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Wow, you took a bad situation and ended up with something better than if it hadn't gone wrong in the first place. I like that color and the look.

I want to see more of that red dart in the background

Very nice hard to pick which one is better, this or the skyline.

I'm not a fan of the imports but I love your work on this one. Very clean and well done.

Which kit did you get the nailhead from ?

Very convincing weathering. Some constructive criticism if you don't mind, the air cleaner and differential look too clean and shiny. Everything else looks so perfect they stick out.

Sony

You sure know how to make me feel old Just kidding, it is nice seeing young guys getting into this hobby. Cool video very well done.

The white one reminds me of my son's Honda CRZ

Until I owned a dog myself I always thought people getting attached to animals was crazy. Now I understand. My dog can be dumb at times but he comes running just happy as can be anytime you call him. My condolences to you.

Looks beautiful. That first picture looks to be the real thing.

I have a couple of DMs and if I could afford it I'd have more. They truly are beautiful.

Very nice and I love the look of those steelies with chrome lug nuts.

Austin, this was a one off concept car built by Buick. The engine was a 322 cubic-inch 220 bhp Buick V8 with four side-draft carburetors and dual exhausts. It was design by Harley Earl who was perhaps the most influential designer GM ever had. He also designed the Buick Y Job. The following is copied from the GM heritage center website : The 1954 Buick Wildcat II concept, designed by Harley Earl’s design team, made its public debut at the 1954 General Motors Motorama in New York City. Built of fiberglass and mounted on a 100-inch wheelbase, the 1954 Wildcat featured radical new front fender styling that exposed the underside of the fender and the chrome plated front-end suspension. The fenders were lined with large chrome panels containing air scoop louvers. Buick Skylark wire wheels were used. The car was only 170-inches long and 35-inches high at the cowl. Headlamps were mounted on the cowl with parking and directional signal lights on the front end underneath the fender shroud. Bumpers were shaped with two big torpedo-like guards; know in those days as “Dagmar” bumper guards, a name taken after a sexy celebrity with a good size bosom. Wildcat II was powered with a standard 322 C.I.D. V8 engine boosted to 220 horsepower through the use of four carburetors. Originally the car was painted a bright blue with a white leather interior but later was repainted dark tan with a two-tone tan leather interior. The Wildcat II now resides at the Alfred P. Sloan Museum in Flint, Michigan where it was restored to its original bright blue finish. The 1954 Wildcat II was the second of three concept cars introduced in consecutive years to wear the Wildcat badge.

I recently started to build the model I've always wanted. Because there is no commercial offering, I'm stuck with making my own. I'm using the back half of the AMT 55 corvette and making the front myself. I sent a message to Peter Lombardo and he agreed to vacuum form it once I have the form done. Just a short list of changes to the corvette to make this work rear license plate recess has to be lowered remove corvette bodyside mouldings add thin styrene sheet to rear deck re-work rear fins for tail light details fill corvette gas tank door fill cowl vent remove wipers re-scribe door panels and rear deck panel lines New scratch work to do most all of the interior needs to be scratch built intake manifold need to be scratch built All panels from the firewall forward need to be made The real car I will say this, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be to get to this point. I had only one dimension to work with, that was the wheel base of 100 inches. All my drawings and measurements are based of that, and the width of the corvette body. I've got my work cut out for me. As a former Seabee, I'm reminded of this phrase the difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. ... I've never done anything like this, but hey that never stopped me from doing anything else in life. Here is more progress on the mold for the front. I had to shoot some primer on it because the lines from the woodgrain were throwing me off a bit I'm just about ready to send the mold to peter. Let me know what you think. I've been staring at this thing until I'm cross eyed. so if something looks off, let me know. The real car again. (The raised portion down the middle of the hood will be added later with sheet styrene)

I've always loved those COPOs. Nice job

Fixed it for ya

You've come a long way in a short time. Looks very nice.

Very nice did you make the corbels too ?

Looks great, nice and clean too. If you don't mind a little constructive criticism ; It looks like you've got a shifter on the column and one on the floor. Might want to remove the one off the column if that's the case.

Love it, now if I could only remember where I've seen one before

Wow, I used to own one of those 79 LeBaron wagons, same color too . I had no idea there was a model available. Who makes it ?

Beautiful engine detailing.

Any pictures of the product in use ?