1951 Chevys

The cat (a Peruvian animal bead) who sits on the hood of the '51 Chevy in the display parking lot is, presumably, casting a hungry eye toward the ducks on the old Ford station wagon. The kit is an AMT kit, built stock, and I recall it as a very easy assembly. The cat made its way onto the car as my mind wandered to 'Pity Sing,' the horrendously named cat of the Flannery O'Connor short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." That cat, stowed by the grandmother so it would not be left at home over a brief vacation, caused the father to wreck the car and set up the family's encounter with a mad murderer, "The Misfit." This cat, for all his intentions toward the ducks, appears a rather less dangerous creature.
No neat stories on the '51 Chevy convertible, also from an AMT kit. Just a word for all you folks who insist on brush-painting cars. It is very diffcult to use the clear-coat paints without ending up with brush strokes that are visible on camera shots in bright light -- but almost invisible when you view the cars in person. Additional coats reduce the problem, but also darken the car color. Yes, that mottled look of the trunk on the left appears a uniform dark green as I view the car on its home shelf.