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Thanks, Jeremy, Bob, and Mario! I appreciate your comments! 😎

I've built this a couple of times and I have this partial kit as I used the chassis out of it for another GM car but I can't remember which one. I bought another kit so I have all the parts to completed it but thought if I could mate this with another chassis then I would have two of them. I have the engine and interior and all the parts but not the chassis. If worse comes to worse, I might steal the chassis and engine from a previous build, then I wouldn't have to kit-bash another kit. I'm going to look in the parts box for another chassis or the closet for some other kit that I will never build. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. In the meantime, I painted the body (hood came out OK) and found that I didn't get the mold lines out on the B pillar so I sanded those out again and repainted with Dupli-Color Universal Black and two coats of clear lacquer on Monday. I let it dry for a couple of days and have been rubbing it out all day. Still not sure its done, so I am going to let it rest overnight and take a final crack at it tomorrow. Thanks for looking! 😎

Looks great so far! Nice interior color and detail! Exterior paint looks fantastic too! 😎👍

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! I guess this must be considered a van or an early SUV as it was moved here. It is a car; a SEDAN. But its OK as I guess the sign on it makes it commercial also. So, thanks for moving it! 😎

Thanks, Csaba! I appreciate your comment! 😎

Just finished this Revell kit. The paint is Krylon Satin Ivory on top and Krylon Short Cuts Expresso on the bottom. I added a red decal that I cut from another decal sheet as a paint divider. I added plug wires, a coil and brake master cyl. with booster to the engine compartment. The high rise manifold with duel carbs was also eliminated and a cross ram intake and air cleaner from the parts box substituted. The rear door hinges work well and I also added tear drop taillights from the parts box. I didn't use the fog lamps on the front bumper or the eye shade on the top. Everything went together well. Barrels are handi-taked down inside the rear door. Thanks for looking! 😎

Looks great! Nice paint and detail work! 😎 👍

Thanks, Jim! I appreciate your comment! This one is done! Rear door works and I used some handi-tak for the barrels in the back. I added a brake master cyl. and booster from the parts box to stop this 427 and hung a coil on the firewall. Battery must be in the back. Everything fit well. I left off the fog lights on the front bumper and the eye shade as I didn't like the look. Thanks for looking and final photos in the "Under Glass" section. 😎

Thanks, Sonny! I appreciate your comment! This is a mock-up on wheels. The rear door is hinged and working, Windows are and interior are in and now I just have to finish a couple of barrels, glue everything together and mount all the hardware and it will be done! Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Wes, Bob, Jeremy and Carl! I appreciate your comments! I haven't posted in a few days but have been busy with other things in addition to work on this project. I rubbed out the paint and had to re-paint one side of the brown but I didn't want to clear it because the humidity was too high and I didn't want the blush or fog on the clear. So I let it sit for a couple of days and then rubbed it out a bit with some polish and it looks fine. While waiting on the paint, I assembled the engine. I didn't want to use the high-rise manifold with carbs sitting on top. It also had a magneto. So I found a cross-ram intake with a couple of lumps for carbs in extra parts and an air cleaner to cover both. I then used a pre-wired distributor and will hang the coil on the firewall later. I also made a bracket from a piece of strip styrene for the alternator. Once the paint was dry on the body, I finished rubbing it out. I didn't clear the fender unit either, as I thought it looked good enough without it and so I didn't touch it for a couple of days either. I then foiled and and used a king size sharpie around the windows to trim them. Also trimmed the sides of the hood with foil. Finally, I cut some red decals that I had in the decal stash in strips to serve as a paint divider between the two color. Although the tape line was ok, a red divider always works for me and makes it a little cleaner. That's it for now. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Jeremy, Bob, David, and Gregory! I appreciate your comments! Thanks, David. My storage problem is not the bags as my wife has every zip lock known to man. My problem is I have too much stuff! Well, with a hurricane developing in the Gulf, even though it is forecast to go into Louisiana, we are still going to get a lot of rain. So I couldn't wait for my paint to get here and went out and bought a can of Krylon Short Cuts Expresso (dark brown). Beautiful day for painting today with humidity about 40 percent so the paint came out pretty good! The last can of Short Cuts I got was horrible but this one is great! A Nice gloss brown finish. So once I rub this out it will be ready to build. Everything else is also painted. Should keep me busy in the rain! Thanks for looking! 😎

I saw this at Hobby Lobby and picked it up as couple of weeks ago. I started it last night and today I made some headway. I started by removing the mold lines on both rear corners and decided to use some teardrop taillights (see next paragraph) so I filled the notch for the single taillight on the left side with some putty and sanded it out. I am two-toning the exterior with Krylon Satin Ivory ( my last since they are not manufacturing it anymore) and Dupli-Color Dark Toreador Metallic. Its a whisky delivery truck so a redish brown color seems appropriate. Trouble is I ordered the Dupli-color from an e-tailer because I can get it much cheaper than an auto parts store even with the delivery charge. So I have to wait for the paint and its suppose to rain all week due to some disturbance in the Gulf so I may be stymied this week. Anyway, my wife tells me I need to clean up my modeling mancave, so I agreed to work on it at least an hour each day. I started by trying to sort out some of my extra parts that I have stored in a four-drawer chest to make more room for stuff. As I am going through parts that I have bagged by model I have built so I can tell where the parts came from. I found what looks like tear-drop taillights, two sets, in bags for a 55 Chevy convertible with the continental kit (see second photo). I don't know if these were just on the parts tree and left there because I don't think they could be used for anything for a 55 Chevy and I couldn't find them in the instructions. They are marked as parts no. 68 on the tree. But they will do fine for taillights for some street rod builds. Finally, I have some other parts painted and others still to paint, including the whiskey barrels. I will have to find some dark brown paint for them. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks again, everyone! I appreciate your comments! 😎

