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Looks like something from the SEMA Show.

I like the front and rear roll pans and the frenched tail lights. Always nice to see a dressed Flathead.

I think your right. I guess for me starting back when they were very very basic my abilities grew as the kits improved. As you mention the Military kits can be intimidating as well. I would suggest one of the nice current snap kits as they go together quickly and might not out last their attention. As with any challenge the next one becomes easier and so on.

Great looking paint work. I like the addition of the red in the side trim. many overlook that touch.

Impressive body moldings. This feature is a part of what makes the appearance of this year model Ford. The gas filler question I think can best be answered by how it would work in the real world. Opening the trunk, even if it was a lift off type, would be difficult at best. The upper body point you have marked would work if the tank is in the trunk area. Should you mount the fuel tank between the frame rails then something a little lower in that same body panel would avoid routing the filler thru the trunk area. I really like that gas cap. Add some paint to give it a slightly tarnished look and it would be good to go.

Great looking chassis. I also like to paint detail a chassis on my builds. I think it has to do with all the different components involved with many different colors. Like a little jig saw puzzle. I like the darker shades you use to add depth to the appearance of the different parts.

I had to go to the hardware store yesterday for some chain saw oil. In the parking lot was a stock but well worn '57 Thunderbird. I hope they have a good battery since they left their parking lamps on. The day was nice upper 60's with no clouds and it seemed like everyone who had a nice older car where out stretching it's tires.

You bring up many valid points. I think how someone looks at it has a lot to do with their past experiences. You mention your sons approach to modeling and this makes a perfect point on new modelers. They open a model box and look at a current car or truck that they can relate to and is done in the current what I would call a much more advanced style and they are more likely to jump in than if they opened a kit from your youth, let alone mine. While many of the reissues are off putting to me, many others here have expressed excitement to have these kits from their earlier days, and I think that's good for them. Mine would go all the way back to screw on chassis and very basic representations of the mechanical parts and interiors that are a little better and bodies that are pretty good. My thought on Round 2 is that they have to look at it as a business plan. Should they invest in replacing a mold or revamping an old mold and what would the financial return be on that investment. I think so far they have been successful enough to repair many molds as needed to even the investment of creating the new '67 Impala 4 door. Many including my self have have made fun of the Coca Cola reissues. Some think that is the reason the reissues cost so much as Round 2 has to pay a fee to Coca Cola. Round 2 seems to me to have a good business plan in place and it would not surprise me if they had Coca Cols paying them to put their name on all of the kits. Think about the product placements in movies and the impact on product sales. Would that work to some extent on us as builders ? Maybe. My feeling on the subjects that Round 2 has offered and continues to offer is that if they issue something you have always wanted to build or revisit from our younger days they are providing that and you're not having to pay an obscene amount for that kit since it has never been reissued.

Like you I also endured Braces in my teen years, and that was in the last century,. I have know understanding of your medical system there but I would think some one would be able to help you since this is a medical emergency. I once had one of those metal bands come lose and was stabbing the inside of my cheek.

I have always liked the UTE type vehicles from Australian. I liked the Monero especially and actually bought a new '05 Pontiac branded GTO. LS2 engine and a 6 speed stick, what's not to like. I was all set to trade it for the Pontiac UTE they where teasing us with and then GM lost their minds and killed the Pontiac brand. Nothing but MoPars in our garage ever since. GM has lost 5 sales since then in this household alone.

It never ceases to amaze my what dogs will put up with just to please use. Now he just wants to know where his treat is. Concept is cool on this thou.

I think like most, I'll get the more door '67 Impala and the '63 Ford XL is a must for old time sake. All of the others I actually have original issues in the stash. Since I haven't built them by now the chances of buying additional kits is very remote.

Many of us that are old enough to remember the original issue of some of these kits have more advanced skills today than we had then. As we revisit some of these we realize just how primitive some of them are by todays standards. The difference is today we know how and what to do with them to make our 1/25th dreams come true. That's my thought anyway.

Great looking truck. I like how you did the roof and the paint looks nice also. Every truck needs a "Pull Toy" to drag around.

Great fabrication work on this build.

Now that's a good idea. I'll have to remember this one.

As to what I'm going to build next. I have gone back and forth between a few models in the stash. I'm going to build the Galaxie '48 Chevrolet Aero Sedan kit. I saw one in a magazine done in a style that I haven't done in years. I'll be using every chrome do dad in the kit and it will be as low as I can go. Thank you for your interest.

Looking at your pictures of the parts trees I notice you have the duel quad and Paxton Supercharger on the tree. These were good looking cars and they did sit very low even stock. When you build this please post some pictures along the way.

Great looking body and interior. The Fuel Pump, might that have been an Electric Fuel Pump on the 1:1 ??

Thanks for the update. I find it encouraging that Round 2 is trying so hard to improve their products. Sometimes it's something like this Motorcycle that will actually create a sale because a builder wants that for another model they're building or a diorama of some sort. I would lobby for the Canoe from the old Bonneville kit.

My wife is still working from home. She has had to go into the office a couple of times last week and this to help the one or two people still in the office when they get behind. I have been working on the yard and spreading Mulch around the trees and the flower beds. Four cubic yards of mulch so far. I got a new cordless chain saw that will reach up to 12 ft. so I can trim some of the trees and reach into the Cedars to trim some lower branches. I hope then to finish with another couple of yards of mulch under them. I enjoy the yard work as I'm outside in the fresh air and the sun.

Ya that's the one I was thinking of. There was a very brief TV series that focused on the Australian car scene and one of the programs centered on one of these that had been restored. I thought it was an interesting looking car and story.

Great job working with what you had. The interior and body colors are a little jarring but that is the way it was done. Nicely detailed engine. Unless it's to much trouble you might want to remount the left front tire as it is a directional tread pattern.

Great looking build style. I also noticed the rear tires. I think it looks good as the tread pattern matches the fronts.

Very clean looking T-Bird. I like the the way the colors look together.