'70 Grande

Beautiful build of a piece of drag racing history! Did that roof piece come in the kit or did you source it elsewhere?

Stunning... simply stunning!

Despite the issues it gave you, the finished build looks great! I have this same kit with all major sub-assemblies finished and ready to all get put together with a body that's painted quite well for me. Dry-fit everything and I can see that I'll have the same type of issues you dealt with regarding the frame not wanting to mate completely with the body. So I decided to postpone the frustration-game and back into the box it went! Your build might inspire me to pull it outta the box and get it finished. Hopefully mine will turn out as well as your's did!

You have a gift for making videos! The production quality is outstanding! Good luck in your search for more footage... sadly I can't help you but wanted to let you know how impressed I am with the quality of your work and your mission here!

Lei, Yes, please bring it to the August meeting. I have a 289 that I'll bring to trade... thanks!

Lei, The '53 would be my first choice. Thanks

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I am looking to trade for all the stock Flathead V8 engine pieces from the AMT 1/25 1949 Mercury kit, (any release/reissue of this kit). They can be fresh from the tree or from a built-up if in good restoreable condition, (not interested in a complete kit). I have a fairly deep parts box to trade from. I am in Illinois.

I've often wondered how those drivers back then wrestled one of these race cars with manual shifting, steering and brakes for a couple of 100-miles around a shoddy dirt track and lived to do it again a week or two later! This build is awesome, especially with the added details like the straps holding the doors shut... well done Model Guy!

On its own, I think the box art on this one is a masterpiece!

Great work so far! Good color choices, too... I'll be watching your progress!

Funny, the first project that came to my mind when seeing this '64 Mercury Comet upcoming kit post was building one of the '64 East Africa rally cars that came outta Bill Stroppe's shop. Doubtful that Moebius would issue such a kit but wouldn't that be a delightful surprise if they did!

With your modern wheel and tire combo, I think the cross ram feels more appropriate for your build... the shorty's are good but have a more vintage vibe in my mind.

Sidebar story mikemodeler: Yes, I'm a Ford Mustang guy, but one of my favorite 1:1 cars I owned for over 7 years was this 1970 Camaro with the 250-inline 6-cylinder and automatic transmission... old out-of-focus pic below! The car had an interesting back story too long to get into here, but at age 16, my parents wouldn't let me buy a V8 Camaro so this is what I got instead!

I was a bit surprised by the poor fit of the kit's front spoiler center piece. Once the front fender flares were in place, I expected the front spoiler center piece to basically drop into place. Turns out the pieces don't line up very well and end up not being flush across their bottoms once all together. I decided to add some styrene to correct this as much as I could. The first added piece of styrene brought the bottle edge of the center piece more flush with the bottom edges of the fender flares. The second styrene piece I added covers the entire area as shown in the 2nd pic. It doesn't bother me that this additional styrene makes the entire front spoiler a bit deeper/closer to the ground as I'm doubtful that will be noticeable when my build is completed.