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The paint treatment on the roof looks great. I like watching the intricate masking and different colors used.

Looks like you already have the engine going together well. You had mentioned your concern with acracy, perhaps a Google search would help with some images of the 1:1 car. I built a model of the teams 510 car they raced early on and found several images on Google that helped. Another thing to remember is your building a model of a car built for competition and by nature some of the features and configurations change from one venue to the next so who is to say what you build is dead on accurate. I look forward to seeing your build.

From your overhead picture I can really see the difference in the width of the windshield area and the convertible top. I never realized it was this great of a difference. The one I built was with the chopped hardtop and I don't remember having any problems in this area. The same photo shows how the rear edge of the hood doesn't align well with the cowl edge. This has always been a minor and often overlooked issue with both the '49 and the '50 kits. The simple correction, or at least what I have done, is to shape the rear edge of the hood between the center line and the passenger side of the body. Now that you have modified the cowl area this might not even matter anymore. I like how you redid your headlights also.

The Charger is looking great, worthless as an undercover car, but no one is going to get away from it. Sounds like McNally is in deep dudu as always.

Beautiful looking truck. The paint finish looks great and the interior as well. I had followed your build on this and now think I might be ready to try one of these myself.

I like the concept but particularly the "paint" finish, very realistic looking.

I just went back and reviewed your build from the start. Beautiful looking truck and I like all the body corrections you did along with the interior modifications.

Very impressive looking suspension work. Your headers look great. I notice some blue colored medium you're using for temporary attachment of parts. I'd like to know what you're using with the idea I could try that also.

I'm of the other school of thought on clearing over foil, I just don't. Not that either way is wrong but more of what looks correct to my eyes anyway. I can see where painting clear over chrome foil would have an advantage over a long period of time in the area of dusting and any future polishing of the model. This would protect inadvertently catching the edge of the foil and damaging the foil. I'd just try it both ways and see what works best for you and your building style.

All I'm seeing is Real Estate ads. One of them was local but all the others are for another state including New York. Nothing against New York but I've just have never been there.

I have seen enough of your builds to know it would turn out good, just didn't expect it would look this nice even while following the build it's self. This looks like something a custom body shop or a dealership might put together as a parts runner. I like the paint colors and the wheels. To me the best part is how you have the trim coming off the roof around the rear window and out onto the top of the bed.

I owned a well used, well over 100k miles when I got it, '50 Ford I was using for a commuter car. I have owned several of the '49 thru '51 Fords with virtually no drama. I lived in the mountains in southern California at the time. My drive toke me along a winding 2 lane hiway with a couple of thousand foot drop off on one side and mostly steep banks on the other side of the road. My turn off sent me down a steep winding road for about 1/2 a mile with a Stop sign at the bottom where it joined another road in a T type intersection. About half way down this canyon I started braking to slow my descent down the canyon road. As I approached the intersection is when the Master Brake Cylinder let go. With the brake pedal on the floor I'm pulling the emergency brake handle as hard as I can and down shifting into second gear and looking for a place to plant the car if I had to. This was my lucky day as no one was coming as I flew thru the intersection still going down hill for another 50 yards or so. Nothing gets your attention first thing in the morning like having your brakes go out on a mountain road first thing.

Beautiful looking pick up. Great looking detailing of the engine and interior. I like the two tone paint finish also.

Great looking restoration. I'm not normally much for the flat finish on most models but this looks just right here. Nice engine detailing, and the interior looks well done from what I can see also.

Sorry, I'm still trying to stop laughing. I'd love to have been a mouse in the corner when Grams arrived.

Looks like an F-150 Crew Cab with a very nice Camper Shell. If I owned a pick up I'd be looking for a Shell like that one.

Beautiful looking El Camino, especially the paint work.

Great looking Golfs. The paint work is flawless looking.

Very clean and eloquent looking in keeping with the subject.

Great looking builds and the attention to realistic colors on all of the interiors, the Citroen in particular, and engine details.

I may have been mistaken on the Thunderbird Differential. I had a Cougar version that I parted out and just assumed they would be the same.

These have a great independent rear suspension also. The glass issue might be solved by cutting the windshield and rear window apart and then installing them independent of each othere.

Does the kit you have contain the Chopped Hardtop ? I have built one with that and some minor other '50's type styling and it turned out pretty nice. Additional body panels can be found in the '49 Ford coupe kit.

Your build looks good so far. This kit is a very good representation of the 1:1 Magnum Wagon.

Great looking T & R Dash. I have only done a few with the T & R type interiors but have found something that may simplify adding this feature. I used Plastruct #91519 1:48 scale Corrugated Siding. This comes in sheet form and can be cut to size. Looking at the sheet I have the rolls appears somewhat smaller than what you have here but I'm sure they offer different sizes as needed.