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Beautiful build along with another signature paint job. I also appreciate your respect of the original subject. This model reminds me of a car I would often see in the summer of '56 where I was living in Southern California. The neighbors daughter was dating a young man with a new '56 Ford that looked just like this only with the Customline trim. I remember he had very low rumble sounding glass packs that you almost wouldn't notice unless he got on it. It had the three speed on the column with Overdrive. He always kept it shined just like your pictures.

I like the Rail Road vehicle idea, never would have thought of that.

Jay Leno used t have a skit he would do on his show using the gas station across from his studio. They had a comedian on the pump TV talking to the people pumping gas. He would get them to start talking to him and it usually turned out pretty funny.

With one exception I believe that almost everything will interchange between the kits. The only minor problem will come about switching frames and interiors. The '49 coupe has a shorter floor board because of the body style and the frame portion of the floor boards are longer so that they match up. If you go to the '50 Convertible the interiors floor boards are longer and the frames portion are shorter. The interiors are different lengths but the seats and dashes all inter change. Not a big deal and easily changed as needed.

Beautiful save on this kit. I was one of the few that liked the Edsel at introduction. I always thought their styling was strange but in a good way.

Great looking build. The extra detailing with fuel lines, hoses, and cables add to the appearance.

That's a shame, it looks like a very well done model. I had one but never built it since I thought the body was just to fiddly to deal with. Best '56 Olds Fiesta hub caps as I recall.

The first ones look like something from the early '60's era Meteor's. The second ones look like a poor reproduction of the '49 on Mercury.

As Mikemodeler mentioned the Tall hood looks like the 1:1 4" or 6" hood offered in fiberglass. The one you usually see is what they refer to as the 2" hood. Either way they only real problem I see is with the area between the back edge of the cowl hood and the windshield. In your picture the hood appears to be too close to the windshield. I think if you look at some pictures of say '69 Camaros with the factory cowl induction hood you'll have a better idea of just how it should work. Remember this hood was designed by Chevrolet when it was competing in the SCCA Trans Am series and that is they main reason for it. It was so well received by car guys that they started offering on other models, but the original Z-28 hood was designed to draw the maximum air from the air build up at the base of the windshield.

Very nice looking build and the Full Wheel Covers look perfect. I don't think anyone knows why Revell used the six lug wheels on the Bel Air. They put the correct wheels in the Black Widow kit and may have thought that all "57 Chevy's had six lugs, who knows. They had the perfect wheel from the '56 210 that they could have used. I know the '56's had 15" wheels and the '57's had 14" diameter wheels, but have you ever put the two wheels side by side ? The '56 wheels are the same diameter as the '57 wheels just 1 less lug nut. The tires are the same also, but just take a 1:1 7.50x14 tire next to a 6.70x15 and you will realize the difference. So as they say in hand grenades and horse shoes it's close.

I like your concept and the IRS looks very impressive. I look forward to the rest of your build on this.

Great looking car, but are you 100% sure it's a Hell Cat ?? The reason I ask is that several of these with the 392 Hemi, not Hell Cats, are in my area and they have that same side markings. I think either MoPar or some other after market suppliers are offering the lookalike decals. Still like it. Saw a black one with a very dark gray decal the other day and you only notice the "cat" at just the right angle.

Some of the finest castings out there. Very little clean up needed.

Nice looking build. That Bag of Snakes Exhaust is a bear to get together.

I really like the Sun Valley, these cars had the nicest interiors at that time also.

Depends on what how and what you are trying to paint. If I can I'll mask off what I want to paint and spray paint. Some detail areas just have to be done with a brush. The biggest problems you have is all the door detail and the meeting of the seat and seat back are hard to mask and not getting any bleed thru on the base color.

I always enjoy your take on beat up old pieces of equipment.

Beautiful build, I'm glad you were able to finish it.

Very innovative build.

I have never tried these paint for flooring, but they work well for a vinyl roof on a model.

Very nice truck, perfect color.

If you go with a scratch built interior I have an idea that I have been playing with. Plastruct has a very thin sheet of plastic that looks like Tuck & Roll upholstery. The part # 91519 is O gauge corrugated siding but it looks perfect for interiors. It is corrugated on both sides which make it very easy to bend if need be. The interior in this kit isn't very accurate as I'm sure you have found out from your research. I really like your decal idea, is this something you have thought about selling?

I like the "used look" and a very nice trailer.

How about a mid '50's Pontiac or Olds ?? '55 - '56 Merc could be kind of nice. Or a really nice '66 -'67 Chevy short bed ?

The Mod Top looks great in scale, 1:1 not so much. Your build looks great and very clean.