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Beautiful looking T-Bird. I remember you talking about this color and how it looked even when the earlier pictures had it looking silver. As you started adding the trim and then the interior and now you can clearly see the shade of blue you had mentioned. Another great looking build for your display.

Excellent paint finish.

Again, I really like the paint here. I have been a long time user of the Tamiya paint products. I hope we get the new line soon since the finish looks even better.

That's a really informative site.

That's a beautiful looking car. I have always liked the BMW line but when ever I was in a financial position to get one I needed a different type of vehicle, usually an extra nice pickup. With the black colored grill it doesn't standout so much I also like the color combination. While it's hardly the same thing, the last car we got was a Charger to replace our '10 Charger, and it's also all white with the black grill and center bumper area.

Perhaps a light semi-gloss or even a flat clear.

Nice photo shop here. That's a face only an Orthodontist could appreciate .

So you actually sent the Buick idea to your BMW Dealer ? Sounds like he has a sense of humor anyway. But I think you can see the "Family" resemblance between the two.

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 ?