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Another beautiful build. I can see why Ford could charge extra for that Blue since it really shows the body lines well.

I followed your build on this and your 4 door conversion is perfect. The entire build is detailed and looks just like the 1:1 .

Great looking interior. I like all of the gauge and trim detailing. Others have suggested Pin Striping and that doesn't sound like something you are wanting to do, but should you change your mind you might look at the decals in the '50 Olds Custom kit. The decal sheet has several Pin Striping decals including some with a combination of the colors white and a color that would match well with the colors on your '55. I think it looks fine either way.

This sounds like a very ambitious project. While doable there are many easier was to get were you want to be. If it's a Customline two door your after the resin kit might be the best starting place. If you want a '56 Crown Victoria AMT offers a kit of that and you can make it a standard Victoria or a Crown and even has the forward glass roof panel. I don't think the 1:1 Drag car you're looking at was based on a real car, it was a fiberglass creation from the start.

Cool, I'm a happy camper now.

Looked at the thermometer this morning at 6 AM when I was making my coffee. 42 degrees and a gentle rain. Finish breakfast at about 7 AM it was 34 degrees. At 12;30 it is 17 degrees and light snow. Now many of you will think of me as being soft compared to your own weather but I think that is a little dramatic weather change. I guess it's just that time of year and we should be thankful that's all we have to worry about.

That would be nice to have out again. I don't care for the styling that they did on the car for the movie, but it would be nice to have the basic kit again and they may have the stock parts in it anyway.

Fried Green Tomato, that's what you might call it. I like the wheels and tires. That green is really bright.

Scale Motor Sports has just the decals you're looking for. Their part #SKU 1976 has the correct pattern for the '57 Bel Air. I have used these on a couple of '57 builds. I painted the seats in the main color like OEM. I created a templet for the seat patterns and the door panels. The decals are very thin and require you to take your time but the results are worth it. The appearance has just the right amount of the main color showing thru and the black pattern shows perfectly.

Very nice. You definitely captured the early '50's vibe. The top treatment is very original. The only thing I could think of would be a "black wash" on the grill to show it off better. I'd leave the paint wheels.

They are both great looking builds, but the Red one gets my vote. Like you I hardly ever do a Red car, but this is the correct car to paint Red.

Nice clean looking build. I didn't know there was any of these kits out there. I have looked for years with no luck.

It will be nice to see an old Blue Flame get it's due. With the multiple carburation and a little detailing it should look great.

I think all of us are thankful for this Forum and the aid and encouragement we receive from one another. Well said and not often enough.

Another possibility on the wheels depending on what you are trying for. Last year I did a model of a '67 El Camino that I had in the '60's until I traded for a new '74 Chevy C-10. I had a set of Shelby branded wheels that we sold at Good Year stores were I worked at the time. They were deep dished 14x7 and 14x9 polished wheels. I found a perfect set of wheels in the Avanti reissue kit and used the AMT pad printed Poly Glass tires.

Great looking Delivery. Glad to hear you're getting back on track. For Air Cleaners you might think about some Velocity Stacks. Good colors and the Decals made me smile.

I like the Merc. Ute, the more modern bed line flow well. You seem to enjoy slicing the bodies up for major alterations.

I also like the duel tail lights. Interesting rear bumper treatment for the continental kit. Is that a bumper you heated to bend ? I'd like to see more on the NASCAR themed '49 and the Ute style build looks like a Studebaker might be missing part of it's hood.

They're all great ideas. Comments : I'm sure you will check the gaps between the cab and the bed on the S-10 - Unless you're going for the big dubs the wheels seem a little large for the Merc. but that's just me. - I like the Ford pick-up and the wheels look perfect, but again that's just the way I like it. - I like the lowered '53 Chevy but again the wheels look to large fro the wheel wells. Those are my comments but I think you have a lot of very good modeling ahead of you.

You know I think they could. The reason I say is, at that time I lived in Southern California, and all of the customized cars that were on the street every day were trying to make their cars standout. The most cost effective way to do that was to change the hub caps. The Dodge Royal Lancer and Oldsmobile Fiesta hub caps were the most popular followed by the Cadillac Sombrero hub caps. There are a few model builder including myself who remember or lived that era and like to build correct models from that era. I don't think you will make enough money to retire from selling resin castings of these hub caps, but they are the best I have seen in years. The only ones I can remember were from the old Jo Han kits and that was a long time ago. Modelhaus used to offer some very nice resin versions but they are no longer with us. I think if you could offer these at a reasonable price you would have some buyers. The only down side I can think of is the cost to ship them to the US may be more than the cost of the hub caps. I know nothing about the modeling going on in your part of the world or if there would be any interest in these but that would be a factor. If you should start offering these please let us know on the forum site for after market products. Maybe even post something there that you are considering making them and see what kind of reaction you get. Either way good luck to you and I enjoy looking at your build.

Nice to see this kit reissued. The "gasser" term means different things to different people. To the NHRA a stock car becomes a Gasser if any modifications such as additional carburation or cam change has happened. In 1962 a friend of mine was trying to run his '56 Olds 88 convertible at Lyons Drag Strip. Since he had had an accident and the front bumper was not on the car, this being the only modification, he was forced to run in a gas class. At least he got some time slips, but he was no threat to any of the real Gassers. Glad to see they're including the extra custom parts.

I love the detailing on the engine. So much Carbon Fiber.

The tires and hub caps look perfect. Those hub caps were a very high theft item in that era. Guys would want those on their cars before Mag wheels became the style.

This should be fun. Some personal thoughts on the actual cars. Yes cars since they often use several different cars depending on the type of "shots" the director is working on. Both TV and Movies usually have at least one or two backup cars and there invariably will be differences in both paint treatment and even mechanically the way the car is built. The point is that how ever you build the model it probably would be correct. On the "Dish Slotted" wheels they were sold with two different finishes. The most common and also the most expensive were the Polished wheels. Depending on who made the wheel they would have the appearance of highly polished aluminum to almost a chrome looking finish. They were also sold as "Machined" finish. This was a lower cost wheel the difference only being the wheel finish. As the name implies the finish was not as smooth and usually had very fine groves on the finish and this would give it a somewhat duller appearance. I think the point is just build it the way it looks best to you and maybe this information may or may not be of any help to you.

Look out grandpa when an eleven year old starts painting like that she will keep you on your toes. You should be proud of her. Great looking builds.