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That's a beautiful looking piece of furniture.

Ya I'd go with that idea. Not much gets done after lunch on a Friday in most companies anyway.

And the same gas in the tank that they were selling for $1.83 is now $2.40. This way they pickup an extra 57 cents per gallon profit.

I which they would just split the difference and then leave it alone. Just set the clock ahead 1/2 an hour and then end this.

Great looking panel. I agree with everyone else on the colors and I like the signage also. Good color separation between the two colors.

A beautiful build of a beautiful car. Very cleanly trimmed and the Wheels give it a great look.

Great looking paint effect.

That looks much better.

I also have a couple of these. I can't remember when they were first issued, but from the catalog number this has to be one of the very early ones. This is a great find and it does build into a very nice model.

I see what you mean. A couple of suggestions. The 1:1 continental kits usually had the spare tire set into the body extension. Think of the spare having say a third of its diameter below the top edge of the rear bumper. This may mean extending the bumper a little bit further back to drop the spare and lean it toward the body a little. The top edge of the continental kit should be even with the trunk lid. You may consider redoing the rear bumper. Most of the 1:1 kits would have body colored sheet metal between the body and the bumper that would curve down on the sides. Most of them even used the stock bumper and used the sheet metal to cover the area between the bumper and the body. Another thought would be to look in the '53 Ford kit that has the faux spare option on the trunk. That was a precursor to the big add on continental kits.

You are correct. GM used the 4 piston calipers thru the '68 model run on the passenger cars and went to the single piston "slider" calipers starting in 1969 models. I ordered a new '68 Bel Air and ordered it with the Disc Brakes which were the 4 piston caliper design. This required 15" Wheels and I paid very little to up grade those to the 7" wide Rally Wheels.

Great looking build. I like how you did the interior colors. The body color and the finish look very nice.

First off it's nice to see you back here. Man that paint is bright in a good way. I like how you detailed the engine and interior, all very clean looking.

Beautiful looking short track car. Your build looks like the start of the season and the middle picture looks like a Sunday morning toward the end of the season.

Beautiful restoration. Looking at the original build it's almost a shame to not save it. The color wasn't that normal at that time, I do remember one running around town back then but that was the only one I can recall. This is very cleanly detailed and nice to see you have both tops. The more you look at it the better it gets.

Great looking build. The shinny paint and the Maroon color and trim this really looks the '50's Kustom.

Great looking build. You really captured the car in the magazine.

Given a choice I would take the Gremlin. Not that it wouldn't get it's fair share of attention, but the Lambo just wouldn't fit since I stopped wearing the Mr. T starter kit around my neck.

A couple of nights ago the local TV talking heads were doing a segment on self driving cars. I don't recall the exact numbers they were giving, but there bit mentioned a very high percentage of drivers do not trust the "Driverless Car" technology at this time. The parking part is of interest as well as the lane departure protection. Again this is helping drivers that can't seem to keep a 4000 lb. projectile in a straight line. The message the TV Station was putting forward was that the majority of drivers were put off by the number of cars running into each other or running down pedestrians in Cross Walks while they're reading or what ever else they were doing in stead of controlling the vehicle.

I'd like to build the Red 442 Oldsmobile. I thought about starting with the Stevens NASCAR Olds but think it would be pretty hard to do a stock version, but a Pro Touring could be cool.

I use mostly Tamiya paints so my suggestions are based only on my personal experience. The Blue shade is close to their TS-15 Blue. In my opinion this shade would be at the dark side of the blue in the picture but only by a shade or two. The Red looks very close to their TS-49 Bright Red. There is also a TS-86 called Pure Red that is just a shade or two darker than the TS-49 color. They also offer a white, TS-26 Pure White that is a very bright White with no Blue tones to it. The link that Loe64 gave you should provide the most accurate color baseline.

I like many of the Revell kits offered in the last decade. The last of the AMT kits were also good. I haven't built any of the Tamiya kits and the like, they're usually a subject I'm not interested in.

I also miss his beautiful Ford builds.

Great looking truck. I like the minty Green and White two tone.

Very nice conversion. I noticed the added moldings around the rear fender color break, looks like something the factory should have done. The engine is great looking and the stance looks good.