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Hey Brett, that's looking great. I love what you're doing with the interior. What is the color going to be?

Welcome Ryan. Nice collection you've got there.

This project for another close High School friend has been on my back burner for awhile. My friend Doug, who now lives in Duluth, MN, asked me to build a model of his first car, which was a '57 Ford Station wagon. Unfortunately he remembers little to no details about the car other than that it was black...(He's NOT a car guy, but I still can't believe that anyone would NOT remember everything about their FIRST car.!!) Our other friend Mike (who I built the '65 Rambler model for) remembers a bit more about the wagon because he drove with Doug in it to Illinois to go to college waaaay back in 1965. I found a Johnny Lightning '57 Ford Sedan Delivery diecast that I'm using to make the wagon. Thanks to some helpful advice and some Dremel attachments that Manny Solano (JerseyJunker) sent to me, today, while the clearcoat on my '58 Caddy was drying, I cut out the sides and rear window posts on the sedan delivery body. It only took me about an hour to do it and it went surprisingly easily and quickly. And I only used ONE cut off wheel and didn't break it..!! I guess I did it right and let the wheel do the work without applying too much force. Here's the body before the cuts... Here it is after the cuts... I previously started to do some little detailing on this model as the diecast came with pretty much none. I painted the wheels black and the dog dish caps aluminum, as Mike remembered it to be... The interior was plain and dark as their memories said, so I painted it black and gray. I still have to come up with seats because the model came with buckets and the real one had bench seats, front & rear.. I'm thinking of stealing the seats from a '57 Ford Fairlane kit (I have 2) even though there is the scale size difference (the diecast is 1/24). Doug is really NOT into models so he may not pay attention to the sizes. I also painted the engine plate Blue, added a pre-wired distributor, and drilled some holes for heater hoses. (I just felt like adding a few extra details for my friend), There will also be a few more added when it's all put back together. I also did a little paint detailing on the chassis... The body will go into the paint stripper and then I can prime it and paint it black, This is looking like it's going to be a surprisingly quick project

Yep... What Roger said... sharpen up a wooden toothpick. I've been using them for years to apply CA glue and to do really small detail painting..

Great work Art. I love all the little details.

John that front end is gonna look GREAT......you're a madman..!!

That is a cool project Luis. Look forward to seeing more.

Looks interesting Kerry... can't wait to see more.

I would try contacting a local model car club to see if anyone can or would be interested in judging at an event like that.

Great looking build Joe. Your detail painting is outstanding.

Welcome to our crazy little plastic world Doug.

Great looking build Jim. Nice job.

Anne, you go girl. Plays a boatload of great guitars and builds car models...!!! Do you own a cool 1:1 old car too..?? I've only got 1 lonely Fender P Bass and a Fender Bassman 100 Amp. Unfortunately they're collecting dust as I haven't played in years...

And exactly when did "we" say that Tom..??

Sweet lookin' model there Michael. I see that Tom's been giving you lessons on doing those fancy hinges huh..?? I'll be seein' ya in about 3 weeks or so. Get ready.

Beautiful model Jarkko. Great job.

What a beautiful car Deron. You sure do like to keep that baby of yours clean..!!

Great buildBlair. Love the color and the interior.

Great builds as usual Marcos.

Just a quick update note. I stripped the paint and filled in the dips in the fenders with bondo and sanded it all smooth and level. Now we're getting snow again..!! Worst case, I'll have to wait for the coming weekend to repaint it as we're supposed to be getting nice 50+ degree weather... YEAY..!! I SO want to finish up this model...!!!

Thanks again everyone. I really appreciate all of your encouraging words. I should look through my pile of "put aside" models and see what else I can scrounge up.

Great looking model Virgil. Rotten Apple huh.... rotten to the core..?

That car is cool. Can't wait to see your build of it.

Try wetting the areas where the clear runners are glued, and then putting the car in your freezer for a few hours. Sometimes the freezing water will either break or loosen the glue bond on that old cement.

Thanks very, very much again everyone. I'm very happy to have finally finished this one. Don V., thanks, but I'm not sure that I deserve that BMF King title. I DO have to replenish my supply of BMF though. I was lucky and found an unused sheet in a drawer of my workbench, and it only has a couple of wrinkles in it. I think I'll probably have to pick up at least another dozen sheets if I'm gonna continue doing all these 50's cars...!!!