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Wow, this makes two completed models in less than a week for me.  After finishing the Thunderbolt, this kit called out to me again.  I had it about 80% completed before I put it away several years ago.  It's the Testors 1/48 kit, very basic but it builds into a good looking model.  I had opened up the exhaust ports, but other than that it's 100% box stock.  I didn't even try to add any weathering to it.  After taking the pics, I realized that I hadn't painted the lights on the wingtips yet, oops.  They'll get added today.  Finishing up this old warbird was a nice change of pace, but I'm sure there will be another car on the bench in a short amount of time.  Thanks for looking.

Hey guys, here's my latest project, just finished it up earlier today.  I raised the suspension for a better stance, used some better looking parts box tires for the fronts, and added coil/ignition wires.  Other than that, its box stock.  Testors Italian Red was used as a stand in for Poppy Red, and I shot the interior in Model Master SAC Bomber Tan.  It's not the greatest match, but it's the closest that I had on hand.  Putting the kit together was a breeze, no real fitment issues.  Though, when installing the chassis into the body for final assembly, the engine and headers are a tight squeeze getting past the inner fenders.  Thanks for looking and hope you like it.

Finished this up last Sunday.  I had the need to do a quick build, without putting in a lot of extra details, to re-charge the batteries a little bit.  As basic as this kit is, I thought it would fit the bill rather nicely.  I was planning on building it stock, but the more I looked at the 427 Cammer parts supplied with it, I decided to build it as a mild custom.  With the Cammer under the hood, it would have obliterated those skinny stock tires, so I dug into the parts box and found some wide Goodyears.  I did have to dremel the wheel wells and framerails some to get those fat tires to slip under the quarter panels.  The steelies came from the parts box as well, and the covers are from the AMT 66 Fairlane 427.  Other than that, it's just paint, BMF and box stock.  The color is Testors One Coat Lacquer Star Spangled Blue.  Wish I had some outdoor pics of it, but the weather has been pretty dumpy up here lately.  Anyways, here are some pics, and thanks for looking.

Just finished this one up on Christmas Eve.  A fictional car with extra decals I had laying around.  Used the Downing and Ryan Fairlanes as inspiration for the paint scheme. The paint is Model Master Wimbeldon White laquer and Gaurds Red enamel.  Headers are Thunderbolt units, and were a pain in the rear to make them fit decently....lots of chopping and filing of the frame rails and crossmember.  Never did get them to fit great, but good enough to satisfy me.  Paint was a pain too.  After getting the first, and half of the second, coat of white applied, I ran out.  No biggie, so I thought.  I grabbed the new can I had on hand, and continued.  Unfortunately, it was a bad can, as the paint came out in small, stringy globs, even after setting it in warm water and changing out the spray nozzle.  So out came the easy off and the paint stripping began.  I bought a new can, and test sprayed first, and found it to be good.  Once the body was cleaned up, round two of painting began, this time with no issues.  After applying the Gaurds Red and waiting forever for it to dry, I dug out the polishing kit and proceeded to nearly burn through a spot on the passenger side quarter panel.  I didn't feel like slapping on another coat of paint, so I went the easy route to cover it up, and hence the Hurst and M&H sponsor decals.  I thought the hood scoop was lacking a little height oob, so I added some .015 x .060 strips of Evergreen into the hood scoop inlay on the hood to raise it up.  Then I puttied and sanded the seam smooth.  I also had to do some fiddling to get the tires centered up in the wheelwells. 

A fun build, but I'm glad to have it off the bench.  Is it totally correct for and SS/B class car, probably not, but close and good enough for me.  Thanks for looking, any questions or comments (good or bad) are welcome.

A few more pics in a minute or two.....

Finished this one up this past summer.  I added some 7" M&H cheater slicks from Speed City Resin, and fabbed up a somewhat accurate exhaust.  Other than that, it's oob.  Exterior is Dupli-Color Cardinal Red and the interior is, also Dupli-Color, Bright Red.  Looking back on it now, I wish I would have picked up a set of Slixx decals for it, but oh well.