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I'm going into town tomorrow and I'll check HL to see if they have gotten any more in. Their 40 % off sale is moving a lot of kits for them right now.

My prayers also for you both. They can do some amazing things now days.

I'm going to build one like the Demo I had back then. The grill on the cover reminds me of something you would see on a Ford. As long as the stock grill is there I'm good on this.

Ya the '56 was the ugly middle sister of the tri 5s to many people. I still think it's the best of the three models. Don't get me wrong, I like the '55 and the '57 just fine but for me the '56 is the best of them all. I have never built a low ridder '56 and only a few others. The big hoops will not be used but some nice chrome reverse wheel with pin wall whites . There will be some metal flake and pearl as well.

I'll be getting a couple of the reissued '56 Chevrolet 210s because that is one of my personal favorite Chey's. I have an idea or two for the '76 Chevy G Van. I had a few for Demo's when I worked at a Chevy dealer at that time. The VW Van looks interesting especially being a new tool.

After all that it turned out great. I way wondering about the color since it is very bright. Nail polish can be had in colors that happen no ware else.

Great looking Chevelle. I have been trying to find one of these to build but they seem to go fast around here.

Beautiful looking Z car. Your hard work on the paint looks great and all the trim is very clean looking.

Nice looking little Chevy. The finish looks like a car that has had to spend its life out in the elements in stead of a garage.

I hadn't seen this build before now. Have you sealed the body paint yet ? I remember years ago using this paint but for a base for a candy color. This makes a great candy apple red base coat.

Very clean looking build. I like that you went with an unusual color also.

Someone should hold up a picture of a '49 - '53 Buick and you'll see where BMW got its inspiration for the "New Design" of their grill.

Ya the candied apples were not very common going door to door. I do remember one big house that would hand them out, and the reason it sticks in my mind was that I had a somewhat damp grocery bag I was using as it was raining. They dropped the apple in the bag and it went right thru the bottom. The nice lady felt so bad she went and got me a new bag from inside her house and transferred everything to the new bag along with another apple. Funny how things like that stick in your memory many years later.

Great looking El Camino. I had a friend who had much the same setup and driveline in his '59 El Camino. By the standards of the day the high winding little 283 was a pretty hot little engine. His still had the 3 on the tree and the shift linkage that Chevrolet used wasn't really great for speed shifting. I'll bet the 4 speed would have made a real nice setup.

This is what I was trying to point out. The '59 El Camino is an improvement over the SMP '60 El Camino as you show it on the right. The later Revell '60 Impala kit was a suggestion as a possible donor since it is somewhat better than the '59 AMT kit's chassis. I will admit the '59 El Camino chassis here looks far better than I recall as it has been a couple of decades since I looked at the AMT '59 El Camino. The unique shaped gas tank would need to be moved over since it is so visible on the chassis.

Great looking Nova. Very nice paint work and the trim is all cleanly done. You have the stance of the day here and the hood and rear wheel wells complete the look.

Sorry to hear of your paint issues. What type of primer are you using ?

Hay Hay, what about this Ford Skyliner masquerading as an Edsel. That could pass for a factory built car.

I think my old single temp model is stuck on medium rare .

Pop Corn held together by a sticky Caramel substance that acts like Fly Paper to attract and hold particles in the air and any surface it may come in contact with. I remember as a child of trick or treat age that this was considered a delicacy and highly sought after almost as much as a Carmel covered Apple. We were told we needed to ingest some of our environment in order to build up our immunities. You know the old saying "What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger".

I'm at a point in life where I just cutout the middle man and just go to CostCo and buy what ever I want.

I started picking up issues of Car Kulture DeLuxe and Ol' Skool RODZ lately . The changes you mention may have to do with the change of ownership. I read in one of the recent issues that a couple who had had their builds featured in the magazines in the past had bought them from the original owners I think around issue 100. I'm not into the life style so much but I like looking at most of the cars featured and some of the stories behind them. The coverage of some of their car shows seem to have a modern twist to the '50's look with many of the cars and trucks. With no Rod & Custom, Car Craft, Hot Rod Deluxe, or most of the magazines of that type now gone I have started to look at a lot of alternatives. A resent model I did was of a '48 Chevy Aerosedan based of the Convertible in the 100th issue of Car Kulture DeLuxe.

I have had a Dehydrator that I have used off and on for many years. While they work well a majority of the time I do wish mine had an adjustable thermostat to regulate the heat. What I have found is mine anyway can start to melt curtain types of plastic mostly used on older hard to replace kits. They aren't that expensive but be sure to get one that is adjustable and maybe even a timer as well.

I'm in the primer first camp myself. To my mind primer serves in many was to create a better final paint finish. You can sand bare plastic to your hearts content but with out a dusting of primer and another light sanding your not going to know if you really have a smooth surface. You can do this with the final color also but I think you will usually find that the primer is thinner and doesn't tend to cover trim details and body panel lines as much. With the roll bars on a kit what can happen is that the meeting points between different parts of the roll bar might get either to much paint or not enough. Should a joint between two or more parts have a very fine gap it may show up in the final color coat where if primer had been used and light sanding would even out the joint and often the primer offers just enough "filling" to hide the joint. The color of primer used can effect how the final color looks. Remember your sanding away most of the primer anyway and it is easier to sand than most color coats and the smoother you can get your primer the better chance of your color coat turning out the same way. You can do it either way, which ever works best for you.

Another thought on the whole white wall tire thing. What I have found with any of the pad printed painted or decal white wall or white letters is a light coat of flat or semi-gloss paint on the sidewall. This will actually give the sidewall a more natural look as well as protect the markings from getting damaged.