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The Petty hauler will be a welcome addition. I remember building this one years ago when it had a Ford Mustang included. The possibilities for this hauler are great. The Gremlin X is also a nice model.

I like the lowered suspension and the fender flairs. The interior looks well done also.

Great looking model of a great car. I also like the body colored hood on you build.

Some time back I saw an article on the technique that you would use to do the panel painting. The subject was the custom multicolored paint jobs found on some Top Fuel Dragsters. The article showed how to mask and spray just using spray can paints. I wish I could offer you more information than that but maybe with a little research you could find the article and see if that would work for you. I think this would look good either way.

I have a convertible kit that I just never got around to building. I also have a '56 Nomad kit that had the body destroyed by a paint failure. Maybe that would make a good bases for a '57 Nomad.

Nice looking Ranchero. Are going to try the panel paint treatment from the picture? This should look great with the bed cover.

Great looking build. The paint is outstanding and the interior looks perfect.

Your real wood hull and deck look just like the old Chris Crafts I remember seeing in my youth. I like the flat head engine idea, but since the Merc. wagon has an overhead valve engine, might the boat engine match ?

A great conversion. That would make a great light duty around town hauler in 1:1. Since the winter is coming I noticed you already got the snow tires on your rig. I like it a lot.

In reality the best way to care for your lawn is to mulch every time you mow. Also best to get the correct mulching blade to get the maximum benefits. The clippings break down and become nutrients for the lawn. I try to keep the grass at a 3" to 4" to help keep the lawn weeds at bay. A funny store on myself last fall. We have several larger trees in the yard, Maple, Oaks, Sycamore, a Purple Ash, and a Crab Tree. The Cedars drop just a little and it all stays around their base. The leaves were several inches deep and I just kept going back and forth in the yard with the rider mower. Leaves were building up between the mower deck and the chassis and engine. I stopped for a drink of water when I started smelling something like a leaf fire. I was able to grab the garden hose and putout the flames before they destroyed the mower. Melted the air cleaner on the front of the engine and the plastic engine cover has a couple of "caricature " dips on the top from the heat. I would suggest keeping the mower deck clear at all times.

I think the first issue of the Revell '69 Nova SS had the seats you need. Otherwise any first generation Camaro kit could provide what you need.

Beautiful build. Great color and interior combination. Just like the 1:1 car, these make great cruisers.

Great looking build. The wheels are period perfect for the early '70's. A note on the mirrors. The easiest way to know which side the mirrors should be mounted. The mirrors are offset to one side of the support arm. The greatest offset would be away from the car. What the designers were trying to do is to give the driver the greatest field of vision away from the sides of the vehicle, so they had the side of the mirror closest to the body would be the closest to the upright support.

Very creative engine and induction systems. With the dark green color you don't see the parting line for the roof to come off. Very nice looking interior. With the yellow frame you can see just how much you channeled the body. I like the wheels and especially the rear tires.

Look real close at the two different engines and see if one has a manual transmission and one a Power glide transmission. While not mentioned in the instructions they did the same thing on the Black Widow kits.

That is a great looking Kustom. Your build looks like the early post war customs you used to see in the "little pages".

Perfect representation of one of Ford better ideas. As I recall these cars all looked like they were going uphill when new. I think you captured it perfectly.

Good to know, as much as I like the show its self his actions are really hard to watch. I'm afraid what happens all to often in the automotive centric programs is that the director/writers want a lot of drama and for someone who watches because they enjoy automobiles in general it just gets frustrated the way they make the actors carry on for no good reason.

I noticed the MSRP on the Suburban kit at $29.95 is $5.00 more than what I paid last month at the local hobby shop. With the 40 % of coupon it will be less but not really 40 %.

Looks great. I like the "work horse" theme, most of these trucks were worked to death and never really appreciated for their service.

Very realistic looking bed and tow boom. I like his latest tow, how fitting.

Did you check the directory on this site ??

Beautiful looking build. Very realistic looking build of a much under appreciated car.

This kit is based off of the AMT '72 Nova SS kit. They shared the basic body but with different front sheet metal much as they did in real life. The fitment problems go back to the Nova kit that had the Drag Racing option. The fenders are not part of the body and are very difficult to align. The front wheel base is also questionable. There is a very nice resin body of the Ventura II based off of the Nova kit if this one becomes to difficult to get the front end right. It is a one piece body with the grills molded in place.

These look like the same vents on different cars and as others have pointed out they are recessed into the fender. The vents differ from year model to year model. Depending on how perfect they must be you might search some MoPar sites for more detailed information. The only reason I even know this much is that I sometimes watch Grave Yard Cars and the M.C. covered this very subject on a car they were working on. While more than a little arrogant and full of himself he does seem to know about everything and every detail on MoPars from that era.