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He provided some great stuff. Maybe with a little rest he'll change his mind in the future. Either way I wish him well and thank him for the past.

You just have to ask yourself, "Is your glass half full or half empty?" I'm thankful for what they've brought to us since some of these kits were getting kind of expensive for old originals. Round 2 has brought better tires and decal sets for their reissues also. Sounds a little more like half full and getting fuller all the time. .

I like your GTO. To me it looks just as you described it. As so many others mentioned, your detailing of the chassis and the engine are very realistic of what you were going for. I don't know why but I like the looks of the post cars although the hardtops were sleek looking for sure.

Very clean well built RX7, and the color really makes it stand out. That color is almost to nice to be on a truck so I can see why you used it.

The Super Bee's engine detailing is really a stand out. I like how you did the different paint treatments in a different style for each build. They all look great. I'll bet you have seen more than a few Roadkill shows on TV.

Great looking conversion I'd like to see more pictures if you have any. Your two tone paint job looks just like the real thing as does the addition chrome trim.

Great looking build, especially the color. I enjoyed following your build on this one.

You got the perfect stance, wheel and tires, and I like how you eliminated some of the side trim. The engine details look great.

Great looking GTO. Nicely done body trim. Like you I built one sometime ago as an OOB build. As luck would have it mine was molded in red, and since I was going for the Car & Driver look from their so called comparison to the Ferrari GTO that worked out just fine. Some careful sanding and polishing of the body was good enough. I also prefer the post body style. Your interior with the optional sport steering wheel looks very realistic also.

Great looking paint and body work. The foiling looks good in the pictures also.

I really like the way the colors work together on this. The roof section looks amazing.

That 1:1 Montego is beautiful looking. Is this yours ? If so I fully understand, I have tried to build models of some of my former vehicles and it has been a challenge depending on the vehicle and the color. mot to mention if a particular body style had ever been modeled. If you don't mind my asking what part of Illinois are you in. Much of my younger life was spent in the burbs of Chicago and I once was a Barrington Broncho.

I like the way you're detailing the chassis and under body of your build. Very realistic looking. I remember the color you're using and while it was one of those that you either liked or didn't at the time I still think it was a great color to show off the lines of these cars way back when. Were I to ever own another 1:1 Chevrolet or Pontiac from that era it would be this color even if it meant repainting it.

At this point you have a great looking Montego. That dark Green color might not hide much in body imperfections, so it's hard to realize just how bad the original casting must have been. I'd say you made a great save here.

Beautiful looking Charger. I like all the extra touches you did in the detailing of the grill area. So what happened at the farm house ?

I have been enjoying watching your build and the paint work especially. You mentioned adding decals ? So the patterns on the roof are decals ? Do they come in black or other colors and what is the source of the decals ? When you lay the candy color over this it's really going to pop.

I care for my brushes much like you have described. I use two different sets of brushes. I also use primarily Tamiya paints. After cleaning them in water, nothing more than a lot of swishing around in the water and then I do the same thing in a dedicated larger bottle of X-20A Thinner and gently towel dry and store bristles up right in an old tooth brush holder. The second set of brushes I use for any painting using Model Master paints which are generally lacquer based. I still start with a water bath and then a good swishing around in Model Master Lacquer Thinner after that I'll towel dry and store in the same manor. I can't remember the last time I had to buy any paint brushes. Maybe between what I do and Belugawrx's way of doing it you may be able to find something that works for you.

Thank you for the information, I'll have to try it. By the way I like your '50 Ford in your icon. Thank you for the additional information. I'll print my 40% off coupon and go check it out. I'm so cheep.

Thank you for the info. I'll have to see just how hard it is to get her. I remember your Taxi build. this ever get finished ?

Your description of the changes are what I sort of thought they would be. Most Promos I've seen aren't this elaborately detailed. I think your additions definitely make the appearance of this truck.

The "Shenanigans" reference, at least in the family I grew up in was a term that came from my Grandmother. The term wasn't implying that you were doing anything completely wrong, but you might be up to some sort of mischief, another very old term. Anyway you mentioned some ideas for the rear including a roll pan. Look no further than the '49 Ford kit and it may even be in this one also, I just don't remember if it was included in the convertible kit. The roll pan in these kits would completely eliminate the rear bumper since that is the main reason for such an item. This has provisions for the rear license plate and it flows perfectly to the rear quarter panels. This will leave you with a completely blank trunk lid. A pinstriping decal may in order based on the era styling, or a cartoon type picture, think of a WWII Bomber Nose Art type thing. It was pretty common for some to name their cars or reference a piece of music they liked. Many just left it blank so there're many options there. Since your smoothing the appearance of the body you might consider removing the trunk lid hinges. The '49 & '50 Fords had the exposed hinges which were eliminated on the '51 models. This was another popular body mod. that was often used since you could go to the junk yard and get the parts off of a wrecked '51 or even the whole trunk lid and the parts that would be mounted under the area behind the rear window.

I used to have a couple of his air brushed sweat shirts that he'd sell at car shows in SoCal way back when.

Sorry to here of his passing. Man that clip really brings back memories. I guess non of us are getting out of here alive.

My wife has a real thing about not getting Flu shots or any others for that matter. She just started in a new office a couple of weeks age and one of the other ladies had a really bad Cold but kept working. So now everyone else in the office is sick with a nasty Cold and some think the Flu. I haven't had any Flu shots that I can even remember and only got sick once about 10 years ago with the Flu. I just take a couple of extra vitamin C's every morning and stay clear of anyone coughing and sneezing.

Massive display and such a wide verity of subjects. Thank you so much for sharing your photos.