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Very nice looking paint work. Chassis looks good as well.

The two framing guys showed up at 8 am Wednesday and had the Bathroom opened up and the whole area framed for the addition and cleaned up the area by 2pm. Man these guys are good.

Looks great. I like his use of color on the interior. The body proportions look just a little odd, like the wheel base might be a little longer placing the rear tires further back than stock. That said it looks good and what is stock here anyway. This is a Hot Rod and a great looking one as well.

Great find on this long out of production Ford. The body looks very nice and your upgraded chassis should look more accurate as well.

Nice Blue color, looks somewhat like the Ford Washington Blue of that era. Fat Fendered Fords look great in the darker colors to my eye anyway.

Very creative. I like what looks like rear side brake vents shaping up.

A thought on your Hood and Air Cleaner contact. The 1:1 cars had a pretty close clearance in this area as well. Not all, but often the manufactures would leave an opening in the under Hood insulation directly over the Air Cleaner. Those that didn't it would be common to see a slightly crushed area in the insulation where the Air Cleaner made contact with the Hood. I like how you have strived to make your build as much like a stock car as possible.

I like your rear script idea. I'm watching how you're doing the wood portion of the body. I have had an idea like this for some time but on a later bodied car. So I have liked watching your wood work on this.

Great looking paint finish.

Great looking scooter. That is a pretty color.

I wonder how the drive explained this to the dispatcher? Could be a carrier ending move.

I have only had to ask Revell to replace very few damaged items in the past but they have always been good about it.

Finally getting started on our basement project. We've been waiting over four months for the remodeler to get an opening to do the upgrades we wanted in our basement. We had downsized our home after the first of the year and moved into a much smaller Villa, that's Realtor speak for a duplex, The basement has a small finished living room and a half bath now. We're having a shower added to the bathroom and finishing a bedroom with an egress window that will become my model room. At this point in life while I miss the old "big house" and the grounds, taking care of it all was becoming more than we wanted to deal with any longer. They even mow and edge, weed and feed, and anything needed in the yard. I just fill the bird feeders and watch the golfers go by from the covered patio. Life isn't half bad at the edge of the prairie.

Made me look. I also just picked up this model a week ago. I hadn't looked inside yet as I usually do since I'm not going to build it right now. Luck was on my side as mine is ok. Hopefully this is an isolated issue, I know that doesn't help you guys or anyone else, but maybe not all of them have this problem. Revell should offer a replacement windshield in this case.

I like the crew cab conversion and the bed as well. The crusty finish is very realistic looking .

Looks great and a lot of sparkle in the paint. You wouldn't think you had any problems with this build to look at the finished model.

Great looking style. Great paint work and the fabric roof idea is really well done. The wheels and white walls fit the build style perfectly.

I like the way you brought the different parts together here. Great looking paint finish and color. Nice detailing the injector stacks in a different shade of blue. There was a time many years ago that many states required some sort of fenders even on hot rods. Many may still. Being inventive guys started putting motor cycle fenders on their cars to get around the laws, and a new styling trend resulted. By painting them black or a very dark color they almost become invisible.

I agree with you on the rear wheel opening, I think it makes the rear of the car look lighter than when you had the stock openings. I notice it looks like you're also trimming the tips of the fins to look more like the '60 year model. The fins on all GM's '59 models seemed done to an extreme.

Great looking old Merc. I like the old "Ansen" style wheels.

I had no idea we could sand blast our models. After seeing it done you wonder why I didn't think possible long ago. Great information watching him on YouTube.

Try looking in the after market section on the forum. There is a list of many suppliers and some offer door handles and window cranks and more. I have found it is a good idea to look there every now and then just to see what is being offered by the after market.

I have used both Testors and Tamiya products. I haven't had any issues with using Tamiya over a Testors paint in the past but I would still recommend a plastic spoon test before going to far on any build no matter what product you end up using. The Tamiya flat clear is just slightly glosser that the Testors flat clear and the semi-gloss is just a shade or so glosser as well. This is why I also have used a lot of Testors in the past, but as you pointed out it is going the way of the DoDo bird.

Actually the bumper parting lines on this are better than most from that era of model building. This was just a common issue at the time but we didn't have the chrome options we have today.

I really like the cowl hood and front spoiler. I guess I never realized that you were going with a big block. Had I known I could have sent you a few big block emblem decals from the '66 El Camino kit. The stance and the narrow white walls with the chrome rims, always liked that look.