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This is a project that has been fermenting in the back of the work bench for a while. I have not yet fleshed out all the ideas for this one, and as I will be away from the work bench for about a week to drive out to a wedding next weekend, I thought I would post it in the hopes of getting some feedback on ideas. The inspiration for this build is a car build by Pure Vision Design https://purevisiondesign.com/rides/projects/shooting-brake.html It was also featured on an episode of the Motor Trend TV show "Hand Built Hot Rods". Which I had seen a few years back and recently stumbled upon again. https://www.motortrend.com/news/executives-ranch-wagon-pure-visions-thumper-1957-ford-ranch-wagon-arp-bolts/ This is NOT going to be an exact replica as there are things I like about the build and things I don't. For starters I don't care for the wheels. What I do like and what peaked my interest in the first place is the way they changed the 'B' pillar and lengthened the doors. And I just love the color. The choice of a starter kit is obvious. Revell's '57 Ford Del Rio. If the box looks a bit beat up it's because that's what you get when you buy off Amazon. They pack kits in a plastic bag for shipping. So what I definitely want to retain is the body mods, the color and the 429 engine. Not sure what do do about the suspension. Don't really want to keep it stock and I'm not sure what I can steal from other kits to make it better. And the wheels have to go. Think it needs a modern wheel but something that is more retro. My first quandary that has held me back from starting this is the body mods. They might seem simple but the more I look at them the more complicated they get. For starters Pure Vision (PV moving forward) extended the rear fin to above the door handle. You can see on the kit body it stops by the yellow arrow. At first I thought I would take a second body and do a little slice and dice to move the molding back. But as I also have to extend the fin forward. ? So Slice and dice would get really complicated. What PV did is they raised the front section of the fin and extended it. If you look closely at their rendering you can see the fin maintains an even trajectory and doesn't dip down until it passes over the door handle. The factory fin dips down much sooner. A cool touch and I feel necessary to duplicate. So even a slice and dice won't fix that. Have to scratch build the front of the fin and blend it in. Whew? And slice and dice doesn't work so well for the molding due to the curvature. The bend in the molding now needs to be back at the green arrow. I could cut out the area marked by the red box and cut a section from the second body with the molding shifted to the left side of the box. But that still makes the top of the "L" too short. Am I making sense? So I'm thinking about leaving the original molding up to the NEW rear edge of the door and then creating the rear section of the molding with plastruct. Still not simple as the lower molding is actually concave. Should keep it concave for accuracy, or do I just throw accuracy out the window? I'm giving myself a headache just thinking about this. So, for now I'm open to ideas as to how to handle the body mods and everything else. Thanks ?