Yes, it is indeed sinister looking! The paint, engine and interior just come together and it looks great! Nice work! 😎👍

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! 😎

Looks great, Randy! Nice to see your work again! 😎👍

This is the retooled MPC kit by Round 2. The paint is Tamiya Light Metallic Blue with a Krylon Satin White and Black interior. The vinyl top is painted 2" masking tape cut to fit and painted black. I have added plug wires with looms and boots, a coil, a top radiator hose and heater hoses. The engine is painted orange for a high performance 440. Everything went together well with positive pin placements for the most part. Thanks for looking! 😎

This one is done! I also stand corrected on the seats. Another modeler tells me that the 69 and 70 Coronets have the taller seats with headrests but these seats are the right height for this year. I did shorten the shifter a bit since though. Overall, Round2 did a very nice job with this one. The body is in great shape and the parts that attach, such as, the grill and bumpers have positive pin attachments. The exterior mirrors also have a pin on them so I was able to drill two holes to attach the them. The interior also has well molded separate door panels with arm rests that look good. The seats, dash, and console all have positive pin placements, No interior mirror though. The engine could use a bit of work but by adding plug wires, a coil, heater hoses and a top radiator hose it looks respectable. The chassis with the metal axle in the rear and plastic pins in the front could use some work. The tires and wheels look a bit small to me, the red lines are too close to the wheel, IMO and the wheel backs don't fit the tire very well. Overall, builds nicely! Here are a few photos, more photos in the "Under Glass" section. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Wes and Curtis! I appreciate your comments! I had a little issue with the interior being too small for the body and there was a space on both sides. So I used two clamps and some glue to fix that. The rest went together pretty well with positive glue joints with pins for the grill and bumpers. So this one is pretty much done except for decals, mirrors and dotting the marker lamps. Stance looks pretty good on wheels. I'll finish that tomorrow! Thanks for looking! 😎

Not much done today. Finished detailing the interior, rubbed out the hood and foiled it and painted the black in between the two taillights. The front seats in the interior seem to be too short to me, the shifter is too long and the molded in seat belts are too skinny. But I am just going to live with it and leave everything box stock. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! Tackled the engine and chassis today. Although they did a good job with the body and interior, not much has been done to improve the engine. There are no radiator hoses, no fuel pump or coil, flying alternator and power brake unit, and the carb is basically just a block of plastic pedestal for the air cleaner. I am going to improve the engine by adding plug wires with boots and looms, heater hoses and top radiator hose that will be installed on final assembly (I already have drilled holes) and my own hand-crafted flying coil! ☺️ Once everything is buttoned down it tucks in nicely to the chassis and I now have rolling rolling chassis. Next is the interior. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Carl and David! I appreciate your comments!

Thanks, David, Mike, and Robert! I appreciate your comments! Finished rubbing out the body and have my first pieces of foil on the windshield. And by the end of the day the foil is complete on the body. Still have to rub out the hood, as you can see. Thanks for looking! 😎

Thanks, Bob! I appreciate your comment!

Thanks, Rich, Bill and John! I appreciate your comments! The engine color list that I have from another model website from years ago indicates that the standard 440 was turquoise but the high performance 440 was Hemi Orange. So I used that color for high performance. I suppose that list could be incorrect but its the list I always use. I don't know if high performance means only police cars but I thought it meant any high performance 440 engine. I have had an interesting day. I started by rubbing out the paint on the body. I remembered a video I had watched about rubbing out paint using a Dremel Stylo and a wool tool. I remembered having a Dremel years ago but couldn't use it on plastic as it was too fast and burned paint and in my hands gave plastic an irregular shape when sanding. But I thought maybe these newer ones with variable speeds might work. So I went out and bought one. I started on the lowest speed with the felt wheel on the trunk with some Scratch=X for polish. Things went pretty well on the flat surface until I hit the right rear fender with the little dart on it and the wheel dug into the paint and took it off! So I turned it off and quickly returned the Dremel to Lowe's. Next, I sanded out the damaged spot, taped off the trunk area, returned the index card hat to the vinyl top, and re-primered the trunk area. After that had dried, I re-painted the trunk area. I had just enough paint left to cover (started with half a 3 oz. can). There's a little damage that didn't quite sand out on the right side of the trunk but its hard to see. Other than that I think I will be good to rub out again tomorrow. I am once again without a Dremel and will not miss it! Oh, And I did paint the interior, and put the wheels and tires together. The red lines look a little tight on the wheels but I will have to live with it. So, it has been a long and trying day. Thanks for looking! 😎