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Lots of good ideas here. I'm not much on vinyl roofs, but I did a '50 Ford Crestliner a couple years ago. I used Rust-Oleum Textured indoor/outdoor paint. It looked very real with a low sheen and a nice vinyl looking texture. I would apply it after everything else is done. You would never be able to get polishing compound off of it and masking tape will not stick. I used black but they had other colors on the shelf at the time. Good old " Wally World ".

I just picked up several nice decal sheets from Gofer Racing. Got them at a local model shop. They may have a web site, but i'm not sure.

Great looking build. As I recall the OEM Avanti"s had a Paxton super charger that blew thru the carb. You're reference photos look like some type of fuel injection setup.

The car " hates " the camera because of the great camo paint job. Would look best as the bad guys car in the next Bat Man movie.

Great build. I like the interior, and then theres the HEMI.

That is outstanding in every way. Exceptional detail on the interior and undercarriage.

Looks great. Realy like the widened fenders. Just a thought if it would fitin with what you're doing. If you keep the side chrome moldings, it looks like the moldings on the door would lineup with the top of the front wheel openings. The top chop looks good as is, the rear of the top over the rear window is a little "heavy" . Looking to see what all you're going to do with this Corvette.

I like you build style on this '32. The old saying less is more. With the "blacked out " look it makes you study all of the details you put into it. Some times the understated like this is more.

The look is perfect, I like your diorama background.

That is realy nice. Now all you need to find is a resin '59 Bonniville wagon for a tow rig.

That is truly differant and well engineered. I look forward to see this one thru.

I have to agree with Tony with an exception on Pontiac and " Generous Motors ". While Pontiac over used the plastic body clading in later years the devision was killed off instead of Buick. In China, where Buick was one of the most desirable American makes, GM had to save " Face " by keeping Buick and killing Pontiac instead. It seems GM sold more Buicks in China than Pontiac and Buick together in the US. They couldn't kill Buick in the US and still hold their premium statis in China. Now the Holden cars from Au. ( they are truly great cars ) is sending the G8 replacement as a Chevrolet SS. Now if we could just get the El Camino ( Monaro Ute ) I would trade my '05 GTO for one of those. If you are just looking around on the net, try GM's web site and look at their Holden division.

With most paints, but with Tamiya especialy, warming the paint can before you start spraying will help. Now the tricky part. There is many ways to warm the can of paint. I use the sink with hot water method, others will use an old electric coffe cup warmer. The tricky part is not to over warm the paint can. This will be trial and error. I once left the can in the hot water a little to long or had the water a little to hot. When I dried the can off and gave it that last shaking before I started to spray, the bottom of the can went from concave to convex with a very loud pop. This will get your attention in a heart beat. So if you try this error on the side of causation. Heck in all these years I've only had it happen once and no paint was spilled so its all good.

I have had good luck with Model Masters "custom lacquer system" paints. They have most of the OEM engine colors. They have a # 28006 Chevy Engine Red that looks very close to a real Chevy red.

I have had some luck with Tamiya paints. You could start with the gloss black TS-14. Then overspray this with their semi-gloss TS-79 or the flat clear TS-80. They also have a simigloss black TS-29 or a matt black TS-6. Try some of these on scraps spruce to see how they look to you. This is a lot of paint to buy, but it can be used on many chassis and such. As Richard mentioned the carpet can add a lot to the look of the interior. Some times you can spray from a longer than normal distance to get a textured look. With any interior it will look more convincing if the finish changes with the different 1:1 panels in your friends car.

This has been reissued I think. The hobby shop I go to in Overland Park Kansas has, or did have on a couple of weeks ago.

Good looking showroom model. I like the color combo.

Looks showroom fresh.

Looks very nice. Good color and wheels .

I also built this one several years ago, and like you it took a lot of patience to build. This came out very convincing.

This came out very nice. I've never cared for this kit because the roof just looks wrong to me. You made it look good.

If you wanted to keep it a four door, you could raise and reshape the inner fender and door. It already looks like you have the skills if you wanted to go that way. I realy like the top on this. Please keep the pictures comeing.

I also take advantage of these coupons when I can. But if you look Hobby Lobby is always lower than Michaels. Niether store has the latest models, but I have found in my area that the Hobby Lobby will be 2 to 4 dollors less every time. Get their 40% coupon and be that much ahead.

This is real cool. I was going to mention the Dodge grill issue, but you cleaned that up nicely. Looks like a fun build. Keep up the good work, and let your imagination be your guide.

Looks good so far. " W " valve covers on a big block head is differant.