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06/11/2026 2:04 pm
Beautiful! Love the color. My 72 Corvette was one of three Firemist colors that year, Ontario Orange Firemist. The others were Indian Bonnet Yellow Firemist and Steel Cities Grey Firemist.
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06/11/2026 2:12 pm
@perrone1 I was surprised by how much I like this color. It's a good red color for a dignified looking Cadillac.
06/11/2026 3:03 pm
06/11/2026 5:39 pm
Well, I'm impressed! That top may be a tad high, but it's a terrific looking Cadillac model. Congrats! 👍 👍 👍
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06/11/2026 5:42 pm
That is a great-looking automobile ..... both as a car and as a scale model. The color is really nice
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06/11/2026 8:08 pm
@chris It's approximately 1.5 Planck lengths too high per my calculations.
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06/11/2026 9:12 pm
A very sharp model - mine arrived in my house today.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
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07/11/2026 3:53 am
@whodeytink HA! Precisely! Too tall by the smallest amount, barely noticeable..... 😉
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07/11/2026 3:55 am
"A very sharp model...."
That's exactly the design language Billy Mitchel was going for; he loved "edges, creases, and linear forms." 😉 😉
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07/11/2026 7:38 am
@chris It could be the angle of the pics that make the top look too tall. Here's a side on shot. Just looking at without a camera the height looks right but even in this shot it looks a little high. Anyway, in hand it looks fine to me. Maybe John can post his thoughts when he has a chance.
This post was modified 2 hours ago by Mark Sweeney
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07/11/2026 8:21 am
"Anyway, in hand it looks fine to me."
Yes indeed, looks great to me also... even if it is off by 1.5 Planck lengths.... 😉 😉
However, let's compare it to a 1:1 anyway, just for fun, shall we..... 🤔 🤔 🤔
The software indicates that Stamp's '64 is pretty damn close - not bad. Congratulations, it's a gorgeous Cadillac model! 😀 😊 🥂
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