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I promise not to threadjack again, but I want our fellow modelers to understand!

Alan, what you are seeing in the photos is just the highlight at the top of a convex form, not a separate shape ( i.e; the outward "bulge" of the fenders) The cats at AMT (or MPC, whoever first tooled this) saw those outlines (Very much mistakenly) as another convex (Inward cut) area. If you get a chance to hold the AMT body up to the real car, or even the Revell snapper, you'll see exactly what we're going on about with regards to the body's "over-sculpting"; there is a trench created that just should not be there. Revell got it right, even the old Monogram 1/24 got that right. Daniel; so glad to see you back on this; you really are going above and beyond here, and are creating a very accurate model. Well done, sir!

Ditto. Good luck with the move! You get settled, you'll be back in no time. We ain't going anywhere...

" I like that it's red, but not "in your face look at me" red." Agreed! Very classy.

Gotta love a red Chevelle! May I ask what shade of red that is? I've had one of these on the bench for soooo long; still fight it when I have a few spare moments...

File a bevel on the end of an old mechanical pencil or technical pen to male nice circles!

Glad to see you back on this; love watching the ideas unfold...

Snazzy office!

Thanks for the info fellers!

sweeeeeeeeet.

"... I wish I could remember where I got the clear red lights on yellow and black car - they were a custom option in an early '60s AMT kit." Might we see a pic?

Dzus.

Groovy color! What's the interior gonna be? White? Parchment? Buckskin? Black?

VERY cool windshiel/glass tips. Have you painted or tinted any of this pvc sheet? Just wondering how well it accepts paint. Has anyone vacu-formed any of this material?

Steve, you are pretty close; I'm going to do my ham-fisted best to convert them to '59 Imperial LeBaron caps!

Nice choice of wheels/tires, and glad to see the body clean!

Very imaginative stuff here! If I may suggest one thing, I'd lose the rear "wheel "shaped thingies, they look so bulky they throw off the balance of your design, and to me they still look too much like wheels/tires, where the rest of the vehicle is way out there! Compare your treatment of the front wheel area to the rear - the front is much more creative. I do like the VTOL aspect of the rear area, just not the tire-shaped blobs.. I only comment because I really LOVE this kind of creative stretch of our hobby, and want to see this design soar! Here's a thought; take a couple of 1/72 A-10's turbine housings (2 kits worth-can be cheap snap-tites) using one grouped pair per side, attached to the rear sides in the wheel area, connected to each other by a rod so they actually rotate down and back as needed. Add rivets, fins, pipes, hoses, and antennae to taste. Fun stuff!

Another reason I'm following this one - it was my dad's favorite car of all he ever owned. He swears to this day NOTHING rode and drove so fine as his 4-door yellow and white '58!

Terry; will do, and THANKS! Mark, that paint is taking way too long to strip. Is it enamel-based? Acrylic -based? Reason I ask, if it's acrylic based paint, it might not come off with the purple stuff, BUT, it will come off in a soakig of isopropyl alcohol. ( Get the stronger solution) If it IS enamel based, get a one-gallon ziplock bag or an airtight plastic food container, then spray the body liberally with oven cleaner (wear vinyl gloves), seal it in your bag/container and watch the paint wash off in a day or two. It might need two applications, but the stuff is strong on tough paint! Good luck...

Agree that this roof was off, but your changes have yielded GREAT improvements, and I applaud your sticking with this project; it will be worth it!

Terry, what kit are these from? I can use a set!

Check out the hubcap selection in these 2 kits; maybe they are close enough?

Those are some nice hubcaps, for sure; I can't help but think I've seen something similar if not the same, in a kit in my stash. Looks SO familiar; might be a custom option in an old AMT kit... Never cared much for sun visors on cars, they disrupt the flowing lines, but to each his own! On another note, that deep red is bee-yooo-tee-ful on that car!

Very nice, that blue was a great choice!

Love all the custom goodies in the truck kit, Ive got a couple of WIPs using them on other period customs(not the truck). Very nice kit for its age. The car is also nice, as others have mentioned, I just recently picked up the Indy Pace Car version of that same kit. Get to building!