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This really turned out great. The body color now has more of a blue cast to it. On the Ignition wires you might see if there are any prewired distributer kits around. Many like to do their own but just as many go with the prewired ones and everything is to scale that way.

I know what you're saying about the interior and I agree about the trim level. I was just thinking of an easier way to update everything if opening the hood and updating the chassis was a consideration. Even before many of the after market companies started offering reproduction interiors the easiest interior to find was the Impala so besides looking better it was the most available interior at the time.

Those are all beautiful looking builds. I like how you describe your inspiration for each of them. Funny you mention the Road Runners color. Just last week I stopped at a gas station and a coupe were driving a new Challenger the same color and at first it was jarring to look at. By the time I left I was really liking it.

Nice clean looking Type 1. The cooler and roof rack are a nice addition to the overall look. Great paint work inside and on the body.

Perfect '60's Caddy color. I had no idea a kit of this car even existed till now. Very cleanly built.

Beautiful looking build, you really did this one well. I happen to be a ZZ Top fan and have a few CD's that I take on any long drives. "You know they got some crazy women down there"

Looks great especially in the sunlight. The interior looks real nice and cleanly detailed dash. Nice to see one built as they came from the factory. No wonder Ford had a waiting list for these when new.

Beautiful looking Chevelle. I had a friend that had a new one this color minus the vinyl roof back in the day. Looks really cleanly detailed and you would never know what a struggle you had putting it together. A fly droppings in the pepper issue with Lindberg's decal sheet. The license plate they put in the kit are all rear plates in that the renewal stickers in the upper corner of the plates would only be on the rear of the car. The front plate is the same but without the stickers. Other than that nit pick this is like looking at the real thing.

Spaz Stix is little bit more durable to handle than Alclad but you will want to make sure it has dried for a couple of days before trying to install the bumpers. The times I have used it I found less is more as far as getting a great shine. With repeated coats of the paint it starts to just look like shinny silver. I like how the interior looks.

This T-Bird is looking much better with the paint and trim added. The last pictures you can start to see the blue cast to the color .

Another thought would be to find one of Revell's reissues of the '60 Impala. Other than the gas tank this would give you a much better chassis, engine, hood, and trim not to mention the interior parts as well.

Guilty as charged. You know in the '60's we really didn't know any better and you didn't always have a buddy with any better idea of how to do a T & R interior. As JollySipper pointed out , the builder actually did a pretty nice job for the time. If they used the old Tube Glue of the time you're in for a lot of interior work on those seats.

I'm working on a resin body at this time. I bought it at a local show & swap meet a couple of years ago and there is no info on the box as to where it came from and I don't remember who I even bought it from so I'm of no help there. What I wanted to point out if you haven't done any resin bodies before is the difference in the quality of some of these bodies. For me it was about the subject but just important was the quality of the casting. What I have seen is that many of the newer casting that are out there are using a different formula of some sort and the old problems with pin holes are all but gone and the castings have much better trim details and are almost as thin as a normal plastic kit. These seem to be done with a white colored material and require very little clean up and flashing is almost eliminated. Should this be your first adventure with resin I would suggest finding your subject that is done with this material as a first try. The older resin bodies I have built have been a challenge in that there is a lot of flashing and the trim details are vague at best to not even being there at all. I'm not trying to scare you off of building, I'm just thinking that cutting your teeth on a resin body requiring the minimum of work will keep you from maybe becoming discouraged. What ever you do please post your build so we all can enjoy it. Don't be afraid to put up your hand if you run into a problem as there are many builder here with far more experience in this area than I that can answer any questions you may have.

My question has to do with the 1:1 application of this type of wheel cover. This being an Isometric Design this would catch your eye because of the design moving around the out edge of the wheel cover while the car is in motion. Or, what if this is one of those "spinner" designs where the wheel cover stays stationary when the vehicle is in motion ?

They can and do work, but it's not like putting a decal on a model's body. The process has been described on the forum in the past and I would suggest looking at some of the past posts on the subject. Like anything we all do with our builds there are many different ways to do this and I think its one of those things where you have to figure out what works best for you. Good luck, or rob some white walls out of another kit. Ha Ha.

Ya I think it is a shame also, but many of us that like to build cars from this era are getting fewer and fewer and the companies have to look at what well sell for years into the future with a lot of reissue possibilities. Hopefully someone in their marketing and R & D are reading our posts about wanted models for the near future.

You're better off than I then. This is a vary nice looking build and while one of use doing this in 1/25th would be a real challenge it would be cool to see.

I had to make payments. 6 months same as cash . Still takes an hour to mow not counting the edging and the spots where I have to use a push mower. But I enjoy it as I'm outdoors and I don't even ware my mask since I'm all alone.

Nigel, Your body color almost matches the color of my old '67 El Camino and I have always liked the look of it. An idea on your side windows. I recently cut up the side windows on a build. I'm not sure just how thick your windows are but the usually need some support when you're cutting them. I've used thick masking tape on both sides of the cut line. This helps a little to support the material and offers a little protection if your blade slips. I scored the cut line with a #11 blade and then went the rest of the way a fine toothed saw blade in my X-Acto handle. Slow and steady wins over speed in this type of work.

I got the latest issue of Fine Scale Modeler. The only thing I could find having to do with model cars or trucks was a listing of a few new releases or reissues. I can see where there are some interesting articles that were centered on paint techniques that were ok but I don't see that they're putting any effort forward toward what you could call our collective interest as far as automobiles. I have tried to cancel my subscription but they have ignored my requests so I'm stuck for the next year as I had just renewed about a week before they pulled the plug on their magazine. Without some very dramatic changes I will not be renewing my subscription.

Nice retro look. Flared wheel wells leading to a small spoiler on the rear deck. Those wheels and tires would never fit if they were stock. Nice set of Ankle Burners.

If you get the '59 chassis you could open the hood and put a spare engine in there. These could be had with everything up to and including the 348 engines and even the 3x2 setup. and a 4-speed.

I have a Chardio. appointment Monday anyway and his office sits a couple of miles from two HL's so that should kill my Monday afternoon.

I think we're all dreaming on this one. Considering the investment to become "Mold Ready" and start production is such that this could be a life or death for most any company at this point. The safe bet now seems to be add some different wheels and tires and change the decals minimum investment.

At first glance they look like Corvettes but it doesn't take much more than a second to realize they're just using some of the Corvette styling Q's. GM should charge them copy wrights fees on this.