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Thanks James. Following are pictures of the other '58's that I've built so far... Here's a '58 Buick... Next is a '58 Ford... and a '58 Chevy Impala... Hope you like them. Thanks for looking in on this.

Thanks Bill. And thank you so very much again Kevin, I appreciate your kindness. Good luck with whatever is ailing you. Let me know if there is anything you need modelwise that I may be able to help YOU with.

Goo hobby shops...??? Wow... must be messy in there........

I have a Photobucket account and it works great for me.

Wow Ron, those display cases look great. Mine are smaller cases that I also got from IKEA many years ago. They're not totally dust free but OK. Soon it will be tome to pick up more.

Thanks everyone..!! This is a really nice kit from AMT. There really won't be much "color" to speak of on this car as it's going to be white with shades of gray inside. I think once the BMF and all the chrome is on it, it will "sparkle" a little more.

I used to build at my dining room table, being upstairs with the family, but it was a real hassle having to put everything away for meals or when we were having company over. Last year I decided to bite the bullet and reclaim my third of the unfinished basement from my younger daughter who lives with us and has all her furniture and stuff down there. It is on the chilly side during the winter,but I have a dedicated work space. It is GREAT not having to pack everything away all the time. A small heater warms the area and I don't actually mind being alone while i'm building. I find that I'm more productive without the interruptions and distractions of the TV and conversations, etc.

Love it Darryl... Great job on the engine.

Great tutorial. Thanks a lot for the info.

I've got a set of the ones from Detail Master but have yet to try using them due to all the bending involved...... one of these days I'll get adventurous.

Very nice there Tommy. one of these days you'll have a really GREAT paint job on a model......LOL.

Well as part of my "goal" to build models of all of the gorgeous 1958 cars that I can, I started working on a '58 Plymouth Belvedere kit. So far I've built a '58 Chevy Impala, a '58 Buick Roadmaster and a '58 Ford Fairlane. Without looking to start a new discourse on the merits and/or discrepancies of the Belvedere,kit, let me just say that it looks enough like a nice '58 Plymouth to make ME happy......enough about that...!!! This is where things stand on this build at the moment. Since most people have tried to build a model of Christine with this kit (and Christine is probably one of my very favorite car movies and " star cars", I decided that I would be a little different (nothing new for me..!!). I'm going to paint this car Duplicolor Arctic White with a mostly gray interior. It will be built stock and I'll be using some of the pieces from the MCG PE set for this car. So far I've painted the chassis / floor pan and the chassis parts, but it is not completely assembled yet. The engine has been completed but not installed yet. Work on the interior has been started. All the pieces have been preliminarily sprayed gray and the side panels and back of the front seat have BMF trim applied. The handles and cranks still have to be detailed along with the upper door sills, and then I can apply some gray flocking. The interior floor has been sprayed flat black and I will flock the floor in black. The only part of the interior that is "almost" finished is the dashboard. I'm just waiting on a dashboard gauge panel decal courtesy of member Magnum4342 (Thanks a bunch Kevin..!!), and that will be the crowning touch after which I can attach the steering wheel. I prepped the body, attached the skirts, sanded all the mold lines and primed it with Duplicolor white primer. Further progress pics will come as it happens. Thanks to all for looking in on this.

Wow...!!! Thanks so very much for that glowing comment. It is greatly appreciated....

Thanks very much for the info and the good recommendations. I have to set up a PayPal account in order to buy his stuff. Your help is greatly appreciated. Man this Forum is GREAT......!!!!!!

Good luck and try to have faith in the doctors.... I'm sure they know what they're doing and have done these operations before.

I'm currently working on a '58 Plymouth model. Does anyone know of a source for 1/25 scale dash gauge decals for this car..?? The kit comes with nothing for this. Thanks in advance for any help.

Great job Brett.... very realistic looking.

Thanks a lot John, Gary and Ron, I appreciate your kind words. IMHO this is one of the nicest looking models I have built.

Looking good James. Keep it going.

Bob that looks really great. Nice job.

Condolences to the family and friends.

Very nice work Al. Apparently you were thankfully not terribly, severely affected by your stroke. I also had several TIA's (mini strokes) back in 2000 and thankfully was not severely affected, other than some left side numbness and partial peripheral vision loss. Modeling really helps to keep the eye / hand coordination going and the brain working too. I'd go nuts if I wasn't able to build my models.

Ron your build looks great. I like the two tone and your interior work is really good.

Thank you John B., John H II, Bill I and Bill D. Yeah I think that Dave would like this one very much. I'm sure he's smiling on it.

Absolutely gorgeous model..!! I'm blown away by your work on the engine... Welcome to the Forum, and I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing more of your work.