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A lot of unique fabrication with the body and the frame. I like the in line six for something interesting. The Artillery Wheels with white walls give this a different look as well.

Beautiful looking paint work and the trim is all really clean and sharp looking.

Slapper bars on a GM product with the coil springs had to be for show. What I used on my '67 El Camino, see my avatar, was a pair of premade upper control arm mounts. I don't have a picture, but I'll try and describe them. They would mount to the top control arm mounts on the differential. They had an arm that dropped down with notches that aligned with the ribs on the front of the center section of the differential and a small set screw to sort of hold them in place. The arm had a mount for the upper rear control arm and gave the arm a different angle to the differential. This would keep the differential from winding up under hard acceleration. In my case with less weight over the rear end if you went over much of a rough spot in the pavement the rear end would hop sometimes. Under normal driving you wouldn't notice anything different in the handling.

Make them aware of what happened when they want you to take their survey.

Beautiful looking build. I really like the color and the finish on it. Thank you for the insight into the movie cars.

Great looking showroom style build. The second paint job sure looks good. They guys used to refer to that color as "Petty Blue" for obvious reasons.

I like the sedan delivery look better on this than the resin bodies I have seen where they have a rear quarter window and side glass.

Been enjoying watching your build. Your black paint job reminds of a friend's car that was also a Catalina convertible done in black with the maroon interior.

Ya, if your rear tires weren't sticking out in the breeze you were driving mommy's car. The hair, the bell bottoms, WIDE belts. We were so cool.

I do recall seeing them on a few models in the past. I'm working on an old AMT '59 El Camino and the centers are solid. Just an FYI on that subject. In the past many OEM wheels had solid wheel centers on heavy duty, station wagon, and many truck applications. In scale it is a hit or mis deal.

Nice clean looking stock pickup.

Beautiful and still looks fresh. The two things I like the best are the wider rear wheels and the side boards on the bed. I have trid this on a couple of older ventage pick ups and think it really adds to the overall look.

Beautiful looking T-Birds. The color does look like the one Ford offered at that time. The large scaled kit seemed well done to me, I built the '57 back when. Your finishes and the chrome all look great.

Beautiful looking builds. Far too delicate for small hands. Might get them something along the same lines but in a die Cast that might survive until they can appreciate these.

Beautiful paint and I like the way you built this kit. Great build photos and they help explain all of the build details.

Great looking paint job.

Beautiful looking paint and the fit and finish on the hood and grill looks great. Nice stance and the wheels and tires look good.

I like the clean showroom appearance.

Very realistic looking Shell. I like the side window treatment.

Looks interesting.

I like the wide verity of styles.

Who ever is operating the crusher when this old Hudson comes up had better of eaten his Wheaties that morning.

The set I have used for years, along with a few replacements bits, came from a locale Hobby Shop and there is no name displayed on the case. The base is a round flat plastic black in color and just says Drill Stand in the center and the domed top is clear. The sizes range from #80 or 0135 thru # 61 035 in size. I also have another universal drill with some larger sizes in the handle that I got at a Hobby Lobby and I still see then being offered when I have visited. I agree with Bainford and TonyK that this is an area you should focus on quality over price. I have found them indispensable for attaching small parts and reinforcing many components in my builds.

I think you will find that these screws were unique to the application. As I recall the screws used by AMT and Jo-Han were also somewhat different from each other. The real fun ones were usually found on the early friction type cars with the metal plate for a chassis. They were attached with a one way screw. They were installed with a straight blade screw driver but the screw head didn't have any provision for the screw driver to remove the screw.

Great looking color and paint finish. The vinyl roof looks factory.