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I like the Diamond Plate flooring. This would make since even in the 1:1 since there would be moisture build up over time and a wood floor would rot out over time.

Great looking wheels, and the Brake Calipers look perfect.

Great looking color combination. Good looking engine with the injector stacks. The gauges look nice, but you might consider locating the Speedometer closer to the driver's position for ease of reading the speedo. Just put the three gauges to the right and the two gauges to the left of the Speedo.

Look forward to watching this build, especially with your personal background this should be interesting. The rear wheel openings seem almost to large at this point, but I'm sure you know the way they should be done.

You are definitely getting the '50's show car vibe. with the chopped steering wheel and the TV in the back seat.

I like the looks of the flares and the wheel and tire package.

I welcome the addition of the boat. The two go together naturally anyway. I did something on a much less ambitious scale with the Revell '66 Chevelle Wagon and a Hemi Hydro. I like how you're doing the deck on the boat. I'll have to try that when I build the next boat.

Begs the question of changing the hood out at the end of the lease.

I used to use a bent up coat hanger to mount the body on for painting. For a few years now I have been using the Tamiya paint turn table, to me it was money well spent. While the stand offeres some different types of clips to hold parts to be painted I have been using something different for that. I use a wood scrap about 3/4 inch thick and mine is about 5" by 8". I cut lengths of coat hanger and drilled matching holes in the board, 3 rows of six holes, so that the lengths would stand upright and I On the end of the lengths I attached some alligator clips that will hold a part or a spruce to be painted.

The masking is always the issue, especially with the Corvette style striping you're wanting to do. My suggestion would be to paint the lightest color first. Since part of this or another color will also show above the lower area you could overlap the lighter color further up the side of the body since the lower color will appear above the body line also. You mentioned having some real fine tape from Tamiya and that is what I would recommend also. Masking the portion of the light colored lower body is pretty straight forward. The next row of tape I would try and use some tape that is 3 mm or narrower. We'll call this row #1. Next you'll run another row of tape, row #2, that is as narrow as you can get. The next row #3 would also be as narrow as you can find as this will be the area that is going to be the top edge of the lower body color. Before painting you will remove the #1 row of tape all the way around. This is the area just above the break of the lower body color and this will allow that area to be painted the same color as the upper body. Row #2 stays and masks the lower body color that was painted earlier. Should you want a third contrasting color you would mask everything except row #1 as this will become the area of your third color.

Please share any pictures you get from the show.

You might try outlining the area you're wanting to paint with a #11 blade. This forms a microscopic BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH to keep the wet paint where you want it and gives you a sharp edge between the colors.

Some builders say you shouldn't use any clear over Decals. Some like to use a coat of clear to seal the decals, and that would be me. Some will clear the body ones and then install the Decals and then coat with clear again. There are many ways to do this and sometimes you just have to figure out what works for you. You mention that you have sanded the finish and that is still somewhat dull. My thought is that you want the surface below the decals to be as smooth as possible. At this point if you applied the decals it would be like putting them on a flat non gloss finish. This would show the complete outline of the decal plus a milky look surrounding the image and the edge of the decal. At the very least I would polish the body to a very high sheen before applying the decals and then clear over them. I would prefer to apply a light coat of clear, and polish it. Then apply your decals and seal with another clear coat as you suggested. Now this is just my opinion and I'm sure some others will offer theirs. As I mentioned there many different ways to do this, and I would be interested also in seeing what others have found works for them.

I use mine continuously. There are many on the market, mine just happens to be made for Testors by Xuron Corp. As GMan pointed out the ease of removing parts from the spruce is one of the primary reasons, but they are designed to get into very tight places to remove a part with no damage to the part.

Beautiful looking T-Bird. The Wheels and White Walls look like the perfect combination on this cruiser.

I like the paint and the finish. Again you got the stance look'n good. That is a good looking casting with nicely shaped windows.

Beautiful looking build, I like the color and the stance. The wheels really make it look aggressive. I don't know what all you had to do with the casting to make it look this good but it was worth it.

Great looking Cougar. Good color pick and the finish is really nice. Nice clean looking detailing under hood and the interior.

The paint is very nice and very smooth. I like how you used the Challenger stripes and exhaust. A '60's era Mopar on Keystones and Red Lines, that was the look.

The color you created for the interior looks very compatible with the body color. I would only suggest trying to sharpen up the edges between the White and the Solman colors. I have never used that shade of Pink before but I notice a nice fine metallic finish. The good thing is getting to do this with and for your daughter.

I would suggest using the Gray primer in very light coats in order to find any imperfections on the body surface. When you're satisfied with the body then start with a light coats of the White primer. White and just about any other light shade will turn out best over a White primer as this tends to brighten the finished color coats. Most medium to dark shades usually work best with Gray or Red primers. The White paint tends to have less pigment and it is best to use several very light coat to get good coverage.

Great paint job and the chrome trim is very clean looking. I like the chrome rims, they look perfect with the dark body color.

The 8 tire concept was from one of the big tire manufactures.

This sounds like a reality.

I agree