mrknowetall

Very clean build! NICE!

Very, very cool! Great job!

Another gem! Awesome!

A jaw dropper! Just outstanding!

Amen.

I'd be on board with that! IIRC, ERTL announced a bullet nose Stude as an all new kit sometime around 2000. When ERTL was bought by Racing Champions, the kit never got produced, which is a shame. I was really looking forward to it. A good kit subject for Moebius to consider.

A no-brainer for Revell, and I think such a subject would be a huge hit!

Very cool!

VERY nice build! Super clean!

I've seen very few Trumpeter Nova kits actually built, and the builders deserved an award for patience, perserverance and excellent eyesight! More of the Trumpeter Falcon kits got built because they weren't as difficult to assemble, and had fewer parts.

A good subject for Revell to consider.

The Blue Beetle parts will be restored for the upcoming Blue Bandito.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Very clean build!

VERY nice!

Has anyone purchased the DM '48 Ford in cream color? There are a TON of them on eBay, all originating from China. What's up with that?

Simply stunning! How long did it take you to build that collection of '57's?

Gorgeous build! Did you have any issues with the kit supplied decals?

WOW! Me like!

Wow! Did I say WOW! Really nicely done, and classy looking! Did you have any issues with the kit decals?

The site isn't working on my end. I need that Hudson top, but I won't be at NNL East. What to do?

Hmmmm.....

Looks nice! Another kit that I'd like to build one day.

Your posts are always informative, and I look forward to reading them. What's your plan for the interior wood graining (dash) and door panels? Woodgraining that dashboard will be a nightmare (to me, at least). BTW, I might ending up brushing Tamiya's clear yellow acrylic over my woodgraining. I suppose it depends on how lazy I am when I get to that point. Here's a bit of insanity on my part. I also found some dressmakers straight pins at Walgreens. They have a very small head, and look (to my eye) to be about the right size for those chrome carriage bolt heads seen on the wood framing for 1:1 scale '49-'51 FoMoCo woody wagons. I may or may not use them. Again, depends on my level of laziness.

My plan is to use Tamiya Light Sand (TS 46) for the wood framing, followed by some wood graining using Testors basic wood color (in the small bottles), and a light overlay of Tamiya clear yellow (their polycarbonate spray). I've tested the combo on styrene strip, and everything works well together. I'm surprised to hear that the kit decals don't stick well. I had planned on using them, and may resort to using the excellent Uschi decals for the mahogany inserts instead.