'70 Grande

I'm curious about the "motorcycle-based"(?) 3-wheeled delivery vehicle parked behind the moving Yellow/Red Taxi on the side-street in that first pic... what the heck is it?

Wow! That is a stunning transformation and build!

Agree with all of the comments listed above... thanks for keeping this venue up-and-running (and growing), at a time when we've experienced more of the opposite in our world today.

You're off to a good start with the mods you've made to the stance and tire positioning... looking forward to how this build finishes-out. Welcome back to building!

Got one of my final "Holy-Grail" kits just a few days ago... won't start building it just yet as I need to get familiar with all the tiny bits and pieces!

My only example; I think it qualifies because its all VW beneath!

I have always felt the Buick Skylark was the overall-best-looking of GM's mid-1960's A-bodied cars, and your restoration proves that point; well done Snake... well done!

Just completed a trade with Gloozalot; couldn't have gone any better! Thanks George!

Wasn't too excited until you added that Sandcat Dune Dragster... don't think that kit has been available for some time!

Thanks for sharing these pics, Pickles! What they show certainly looks good!

Got an email this afternoon from Model Roundup; my pre-order is on it's way to me... hallelujah!

Looks like a couple of kits I'll be wanting to purchase here... any idea what kit has "leaked-into" the bottom of that Henry-J photo? Looks like it might be an early-1970's Mopar.

Beautiful build! It's too bad these old Desoto and Chrysler kits are long-gone and unlikely kits for a new-n-improved new tooling.

Stunning build! Your paintwork is phenomenal. It's a bit of a shame that the Hemi Shaker air cleaner is so large that it hides some many engine details... sure would be fun to have a 1:1 of this build parked inside my garage!

Fantastic build! Sure would like to see a picture or two of it sitting on its own wheels!

A few more pics:

This is my 2nd completion for 2021, although this build actually started way back in the mid/late-1990's... I decided it was time to drag it to the finish-line. This is the 1/25 AMT/Ertl 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 kit. Back-story is my wife's best friend in high school, Gigi, (in the late-1970's), was given a used, 1:1 1969 SS396/4-speed in Pale Yellow by her parents for her 17th birthday, (wish I had parents like that). Gigi drove her car everywhere, and my wife was her constant-companion. After owning it for nearly a year, Gigi got good enough at driving it well that she occasionally street-raced it against the local high school boys on Friday and Saturday nights, with some success too, as my wife recalls! The local guys said "Gigi" stood for "Guts and Glory" as she displayed both when street racing. My wife told me she really liked Gigi's '69 Chevelle and had a lot of fun in it, but her personal-favorite would've been a 1970 in Blue with a Blue interior; hence this build with my wife's nickname on the license plates. Paintwork is old and rough, but I did add some scratchbuilt details to bring a little life to this build. Comments always welcome!

Those colors are amazing together... a really nice build!

That's extremely good news Snake as your atypical-methods are usually extremely effective!!! ?

Well; sorta available now... if you're willing to pay that crazy Ebay price and have it ship from Japan!

Just as I expected; outstanding craftsmanship underneath as well... this is an exceptional build!

Stunning build! Your paintwork looks phenomenal as well as the decal work. Even without underhood reference I think you nailed that engine and compartment and I think the same thing regarding the chassis... nicely done!

Great builds! The size-comparison between these two cars surprises me a bit; in my mind the XKE seems like it would be a slightly-overall larger car than the Corvette, but your builds really make that XKE seem petite.

Really nice build! Sure would like to see some underhood pics and also what that T-bird chassis looks like underneath... but please take it inside for those pics!

Looks like the arrival-date for this long-awaited kit keeps moving backwards; looks like mid/late April now. I wonder if these are stranded on a cargo ship waiting in line to finally port at San Diego harbor?!?*+?