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A few additional progress pictures. The paint still needs to be polis hed before adding the chrome foil.

Great looking basic pickup. This looks far better than what you were describing.

Great looking build and it really does look like your 1:1. I also like the flames in the hood stripe, very cool looking.

Beautiful looking Road Runner. You really captured the look of the real car. Building a model of car you have owned and thought enough of the car to build a model of it is very rewarding. All of the fond memories of the car and your life at that point in time all come back to you. You should display this with the pictures of your 1:1 together.

Beautiful looking paint finish, and the inter build for that matter. The color combination looks great together. The engine detailing looks good and the finish on the interior just like real leather.

Convenient that they are both the same color. I like the concept and the crew Cab makes a lot more sense in reality anyway.

I agree with you on the color. The Blue Bird I mentioned was about the color of your interior in your build and that is why I thought of it. I have always liked the Screaming Chicken on the T/A's the best.

Funny how that works. Something she feels we need it is easily justified.

Great looking shade of Orange. You mention the master brake location. That is pretty much the stock location but the OEM wouldn't have had a booster of course. Most early cars from the early '50's back had the brake and the clutch pedals going thru either the lower part of the firewall or toe panel or the floor. There was usually a trap door of some sort on the floor to accesses the master brake cylinder to add or check the fluid. In fact the early '50's Oldsmobile's Hydromatic had a cover on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel to check the fluid level or add fluid.

Looking at the interior color made me remember a model Pontiac offered that was called "Blue Bird" and I think it was based on the Firebird Esprit. They were pretty cars.

Glad to see your getting back to these.

Very realistic looking weathering on the under carriage. The interior looks good also. The quilted pattern on the interior side panels, are they in the kit or something you have added ?

I love the paint finish, and the stance, how did you get it that low ?

Looks great.

You really captured the look of the time. Most had this look but they didn't have the power you show here to back it up. The stance was what everyone wanted and the "weed sprayer" side exhaust looks good. The lines on the vinyl roof look in proportion and a good finish. Nice clean chrome moldings. I'm partial to the color as well.

Wild looking body work, all well done. I like the T-Bird Bed option,

I like how this looks. The contrasting white trim and roof are spread out on the body so that is more of an accent than a focus point.

I would like to see how your project looks.

That may be the easiest way. My suggestion would be to use either Tamiya X-12 Gold Leaf or something similar. One thought would be to not completely mix in the pigment that gathers on the bottom of the jar. Rely on the clearer portion of the paint with just a little of the pigment preset. Try your technique on the chrome tree to get the desired effect. The gold on the factory wheels weren't a high gloss, sort of a medium sheen. Some of the hard Q-Tips that are sold in many model shops work well for cleaning off the detail edges on the wheel. A light amount of paint thinner may be needed and this type of Q-Tip usually will not "bleed out" onto the gold portion. Hope that helps and consider posting your results.

Beautiful looking. Besides the great paint work I like how you detailed the engine and interior.

Now that's a Kustom. With all the body and paint work plus the interior and then knock it out in 3 weeks. Beautiful looking build with all the right touches.

They are really nice kits. Some things I have learned along the way is that they are design with very close tolerances. The gaps leave very little room for paint and on the interior floor, if you're flocking it be sure to not get any on the mounting surface of the interior side panels. It's that close. If you run into a problem with the frame and floor boards lining up drop me a line and I can show you what I had to do.

Cool idea, I have seen this done in 1:1 before and have always wanted one. Wife doesn't seem as interested as I am thought.

Thankyou for your comment on the wood graining I'm starting to enjoy doing that. I also thought about the kits chrome foil. While I appreciate Galaxie's effort it just doesn't look right. I was going to build it without any side trim but that wasn't the look I wanted. I used plastic stripes to represent the chrome trim. I have done this on other builds before, but not this much. One big plus doing it this way is when I foil it there is no mistaking where the edge of the molding is.

The Kleenex dispenser is in the kit and I just added a black wash to bring out the details. I don't think it will even be seen when everything is assembled.