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Beautiful paint and body trim. Like the custom touches on the interior and the colors used. Great stance.

Beautiful paint finish and color. Like the clean body lines and the stance.

Great looking paint finish and color. Reminds me of the Chevrolet Sierra Gold color that was so popular.

Great paint finish and color. Clean looking body trim.

Great looking chassis, bright but like it.

Like the new shape of the rear fender.

Hi Alan. Thank you for the compliments. Thank you Dennis. The '40 Ford that I wanted so long ago was about this color as I recall and all the others seemed to be either gray or maroon and of course black. This is sort of what I envisioned it would have been if I had been able to get at the time. Thank you Carl. Thank you Greg. Thanks Bill. I try and build them the way I would like to own them in 1:1.

I remember seeing pictures of a wagon as well.

They call them Utes. They are based on the Monero line that was popular down under. Had the Pontiac version that was marketed in the US as a Pontiac GTO. These are quality-built vehicles with great fit and finish. I was trying to get one of the Utes when Pontiac was eluding that they were going to import them to sell through their Pontiac Division of GM. Then GM killed the Pontiac line altogether. Don't get me started on that fiasco.

Need to git this fixed.

Finally got a break from the high 90's heat and humidity indexes in the 100's. Now it's in the mid to high 70's with 90 percent humidity, but at least the smoke from several distant fires is blocking the sun a little. Health advisories for those of us with breathing issues.

Amazingly detailed interior and chassis.

Beautiful paint finish, "smoother than a babies bottom" as they used to say.

Like the body color.

Been thinking about building something like this and using a Pearl Yellow color so I'm interested in how your paint work turns out. Like the way you did your back-half on the chassis.

Going to be watching this. The first picture even looks like a car I had seen that had burned and been left out in the elements to rust.

Been thinking about starting a "Model Builders Anonymous" self-help organization.

Spotted one of the hated electric trucks in traffic yesterday, no big deal there are far too many of them out there anyway, but this had a very good-looking Hugger Orange looking paint job. It still is what it is, but the color seemed to soften the ugliness of it.

Only my opinion and how I care for our personal vehicles. #1 I use a Clay Bar and spray lubricant, usually from Meguire. This removes the oxidation and impurities that are even in the pours of the paint. This even removes the "rail dust" usually found on new cars that have been transported by train from the plant to distribution points. #2 In the past I would use Caruba based wax products but now have started to use Maxl One that I bought on Amazon Prime. I had tried a few similar products elsewhere with mixed results, but this stuff is for real. I get a lot of compliments from strangers in parking lot when getting into or out of our cars, it's that good. The application is easier and quicker than most spray on wax products that I have tried in the past. My brother-in-law got me interested after he did their cars that are both black, and if you have ever owned a black car, you know what all it takes to keep them looking their best.

Need to spend some time with some sanding pads. With any paint work the primer base has to be as smooth as you are expecting the final finish to be before going to any color coats. As you apply each layer of paint, any imperfections tend to grow as you add addition coats of paint. You are still going to have light sanding followed by polishing on your final coat of paint, but it all starts with the primer and hopefully finding any body imperfections during your primer work.

Now that's funny.

Great story line and explains the appearance. All of the changes to a basic kit all look very natural here. Realistic finishes and love the Blatz Beer reference, I used to be a Hamm's drinker long ago.

Like the base model build style. Nice to see the correct engine color and remember the local farmers years ago would order their trucks with the in bed spare so they wouldn't have to lie in the mud to get the spare from under the bed.

Thank you for looking. I got the molding idea from some else here on the Forum so it's not trade marked at all. Have done this on others in the past and you can change what trim line a model represents in doing so. I have done others as well and turns out to be easier than I thought. Hi Bob. Glad you liked it. Sort of the way I would do a 1:1 if I could. How's your '53 Chevy coming? Thanks Andy. I tried to get close to the OEM colors as I remembered them on the inspiration car. The side exhaust was sort of a style at the time. The exhaust would cloud the finish on the rear chrome wheels though, just like it would rear bumpers.

Like the clean looking paint work without the Boss stripes. Great paint color and finish. Like the Sleeper vibe on this.