bisc63

Deepest, heartfelt sympathies for you and your dad. Lost my mom in 2015 unexpectedly and suddenly. It's a shock, and hits hard, no matter your age. It has a way of making you feel like a little kid. I had to make the call for unplugging life support, dad and sister couldn't bring themselves to it, even knowing it was exactly as mom wanted should she ever come to that state.

I love this sort of thing. Thanks for sharing. One of my older aunts knew I was into model building, and one day she showed me some miniatures her uncle had made for her. It was a miniature tea serving, consisting of a teacup, saucer, and a small teapot. Each was made by him from a half of a black walnut, using his pocket knife, and rubbing them on a sandstone step on his front porch to smooth them. They were so carefully crafted, and when I think of the care and time that went into them, it makes me appreciate when people speak of "simpler times. I don't know who ended up with them, but I hope someone in the family somewhere cherishes them.

That's really creative for someone her age! She has a good eye for composition, color, and details. The objects she used show careful consideration of placement and purpose. These are exactly the qualities you'd see in a good still-life painting. When I studied painting in college, we learned that a good still life painting could tell a story with simple inanimate objects. You can convey life without having a single living thing in the picture, and in fact, SHOULD appear that everyone has just stepped out of the picture's view. This captures that feeling, which is what makes it so impressive to me. Bravo! You have to be a proud dad! Now, just don't let these comments go to her head, and make every one better in some way from this one on!

Good looking 'vette, but a shame about the hood. We've all been there.

Oh yeah, big difference seeing them side-by-side. Never can be sure of computer monitor colors! Either way, it's a heck of a nice color, and is completely believable as an OEM color choice for the time.

Nice build, as always! White can be tricky, and this one looks just right. Well done.

Yeah, on the one I've got going, I cut mine vertically at the door line, angled down and back, then rotated the whole tail end upward to get rid of the rainbowed beltline. When I get more done, I may do a WIP thread, more after-the-fact, if I get time to shoot enough pics.

More of an annoyance than a problem, I suppose, but when I click "next page" on a thread having more than one page, it has begun recently to open that page at the bottom instead of the top of the page. Anyone else seeing that?

Had a very nice, painless experience trading with Hedotwo. Quick and simple trade; as it should be!

I may have an extra. If you have something to trade you can PM me.

Great use of odd parts to make something NICE! She's a beauty inside and out. Is that genuine Iris Mist? Evening Orchid?

I like it! The new scheme is quite nice. Good save.

I wondered about the timing on this kit, myself. That would explain a lot. Also, I'd be very interested to see the actual car they measured. While searching for reference photos online, I came across a "restoration" that had the trim so mis-aligned that it should be embarrassing to the builder/body man/owner or all three! (Actual car, not a model) It got me thinking that AMT may have had a less than stellar car available to begin with. You know: garbage in, garbage out.

Nice! She's clean for a Japanese plane. Seems like their paints weathered more severely than others, but they all were new once! Love these float planes myself, got the old Matchbox Heinkel He115 waiting for me in the stash, among others. Hope mine turns out as well as yours. Well done.

Ha! I see that now, I should have gone back a bit further and seen the separate panels being assembled! (Brain fart) Revell captured that old-school look right on with this one, but the '66 seemed a bit flat and shallow on it's vinyl seat textures compared to the '65. I do stand by my opinion of those older kits though, MPC was very good with interior surfaces, though the tubs tended to be a bit shallow, and they could be careless with ejection pin marks. Thanks for the heads-up, Can-Con!

Looks nice, that's a 1000% improvement on that side trim. Engine bay is impressive as well. Great color choice. Well done job on a difficult kit.

Ha! Looks like you had a lot of fun with this build. Reminds me of the old "ZIngers" line of kits! Glad you posted this.

Very nice, period-perfect look to this one. Good, clean build all around, and just has that cover car look! I especially like the way the ribbed bumpers work with the grille; very attractive. Great color for a custom job, too. Very well done!

Very nice looking model. Beautiful shade of blue and great finish on the clear coat. Well done!

That's nice weathering. Espo is right, it looks like a flood victim! Well done.

Would love to see this one finished! Great looking car and great looking model. Absolutely love the engraving on the interiors of these old kits. They had very believable textures to the various surfaces, especially the vinyl upholstery. Your clean detail work only emphasizes this fact. Nice work!

Gorgeous build. Bold color choice paid off beautifully! Well done.

What a nice looking build! Love the color, love the car, love the presentation. Beautiful job, well done!

This is a very stylish color combo, IMHO. I like my whites to have a bit of color like this; not a big fan of "Refrigerator White" on a car. This is beautiful with the dark red interior, and the tube grille is a natural. Nice job, you're crankin'em out!

Congrats, indeed! Wow, that's impressive stuff! Gold medal deserved. Very well done, Steve G.