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Sorry to hear all of that John.

Thanks again guys, I do appreciate all of your suggestions and concerns. The hunt goes on. I'm confident that I will find something.

Another great masterpiece John. You continue to dazzle us all. Fantastic job.

Yeah this weather is such a joy......NOT..!!! Earlier this morning it was -8 degrees, but it's supposed to warm up to a high temperature of 5 degrees today..!! Time to pull out the shorts..!! LOL.

All of the above from me too.

Thanks a lot for all the suggestions everyone. Gregg, that cream color is too light, but thanks. Charlie, the Wimbledon White on the fins is good because they were a slightly oof-white color. I have 7 different shades of yellow and none of them are even close. Carl, I originally sprayed the Afrika Mustard over Duplicolor light gray primer and it came out too dark. I don't want it to be darker, I want it to be lighter. Don, LOL, no I do NOT want to replicate that dead fish smell in this model.. LOL.

Yeah John, I'm not happy with the color at all. It doesn't even come close. I sprayed a sample of another Tamiya color (Dark Yellow) but that too was way too dark. So it looks like it'll be "back to the hunt" for paint that matches. I googled 1959 Dodge paint colors and nothing comes close to the color of the car, so I'm thinking that maybe over the years someone repainted the car, although the jams and under hood and trunk areas were all the same color. I recall that in a spot where the paint was chipping, it was really thick (for a paint chip). John, no, I wasn'y planning on replicating the baby shark. BTW, my daughter asked if I was going to replicate the beanie baby fish that Tommy tied to the antenna's and the multi-color plastic, magnetized letters spelling out "U S S TUNABOAT" that he stuck on the side of the car to freak me out. I wasn't planning on doing that either. That whole episode is one that I'd like to forget actually. As a side note here, I thought that my old Dodge was the only car to be called a Tunaboat. Apparently I was wrong.... Check out this site...!!! http://tedstunaboats.com/ This saga will continue.

I think it will be "back to the drawing board" on this. The longer that the Afrika Mustard color enamel paint dried, the darker it got, and now it looks almost brown...... way too dark for replicating the actual color of the car. It will be a trip to the paint stripper and a "do over". I have another color option to check out and I'll advise the results of that after I check it out.

Of course I'm going back a few years, but I don't remember schools being closed for ANYTHING other than holidays, weekends and summer. They NEVER closed for cold weather that I can remember...... but...... that was waaaaay back in the 50's & '60's. Maybe if it snowed so much that the school buses couldn't run or teachers couldn't drive then they might have closed. Personally, in H.S. I lived on the same block as the school (Bronx, NY) and walked to school no matter what the weather was doing. Times certainly have changed.

Ron, as you can see I painted the roof Duplicolor Arctic White, and I will be painting the interior white also, which is what my brother's Caddy had.

That VW is just sick...!!!

That's a nice looking Nomad Mark. Good job.

I'm glad everyone has liked this. My brother-in-law is always sending me emails with cool car stuff.

Jim, that looks cool. Really sharp color.

Thanks again everyone. Mark, it doesn't appear that they have the replacement glass, but check it out for parts. http://www.modelhaus.com/ Click on Parts, then choose Cadillac, All years, and all parts, then page 6 or 7 will list all the parts they make for the '67 Caddy's.

Thanks again for all the kind words everyone. It is really appreciated. John, you got it buddy. If you can make to the host hotel on either Friday or Saturday nights I'll even hook you up with some "liquid libation" of your choice.

John, I sent you a PM on the '59. I bought her in October '96 and unfortunately sold her in the summer of '05. I paid $1,200 for it and enjoyed the hell out of it while I was able to drive it. I sold it for $2,500. Of course I put about $4,000 into it while I had it, but that's normal (and somewhat cheap) for having an oldie but goodie.

Thank you all very much everyone. I appreciate your encouraging words. Chris, thanks for worrying about me. I took a break over the holidays for visiting family and enjoying the holiday festivities. Then I fought a chest cold which kicked my butt for about a week. I haven't wanted to sit at my bench down in my chilly basement with all the zero degree weather we've been having lately. My gas furnace has been running constantly. I just got the highest gas bill I've ever had since we moved here 7 years ago. Carl, yeah I really miss the sense of independence that driving gives you. Thankfully my wife plays chauffeur for me whenever I need to go anywhere.

