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Thanks, Jim! I appreciate your comment! Yes, the hood scoop is a separate piece and without it they would be a long trough in the hood. I think that this kit is mainly a quarter mile race car just like the box art, although there aren't any race car parts like a roll bar, etc. I haven't seen the article that you forwarded but I can't view without disabling an ad blocker which I don't want to do. Thanks though! Here are some photos of the interior. The speedo decal included in the kit has no registration of the numbers so it looks like a black decal. I didn't use it I just painted that the panel black and trimmed the outline with chrome pen and added a chrome piece of trim on the bottom of the dash. The chrome trim on the doors is probably too thick but its what looked good to me. I also added wood trim as it was engraved that way on the door but I left off the chrome trim around the wood as I thought it looked too busy once I got one door done. So I removed it. I re-painted the floor black as the blue I had on it clashed with the blue on the seats, doors and dash. I didn't add any chrome trim on the seat because its not molded on the seat. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! Jim, I didn't see your question until just now. Len, thanks for bailing me out! I am not spending a lot of time with this one as it is not as detailed as the GT/GTA kit. That kit, that I build years ago, had bucket seats, console, nice wheels, rear quarter windows, poseable steering, etc. I realize that this one is a different model and style. But it still would be nice to have bucket seats and nice wheels. I don't have the right bucket seats in the parts box and no sense looking for an alternate set of wheels. I'll just built this one quickly and move on. Here's a photo of the one built years ago. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Mike, Bob, and Graham! I appreciate your comment! ? Rubbed out the body today and foiled it. The Ford lettering on the hood and trunk are too shallow to foil either before paint or after. I'll have to use the kit decals on the trunk and hood. There's rocker chrome also included in the kit. I'll be working on the interior tomorrow. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks again, everyone! ?

Its pretty easy, Mike! Make sure the foil is cut so it covers the letters and toothpick it down good. When the topcoat is dry after about 1/2 hour, use a small Tamiya cotton swab dipped in lacquer thinner (not too wet, wipe it a bit so that lacquer doesn't run) then rub it across the letters only, very carefully. Use more than 1 cotton swab, if necessary. It is much easier than foiling the letters after and then tediously cutting out each letter. That takes awhile. And using a chrome pen will probably clog the letters or run the chrome on more than the letters. Give it a shot. The worst that can happen is that you have to re-paint over the letters and try again. Or not!

Picked this one up last week at HL. I've built the GT/GTA years ago. It was more detailed and had a 390 in it I believe. This one is pretty simple, bench seat, steel wheels with dog dish hubcaps. I've painted the body Dupli-Color Bahama Blue Metallic. I foiled the Fairlane lettering before the finish coat of paint and then revealed the BMF lettering with some lacquer thinner. So that's done. I painted all the other parts today so this one is ready for assembly. I had a partial can of Tamiya light blue metallic so I used it on the interior hoping for a little different shade of blue. Actually, it is very similar to the Dupli-Color. I just used some Dullcote on the seats and painted the carpet dark blue. I'm out of pre-wired distributors and I guess they are backlogged. So this will be a simple box stock build. Not too many parts anyway and its looks like a simple assembly. I'll rub it out and foil it tomorrow. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks for the comments, everyone! ?

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! ?

Very nice! Nice, clean mild custom! I like it! ??

Looks good, David! Nice paint and foil! ??

Looks great, Mario! And your background really suits the subject! Nice work! ??

Thanks, Jeff, Mario, and Graham! I appreciate your comments! I just realized that I should have posted this in trucks. I hope nobody minds! Thanks for looking! ?

Inspired by the article in the latest Model Car Magazine by Cliff Read I started this buggy. The frame, fender unit sans fenders, suspensions, radiator and shell and pickup box are from the Monogram 29 pickup truck. The body bucket and seat are from the Revell 29 pickup and the all chrome engine and tires are from the Lindberg 34 pickup truck. The headlights are from the AMT 25 T and the taillights are from the Revell 32 five-window coupe. Everything else is from the parts box or scratched. The paint is Dupli-Color Dark Toreador Metallic and Krylon Matte Sand Dollar. Thanks for looking! ?

