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Great looking builds. That gold colored one has NARC written all over it.

Amazing!! Thank you for this. Never really knew for sure how this was done.

I did not know that, but it does make sense from the appearance.

Great looking fast back Galaxie. A friend had one like this that was all red inside and out including the roof. You wouldn't lose it in a market parking lot.

Great looking collections. I like the Camero and the induction system you used.

Beautiful looking group. I like the clean build style and the Land Rover with the slush on the sides looks great. When you do a model of a well-used car it doesn't seem overdone. I like the El Camino since having owned a couple in past I have always liked these vehicles.

I'm enjoying watching this build but have a question about the engine. The Valve Cover that is from the other AMT kit seems like it is longer than the Head.

Wheels are such a personal thing I would go whichever way fits with what you have in mind. One thing I would mention if you're going with the full Moon style wheels covers. These were usually done in what was called " "spun aluminum". No, the aluminum wasn't spun, but the finish as done in a very fine smooth finish with just a hint of what looked like it was done on a lathe or something on that order. Most but not all of them had a flat aluminum finish. They could be had as a chrome finish but that made them expensive enough that chrome wheels were a better investment. They were more of a Salt Flats look.

I built the Chevelle years ago and thought it was a great kit. The only thing I would suggest looking at are: The under-hood area. The big block seems small with the area between the front inner fenders that have little to no detailing on them. That's not all bad as it gives you a clean area to add your own. The other is the interior. The interior is well done and has nice detailing on the door panels and dash as well as the seats. What I did notice is when assembled the bucket seats look as if they sit too high in the interior. The top of the seat not including the head rests should be just above the top of the door panel. When assembled it looks to my eye anyeay that the seat sits higher than it should. I suggest a trial assembly before committing to perinate mounting of the bucket seats. I hope you post your build on this since it is one I would like to revisit someday.

Another beautiful looking build. Great paint finish and the color combination with the interior looks good. I like how you did your hub cap and wheel setup for the flat tire scene.

I like the dirty looking chassis, as if driven on a regular basis.

I like the color and the stance. That body looks very smooth.

Another one of his bits of advice. "You can tell the men from the boys by the size of their toys" Funny how he seemed so much smarter as I got older.

We finally got some winter weather, and that's OK with me. Had a 9 am Doctors visit and gave myself some extra time to get there since only the main hiways have been plowed. Making better time than I thought and missing breakfast I thought I should get a Latta since it was 19 degrees it seemed like a good idea. Walk into one of those overpriced well known Coffee Shops and couldn't even get waited on. There was a long line of cars at the drive up window and that's why I went inside. They had three Baristas that looked like they had had an extra shot or two in their last Latta and a cashier at the window along with nother two or three people running around getting bakery goodies. Two were leaning in to talk to each other at the order window and as I approached they both went around behind the counter. No one would even acknowledge me standing at the order window. They wouldn't even look up it was like I was invisible. Aftewr a couple of minutes I just left. The owner is paying all this staff and half are hardly working and just talking to one another about their feelings and ignoring a paying customer.

Looks great. Always fun to build a model of your driver, present or past. I like all the natural looking finishes as well.

Lets just say I'm a few years your senior. To use a line from my late father, "I'm a young man trapped in an old body".

All very cleanly built and amazing looking paint work.

They all look great, and their build styles make me smile.

Beautiful looking paint and interior. Great engine and chassis detailing. This was the car to have way back when.

Beautiful looking builds. Didn't you do a build here on the Merc wagon?

It may have been a regional thing. I would go to PEP Boys for the markers. I worked in a service station so as prep for going cruising I would put the car on the lift so it was easy to move the tires into position. Sure beat laying on the ground. The white or silver would show up the best on black walls. When the '64 GTOs came out with the redline tires this went away, and we all wanted redlines after that so this would have been late '63.

Very well done and unique build styles. I enjoyed following your build on the Studebaker. The Avanti is really special, and I like the driver. Who chops the top on a RR?

The Firestone lettering could be done with a steady hand and a very small 000 type brush. This was once was somewhat of a fad at times in the past. In the mid-sixties you could buy a Crayola type of grease stick in different colors to do just this on your 1:1 car. This was before Raised White Letter tires were even thought of. Because of Firestones advertising had their lettering in red the guys that had Stones would paint in the name in red. I used either white or even a silver on my own tires. The fun part was you got to do it all over again whenever you cleaned your tires. While it didn't come off easily it would sort of smear when you went over it with any type of sponge or cloth when cleaning.

The six-cylinder engine found in the Galaxy '46 to '48 Chevrolet kits might be one to consider. This kit has the correct shape for the Valve cover, Side Cover, the Manifolds as well as the Carburetor and Air Cleaner. These are all separate parts as well as the Road Draft Tube and the Distributer. The kits also include optional 3x2 Carb. setup and finned aluminum Valve Cover and Side Cover.

I have used the Tamiya putty for years and never experienced the problems you mention. In addition to Bill's information could it be the putty wasn't fully dried before you started sanding. One of the reasons I have stayed with the Tamiya product is that some of the other Bondo type products tend to be harder and require more aggrieve sanding at the expense of the surrounding plastic.