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That's a very nice looking Ford George. I love the Carson Top.

Steven, I love your choice of the Argyle Blue on this car.

Same here... We've got over 4 weeks until the "official" start of Spring...!!!

Thank you Donald and Dave. Donald, no problem...... I work cheap. Dave, I can't get a clearer more closeup picture of the dashboard since it is glued in place with the steering wheel in the way, but I'll try and if I'm successful I'll send it to you in a PM. What I do is mix up a small amount of 2 part, clear, 5 minute epoxy on a paper plate using a toothpick, being sure not to get any air bubbles in it while mixing. I pick up a small "blob" of the mixed epoxy with the end of the toothpick and place it into or on the gauge face. The epoxy usually sets up or dries to a slightly domed shape. I usually apply it over the various gauges, speedometer, radio and clock face if there is one, for lenses. When dry the clear epoxy sometimes acts as a magnifier making the gauge face easier to see. I have also used Elmer's Clear School Glue to make gauge lenses.

Very cool looking model Blair. That grille looks awesome.... Is it the kit's grille..?? It doesn't look like a PE piece.

Andy, as was pointed out to me by Tom Geiger, there were no trim edges molded on the under side of the fins on this car. I jury-rigged my own tool for scribing the trim lines by using 2 #11 XActo blades with a thin piece of plastic CA glued between them in my XActo handle. One blade has the point facing up, and the other blade faces down, leaving the flat base of the blade next to, and slightly higher than the other blade. I positioned the flat base of the one blade against the edge of the fin and scribed the trim lines with the back side of the pointed blade by dragging it along. I worked slowly and carefully and it worked really well, giving me just enough of a "line" in the underside of the fins to use for a cutting edge when trimming the BMF. Finally a little progress to report on this model. I finished up the interior this afternoon. These "tub" interiors are a pain to paint and detail especially when you use contrasting colors kike the Red and White color scheme that I chose. First I drilled holes for the window cranks and door handles, which are resin pieces from ReplMinCoMD painted chrome silver. The entire tub was sprayed with Tamiya White primer and I brush painted the Red using Polly S, flat, model railroad paint. I tried my best to keep straight lines but I wound up doing a lot of touch-ups. The carpet is flocked in Maroon. The dashboard is painted Tamiya Pure White and detailed with BMF, chrome silver paint and The Detailer. Gauge lenses were made using drops of clear epoxy. The steering wheel is Red with pieces of cut-down shirt pins for the shifter and turn signal stalk. The body has been painted with Tamiya Pure White, clearcoated and polished out. I've only just started on the BMF trim so no pictures of the body yet. Hopefully I can finish it up for pictures tomorrow. Since this is a curbside model, the chassis is just painted Flat Black and the wire wheels and whitewalls left over from the '56 Chrysler kit are mounted on it. Thanks for looking in. Further progress will be shown as it happens.

Oh yeah... Barring a blizzard, I'll be there....... Looking forward to it.

Okeydokey...... Looks like there'll be a few more kits added to the stash when this one comes out. I've been wanting to build a traditional '29 Rod for a long time.

Nice job Tulio. I love that paint job.

That is looking great Bill. I like your choice for colors.

Very nice looking model Ray. Great job.

Sounds like a good plan Danny. I love the Ice Blue color.

Yeah Greg...... Gotta love Abby...!!!

That is one gorgeous car Greg. Excellent job.

Very nice Al.

Nice looking model Ron. I remember building this back when it first came out. It's a great kit.

Now that should be fun to play around on.

Hope you have a great day Mark.

I agree Tom.............................whenever we finally see them...!!!

Have a very Happy Birthday Ira. May you enjoy another 60 or so years of your "off-the-wall" and creative modeling.

Andy, I used my trusty razor saw and cut 2 tread widths (about 1/4") from the front wheels and tires, and 1 tread width (about 1/8") from the rear wheels and tires. I cut off the inside edges (back side) of the wheels and tires and sanded the edges smooth. Once the wheels are mounted on the car you really don't even notice that they have been cut.

I wish I had a '50 Buick. Modelhaus has the front bumper and grille. http://www.modelhaus.com/

Brodie, you will probably have to narrow down those wheels to get them to fit in the wheel wells, unless you somehow modify the axles. I only suggest this because I had to narrow the Pegasus wheels that I used on the Chrysler model that I recently finished. I had to take off about 1/4" from my front wheels, and about 1/8" from my rear wheels.

I've had good results doing this, but, I used Duplicolor Flat Black Primer covered with Duplicolor Clearcoat.

That is looking great Tom. I love those wheels.