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Thanks, Rusty, Guido and Luke! I appreciate your comments! I painted it Daytona Yellow! I only had about 1/2 can of Testors Daytona Yellow and I knew I needed two coats to cover the gray primer. So I used Tamiya Yellow, TS-16 as a base coat and then the Daytona Yellow as a second coat. There is very little difference between the two. The color is a little washed out in the light and I have a little lemon peel (see what I did there) so I am going to rub it out a bit and then add two coats of clear tomorrow. We have temps in the mid 60s at least until Monday so I hope I can get it done. Thanks for looking! ?

A few weeks ago after searching at my local Hobby Lobby for months for a 69 Chevelle, I purchased a kit from Model Roundup. They got it to me quickly and it was well-packaged and in good shape but at retail, plus shipping. Earlier this week I was in another part of town and thought I would visit the Hobby Lobby. There It was, the only one on the shelf, so now I have another one - always good to have two in case the molds get destroyed or Revell changes hands again. The parts are very nice, good decals, pad printed Firestone Wide Ovals, and the chrome is pristine. I noticed a few swirls in the plastic but other than that the body and hood were in good shape. I sanded down the body, removed a little flash in the wheel and window openings and it was ready for some soap and water. There is a part to separate the grill from the bumper that should be painted body color which is a nice touch. There are also separate rear quarter panel corners that I also attached and test-fitted with the taillight bumper assembly to make sure everything was tight and flush. The interior pieces are well-engraved. The arm rests and window cranks are very pronounced and will look good once everything is painted and detailed. I'm not sure what color yet. Daytona yellow might look nice or black or light blue metallic. Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Anders and Bob! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

This one is done. Its an old AMT ERTL kit that was packaged with the big touring wheels. I decided to do it with regular wheels. the color is Tamiya Bright Red with a black interior. I use some parts from a stock 66 Nova that I had leftover from the street machine that I built over 20 years ago. No badges and no rocker chrome. Low key and low down! I've also added a couple photos from the one I built over 20 years ago. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, James and David! I appreciate your comments! This one is done! I also have a couple of pics of the one I built over 20 years ago but it had the big meats on the back. This kit only had the touring wheels which I don't care for. I built the current kit to pass some winter time and get it out of my closet. I don't have any decals so I didn't add the badges etc. nor did I add the rocker panel chrome pieces. Its just low key and low down! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, JC and David! I appreciate your comments! David, I'm not going to do anything with the tubs. I built this one as a drag or street racer with the big wheels and high-rise engine but this one I am going to convert to a plain street version. Obviously this kit was built for big wheels so when I installed the interior the interior wouldn't let me position standard stock rear wheels correctly. I didn't want to shorten the rear suspension and didn't think I could do it cleanly so I cheated. Look at the third photo and you can see how I fixed it. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, Bob! This kit is probably a little bit different as it is designed to be a high-rise dual carb engine though the hood with the big touring wheels. I mounted the engine and as I thought, it was too tall for the hood to close. I had some before photos but I accidently erased them. I had to shorten the motor mounts, notch the crossmember in front for the oil pan to clear, and modify the transmission mount in order to mount the engine lower. Then I found a thinner carb for the raised manifold so that the air cleaner wouldn't sit on the valve covers. Once that was completed I could mount the engine and finish the engine bay moving the battery to the front instead of the trunk area, add a wiper motor and wiper water bottle. I found some wheel backs, Keystone wheels, and Goodyear tires that I think should work. I've added the dual exhaust as well. I'll build the interior and hopefully this will all come together as a converted drag car to street machine. Here are some photos. Thanks for looking.

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! I finished the engine, although I didn't glue the oil filler tube or air cleaner, both of which may be too tall. I have another air cleaner to mount that is thinner if I need to and I probably will shorten the oil filler tube. I used the stock exhaust manifolds from a previous kit so that I could use the dual exhaust pipes. What if a car that was once drag raced was converted back to street use? How would that look?

Thanks, RRP and David! I appreciate your comments!

