more. The Mech Warrior models interest me too but there again, paying twenty five to thirty dollars for a model that when finished is only 2" or 3" tall.... eeeeehh ?. I believe I'd enjoy them but familiarity is comfort and comfort's a big part of the satisfaction that many derive from their hobbies. David G.

Actually I do both. I admit, I do spend more time gaming but I make it a point to spend at least an hour every day building. Many times that hour of building becomes two or three hours. David G.

Thanks Johnny, it looks to be a simple yet satisfying build. Thank you Gareth. It does have great looking body proportions but the interior is a bit lacking. I think you may be correct on the custom parts. Thanks Carl. Thank you Chaz Thanks Declan. It's a simple curbside kit and I honestly feel that at full price, I may have overpaid a little for it. There are kits that offer much more in the way of detail for the same price but as far as I know, this is the only one of a 1959 Chrysler Imperial. And it does look like it should build out nicely. Thank you Rusty. That's one of the points I had considered adjusting but photos I was able to find didn't provide the detail that this one does. With this information in mind, I'll take another look at that area. It seems to me that even with adjusting these areas, the screw mounting tabs may need to be thinned a bit too but that'd be the easy part. There is also a small bit of fender showing between the two moldings, which could of course be painted in. Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. David G.

Excellent color combination and wheel choice, looks great. David G.

Looks like a great project. Excellent shade of green, it reminds me of the green on a Japanese Beetle. I always thought it was a beautiful color. David G.

Beautiful work on the interior, excellent detailing on the grille and rear panel. David G.

Hello Everybody. My next project is the 1959 Chrysler Imperial by AMT. This is a rather simple kit having a chassis plate, body, and a rather shallow interior. The inclusion of a hard-top landau roof and boot provide the option of building it as a hard top or top-down convertible. There is no up-top for the convertible . There are, however two sprues (one of then plated) of extra customizing parts, most of which will go into my parts box for use on future projects. Here is the basic start. Test fitting to check for any potential building issues and primer to help suss out any casting issues. First issue, each of the A pillars has spotlight mounting hole that needs filled. The next issue is the gap between the grille piece and hood. I've already done some filing to remove the chrome plating and some of the plastic on the areas where the bumper fits into the recesses on the front fenders just ahead of the wheel arcs. This photo shows the gap that remains after those initial efforts. I thought about adding material to the bottom edge of the hood to fill the gap but ultimately decided that I could live with the way it is. I decided to use the trunk mounted "continental kit" because I remember seeing a few of these on real cars over the years and liked the way they looked. And of course, there are a couple of sink marks over the screw mounting posts that need smoothed over. But the rear bumper fits as it should, no complaints there. ? That's all for now. As always, thanks for taking the time to stop and look and please feel free to leave a comment. David G

Absolutely Beautiful! I'll have to look for it in the "Under Glass" section. David G.

Beautiful interior! The rear louver mishap is unfortunate but at least you can complete 99% of the build and add the louvers when you receive them. David G.