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Ya it wasn't until I got married that I realized girls didn't have staples in their belly button.

On the matter of Automotive Journalism, I was reading the latest issues of Car & Driver and Motor Trend. First I personally have a hard time relating to cars that cost more than my home, and my home is considered to be worth more than the national average by quite a bit. Why car we comparing mid-sized family sedans and speaking about them in terms usually used if they are "track day'" cars ??

I just can't stop laughing. This used to be one of my favorite TV shows. Pronography viewing, I know it's a little slow living in a fly over state I just didn't realize how slow I guess. I'll have to check this out.

Great looking build. Always a thrill to mask a model for a two tone paint job. Good idea for the decal source.

Looks like some interesting new kits for 2018. I'll have to get a couple of 2002's and the GTI.

You can see that you used your skills from the ship and airplane building on this first car build. Opening a door on your first build shows you're not intimidated. Look forward to seeing more of your builds. I like the post cars better than the hardtops but that's just me.

Very nice looking, and the offset stripe that I haven't seen since, well 1969. Very nice paint, black is always a challenge to get right.

As the others have said "keep building" I like the theme of your build. Foiling is a very trying thing and it takes a lot of practice.

Great looking build so far. You did a perfect job getting the decals to lay down, when I built mine I had to use so much Solvaset that the decals started to come apart and they still wouldn't lay down. The Blue gives the car a different look, I like it. Salinas, I used to live up 101 from you in Prundale of Crazy Horse Canyon Road. I sure miss that part of the world.

I really like the Edsel Ranchero. In the late '50's this was a somewhat common conversion. The point where you joined the two bodies is interesting but that saves the Edsel trim. The tail lights look perfect. Should you ever want to do such a conversion again try and find an early issue of the AMT '57 Ford as that was one of the custom options in that kit. Converting the '57 Ford into a Skyliner is an ambushes under taking. The '59 roof portion looks lower than the '57 roof in the picture.

The biggest problem is the drivers in the on coming cars. They drive with their High Beams on or their Drive lights on when they are in heavy traffic even in town. Mostly a Pilot Error problem. On another subject. I received my ordered Coffee yesterday. Ya I know I'm a "Coffee Snob". I ordered four different brews and they sent two correct and doubled one order and forgot another brew that I ordered. Somewhere someone has my ordered Coffee. All is not lost, after an E Mail exchange they are sending me the missing brew and told me to keep the extra pound of Coffee they sent in error.

My wife and I were looking at it thru our bathroom window this morning. The timing was such that as we took turns in the shower we could look out and see it starting. As it progressed we were looking at it as we were getting dressed and I got to have my first cup of coffee on the back deck as it went almost totally dark. Not into this sort of thing normally but when you just look out the window and there it is it can be fascinating to watch.

I like your color choice, I'm using that same color on my present build. What mask did you use for the flames ?? I like how your Tail Gate turned out.

Very clean looking build.

Beautiful "Showroom" build. I like the fact you painted it as a not often seen factory two tone color combination. The detailed chrome trim really stands out.

Beautiful looking build. I like how you were able to get all of the bits and pieces to come together.

Great build idea. You can really see the red bleed thru on the interior in the picture.

You got the color as close as you can get to Marina Blue. The interior looks almost factory. The two tone interiors in the Super Sports, the colors were just a couple of shades different from one another. Had a new SS in Danube Blue with Black Bucket seats. A 396 car with a 4 speed and the optional instrumentation that was mounted between the Console and the bottom of the Dash Board. This included a Tachometer where the Clock would normally be. And the Console had four gauges with Water Temp. - Oil Pressure _ Alternator - and Clock. This kit is a very good example of the Super Sport. I look forward to the rest of your build.

The tail lamp design looks nice as it follows the basic body design. With the Blue color fade the roof has a better looking flow onto the quarter panels.

I like the color. Any progress on the interior ??

I would think of them as both. In the '50's tradition the headlight moldings were usually in the stock position and welded to the body. In the 1:1 car this offered a problem when it came time for the mounting of the headlight its self. Remember these mostly chromed trim rings were one a styling element but also covered the mechanics of mounting the headlight its self. In that era when inner fender liners were not commonly used the access to the mounting points were easily reached from inside the fender. The headlight mountings and adjustments were just mounted to the back side of the fender. One of the more common used headlight rings for mounting was the '54 Ford and some Mercury cars from that time. The advantage was that the design used had a very slim chrome inner ring between the outer body painted ring and the headlight its self. This would give you easy access to the mounting points plus a touch of chrome. This is just the basics of Frenching a headlight. There is more variables of this technique than sand on the beach. This is an excellent example of the extended look that was also somewhat common of that era. If you look at any pictures of the early work by Barris Kustoms, and George Barris is only one of many who did this type of modifications, it may go a long way to seeing what all was done with headlights and tail lights that was called Frenching at that time.

I stand corrected. My knowledge of the Ford Econoline is based more on previous models rather than direct knowledge of the current product.

Man, that's a great idea. This is a technique with a lot of possibilities.

I have to agree with the others, just do what you want with it. My view on this has changed over time. I used to think I should save all of these different kits because they were no longer making them. You probably bought this originally because you wanted to build it so build it.

Being of Unibody construction the underside would have minimal overspray. The painted Chassis joined the body further down the assembly line and should not have any overspray on it.