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Your build looks dead on. Turned out great. I have used a couple of Resin bodies and experienced the same paint issues you described. There are many here with far more experience and I'm sure they could offer many tips on painting Resin parts. What has worked for me is after the normal clean up is to use automotive type self etching primer so the final coats of paint have something to hang on to. Another thing to think about is if you are doing any sanding at all this should be done away from the other parts and then cleaned and primed before you start working with the plastic portion . It is possible to contaminate the plastic if you have any of the sanding dust on your hands from the Resin.

Your stained real wood looks great. More realistic than decals or trying to paint wood. Are you going to raise the rear bed wood section to be level with the forward floor section or just have it stepped ?? I like the center blue spoon, but it depends on how you are envisioning the car. The 389 - 400 -421 - 455 engines all look alike. The differences are internal with different bores and strokes.

The Moon Gas Pedal has appeared and disappeared in several reissues thru the years. If you have any older kits that are offered with a Drag Racing option that would be a great place to look.

Great looking wagon. I like the pin striping decals.

Beautiful clean looking build.

The engine from the '56 AMT kit will be fine. Ford offered the 239 cu in Overhead Valve engine first in 1954. In 1955 Ford changed the bore and stroke around to offer a 272 cu in and a 292 cu in engine based on the original 239 engine. For 1956 they had the same offerings and late in the model year they offered a 312 cu in version. All three displacements were offered in 1957 and in 1958 with the new FE engines starting at 331 cu in they dropped the earlier Y Block engines except for the 292 cu in that was kept as the base V-8. From the outside the Ford Y Blocks all looked alike. A 6 volt battery can be found in many of the Revell offerings of '30's and 40's Fords.

MCW might be the best bet on accuracy. A little more expensive but it will be right. Or see if anyone carries Duplicolor paints.

I would look at the local hardware store for brass or aluminum stock. This will give you the strength and yet be thin enough to look in scale.

Tamiya #TS-43 Racing Green is a non metallic green that looks every bit the part of BRG. They also have #TS-9 that is listed as British Green and is just a shade darker than TS-43.

Very impressive so far. Did the exhaust headers on your build come with this kit ?? I'm looking for something like that for a different Hemi build.

I have been enjoying following your build. I had a Monte Carlo SS that I ordered new in '86. It was white with the dark red cloth interior. When I built a model of that car I used Model Master #2904 Klin Red for the interior. It is a gloss finish but with a light dusting of flat clear at arms length the finish looked just like cloth. Just a thought for the future, but the interior dye spray might be even closer.

The paint finish is awesome. Great painting detail work on the firewall and head lights.

Always thought these were interesting cars. This model really looks like a great build. At this point someone could almost make a Dune Buggy out of the platform.

Great idea for the transmission tunnel. I was going to suggest trying a partial picnic spoon for a firewall behind the dash.

Beautiful paint job. Are you going for a Stock build or something with some modifications ??

Looks like you have a few real nice old Corvettes to work your magic on.

Those would make interesting seat belts.

Besides what John said, that is a really nice looking build. If this is your first I look forward to seeing what all comes next.

Great job on the ageing. Just a little rust thru here and there, the flat tires really look realistic.

Sad to hear of any ones passing, especially someone who played such a great part in our community. Condolences to all of his family and friends.

Outstanding paint finish, I like the contrasting interior color.

Beautiful build.

Great looking coupe. What do you have in mind for the roof ??

That is very SHINNY, and a perfect color. I like how you fogged in the bottom of the floor.

That is a great looking build. I would never of thought of a light green color, but it sure makes this build stand out.