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Great looking color and I like the style of the black hood and window surround. Mopar + Cragars + RWL tires = perfect look.

I like your design plans for this. Great idea to raise the inner fenders instead of just cutting them away. The factory front spoiler on these always looked like they just came off of a Trans Am race car. I would think that a true Pro Touing car would be more concerned with the smooth body as opposed to the rain dripping on you getting in and out of the car.

I'll have to remember your headlight tubing idea for the future. Odd that they would leave out something that is so obvious.

I think cobraman's suggestion would be the closest to what you're looking for. Looking thru my spray cans from both Tamiya and Testors the only other one I could find that might be close is Testors #1628 Competition Orange in enamel.

Great looking Gasser. After eight years away you will be amazed at how nice the newer kits are.

I wasn't sure by looking at the picture. Good way to handle that. The acid test is painting while doing the laundry.

That's not going to buff out.

I hope your booth exhaust isn't integrated with the Dryer vent. This could bring a whole new meaning to lint in the paint problem.

The rear chassis/suspension looks well presented . Interesting inner support for the hood, this may be a more accurate kit than some have said.

Use a mask going in and out of stores. Went out to breakfast at our favorite place last week on a Monday morning. We had most of the dinning area to our selves and all of the wait staff were masked up. I'll error on the side of safety on the mask thing. Well over 65, enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and allergic to anything green and blooms. Other than that all is good.

In most cases, on the mainland anyways, the rate at which a car body deteriorates can depend on the road conditions it is exposed to and how it is cared for. Different parts of the country where salt based compounds are used are very detrimental to any metal bodies. About the only thing worse would be having the car parked outside near a body of water with an onshore breeze that will put moist air into every crevice in the body. This gets even worse when the vehicle isn't washed on and waxed on a regular basis .

Beautiful looking build and very realistic looking as well. Almost to nice to take Wheel'n.

I agree with everyone else on the color and finish. The '58 GM bodies all seemed to hit a bright spot in design and were only a one year only also. A friend of mine had a white convertible with red interior. A lot of good times went with that car.

Another beautiful looking paint design. Can't even imagine how much that would cost on a 1:1 car.

Beautiful clean looking build. Just the right amount of chrome removal and paint to accent the body lines.

This paint jobs, just like on the 1:1 cars are really a work of art.

Great looking paint. I have a special appreciation of the '58 Pontiacs. These are the perfect canvas for you painting style.

Great looking Galaxie and the paint finish is nice and smooth. The interior and exterior colors look good together.

Great looking paint scheme as always. Few builders actually open the T-Tops on these, but it helps to see the interior detailing done on this.

Beautifully done. Another very creative paint design.

Beautiful to look at, but the best part for me anyway was studying all the different finishes you used thru out. The close up pictures really show the clean assembly of your model.

To tone down the chrome trim consider using either Tamiya Panel Line or X-19 Smoke paint. I'll use just a dab of the paint on any details on the wipers and use your finger or Q-Tip to wipe away the part you don't want.

Very cool bit of fabrication. I look forward to watching your build on this.

While it's only my opinion, the large diameter wheels and tires just don't look correct in this application. I would suggest something that represents a 15" or no larger than 16" wheel and larger rear tires than in front. The Cragars look good but there may be others that might work just as well. What style do you like ?

I like the looks of this build. Where did you go for the Resin body and what is your impression of the quality ??