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Wow that looks really old. I like the leafs and the water bottle.

Great weathering. The diorama gives it the perfect setting.

Very nice build. Looks like the real thing.

Nice looking builds. I particularly like the Fords.

That color will look great on this body style. Having not built a kit for a while you will be pleased with this one. I think it is one of Revell's better efforts.

You wisely are making your own door hinges. The kits hinges were sloppy when this tool was new and I'm sure it hasn't gotten any better with age. By removing the kits door jams you can now shape them as needed. The Victoria hardtop is a great looking design, but depending on what look you're going for the Crown Victoria may even look better sometimes. If you keep most of the stock chrome and side moldings it would look great as a Crown Victoria. It would be easy to mockup to see if it goes with what you are building. The Glass Roof can look a little out of place with some color combinations.

Looks great so far. You mentioned stripes and wanting to change to look of the hood. While the old "Skunk Stripes" looked perfect on the series 1 and 2 Camaro, they look a little forced on the newest body style. They will work but you might look at some of the newer styles being used now. I don't care for the front fender hash marks, but they look ok on the newer body styles. I like the body options from the 2010 Camaro, that seems correct for this body style. But it is your build so do what looks best to you.

They all look fantastic. Hard to say which looks best, but I like the '61 Pontiac Venture. The diorama adds to there appearance.

Very nice. Reminds me of the Chevrolet Rally Green.

I have always enjoyed looking at your Fords. What, wait, was that a Chevrolet I saw ?

It would sure be nice if they could work out something with someone to protect their molds and continue to supply all of their great bodies and parts. I wish them well in their retirement.

It would seem that we share what my wife refers to as "a cub bear in a hammock" style of building.

I like all of them. The garage diorama really brings them to life.

Very nice clean build.

Great looking build. Would like to see some more pictures if possible.

Very nice wagon, perfect paint finish.

Very nice build. It's nice to build models of cars that bring great memories with them.

After a 20 year hiatus it does not look like you lost any building skills. Beautiful build.

Your detailing is really bringing the engine bay to life.

You are off to a good start. Don't feel embarrassed, we all started in much the same way.

Simply amazing ! Looking forward to how you'll finish the outside of the canopy hinges. It doesn't look like it would be removable for painting. I'm sure you have that already figured out.

Thanks, I'll have to go with the wife the next time she goes for supplies.

Great looking build. I really like the interior. Is that the Greenwood kit or a reissue of it ?

Looks like fun, and great that you get to do it with your son. Some time ago I melded a '56 Chevy with a Greenwood Corvette. I did pretty much what the real guys do and grafted the frames together. I did the back half with the Corvette chassis meeting the 210 chassis at the rear kick up and rejoined the 210 chassis after the rear independent suspension. In the front I just mounted the Corvette cross member and suspension, this made it a lot easier to use the big block from the Greenwood kit. I also used the wheels and tires from that kit. Hope this helps in what you're trying to accomplish here. I also used the Corvette exhaust with the original kits exhaust. The Corvette cross member at the front of the rear suspension is a perfect place to hide where the two systems are joined.

That is beautiful. I like all of the extra effort on the detailing of the engine. The interior seat treatment looks perfect. Where did you get the flower patterns ? Like you , when I built mine I did the "wood" just using similar paint techniques. I used Tamiya clear yellow on the lighter parts, and their clear orange on the inner door parts. I never could get the decals to work for me. Yours looks like it is on air bag suspension. I really like how it looks.