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Perfect period hot rod. Beautiful red!

More pictures, please!

Looking forward to this one. Subscribed.

Nicely painted; great shine and depth! Bass-boat flake look is kool on old customs, IMO!

Beautiful work, just exemplary. Love the colors, LOVE the fins! Keep it up!

Snake, the comments on the Revell Nova are ripped right outta my mind! I was So disappointed in that kit, and glad I kept my stash of AMT Novas. The lower body line always goofy and overdone, too. AMT really was good at nuances of shape on compound curves, and Revell's recent offerings seem slab-sided and toyish in comparison. The 62 Impala was another let-down for me, with the same "flattened" front and rear ends. AMT did it better. I've heard some try to explain away these faults (and other Revell kits' as well) as being due to the diecast origins of the kits, now being molded in styrene. Doesn't make sense to me that one material can be held to a different standard of quality than the other; either it's an accurate scale representation or it's not. (Looks a little off in plastic, but was a NICE diecast model... WTF?)

That's the right idea. If I might add to this; print out the dash head-on view to the correct scale size, and glue this down to some .060" sheet styrene with some Elmer's glue. This is just to give you the exact location for all the holes to drill out. Drill and clean up all the holes with files/Dremel tool/sandpaper wrapped around dowel, etc. Print another copy and glue on the back side, facing forward, to give you all your gauge faces in correct orientation. Drop some clear epoxy on each to create lenses. Don't be afraid to tackle this, after all that body work!!!

Would never have guessed that. Thanks for the heads-up! It really photographs beautifully.

Hey Snake, just looking at your avatar reminded me that the Homer-mobile from Polar Lights was molded in bright green!

Sweet and swoopy, Ken! Good color, too. Care to share the paint can info; I'd like to pick up a can or two. One problem with the car - it's the wrong scale!

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Revell '70 Chevelle snapper ( Wheels of Fire series ) , Dark green metallic

Great detailing in that engine bay. I commend you on your choice of materials for plug wires and hoses. WAY TOO MANY modelers use over-sized wires and hoses and it ruins otherwise nice builds. Your engine bay looks scale perfect; nice job!

Good luck! Keep the progress photos coming, and welcome to the forum. You're going to like it here!

The pic clearly states Mini-lite LOOK-ALIKES by Rocket

WOW! I dig fins. I dig cars with fins. I'm diggin' this car SO much! I gots to find me one of these (or two?)! Ditto Steven's 61. Beautiful build. I want to use those taillights on a dozen different customs. Very inspirational, thanks for sharing. More fins! I'll bet there's a spike in Ebay's search for this kit tomorrow! I'll be there. I think I'm gonna stay up all night putting cardboard fins on my Escort...

DANG! Fan-flippin-tastic! Looks a lot like my stash; nothing crazy valuable, but cars I really like. How many of those Impalas and 442s do you want to sell for SIX bucks each?!

Hope so; LOVE that body style!

This it? http://web.archive.org/web/20131207212547/http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/1/

Really nice build, and while the overall car is gorgeous, there are details here that are just spectacular on closer look! One that stands out to me is the steering wheel; it just looks scale perfect, and too often that is a weak area in otherwise nice builds. Clunky, over-sized, thick wheels are a peeve of mine. Close up photos are painfully honest sometimes, but yours just drive home the potential that can be unleashed from these older kits. Bravo!

More please

White interior is nice, but a little stark for my taste. How about a body-color insert on the dash, or maybe simply add dark blue carpets? I dig it overall!! Keep up the good work!

I see it now! OK, maybe dirty it up a bit - it's unusually clean!

Have you tried The Wayback Machine?

Really fun build to watch! I agree with you about building the kit if it interests you, and fixing the flaws as you see fit. I've built this kit before a couple of times, as well as its 57 and 56 hardtop stablemates, and the 57 Nomad also from Monogram. With a little planning and scratch-building, they can make very nice display models. Yours is progressing beautifully!!