Thanks a lot everyone, I appreciate your kind comments. Mark, you should be able to get some replacement parts from Modelhaus.

Along with a '59 Dodge replica, I also have a '67 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in the works which will be a surprise gift for my younger brother. David is 56 and lives in New Hampshire. He used to own a '67 Cadillac Sedan DeVille that our Mom used to love going for rides in when she was alive. Mom passed over 20years ago and Dave sold the car about 8 or 10 years ago. He had a 4 door Sedan Deville that was baby blue with a white top and white interior. I've been searching for a '67 Sedan Deville model or promo for years but it seems that one was never made. I finally picked up a '67 Caddy Coupe DeVille on EBAY for a reasonable price. The front passenger side A pillar was cracked which I fixed with CA glue. I wasn't ambitious enough to attempt to fill in the single rear door line and rescribe new door lines to make it a 4 door. I think David will be happy to get the model anyway once it is finished. I disassembled the car, sanded the mold lines and primed the body with Duplicolor primer/sealer. I then glued some thin plastic strip around the base of the rear of the roof for the chrome trim separation and sprayed the roof with Duplicolor Arctic White lacquer. Once that dried I masked off the roof and sprayed the rest of the body with Krylon Peekaboo Blue (Baby Blue). Here's how it looks at the moment...... Next will be a few coats of enamel or acrylic gloss clearcoat and BMF work. I sprayed the interior with Duplicolor white primer and the dashboard and steering wheel with Duplicolor Arctic White. I still have to work on the carpet and dashboard and side panel BMF trim. Thank you for checking in on this project. Further updates to come as they happen. Any and all comments are welcomed as usual.

I am finally making a Replica of the '59 Dodge that I owned from 1996 to 2005. It was pretty much my fair weather daily driver from October, 1996 through June, 2000 when I stopped driving due to partial vision loss after a series of TIA's or strokes. I sold the car in June of 2005 and I miss it immensely, along with driving in general. Thanks to my friend and fellow modeler and Forum member, John Augugliaro (Fastback340), who sent me a pristine, unbuilt '59 Dodge Promo, work has begun on the Tunaboat Replica. The car was given the nickname "Tunaboat" by my friends and fellow LIARS Club members after some butt-hole kid in my neighborhood threw a dead baby shark on the front seat (I absent-mindedly left the front window open) and the fish baked to the front seat upholstery in the hot sun all day. It took weeks to get the stink out of the car. I sanded the mold lines from the body along with the hood ornament, the Lancer badges on the front quarters and the molded on wipers. I have chromed wipers, spotlights, mirrors and antenna's. I sawed off the taillight bezels and will replace them with chromed ones from Modelhaus which I have. '59 Caddy bullet taillights were glued into the chrome bezels. The grille was blackwashed and polished PE headlight half moon shields were glued onto the headlights after I gave the lenses a coat of white acrylic. I also have a set of Bob Dudek lake pipes set aside for this car. I primed the body with Duplicolor primer/sealer and sprayed the fins with Model Master Wimbledon White lacquer. Once that dried I masked off the fins and then sprayed the rest of the body with Model Master Afrika Mustard enamel. When that dried I peeled the masking off the fins and here is how it looks at the moment...... As you can see from the pictures of the car, the paints matched up pretty well. The Afrika Mustard was a tad lighter when it was wet. Once I spray it all with either enamel or acrylic gloss clearcoat and then do all the BMF work, it should all look a little neater. Now I move on to working on the resin modelhaus interior for the car. Thanks for looking in on this build. Additional updates will come as they happen. Any and all comments are welcomed.

Blair, that is just gorgeous. You did a really fine job. I can't wait to pick up one of these kits.

Harry, that is just beautiful. You've done another fine job. Well done sir.

If you like pictures of old gas stations and cars, check this out. I got it from my brother-in-law...... pretty cool. http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html

Yeah John, Dave's website is still out there. He loved not only the weird stuff but the GOOD stuff too.