I forgot to post the last update so now I've posted it and have another. Painted the box and added some decals to the bed and detail painting to the chains. I've added wheels and tires. the tires are from the the Lindberg 34 Pickup - at least they were in the box so I assume that's where they are from. The wheels and wheelbacks are from the parts box and the whitewalls are from the Revell 37 Ford pickup. There is a black border around the rim before the whitewall begins but I like that although it is a bit different from the standard wide white. I also added tailpipes from the Monogram 29 pick-up kit and the radiator and shell as well. I added an aftermarket top radiator hose. All that is left are the headlights, taillights, radiator supports, and mirrors. I have the headlights figured out and the radiator supports will come from plastic rod that I will cut to fit. Still have to find some taillights. Then this Parts Box Buggy will be done! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Bob and Jeremy! I appreciate your comments! I assembled the simple chassis suspensions, installed the engine, found a steering wheel, instrument cluster and decals, and a shifter in the parts box. I made a steering column from 1/8" tube and found a steering box with shaft to fit in the steering column tube. I've glued the body down on the frame rails but then found that the box I intended to use wasn't wide enough. So I went to the box that came with the Monogram kit, same as the frame and fender unit, and it fit so I cut about 1/2" out of the length. I also cut out the end of the box and glued it back on the box so that the tailgate will fit nicely. I'll paint the box tomorrow as I have run out of daylight today! I still need to find wheels, headlights and taillights. Not sure where I'll put the taillights; might have to settle for 1 taillight attached to a license plate frame. Thanks for looking! ?

Inspired by the recent article in Model Car Magazine by Cliff Read, I decided to try my luck using some kits that I have and some spare parts. I am using some parts from a Monogram 29 Ford pickup, Revell 29 Ford Pickup and Lindberg 34 Ford Pickup. I started with the frame and fender unit from the Monogram kit that was basically spare parts but I have all the suspension pieces for it and I don't know what I did with the rest. The all chrome engine is from the 34 Ford pickup as an alternate engine. I've seen some nice all chrome engines but this is not one of them. But I am going to use it anyway with all these other parts to try to put something together. I can still build a 34 stake bed truck with the Lindberg kit so I will only use the alternate engine. I'm not sure where the body and truck bed came from but I think they came from the Revell kit or at least were in that box. So putting all this together will be a bit of a challenge. I don't have the tools or talent to actually manufacture leaf springs from sheet aluminum or shaped frame rails from sheet styrene so everything is from one of these kits or the parts box. I started with the fender unit and frame and built from there. I removed the fenders from the fender unit which wasn't easy. I broke one side in three places, but was able to glue everything back together and sand it out. The body has opening doors from kit hinges which also were very finnicky but I managed to get them together so that they work. The three carb setup on the engine didn't fit the manifold so I reduced the carbs to two, painted a few parts on the engine and slapped it together. I painted all the body parts with Dupli-Color Dark Toreador Metallic, one of my favorite colors. I still have to find some wheels and tires. I wasn't sure this was all going to work so I haven't posted photos. Here's the progression so far:

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks again, Everyone! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, Everyone! I appreciate your comments!

This Revell kit is a great kit. I painted it MCW Willow Green which is close to the 1968 colors although it is a 1965 Chevy color. The interior is painted Krylon Satin Italian Olive and black. I added plug wires, heater hoses, and a fuel line with filter to the engine. The vinyl top was added with 2" masking tape and painted with flat black. Some photos I took with it sitting on a box so you can see the stull at the bottom a little better. I've also posted a companion 68 Chevelle that I built a couple of years ago. Two different colors and a bit different style but very similar builds. The previous build took a 2nd place in Factory Stock. No problems with either build and they were fun to build! Thanks for looking and have a Happy Easter! ! ?

Thanks, Jeremy! I appreciate your comments! This one is done! See more photos in the "Under Glass" section. A great kit that went together well again! ?

Its on wheels! Everything went together well! Body is in place with no glue and wheel position looks good to me. I still have to paint the cowl black. Hardware and decals tomorrow! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! Finished and installed the engine. I added plug wires without the benefit of a pre-wired distributor because the ones I ordered haven't been shipped yet. I also added a fuel line and filter and that short hose between the intake manifold and the water pump. I'll add heater hoses and install the radiator and hoses next. The chassis is also done and the interior installed on the frame. I didn't glue the steering wheel on yet so I could complete the chassis. After the engine bay is complete its on to wheels and windows and then I can finalize with hardware and decals. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Looking good, Jim! Nice work! ??