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Built a few years back, mixed the turquoise from leftovers in the shop. Going to build another one of these and try to round up that top, and drop the gutter line down. Paint is actually even, digital pics make it look a little spotty. (Photographer's fault?)

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Gee that looks sharp.  I built one of these over thirty years ago and it sits at the back of the cabinet.  It looks like your skill and your chocie of a factory colour scheme ahs gone a long way towards disguising the proportional issues of this kit.  Nice job!

Cheers

Alan

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5 hours ago, alan barton said:

Gee that looks sharp.  I built one of these over thirty years ago and it sits at the back of the cabinet.  It looks like your skill and your chocie of a factory colour scheme ahs gone a long way towards disguising the proportional issues of this kit.  Nice job!

Cheers

Alan

Yeah, this Monogram kit has it's issues, but once built, nobody's going to mistake it for anything but what it is. I like building the Mon. kits, and I'm going to build at least one more and try to correct a few proportional problems.

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Looks great. The colors were pretty popular on the Chevys of that era. Nice clean looking finish and trim. I was always put off of this kit not because of the subject but the way they designed the roof and side trim. .Liking the subject and seeing how far off the body was just hurt my senses enough not to build one. You made this one look good. 

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8 hours ago, espo said:

Looks great. The colors were pretty popular on the Chevys of that era. Nice clean looking finish and trim. I was always put off of this kit not because of the subject but the way they designed the roof and side trim. .Liking the subject and seeing how far off the body was just hurt my senses enough not to build one. You made this one look good. 

Yeah, the side trim is a bit exaggerated in height, and the roof is a little flat and thin, but I'm going to try and address those issues with another build. Also going to transplant a more accurate floor pan/frame unit, as Monogram just re-used the frame piece from the 57 hardtop kit, so wrong gas tank area completely. Monogram chassis piece too over-simplified on these anyway, that's why I didn't post pics! Otherwise, with careful paint detailing and a few scratch-built details, and a BUNCH of foiling, it looks presentable.

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3 hours ago, thomascoffey1959@gmail.com said:

she's VERY presentable.what color is that ? testors/modelmaster fifties aqua 2942?

Nah, just something I mixed up til I liked it. Testors 50s Aqua would be pretty close.

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