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Beautiful looking paint work and color. I like the interior colors also. Engine looks great the way you detailed everything.

That color really pops. Do you have any chassis pictures ?

I would just Google that year model Dodge and ask for pictures. You will be amazed.

Great looking collection. They all look to be built stock or close to it and that makes them even more desirable. Many have been reissued and if it were me I would avoid those unless they just speak to you as there are many others that have not been and those are the builds I would want. Two that standout to me are the white Valiant and the red '60 Edsel sitting on the table top without a box. I don't know if it would be appropriate or not to ask, but if you get either one or both of those I would be open to a trade with you for something you might prefer to have. To my thinking any one of these would be desirable if only to clean up a little and just display them.

I have used Tamiya TS-13 Clear and haven't experienced any problems to date.

Major surgery on the top, but done like the pro's. Great job on the headlights. Always more rewarding when you do it yourself. I personally would take the easy way out and start with the Revell Mercury just because I'm not comfortable with this major body work.

Looks like it spent some time at the bottom of a lake. I mean that in a good way. I like the "wick" style fuel cap. The body and chassis is about as crusty as I have seen. The seat is really well done also. Looks like a carb rebuild and a tune up and new battery and it's good to go.

Great looking chassis and engine.

I built one Box Stock when it first came out. I really need to do another but there are so many other kits I want to build also. I thought it went together well and was a nicely detailed kit to start with. The motor mounts are a little frustrating since each mount is two pieces and I would suggest "pinning" them for strength and ease of mounting. The trunk area over the differential where the upper shocks mount are a visual issue. On the underside of the chassis and body are fine, but if you don't want them to show on the inside of the trunk floor I'd suggest shortening the top shock mounting pin so it doesn't show in the trunk. There are plenty of on line photos of the real car if you question something on appearance. The hard part is finding one that hasn't been modified in some way. I look forward to seeing your build on this kit.

Great looking Flames. I like how you set this up with the Black color going on last.

I agree with Modlbldr on your trim work, very well done. I have a question on your basic kit. This looks like the older AMT Mercury kit with an excellent chop on the roof ? The Headlights on the 1:1 look like an early '50's Buick design or something the builder fab'd up.

Your paint work looks very smooth. That color is perfect Pontiac.

In a manor they are. As you know the Camaro is and has always been a unibody design. This looks like the entire drivetrain and suspension is set up on a jig of sorts and the body is lowered onto the front subframe and the rear suspension. They just bolt the undercarriage to the body, connect a few wires and fluid lines and the next stop may have been the front sheet metal.

The few shows I have entered the judging is done after they have closed the doors and all of the models have been entered and everyone has gone home for the day. The Judges will spend the evening and sometimes almost over night doing their judging and it is later in the afternoon of the following day before the winners are announced. A good idea if you have done a lot of extra detailing or body and chassis work is to supply a small short list of anything you have done. This gives visitors a chance to better understand the model they're looking at, and the Judges have to look at so many entries that you have to think they all start to look alike after a while. I have had the privilege of viewing many outstanding models and seeing just how cleanly some of these models are done, and this just makes me want to try a little harder to emulate the builds I have seen others do.

I went by a couple of the HL stores in the area today. Many openings on the model shelves. I'm sure it will take a while before their suppliers get anything new to them. The good news is they're back open.

I have bought several kits that I have absolutely no interest in but had a set of wheels and tires or suspension parts I did want. I usually cruise the clearance Isles looking for what ever is on clearance.

Many very good suggestions. Another idea would be to check the Resin/After Market Parts section on the Forum. Many good suppliers can be found there. The model I'm working on now I'm using materials from Mad Modeling (www. madmodeling.com) . They offer 3ft. of Fuel Line in Aluminum, Red, Blue, or Purple.

Such a sad looking little car. But that is what you were going for. Great ageing on the body and paint.

Great clean looking builds. I'm partial to the '55 Chevy, but they are all very nicely done.

Nice looking paint work. I like your color ideas for the interior also.

Great looking interior.

Great looking dash. I like how you detailed the seats. As I recall the duller part was sort of a weaved vinyl and would have less of a sheen than the solid portions.

A lot of custom body work on this little pickup, all done very smoothly.

Very nice style and as Alan pointed out, the top chop is really well done and completely in proportion with the rest of the body. I like the truck grill you used. Cleanly detailed engine also.

Great looking build. The paint still looks new and very shinny. I like the chopped top option on this kit.