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Splicing Quarters panels and doors between two different kits that may even be of slightly different shapes and scales seems like a lot of work for just the moldings. Consider removing the moldings from the main kit you're using and create new moldings out of plastic stripes. The '57 Black Widow kit would be a good guide to help setup your molding design.

The picture is a little dark to see all of the detail, but what I see looks good. A thought on the molding painting. You mention painting the moldings and I think the semi gloss Black would be the most ideal finish for that. The outer edges of the moldings would be a chrome type finish. Would it be easier for you to paint the center of the molding and then go over the molding with chrome foil and cut away the center, or try a liquid chrome treatment for the outer edges ? Should you go with the foil option think about just doing one body panel at a time. Being right handed I usually would start with the left front fender, then the door, and then the bed side. Part of this is to keep the door edge detail and less chance of the foil bunching up and getting any wrinkles I have found.

Checkout Fireball Model Works in the Car Aftermarket Section on the forum. There is a pretty complete list of after market suppliers with links to their web sites listed thee. Fireball but one of the many listed, but I know his products are among the best and he offers a couple of different sets of wheels and tires design for what you are looking for.

Great looking interior.

Thank you for posting all your pictures. So many outstanding looking builds.

Looks great. Love El Caminos and have owned a couple. Did you paint this build or is it one of the early issues with colored plastic ?

I like the color and the finish looks great. With the carbs. thru the hood and the mismatched wheels you sure got the look.

Again, glad you are back Paul. I enjoy your paint work and look forward to seeing white the Impalas are going to look like.

A lot of great and interesting cars and trucks. Thank you for sharing.

If it should matter to you check the front fender vents on the Firebird. I think who ever started this kit mounted them up side down. Great score though.

Great job on the weathering on the truck and the roadster.

Beautiful paint and color really show the body lines on this. I like the way you detailed the engine also.

Looks just like your personal car. The attention to details in the engine and the chassis give a great look to the model. Always special to build a model of your present or past cars.

Great body mods. I like the reversed color scheme looks good.

Beautiful looking wagon. I like the wood graining work, I also have enjoyed that on a few builds. This looks like the body might have been based on the old Revell kit that was offered with a multi part body.

Beautiful looking Caddy and the paint color looks great. Very clean trim and moldings.

You're off to a great start.

Great looking photos. I liked the front end treatment on the Chevrolet Panel with the later model passenger car front bumpers and the '55 style headlights and hood emblem. I noticed a real nice looking red Chevy pickup toward the end.

Thank you for this information. I like the way Doug does his interviews and the overall tone of what he is doing. I'm in.

Looks great Mike. Like you said it was built a long time ago so I like the patina on the rear bumper. You can always touch it up again if you like, someday.

I agree with Chris, "just round off the corners" give it sort of an organic shape.

Cool.

I also built a few of the Monte Carlo SS. I factory ordered a White one with the Red interior for my wife in '86. We didn't sell it until 2002 and used the money to get a place for her mother to live. We sold it for what we had paid for it in '86. As I recall the interior spray I used for the model was Testers Kiln Red which I think has been long discontinued. I masked the Black plastic around the Grill and Head Lights and the portion of the rear Bumper that were Black on the 1:1 car.

Thanks for the info. Look forward to seeing your build on this.

You found it. Now you know why I was so impressed by this car as a young boy who hadn't gotten his drivers license yet.