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Very nice, realistic looking.

Another beautiful build. I really like the color, I'd like to use it on a future project. Where should I look for it ??

Beautiful build. Every bit as nice as the real thing.

Great looking build, and I agree with Charley on the interior. By the way what as your source on the Tuck & Roll inserts ??

Thank you for sharing. I can see why this is such a big show. Amazing quality of the builds, and we get to see models that are not available here. The Streaker standing on the old car getting ready to throw the hammer really made me laugh.

Turned out very nice. I like the interior-exterior color combination.

I have never seen this kit look this good. I like the wheels, especially the deep set rears.

Perfect Day Two appearance.

Very nicely detailed.

Yah, that is much lighter than the colors I mentioned. You might also check MCW since they have a pretty extensive color library

Your extra efforts on the detailing is really paying off. You mentioned the knob on the dash. I'm not 100% but most cars of this era used a ventilation system to duct fresh air into the interior. Chrysler products tended to use a popup door in front of the windshield. Most often there was a leaver under the dash to open this, but I recall some of the models had a knob that you could turn and that would open the vent.

Those door handles look perfect. With an Air Brush you would have access to reproduction factory colors. An alternative would be spray cans. A few colors I have used in the past that maybe worth looking at. Tamiya AS-26 Light Ghost Grey the lightest grey. Model master #1930 Flat Gull Gray, the darkest. And Testors #1233 Flat Light Aircraft Gray, sort of in the middle. These are all Military paints but offer some interesting alternatives. You would use your favorite Clear over any of them of course.

Corporate may not even know , till now.

Mark, It looks like you're off to an excellent start. Great idea for the fuel filler door. You mentioned about being unsure about the difference between a coupe and a sedan. Now you will get some differences of opinion, but as I have always known it the coupe was the shorter roof version of a sedan and could be had as a basic business coupe and also as a Custom line which would include a rear seat and some trim inside and out. The sedan was the longer roof or longer quarter window and shorter trunk how ever you look at it. The sedan was the most common sold since it had more room in the back seat than the coupe but a smaller trunk. I think it mainly had to do with how the car was to be used. I didn't mention this before but 62rebel's correct comment on the door handles made me remember that the little trim pieces on the dash are present in the '50 but not in the '49. Easy fix just use the '50 dash. Maybe you could build a '49 Ford convertible next.

I understand about the California thing as a former 30+ year resident. In fact I used to live for a time in Grover City, we called it "Groovy Grover where the debris meets the sea". This is between HW101 and Pismo Beach. I heard a little about the state jacking with them but the weather really cut down on the time on the beach. Really sad, I hope they can find something. I think the West Coast would support this type of event.

A lot will depend on just how accurate you're wanting to be. The hood ornament can be easily modified. The kits ornament is all chrome and the 1:1 had a very small crown, kind of a Mohawk in plastic on top of the ornament and it extended just past center on the '49. The '50 this was shorter and doesn't reach center. The Ford lettering is easy to remove and you just need an Ford emblem that can be found in later model kits, the '57 comes to mind. The last coupe I built was as a Gasser and I never cared for the '49 style license cover. I used some scrape plastic and created a cover from that and it looked pretty good. The tail lights didn't really change until '51 and those are only a chrome flaring that makes it look larger, but under that the quarters are the same. The flaring has a larger light socket for the larger tail lamps. This could give you a very convincing '50 Ford Coupe, but a sedan would require additional work. That is why I mentioned the Resin body idea. I picked up a Resin tudor sedan a while back to build a model of a '51 Ford tudor sedan that I had years ago.

I don't know if it is what you're looking for, but the '56 Nomad kit with the green body pictured on the top has the Revell large diameter wheels and white wall tires for them. These mybe to low of a profile for what you're after but it may be a place to start.

I really like both of these builds. Been reading several article covering the TROG races and think this is a great idea. You really captured the look and the drive trains. To bad about the weather at Pismo this years. Hope there will be a '18 race.

Beautiful build. It looks just like '62 again.

Very nice looking build. I like the contrasting interior color.

Glad to see you are back after this build. The body looks great. look forward to seeing it painted. What all have you got in mind for the interior ??

How are you thinking of combining these kits?? If you are building a tudor sedan then you could remove the '49 business coupes roof and extend it on the '50 convertible. Or you might think about a Resin body with all that work done, I'm lazy you see . That way you only need the convertible kit to complete or the '49 coupe kit if you want a '49. The major differences between '49 and '50 are the grill parking lamps, the trunk on the '50 has a body colored "hood" over the rear license plate, and some minor trim bits here and there. If you use the interior from the convertible the rear seat area will need some rework. The convertible has the area for the folding top and the rear seat is narrower. While somewhat basic by todays standards these are both great kits.

Very nice 4X4 conversion.

Since it's the Unibody design you could always make a short bed out of it. If you keep the radius rear wheel opening there is always a Pro Street or Drag Racer build. Or with a little body work you could build a stocker. What do you prefer ??

Beautiful redo. I remember when you first built this. The paint is perfect.