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My first thought was, Deal's Wheels. Make it a caricature, work with it. Over-sized tires, cartoonish blower and pipes. Rear it up on the rear wheels, Snap-Draggins style. Lots of potential to create something there.

You gotta love TV car magic! I'm surprised that it didn't morph into a 2 door, or change color. It always peeved me to see a car, otherwise shiny and new looking, pull into the scene, and a guy steps out of this shiny black car and you see the door jambs are green, or red, or white, or anything but black.

That's a lot of squinting. Clint Eastwood level.

If I had a nickle for every time I've said that...

Disagree completely. A good diorama invites the viewer's eye in to the story being told, and figures can be superfluous; either adding nothing or getting in the way. If all the right elements are there, we see and interpret what has happened, or is happening. I make the comparison of a diorama to the still-life painting. You've seen classic paintings, for example, of food on a table, a lighted candle, a partially filled wine glass, a chair pushed back, and NO people at all pictured. It's all about the arrangement, the composition, that draws our eyes all around and into the picture as we place ourselves into the work. It's a human experience, but without the annoying human cluttering things up! There's a diorama posted on here now, called Mud Trap, that shows a heavy truck sunk beyond hope in a mud pit. It is simple and beautifully executed. There is no figure standing there scratching his head or pointing at the truck. There is no Wile E. Coyote sign saying "Caution, Mud". None of that is needed. We see it, we get it. The viewer is not insulted by overstating the obvious. Tell your story without figures, and use the right elements, and we'll get it. Bad figures have ruined otherwise good dioramas. I look forward to seeing what you come up with! Good luck.

Beautiful car and model. Amazing to think this was 1950 styling. We were getting shoe box Fords!

Had never seen this one, and I LOVE it. Thanks for posting this pic.

Very cool look. Now, concept proven, let's see a full detail build!

Nicely done!

Looking good!

Can't wait to see what you do use that Buick motor in, it is NICE, I really love the look.

Looks VERY nice, but a couple of details stick out to me , probably just oversights from the excitement of finishing up! One; a drop of flat dark gray or black inside the exhaust tips would look a bit more real, and two: foil or Molotow on the gutters. Other than that, you've built a beautiful Chevelle, one to be proud of.

This will be fun...

I've never had any problems using it, just hate the smell! You may want to check progress after one hour to see if anything's happening.

Very pretty color for a '62. What paint/color is that?

I'd be worried about losing some of the finer engraving details; there seems to be some buildup in the finer nooks and crannies. Now that the heavy paint has been removed, what remains is probably weakened. If it were me, I'd drop the body into a sealable plastic container and saturate it with Easy-Off oven cleaner ( the real stuff, NOT the low odor kind), seal the container and let it sit for a few hours, then (wearing nitrile gloves) attack it with an old toothbrush over a bath of soapy water. I'll bet it comes cleaner.

Looking good. Something about the Chevy styling that makes it look so "formal" compared to a Ford of that year. It's a beautiful body style. This project is really showcasing it.

Some truly outstanding cars shown here, and thank you for taking the time to photograph and post. Hard to pick a favorite, I just love old cars! The level of craftsmanship on these cars overall is impressive.

Great looking color for this classic. Beautiful display of a very realistic model. Well done!

Very cool build, and I'm super impressed with the yellow finish of the plastic. Most colored plastics seem to be too translucent, and so look like...plastic. This looks quite opaque, which is even more impressive considering that yellow pigments in general can be sort of weak. This looks just fine. Great work, and just a fun concept.

It fought you, but the car now looks FANTASTIC! Classic lines, clean build, and the wheel/color combination give it the '70s hot rod vibe that I remember as a kid. Great job on a classic kit.

The wagons were all essentially Ford from the cowl back, with minor changes to the tail light area and rear hatch details. The fenders should have a body line (I see now you sanded that out with the chrome trim) that sweeps back to meet the line in the Ford door. The tail gate bottom half was also unique (outer skin) between Ford and Edsel due to drastic differences in tail light designs. Later models used exactly same gates with different chrome trim separating Ford and Edsel, strictly a cost-cutting measure. All the Edsel station wagons were built in the Louisville, KY Ford plant.

SO cool! Great job for a 12-year-old on that surviving kit, and the new one looks very nice as well. What I wouldn't give to have saved some of my models from back then.

You've got the beginnings of an Edsel Roundup going there. Cool project. The Roundup's trim could be replicated relatively easily with some small half-round styrene strips, or build it "cleaned up". Looking forward to seeing what you do with this, got my own stalled Edsel wagon project I fight with on occasion, a 4-door '59. https://gaukmotors.co.uk/motorpedia/car-make/edsel/roundup-1958

Very best of luck, cause this is just cool!