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LOVE how these bodies look in yellow! I'll be following this one.

Sweet and different color combo! I can envision a pearl white interior with dark green carpeting and green piping accents on the upholstery. Pale gold interior could contrast nicely as well! Can't wait to see YOUR choice, though. Lookin' cool!

A matter of personal preference, either way could look good. Can't go wrong!

Any progress on this?!!

I think there are so many options available today for this kit, that not many people even bother with the kit's chassis; just snag another from your kit stash or check the "Trading Post" or other sources for a better chassis solution. The Revell '66 GTO is the first obvious choice, but look at the AMT and Lindberg '66/'67 Cutlasses, AMT,Revell,Lindberg '66/'67 Chevelles for example. Any of these and many others offer much nicer detail and realism. I've found them at swap meets for cheap, where the owner had other plans for the body; slammer build, or racing chassis swap, etc.

Glad to hear you haven't given up on this one! Looking forward to your progress, and congratulations on scoring a dedicated model workshop.

About as nice a job done on this model as I've ever seen. Just beautiful!

( Can anybody tell me what the long thin tank on the chassis in front of the fuel tank is for) As posted by "early iron", the front object IS the fuel tank, and the large rectangular area behind it is the recessed trunk floor. I've owned and done restoration work on the real deal over the years. You need to repaint that trunk floor to match the rest of the chassis pan. To look stock, you may want to knock down the shine of the fuel tank as they were galvanized, which makes for a really dull silver/gray color. ( Flat aluminum works well) Off to a good start, though! Hang in there.

Cement may be your problem. I get fewer ghosting problems using thick CA (super-glue) and baking soda to do seam-work. Definitely getting some good advice to use a sealer/barrier coat between primer and paint. Ghosting may also be coming from dissimilar plastics, soft styrene from Revell against harder formula from R2/mpc. Don't let it whip you, it's just plastic and you have the skills and tools to make it happen. Good luck!

Tom Geiger's comment about the rear side marker lights are spot-on, and correcting them will give this model the bone stock look you're going for. Otherwise, I love Impalas, and these two models are beautiful! Keep it up!

Great story, great plane, great model.

Beautiful car overall, but I especially like your engine; VERY realistic metal finishes. NICE!!

Great start! Keep it up and keep us posted...

Nice model of a beautiful and underrated automobile!

Fun kit! I did mine in green as well, though a darker shade. Looking forward to seeing your treatment of the subject.

Relatively simple graphic on a white ground is bold and yet refreshingly clean! Very nice job!

Nicely done, let's see some more!

Subscribed! One of my favorite cars ever.

I accidentally discovered a way to fog clear styrene that might work for you. Spray the inside of your windows with Testors Dullcote, the stuff used by military/aircraft modelers to flatten a painted finished. Works like a charm!

Oh yeah! Building a model for the pure pleasure of it - I'll be watching. This is fun stuff...

Those wheels will not affect my choice to buy two or three of these kits; there's a lot that IS good about it!

Nah, all Martian craft have that feature.

Kudos for taking the time to fix a "finished" model. It really looks THAT much better. Build some more Goats!

Great post! Thank you so much for all the info on correcting this kit. I remember when this kit was released, there was a loud groan over the missing trim, but I never saw such a specific set of corrections! Kudos! I love everything about this build, and am keeping a keen eye on your '59 as well. Thanks again!

Appears to be quite a bit of lens distortion in that test shot pic, where the blue car is a nicely photographed profile.