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Very nice clean looking build. I like the smooth paint work. Always thought these looked better without the Vinyl Roofs, and the didn't rust out as fast that way. The deep offset Mag wheels give your model an aggressive look.

Excellent replica of the Kopperhed. The roof line is hard to replicate. Very cleanly built.

Interesting subject and I like the diorama idea. Since you're redoing the paint work anyway I was going to suggest the same idea as Luc Janssens, with the Clear coat before the Decals. The basic idea is to have the paint surface as smooth as possible before applying any decals and Clear coat as well. You mentioned the tires pointed the wrong way for a left turn. Since this is a chase seen anyway maybe the car is sliding around and the driver is turning the wheels to the right into the skid. I'm sure you have experience driving on snow and ice covered roads, and you are accustom to correcting a slid or skid. When you put together your diorama you could pose the car in such a way that it looks like it's sliding around the corner.

You might consider using the stock steel wheels and sliding them into Pegasus Sleeves. That way you can use the stock dog dish hub cap and paint the wheel center and the outer will be polished and give you low profile tires.

Still using Eyeball Engineering but my eyes are a little blood shot. I try to drill a small hole for what ever wire I may be using to pin the part. I'll start with a small scribe mark using an X-acto knife and start with a very small diameter drill bit. With the small bit it is easier to get the hole drilled in the correct direction and depth and this makes it easier to drill what ever size hole you need for the actual pin. For pins I have used Swingline staples - small diameter Brass rods and Floral Stem Wire works well. I like the stem wire the best in that it is easily bent as needed and easier to cut. There are many other possible products that you can use, this is just what I've found that I'm comfortable with. I'm sure others will offer some good ideas.

I think the problem that Michaels was having was that they kept trying to charge more for their models than Hobby Lobby. In either case if you wanted to buy a kit and you had a 40% off coupon you would only save $3 or $4 over the standard price at the local hobby shops. Guess where I spent my money.

I have the kit in the stash, never looked at the Carb. Jets.

Well said. You just have to remember that some people are going to complain even if they were getting hung with a new rope as my mother used to say.

So many great looking cars. Was that at Gale's HD Store ? The copper Chevy coupe gives me an idea for a Moebius build. The Hugger Orange Nova looks just like the '72 Nova SS I bought new, it was Flame Orange which was a very fine gold flake effect over the Orange.

They were great little cars. I was in California and the smog laws were really limiting as to drive trains that they would allow into the state. Some of the problem had to do with GM not wanting to certify every engine for California based on how many GM thought they may sell. This usually left the YF5 Smog cars with either the base 6 cylinder or in the case of the Malibu the option of a 350 4 barrel car the first year and later they certified the 305 also with a 4 barrel. While not that fast by todays standards, they were pretty quick for their time. The LAPD were using Novas with the 350 package and the Suspension and HD Brakes.

I hope someone will remember to post their picture of the show.

I love your two cars. I started selling for a Chevrolet dealer in '74 and always had a new Chevrolet to drive in addition to my own Chevys. I had several different Caprice coups and I still think they were a great size and with the F-41 suspension they would handle well also. I had a couple different Novas also. I favorite was a silver Nova LN in '75. The other salesmen used to call it the silver bullet, I wonder why ? The great thing about the Nova was that you basically had a Camaro with a sedan body, but all of the good parts are a direct bolt on.

They both look used up. You need a diorama to show them off in.

Very nice looking build. I agree your pinky just looks painful.

I appreciate your devotion to Fords in general. The AMT '56 Ford is a very different kit than the '57 Revell kits as I'm sure you're aware after build several of them. The AMT kit still stands up well against many of the newer kits and was a very advanced kit at the time of its release. I enjoy watching your builds as they are all exceptional. I had a high school friend that I rode to school with every day, his '56 was a white over blue tutone with a white convertible top. He had the 292 engine with the Fordomatic.

I like the Oldsmobile dash board.

That picture was shown on our nightly news a while ago. This sink hole thing is getting out of hand no matter where you are.

The '41 thru '48 shared the same basic body. The running boards are present in all of them, the lower portion of the door covers them. Relook at the picture of the '41 and you will see a black rubber portion of the running board below the bottom edge of the door. Then review the later '46 thru '48's and this area now has chrome trim covering the running boards. When you would open the door the running boards are there as this was a time when all the manufactures were going to what they used to call an enclosed body. In my early life time I have owned a '41, 2- '46's and a '48. They were just inexpensive easily found rides at the time and about all I could afford. No one could have ever realized the values of today.

My father would bring me these "plate blocks" when I was a child. I didn't realize their significance at the time. I was 8 or 9 as I recall. I stopped the stamp collecting at around 12 as modeling had become my main interest by then.

That is a beautiful conversion. I would think you could do the same thing with the stock '48 Ford coupe just as well.

From what I can see in the only picture , this looks like a very nice build and the color was or is the best FOMOCO had to offer at that time.

When I was a child and a stamp collector of sorts, the most collectable would be a "block" of stamps with the serial number on the border. I don't remember why but that was the way it was. Still if I was just buying stamps I would request these just for the fun of it.

I think it's cOOl. I used to spend a lot of time at Pismo Beach with my Baja Buggy when I lived in that area. There were a few guys who took old 4X4 trucks and threw away the bodies and put regular passenger car bodies on instead. This was in the '70's and I remember one being a '66 Caprice station wagon with the wood trim and the body was perfect. I get it. This guy is doing the same thing only he has snow instead of sand to play in.

Amazing range of opinions expressed about this model. For what it's worth I think that since this person purchased your model and there was no conditions attached to the sale then the model is the possession the buyers to use as he pleases. Should he wish to display it at a show that's fine. If he presents it as his own work is plagiarizing the build and they are nothing but a poseur. On the other hand if they presented it as being built by another, and he really should credit the builder in this case, then no foul.

I want to alert members of the forum of an event that may be of interest if you live in the immediate area of Kansas City. First let me establish that I'm in no way connected to this Estate Sale or the family of Joe Egle or the Miller Auction Company. I received this information via E Mail this morning I can only guess because of a minimal involvement with The Art of the Car Concours in years past. Mr. Egle was involved with the Concours for many years and had displayed his own vehicles. The Estate Sale is being held by the Miller Company on 9/14/18 from 8 am to 4pm. The location is 5940 Kenwood, Brookside Mo. I suggest looking at the Miller Co. web site www.millerco.com. for more detailed information. The E mail I received gave a good outline of what to expect. Among the mentioned items, 125 models - 500+ books - service manuals - color charts - 200 vintage license plates - art prints. There also are two vehicles mentioned. A '50 Dodge Wayfarer Sportabout and a '39 Ford Deluxe coupe. I think that no matter your interest this is something worth looking at if you are in the area. The rest of my week will be taken up with financial negotiations with my wife over my weekend budget if you know what I mean.