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John, those taillights look awesome.

That's a great looking Merc Jeff. How did you do the hood louvers?

Welcome to our plastic playground Anthony.

Harry, the seat backs are separate pieces that are glued on. They have the tuck & roll pattern molded on but the panels are slightly recessed so it looks like the seat backs are hollow but they're not. I did get a hard type convertible boot from a fellow Forum member after I completed the model and painted it to match the car and installed it...

Welcome to our plastic playground Michi.

That looks great Blair. I love that grille.

Tulio, that model is awesome and so is the story. Great job.

Very cool Al. My wife had one of these cars (1:1) back in the early 80's, but it had the big front bumper. I had this same model (an old builtup) sitting in my stash since around 1995 and just wound up giving it to a close friend as a gift because I knew I'd never get around to working on it.

As has been said above... very nice work and the colors are great.

That's looking good Ferby.

This is really looking great Dave. I like the stock wheel covers, and yes I'd also go with a white interior with some chrome trim. Great job so far.

Welcome to our plastic playground Thomas.

The convertible is actually a pretty nice kit Colby. I built one about 2 years ago. With some extra detailing in the interior and engine compartment it comes out great. Pictures of my completed model follow...

If you stick with the hobby, for the future, you'll find that if you save any leftover, unused parts from your finished kits, and/or, "borrow" parts from kits that have multiple sets of wheels/tires, engines, etc., you'll eventually wind up with a sizable stash of parts for kit bashing.

I'd go with the flames but you may have to do some creative cutting to get some of them to fit.

I remember a firework similar to the crackerballs but they were bigger... sort of the size of large aggie marbles and they were silver colored... They were called Torpedos and were very loud when they exploded. We used to throw them off the roof of our apartment bldg. in the Bronx. We'd see someone either crossing the street or walking on the sidewalk and throw them so they landed near them... used to scare the crapola out of them. We'd also roll them out into the street so a car would roll over them and explode... The driver would usually stop the car and get out thinking he'd blown a tire. What "delinquents" we were... I remember smashing the rolls of caps with a hammer on the sidewalk which sounded pretty loud... Another "smart move" I did was take a toy flintlock pistol that used to shoot out a small cork "bullet" when you put one of the caps on the small chamber under where the hammer of the pistol struck. I figured if the gunpowder in that little cap made the cork ball shoot out about a foot or so..... how far would MORE gunpowder shoot it??? I emptied the gunpowder out of about 4 or 5 firecrackers down into the barrel and into the little firing chamber... I used a piece of tissue paper for wadding and stuffed the cork ball in on top of that. I put a cap on the chamber where the hammer hit, pointed the gun across the street and fired...!!! BOOM...!!! The cork flew out of the barrel like a fireball along with the tissue wadding... The metal barrel split open where the gunpowder ignited and I almost wet myself.... I wound up wrapping some electrical tape around the barrel several times to "reinforce it" so I could do it a few more times. Good thing I didn't blow some fingers off......

Thank you all for your comments and critiques. As I said, this was an experiment...... some experiments are a success and others... not so much... I feel that the ones in the Olds hood are too narrow and flat. The ones in the Chevy hood are a bit too wide but the "slats" actually have a very slight "rise" above the hood surface. Yes, they both do look like open slots. I'll make my final decision as to whether or not to use them on the models after they are painted. Fortunately I have multiples of each kit.

I decided to try an experiment... I wanted to see if I could put open louvers in a hood by "transplanting" them. First I found a pair of hood sides from a 1/24 scale Monogram '36 Ford in my parts box. The louvers in those hood sides are molded "open". I cut out the sections with the open louvers, sanded the edges smooth and square, and then "traced" their outline onto the hood of a '50 Oldsmobile Custom that I'm working on, using the back of an XActo knife blade. I then cut out the scribed pieces in the hood close to the scribed lines and then filed and sanded the opening to fit in the pieces of hood louvers tightly. I ran some liquid cement around the edges of the hood louver pieces on both the top and bottom sides of the hood. Once that fully dried overnight I also ran a bead of CA glue around the louver pieces on both sides. The next day I carefully filed and sanded around the edges of the louver pieces to smooth them into the hood, and then primed it. The second experiment was to use some N scale stairs by Plastruct from the Model Railroad section of my LHS (I borrowed this idea from my friend Lyle Willets in MD.) I cut pieces of the stairs to the length I wanted and used exactly the same method as above to install them into the hood of a Galaxie '47 Chevy Coupe that I've also been working on. Pictures follow... The Olds hood is fully primed and the Chevy hood is the other one. I think they came out looking pretty good and will hopefully look even better when painted. As always all comments are welcomed.

Welcome to our plastic playground Shane.

Dave, as you know I've been away for a month so I most likely missed your posts on the Charger and the Buick. You shouldn't feel snubbed, and you definitely shouldn't throw your models away. You are a good modeler. Not every model appeals to every person, and I'm sure you haven't done anything to offend anyone here on the Forum. Chin up my friend.

That's a great looking Chrysler Hugh, nice job.

Welcome back to the hobby, and welcome to our plastic playground Dave.

Welcome to our plastic playground John.

That is a sharp looking hot rod... I love the color.

Welcome to our plastic playground Josh.