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Wow, that is one handsome automobile! I just love the big GM cars 59-69, and this Buick is especially attractive to me. (Gotta find one) Seeing this makes me feel a bit ripped off that we've been offered the '62 Buick ( not nearly as cool!) from AMT pretty much non-stop since FOREVER, but this one has gone nearly extinct. Is the tooling still around?

+1 on all points, especially the color combo! Funny, I've got one or two of these (older release) in the stash, and I don't recall the grille looking like THAT! I wonder if the tooling had to be "repaired", and the grille design was flubbed in the process? Anyway, you made it look as good as possible; well done!

Love that blue, it really makes your Chevelle shine!

As cool as the finished project is, I really liked it before you added the water and the rest! It looked exactly like one of those overhead news shots in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption, with the pyroclastic flow and volcanic ash just rendering everything in gray tones. Very nicely done anyway!

Man, don't get bogged down by the prop; this ain't that kind of build! This is Dave Deal with details, and just good fun. Keep on truckin'...

Can be tough to do a white model car and not have it look toy-like. This is how it's done right!

Loved watching the progress on this one; a beautiful and tasteful mild custom. Do more!

Oh yes! This thing just screams 1971 Hot Rod magazine car to me! Well done.

Wow, +1 on all the compliments given! Sometimes a color just "fits", and this is a sterling example. It does help that this is a most handsome body style, too. Clean building technique is the the final ingredient that puts this one over the top. Now I gotta find some of that paint...

Love that induction system, with just a little plumbing, that thing could come alive! Well done custom!

Very clean build, and a beautiful choice of colors! NICE.

An interesting beginning...going to chop that top?

You're on your own there. The nice men in white coats tell me I'm just fine.

Do away with the flipnose, add the nacelle and prop up front, proper. (Parachute out back.) Raise the body til it fits, gasser style! Hang drop tanks with inset steps under the rocker panels. Rivets galore!! Custom fender skirts for the rear to mimic Stuka landing gear spats.

Very nice colors! Cool build!

A third hand is always a huge help! Nicely done.

That's a pretty shade of blue; very nice Impala! For those who asked, yes the AMT '67 chassis is a nice upgrade chassis for these, as is the Revell '65. Little changed in the big-body frames for many years.

Apologies to the OP, but I was surprised at how much I loved the lines of that Ford wagon. Total shock! I really like seeing a nice Imperial as well, and this is a beautifully rendered demo car, even if it is a heartbreaker! Great attention to detail; very authentic damage.

Drop those off at my place...

Rustoleum red oxide primer is a nearly perfect match for the red oxide used by Chevrolet way back when. We had a 69 Chevelle in the shop recently, and when I stripped the interior out, I had some very nice primer areas untouched since the day it was sprayed. I also had on hand a quart of Rustoleum "red oxide primer for rusty metal" and it was as close as you could have had custom mixed. In fact it was the only red oxide we had on hand that was close! Most are too brownish; light on the red, heavy on the oxide I guess...

Semi-gloss black frame, with red oxide primer on the bottom of the sheet metal, body colored over spray along the edges. No over spray on the frame, it was attached later in the process! Flat black for undercoating; along the transmission/driveshaft tunnel, as well as the the area under the rear axle. Amounts varied according to assembly plant and the guy spraying it! This coverage was the bare minimum, cars headed north would have more applied, usually at the dealership. This should be accurate for 95% of GM intermediate cars of the 60s and 70s, or awfully darn close.

Are you referring to a simple step that is only raised the thickness of the frame, by slicing the frame at a 45 degree angle?

Nice! Now it just needs a simple but grungy base for display; never cared for dirty tanks on clean background!

Oh yeah, this one's looking too nice to give up on. It'll work out when you work at it.

Very nice color!