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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.

Great looking conversion and paint finish. Just the right combination of parts and remember those exhaust stacks on almost every pickup back then. Like the added trailer and how it is finished as well.

We had a male Lab who was a real mama's dog and loved the ladies. We had a couple that we would often get together at the house for a little BarBQ and swim. I always thought he was a little strange, but he was a certified phycologist and I always felt like he was trying to analyze us. Our dog wouldn't go anywhere near him in the house or in the yard, and our dog was a typical "Mr. Personality" type Lab.

Nice looking color. Wish those dirt track tires could be had in wider sizes.

The Pontiac happens to be a 1961-year model. Nice to see either one of those on the road today.

I bet I could even due worst. I was thinking about some of the casters out there that offer some really nice-looking figures, some painting required.

I used to have two or three going on at the same time and it seemed like nothing ever got finished as I would become distracted with the latest purchase, squirrel. I have limited myself to working to finish whatever is in front of me. I have put some back in the box half done only to find them much later and wonder what I was thinking of.

Dogs are better judges of people than people are of dogs, and it would seem other people as well.

I know little to nothing about the design and casting of a plastic model boy. But on the subject of the '68 Impala or even an SS model, the basic body shell that Chevrolet used to make the '67 model year was shared with the '68 model year. The differences on the outside would be the front grill and bumper area. In the rear the same could be said for the taillights and rear bumper. The dash boards and seat patterns are different from one year to the next. Mechanically they are the same chassis and engines.

Looks like a well-used old tool. The finish looks like the only time this got washed was when it rained. Really like the body finish. The seat is a very good representation of the heavy dark brown vinyl seat cover found on so many of the GM trucks from this era. The material held up well right up to the time that the vinyl started cracking with age and the cloth material became visible.

The "paint" finish looks like this has seen more than a few sandstorms and been left to bake in the sun in Victorville or Palm Springs. The wheel well flares and the front spoiler are smoothly done. Like the wheel and tire combo.