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I'm going to enjoy watching your build. I like the body lines and the overall look of the prototype.

This was and still is a really nice kit.

That makes it all that more special.

I'm in complete agreement with you. Most cars and even trucks produced today even have a section of the steering wheel with a different grip design at the 10 & 2 locations. You would think that in itself would give a driver a glue.

Beautiful looking deep blue color and finish.

Great looking paint color and the contrasting interior looks good. Like the engine detailing.

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. Looks like it could sparkle in the dark. Like the wide body style.

Amazing detailing on the engine and the IRS. Great looking paint color and finish.

One advantage that I have not seen mentioned about these aerodynamic packages is the effect it has regular passenger cars. Even just the addition of the skirts under the trailers are beneficial to other vehicles around the truck on the hiway. Part of smoothing the air flow around the truck I have noticed that the trash and sand on the road doesn't get picked up by the air flow and thrown against the cars around it. Winter months and even in the rain there isn't as much water hitting the windshield along with the possible windshield damage.

Despite my wish and hope for a reissue of the '68 Impala SS I don't for see it happening in scale anytime soon. While much of the body is shared trying to use a valid '67 Impala tool to make a '68 and then expecting to change the tool back and forth with the '67 would be far more difficult than working on the 1:1 cars. The portions of front and rear fender end caps that GM can use on a 1:1 just wouldn't work on our styrene bodies. The substructure body areas may work, but the way our kit bodies are made is different it would not. The same could be said for the area Infront of the radiator. I think that more than a few have expressed an interest in a '68 Impala that if the tooling still existed Round 2 would have done something about finding and repairing it by now.

When I mentioned this my thought was that the area between the front fenders including the grill, and bumpers looked different. The rear bumpers and taillight panels are also different. Having owned a '68 Bel Air when new I'm aware of the dash and interior panels being also different.

Great looking Sand Rail. Used to see a lot of these around Pismo Beach when I lived in that area. I had a Baja Buggy at that time. Always enjoy building models of past cars and trucks that were special in life.

Great looking Olds. Your build looks very cleanly put together and the part colors all look correct. Like how you have laid out the chassis and driveline parts. The paint finish looks nice and smooth and an even metallic finish.

Wondered way the later Chevrolet Vega/Monza didn't get the attention they deserved. Low Low insurance rates for the young drivers and they could be had with the small block V-8 from the factory in many cases. The Pontiac version was little more than trim and interior. The Malibu and especially the wagon body style make a great basis for an easy and inexpensive, relatively speaking, car to build in 1:1.

There are many ways to go about applying lettering to the kits tires. One way to consider would be to first clean the tire sidewall and do any tread sanding. Give the sidewall that you want to apply the letters to a light gloss clear and allow to dry. This usually gives a better surface without any silvering from behind when you apply the decals. After the decals are completely dry use a light coat of a matt clear or a semi-gloss if you lean more toward the Armrall look.

Learning to think like a dog can make all the difference in your relationship with you best friend. All they ever want to do is please you and all they need is some gentile direction. Be prepared to laugh, a lot.

The bodies and interiors look great in the pictures.

Years ago, we had a name for the red shop towel in the gas filler, it was called "A Wick".

Defiantly has the sinister look. The paint is nice and smooth. Like the blue colored chassis showing in the rear window.

Great job on the engine conversion, very convincing and the engine compartment is well detailed. You got the well-used looking body finish you wanted and the chassis detailing goes along with the look.

In the spring of 1960 this car appeared in a neighbor's driveway. I would stare at it every day from the school bus window. Since I would be getting my driver's license that summer, I was captivated by how it looked. This is the Revell kit with Tamya TS-14 Black for the body and the gold roof trim is Testors Pure Gold just like the real car was done. The owner had someone remove the hood and rear deck trim along with the front fender Starliner trim. The interior is done in Matt Black and a dusting of the Pure Gold to try and replicate the Ford interior cloth inserts. Using the kits engine option I added an aftermarket distributor and plug wires and fabed an exhaust system. Lowered the front suspension and used some AMT aftermarket small diameter wide white tires. The rear tires are also AMT from their Slicks collection. So, this is to best of my recollection from what was a 15 1/2-year-old car nut.

I followed your previous Beaumont build, so I'm looking forward to this one. The grill you made looks like as good as a Revelle part.

Great looking COE cab design and the paint finish and colors look good together. One of these engines would be enough, but two is always better. Nice looking rear fenders.

Look'n good.

Way cool looking.