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Sorry to hear about the plastic body issues. I ran into the same thing stripping the paint on an older kit from the original era of this Corvette and the same thing happened. I understand that there have been a few changes in the makeup of the styrene that is used through the years.

All the makings of a great diorama. Get some beach attired 1/25th models as well.

Like the countryside. Enjoy seeing cars and trucks that we don't get here, and the different styles.

They are both great looking Impalas. The hub caps look almost like a plus sized allow wheel designed to look like the OEM SS hub caps. Someone has some serious money tied up here.

My thinking is that until Revell issued the latest '55 Chevy Bel Air hardtop, '56 Chevy 210 & Nomad as well as the '57 Chevy 150, Black Widow, and Bel Air two door sedan and Convertible the only other really correct tri-five would be the last issues of the AMT Bel Air hardtop with the open trunk.

The chassis on these vehicles are worth displaying without the bodies. They are a mechanical work of art.

Beautiful looking paint finish and I think Ford called that "Calypso Coral". The factory style striping all looks great. The chrome trim and engine detailing are cleanly done.

Like the not often seen paint color choice. The detailing of the engine, interior and body vents are all cleanly done. Great looking build.

Great looking color. The nice thing about the Revelle roadster and fast back is that you could put the parts from both kits in a box with a little glue, shake and pour out just about any combination you can think of.

Tuff looking body mods, and the chassis looks perfect.

Check out Mecum's web site for past auctions results. I remember a few like this show up at one of their auctions in a two-door configuration. At first, I thought they may have been done by a body shop with custom paint jobs and they were lowered and had custom wheels. The description mentioned that they were built in Mexico and as I recall they were only a couple of years old, so they may still be built there today.

I have also used the method Greg mentioned to even mount bumpers and grills in older kits that didn't have real good mounting points to glue to. 90-degree angle styrene from Plastruct or Evergreen are readily available and work well.

Great looking color.

Great looking build. I like the European Rally body style.

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. The chrome trim all looks perfect. Like the contrasting interior color. Hard to beat the Texas 3d engines for detailing. I'm working on the same model and share your tight fit issue between the interior and the body. Finding that the dash and interior are wider than the inside edges of the windshield and seems to stop the chassis and interior seating all the way into the body without a lot of sanding on the outer edges of the interior.

Great looking color combination and finish. Like the RWL tires and rally's.

I'm not a Ford guy per say but I remember when Ford started these special Mustang models years ago. One, Ford did a great job with the appearance addons. Two, they sold like hot cakes. Very smart marketing in their part and a good deal for the buyers.

Thanks for sharing. So many great looking cars. Was that your old Cherokee?

That one black '55 post car looks like someone toke a couple of inches out of the roof?

Do suspension work on your hands and knees can and will kick your butt. I have an old pair of knee pads that I got at Home Depot when I was doing some flooring jobs in the house. I use them every time I'm pulling weeds in the flower beds or any time I have to get down on my hands and knees. They are well worth the investment.

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. The mild custom touches look good. Like the stance along with the wheel & tire combo.

Great looking color combination and finish. Like the era custom touches.

Beautiful looking Thunderbird. Enjoyed watching your build and all of the extra effort you put into the detailing and the addition of the LED lights. The color looks so 1955.

Beautiful looking paint finish and color. The body details look great, and I like the rear window defogger can even be seen.

As for any suggestions on frame color, may input would be lots of spoon color test runs. For some reason I find the sedan body style more interesting than a normal 3 or 5 window coupes.