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The color combination and paint work look perfect. Nice job Andy.

These kind of builds always mean the most to me of a past ride. Nice job on both and I love the station too.

Nice little hot rod.

My heart goes out to the Petty family.

Beautiful black paint and has the RIGHT look. I really like the wheels, gives it that period look form the '50s. I also love the engine, great job, you won my heart.

I think you are right Nick.

Nice collection, I don't have any but, when I first started seeing advertisements for some of these with 3 or four easy payments, I thought the Danberry Mint cars were way too expensive. Plastic model kits were around $10 or less. Now with plastic models averaging around $20 or so and if you factor in the cost of building one, the DM cars don't seem so far off on price. They have always had very nice quality. I do have two from Franklin Mint a '40 Ford pickup and a '57 Harley Sportster, one from ebay and the other from a swap shop. Still way cheaper than full size.

I love it Tulio. Maybe a seat so it could be driven? I don't know what you could mount it to though. Looks cool like it is.

Nice job on a one day build. Perfect classic kit to do it with.

Nice, great idea, well done. Probably not as easy as it looks at first glance. I was thinking about the top side of the gas tank and mufflers. What else was added?

Not sure if I commented on this or not if you did previously posted it so, I will just comment now. Nice pictures, love the color, very cool looking model. I still haven't built mine purchased over a year ago, I think I have two now. I was so excited when the '50 Olds kit came out. Nice inspiration seeing yours Derrick, thanks for posting.

Every time I see a '57 Ford from now on I will think of you Tulio. I find myself admireing the under side of your cars more and more with the overspray technique you have mastered. Nice job once again, the yellow POPS!

Nice job Harry, you always amaze me.

Welcome Frank. Now let's see some pictures!

Thanks guys, I am surprised to still get posts on this today. Most of the new topics I post die young. Thanks for keeping this one alive a little longer, it is now on life support.

I love it!! Nice job Bruce.

Thanks guys, this one will probably die now, I never seem to get many comments on pickups. Out of he 13 comments so far 4 of them are mine. When you think of all the people in the whole world and only 9 people commented, I didn't make much of an impact on the modeling world with this one. I am thankful for the comments I did receive. It's really harder than this to get a comment from my Wife. Anyway thanks for looking.

It would probably fall apart. No speed records yet. I just noticed the windshield is popping out. So much for resin.

Me too but, it's just a model. I am thinking more about the use of big brakes and cooling with some other wheels but, like I said I changed directions on this one after the wheel choice. I would have preferred more retro, the Corvette tailights threw me off. Thanks guys for the other comments also and please leave criticisms also. I still consider myself a rookie.

Very cool. Nice job on the weathering. Hope it doesn't leave any dubious on the track.

More photos.

I started this one with a resin cab with a chopped top and the quarter windows removed. I used the AMT pickup with the custom parts on the bed. Since it had Corvette tailights a lightbulb went on in my head! Why not go with a Corvette theme? I wanted the lakester look so I already had decided on the Moons. Looking back I probably should have just used the Corvette wheels. I robbed parts from a '93 AMT Vette and the rearend from the Monogram '37 Ford. Had a few issues with the resin body. First the kit hood would not fit so, I heated the body in warm water to reshape the cowl. Then after I painted it with Dupli-Color primers and Model Master Green Go, I noticed the rear of the cab had caved in . Upon reheating the body to reshape it I was afraid I had ruined my paint. Forunately the water marks buffed out with Meguiars Scratch X2.0 later. A fun build that went a different direction than I had originally intended. No windshield wipers, antennas or mirrors but, strangely has AC. Enjoy.

Nice job on a very nice kit from Revell, box stock works on this one.. The paint looks great I love the interior shot of the dash.

Welcome fellow Hoosier. Your story sounds much like mine Robert. I find much more time to build since I am retired now and don't know what I would do without our hobby. Be thankful that we bought most of our stash before the prices went up, even though there is a lot of excellent new stuff out. Looking forward to seeing some of your builds.

Thanks for sharing your photos Craig. Next year this show will be on my list to attend.