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Trying to drive a Vespa at 70mph there would have to be someone on the back holding a gun to my head.

I was at the local Costco and they are putting out their Christmas goodies. They have some 1/16th Die Cast out as they do every year. The usual Camaro and Mustang and a few Exotics.

I need to find a different Goodwill store. All they have around here is old baby clothes and broken furniture from the '60s.

Neat looking build. I like the narrow cheater slicks on the back. Your second set of pictures you put up the ones of the model have the proportions corrected from the first set.

As others have mentioned the under hood detailing is exceptional. You used the correct colors to show the different components and the addition of the PCV hose and the vacuum hose for the brake booster. I like how you used the parts from so many different kits to get this one correct. Looks real enough that you are either going to have to store it for the winter or get some snow tires for it.

The Chrome Revers wheels and the Lake Pipes would kind of go together depending on the era your trying to represent. I like the chrome wheels you have selected and have used this same wheel set and tires on a couple of builds. The only thing that I didn't like was the lack of detail in and around the lug nut area of the wheel. The area is flat and that's just not how they are on a real wheel. Have you considered either the chrome spiders to cover the lug nut area or even a small hub cap ? This kit also has some of the best looking '60 Ford small hub caps I have seen for a long time. Back in the day when we could only afford a couple of cans of Krylon to dress up our wheels we would use the small hub cap or a baby moon cap to cover the lug nuts. The '60 Ford hub cap looked the best. Later when I could afford chrome reverse rims I would still use the '60 Ford cap since it was the best looking to me. Are you going to try a paint treatment like the blue/white show car in the photo ??

Beautiful looking interior. I like how you redid the instrument panel on the dash.

I like your tape idea. being some what Ham Fisted anyway this might save me some time on my hands and knees with a flash light cussing for what seems like hours.

You can tell by his approach he is not rattled at all and knows what he's doing. Difficult to set down a small craft that gently with the wheels down, notice how he killed the engines right away to save them and the props. Then he walks away like that's the way he always come in.

If the four wheel trailer is what your after it looks as if you could make a copy of the part #6 in the above instruction sheet and modify a single axel trailer just as they did. Another source for the single axel trailer if you can find on of the old AMT '76 Chevrolet Caprice kits. I have two in my stash, #1 is #30031-100 Pro Sop Caprice. and #2 is #38454 AMT Classic. Both have the same trailer included.

Shows a lot of effort went into this build. Very clean looking.

Beautiful build. Everything looks clean and sharp. I wouldn't worry about the twisted bed issue since that was somewhat common of the 1:1 Ford trucks of the time and it doesn't really show in the pictures anyway. I followed your build on this and all your efforts really paid off in its appearance.

I guess building models is somewhat like riding a bike. Once you've done it you retain the ability to do it again, and here you are slicing up plastic just like the old days. Glad you rejoined the party.

You have the body parts blended so well it really makes you wonder why Mercury didn't do that way back when they could have.

These are a very sleek looking cars and this is a great kit. You mentioned Black as a color consideration. When I was in high school one of my friends older brother bought a 1 year old '60 Ford Starliner in black. The interior was Yellow with black and yellow cloth inserts, very striking. The area that runs just above the side windows and surrounded in chrome with the "Stars" in the middle was a yellow/gold color. If I ever get to this kit in my stash that is the way I'm going to build it. That car really stood out where ever he went. Just a thought on the color but which ever way you go think about using this area as a place for an accent color on your color selection.

On your rack and pinion steering issue you might check with HL on their closeout model section. I picked up a late model Mustang kit as a donor for parts on a future project also with a '57 Ford. This would give you a modern front suspension to work with among other parts.

I used to work with people who were always patting themselves on the back and bragging to our boss and anyone else who happened to be in ear shot about how special they were at multitasking when in fact they didn't do either job very well. I know because I was always cleaning up the mess they were making. The reality is that while you can sometimes do two or more things at one time none of them get done 100 % and I don't care who you think you are. The best thing to do is focus on the main problem and devote all your energy to make that right and then move on to the next. In the end everything gets done and done correctly and most often sooner than bouncing around crowing about how efficient you think you are.

Nice clean looking build. I like the color.

Great job on the fade paint job. The styling really captures the '50's era look. I never could get those @‌#*%$* Nurf Bar Bumpers to set straight like you did.

I like all the engine details. I remember Road Runners with big slicks back when. The Purple color is perfect for this car.

Wow, I've never built this kit but after looking at this I think I might. I like how the interior and exterior colors complement each other.

Great paint and color, very clean looking. I like the wheels and the stance is perfect.

Do you have plans for the bodies stock front wheel opening ?

Great looking interior. Your right these are pretty basic kits but with the detailing your adding they really come alive.

That's a lot of wood work. I like the top chop, not over done.