I don't know if yall are interested....

This form of model presentation is certainly unique and can make for some very attractive dioramas.  Many of us have commented on how much enjoyable  time we spent as youths hunting through the traditionally run wrecking yards; where the owners let a person rummage about.

John I am anxious to see the results of your Chevelle mishap. I spent many hours in my youth hunting for parts for whatever restoration I happened to be working on at the time. Up until about 35 years ago I could go into wrecking yards and remove the parts I needed and then take them to the office and negotiate price. Later the yards would insist that their people would take off the parts...I can't tell you how many times their gorillas would absolutely ruin the parts. Example. I was restoring a 1961 Oldsmobile Startfire and needed the Starfire script from the trunk lid. Long story short the part came into the office in three pieces which was absolutely useless to me.

@bob-jackman

Yes, my brothers and I spent some time perusing junk yards back in the day. Some of the wreck cars we saw were pretty gruesome. We actually looked seriously into buying a salvage yard back in the late 80s, and setting up a shop to part them out. He showed me a couple of "pull your own parts" yards that looked like a good idea. I don't know if they're still in business. I would imagine the liability insurance would be astronomical, if it were available at all!

Getting down to the details. Last phase will include doing the trim with a Liquid Chrome pen... if my hand is steady enough!