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I always appreciate Sunstars 61 and the exterior details

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Galen55
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(@perrone1)
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Magnifique!



   
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Easily one of Sunstar's  better non-Platinum replicas.   I didn't like their wheel treatment: black painted rims, with thin-ban whitewalls & spinner wheelcovers. 

So.... I painted the rims red, made the whitewalls slightly larger (as seen on most every American car in 1961 ) and made "regular,"  non-spinner wheelcovers. 

It's an excellent looking Chevrolet, and a great way to see the USA!   😆 

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(@grockwood)
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Nice photo set up.   The 61 Impala from Sunstar is one of my favorites.   I have the red, white and black ones.



   
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It looks wonderful in this image and is a great release from SunStar. I also have a red one and it's a favorite.



   
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Chris, the changes you made make the model much more correct to the original 1/1.



   
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Rich Sufficool
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I appreciate Sun Star for making my first car... the 1956 Mercury Montclair tudor hardtop. A lot of memories there.

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@bob-jackman Thanks Bob, that was the goal. 😀 😎



   
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Posted by: @rich-sufficool

my first car... the 1956 Mercury Montclair tudor hardtop.

Actually Rich, I thought YOUR car look more like my Sunstar,  sans the wheelcovers...  😎 😎 

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Rich Sufficool
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@chris When I got the car, it had the full wheel covers, skirts  and all the trim. Ultimately, I ditched the wheel covers. painted them black with 'baby moons'. The skirts wound up in trunk and I "nosed" the hood and fender scripts and am still pissed my mother threw out the "jet" and the big "M".



   
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