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Looks like you dominated the show. All well deserved awards. Any other pictures from the show ?

Great looking paint work. I don't recall PP ever looking this good. I like that you didn't put any stripes or contrasting color graphics on the body. The way you built it shows the fine flowing lines of the original car.

Check all packaging coming into your home. You're looking for something that has a flat clear cover over the products. This packaging is very thin and is easily cut to the size needed.

Outstanding paint job, and that color looks perfect on this Catalina. The chrome trim is nice and clean looking.

Great looking conversion. The fender and body modifications look like the "kit" came that way. Excellent wood trim and paint.

I had never seen a '58 built with the custom front end before. That and the rear bumper treatment really change the look of the body. By removing the simulated side vents and the chrome hash marks on the rear fender you made the body seem lighter. Very nice custom.

Looks like the box art brought to life. Great paint and very cleanly detailed.

Very impressive, especially the engine. The rear "tunnel" under the body looks a little over the top, but then the whole build is a what if they had IMSA in 1955. The build looks very well thought out and something to be proud of.

Some very nice design elements. The body almost looks like it is sectioned. I like the flow of the rear bumpers as part of the body. The chassis looks perfect and well detailed.

I'd box it all up and store it. I think that most of the people on the forum have been in your position in one way or another in their lives. For example you have a very nice paint booth that you would be lucky to get $50.00 for it. Your other tools would be even worse. At this point it is all a "sunk cost" in accountant speak. Should you store these items including the models and at a later date life changes you might be very surprised what the cost of these items would cost to replace years later.

Very nice looking group. I like the colors you choose for each one.

Great looking build. Very clean and I like the "Minty Green" color.

Beautiful looking build. I followed your WIP on this and agree this kit offers some challenges in the fitment areas.

Great looking paint work. Good clean build and I like the different photography angles.

Very nice clean looking build. Some of the others have offered constructive ideas to consider for future builds. I think it's important to build a model with the level of detail you are comfortable with. Some times you may want to push that level a little further and other times it may not be that important to you. It can be fun to see just how exacting you can get, and sometimes you'll just driver your self crazy doing it. I think you should be proud of this build as is.

Could that be a Willis under all that putty ? What are you using to shape the body ?

I think that in the 1:1 world that the 361 - 383 - 426 wedge & the 440 are based on the same basic block design and from the outside would be hard to tell apart from one another except for say manifolds and paint colors. You might try to find the most visually accurate looking Mopar engine and then paint it the correct color for the 361 in your Newport.

The body and stance is perfect. The more I look at the little details were trim has been removed leaving mounting holes it just gets better and better. This would be the perfect place for a grimy Y block.

Love these cars, and this one especially. I had a new '72 Nova SS in Flame Orange, 350 4 - speed. Sold to order a '77 Camaro.

Thanks for the info. I'll do that next time. The Sears saga just keeps getting better. After I recontacted Sears, since they wouldn't reply to my E-Mails or phone requests, I'm now informed that they cannot correct their mistake and I will have to return the Fuel Filter for a credit. With this information about Jack's and that the Deere tractors also use the Kohler engine I got a Deere filter at Home Depot for $17.50 instead of the $33.09 that Sears charges for the same thing. You know Home Depot is making a profit as they should, but Sears is out of their minds with their pricing and for a company that built their business for ever on Customer Service and competitive pricing it's a shame to see what they have become. No wonder they are imploding.

Very nice clean looking build. I never realized there was a stock hood in this kit, looks much better that the box art. I like the tutone paint.

Great color and the Red GT Stripes make a nice contrast.

Ya I've never had good luck bouncing one off the wall either, but sometimes the release is worth it.

I like the molded bumpers and the front splitter.

Hard to tell from the angle of this picture, but the rear window opening reminds me of the '61 Chevrolet 2 and four door sedans. They had a slight wraparound with the roof extending flat over the top edge of the rear window. The windshield looks very much like the '61 Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick models.