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Hi Everybody, it's 10:50 AM, Eastern Time. I have this thread running on both Papermodelers and Zealot. So far, the color vote across both forums is: Red: one vote Turquoise: three votes Blue: one vote Burgundy: one vote White: one vote (I did not vote). Looks like turquoise takes it. Time to...

Let's try these on for size.

I'll wait and see if anyone else weighs in on the color tonight, then I'll pick a color tomorrow so I can start surfacing the model.

Link to 1960 Valiant color chart from autocolorlibrary.com https://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=1960+plymouth+valiant+factory+colors+chart&v_t=webmail-searchbox#id=2&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tcpglobal.com%2Fchips%2F1960-Plymouth-pg01.jpg&action=click

Zathros, thank you for your encouragement. Revell-Fan, I note your vote for blue green.

Dry fit of the completed sections. Now to pick a color. Any suggestions, anyone?

Now to build the side section, or pontoon, as auto stylists call it. The strip is glued edge-to-edge (or "butt-glued" ) to the perimeter of the panel. The cardboard is thick enough to make that fairly easy. Do about an inch at a time. I use Elmer's glue, and I hold each segment in place...

It's time to cut and shape the strips that will join the panels together. 1/32 inch thick cardboard, 1/2 inch wide strips for the side sections. Cardboard has a grain, as does wood. You can find the grain by flexing the cardboard in each direction. Any piece that will have to curve or bend...

The panel parts are traced around the patterns, onto 1/32 inch thick cardboard. The parts are cut to the insides of the lines, because they are, of course, somewhat larger than the patterns around which they were traced...

Next, I made two photocopies of the profile drawing onto 110 lbs. cardstock, so I could cut out a pattern for the side sections, and for the center section. These were glued to lightweight cardboard, of the type often found on the backs of writing tablets, or legal pads. It's smooth, and about...

Dug up some old photos of two Studebaker Avanti models I built. They show the basic three-section method of design break-down that I use. When I first thought of trying this method on an Avanti, I wasn't sure it would work, because of the way the real car's sides blend up into the sides of the...

Thank you, all. I'm still unpacking after a recent move, but if I can dig up any of my photos of my Avanti models, I'll scan and post them. So, after the raw drawing comes the tracing. I tape tracing paper to the raw drawing and trace, making any needed revisions., I then flip the tracing...

A rough sketch to show my design rationale (in other words: why do Mark's cars have such fat sides?). When I was teaching myself to scratch build my own model cars, I needed to redefine the cars' designs in a way that is easy for me to plan and build within my skill limits. Most cars can be...

Old school drafting tools. (You younger fellows might have seen these in a museum)

I plan to show my whole design process, warts and all. First, I make a raw drawing. I want a scale of about 1/2 inch to the foot, so I draw a one inch diameter circle with a circle gauge, for the wheel. Then, looking at reference pictures such as ad drawings and photos of the real car, I draw...

Nice workmanship, great detail, especially the interior and working features!

I'm back on this forum, after being off from it for six years. Cardboard and colored paper, about 1/24 scale, built for a friend in Colorado, whose dad was a Studebaker dealer. This friend's aunt had a Starlight Hardtop in this color scheme.

I have returned to this forum after a six year absence. I built this model from cardboard and colored paper. Scale is about 1/2 inch to the foot.

Among the images in these pages is a set of plan drawings of a Morris Minor sedan: http://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=Morris+Minor

Thank you, John. Your compliments are always encouraging. I hope things re going well for you.