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Great build. If you have not yet done the engine, I have used Tamiya X-14 Sky Blue on a '62 Pontiac Catalina and some GTO's and it looks very close to my eye.

Build it with the 409 that comes in the kit with the blower and four side draft carbs. Nice surprise when someone lifts the hood.

I'm what you could call "old school" as I'm not on Facebook or any other such things except here. From what I have seen at the car shows and Good Guys events is that the young people seem to enjoy the Make and Take type of events. I think most of these kids are there because their parents are into or are showing their own car. That may make them predisposed to be interested in cars because of their parents. I have seen Revell advertise kits in some of the auto magazines that I read, but again that is some thing they would be looking at anyway if they are interested in cars to begin with. Not sure what the answer is, but for our hobby to continue as we know it today we need to attract new and younger modelers to keep it financially adventitious for model companies can stay in business. I'm afraid that there is more of us "ageing out" than new modelers coming in to the hobby. If it means more late model cars and trucks I would welcome that. How about some of the new cars of today with the detail we sometime take for granted on the Tri 5s, Camaros, and Mustangs that we all know and love. Just a thought.

Clark - Great looking engine , hard to tell what color you used. Looking forward to the rest of your build.

I like the "stink bug" stance and the tire trailer is very cool. Is the Cuda going to tow the trailer or is there a support vehicle for the Cuda and tow the trailer ?

This is great, getting to spend time together building. Only problem I see is she looks like she's very good at this and you two may become competitive. What a great problem to have. Now you have to buy twice as many kits.

I agree with Steve on your door problem. While all of the other information is good to have it really looks like you need some more work on the doors. Depending on what you have available you could use a simple nail sanding stick from the woman's section at the drug store. You might use a bit of tap to mask the molding on either side of the door so you don't lose that detail. Sand everything until you get almost all the primer sanded off and you will start to see any other additional body work you need to do. It is real hard to tell were your at on just white plastic. Just try light dusting of primer and sand as needed.

I would go back and get the old roll top, that's what I've used for many years and served me well. Another thought if you are at all handy with wood work is to build your own. As some of the others have mentioned there are many sources for tops. As a suggestion I did something you might consider. My wife wanted a work bench to do stained glass. I went to Home Depot and got a couple 4x4s and a sheet of 1" 4x8 board. I can't remember what it was called but it is very smooth and I think its some type of compressed wood product. You could use plywood just as well. I cut the 4x8 sheet to 7 feet length, but this was because of the room I had to work with. I ripped a 1 ft. strip off the length and used that as a back board on which I mounted electrical out lets and to keep stuff from dropping down behind the bench. The 4x4s were cut to matching lengths for legs and used 3 1/2" wide 1/2" thick board to tie the legs to each other and give them more stability and support the top. I also put a shelf on about 1/3 of the area under the top for storage that also made the legs more ridged. Your only limited by your imagination and of course money.

The cars look great, the pool is a real original idea, just needs some Scotts for the grass.

They all looked better in your memory than in real life.

We all know that there will be six more weeks of winter. That's just the way that is, but it's fun to breakup the gray winters. I saw a thing on the internet where the Mayor in some town in Wisconsin was doing some publicity thing for TV and he held up the Ground Hog to his ear as if the poor thing was going to whisper to him. Well as they say in Hollywood "never get on stag with children or animals" Bigger than life the Ground Hog bit him on the ear. You just have to laugh.

I have also tried to get a "chrome" look with Alclad. What I found for myself is that when I used the Alclad II gloss black base, then the Alclad Chrome followed by Alclad II Aqua Gloss Clear I got the best results. Expensive, yes it is, but that seems the only way it has worked for myself. I think I'll try this method thou just to see how that works. Thank you for the info.

Looks real nice. I'm interested in which body you started with. Most of the '56 Chevy bodies other than the Revell 210 or Nomad the body just doesn't look right to me.

Very nicely done, I like the RS upgrade grill.

Outstanding detail work really paid off. Outstanding detail work really paid off.

Beautiful build, you even have the black welting around the fenders.

Looks great, makes me want to build one also. The roll bars, are they from the kit or did you have to make your own ? It looks a little tight around the driver is why I ask.

Looks like a great find. I have always wondered why people will pay $15.00 plus shipping and handling for a built model on E Bay and when I have had the same kit un built at a swap meet & show and people will snivel and complain that's to much.

Great build, beautiful color combo.

Now that's really nice. Great looking forty.

Walid makes a point about the side trim. I believed that the trim on this would be standard, then I did a search using just 1957 Ranchero. I found a copy of a 1957 sales catalog. They show the Custom 300 trim, but also a base Ranchero with no side trim at all. I think the trim on your kit looks good. Its up to you how to build it. You might take a look using the same 1957 Ranchero that I did and see what a lot of 1:1 Rancheros look like . Just to get some ideas. I will enjoy watching this build.

Looks good now. Rusted lower front fenders and rear wheel well arches ?

Very nice build so far. While it may not be much help, I recently saw some after market tires, I think it was Pegasus, that had tires for just what you are doing on the negative cambered rear. They have the tread flat on the ground with the sidewalls shorter on one side to match the off camber just like some of the 1:1 tire manufacturers.

That looks like an old SMP or AMT annual kit. It would look good in either color combo, I would go for all black for myself. You might do a quick search on MCW's web sight to see other color combos also. These were great cruisers in their day.

Great the way you brought the very different colors together.