I quickly this body and other parts before the weather got bad. The color is Tamiya Bright Red and I've painted the interior black. Although this Rides Magazine AMT kit is suppose to be a drag or Pro Street model, I plan on a more stock or street version. I have some engine parts and wheel covers from an earlier stock version of this kit so I am going to use them. The interior is built for a drag version but I am going to ignore that. After rubbing it out I noticed that I had rubbed through the beltline dart or bevel so I gave both sides another coat of paint and clear in my garage with a space heater on. Not the old coil type but a newer type heater. Seemed to work out OK and I rubbed out again and then foiled with some damaged foil that was given to me. My new sheet of foil has little to no glue on it so I'm going to have to thin down some Elmer's glue if I am going to use it in the future. But for now, the body looks pretty good. Only a couple of brush touch-ups will be necessary. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment!

Thanks, all! I appreciate your comments! Rusty, I wrapped the axle ends, the portion that is supposed to click into the wheel, with tape and then glued the wheel to the end of the axle. Thanks for looking! ?

This one is done. Paint is Tamiya Light Blue Metallic and interior is Krylon Ivory. Nice body, interior, engine but the chassis rear suspension is terrible and the axles are too short for the stock version. I was disappointed with my foil but there isn't much I can do about it. I used some painted chrome ink on the taillight bezels but they are too wide. I would have used foil and trimmed it down but couldn't with this sheet. Here are the photos:

Thanks, Guido and Mike! I appreciate your comments! This one is done. Nice body, interior, engine but the rear suspension and axles (too short) on the chassis are terrible. I'm not happy with the foil either but I did the best I could with a sheet that is less than optimal. I used painted chrome pen on the rear taillight bezels but they are a bit too big, I think. I would have used foil normally so I could trim it down but couldn't with this sheet. Here are the photos:

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! It took two days to get here but the body finally meets frame and the engine compartment is done. First, I had to completely re-construct the rear suspension because of the positioning of the rear wheels in the wheel opening. I had to shorten the stem on the universal and the control arms by about 1/8". I broke one shock but I'll live with it. Next, since the wheels were inboard too far I had to use some debonder to get the wheels off the axles. I then wrapped the axle ends (the part that is suppose to click the wheels onto the axle) with some tape and mounted the wheels on the axle end so that they were closer to the fender wheel openings. Finally, even though I thought I had tested the hood closure with the taller carb, the hood wouldn't close. So I installed the shorter carb once I had all the plumbing done. I added heater hoses in addition to the kit air conditioning hoses. Here are some pics. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, David! I appreciate offer, but I'm sure I have the decals in my decal drawer somewhere. You would think since Revell had to modify the decal sheet to add the Foose decals they could have corrected the engine and fender decals. Not much done yesterday - put the together for the 65 with one whitewall decal and partially rubbed out a 66 Chevy Nova that I has quickly painted on Friday before the weather got bad again. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Tom, James and Mike. I appreciate your comments! Mike, I picked this up at Hobby Lobby just before Christmas. Its a Foose kit.

Thanks, Chaz, David and James! I appreciate the comments! Working on the engine and it had two carbs and two air cleaners in the kit, but the instructions only showed the air cleaner as an option. So I built the front suspension in order to insert the engine with the taller carb so I could make sure the hood would close. I wired the engine with a MAD distributor and added a fuel line and filter since there was room. Now the engine is complete and I can move on. The decals for it say its a 409 but it looks like a 396 to me so I'll have to find other decals for it. I suppose I should also strip and repaint the air cleaner but I'm not going to. Thanks for looking! ?

Finished the interior. Decals fit nicely and it went together well. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All! I appreciate the comments! Yes, the Tamiya Coral Blue is a beautiful color. The wheels are described in the 68 Dodge Charger kit as "Drag wheels". Not sure what they are as I am not good at identifying wheels, but they are chrome with 5 spokes which are my criteria for good looking wheels. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Bill! I appreciate your comment! I've been nursing an infected tooth and sinuses so I haven't gotten much done. The only thing I been able to do is dechrome the console, paint it black and add foil. Most of the foil fell off so I then brushed some of the chrome ink out of my Molotow pen that clogged. Just decals and a little touch-up next. Thanks for looking! ?

I'm back on this one. Foiled, painted and decaled the dash. I didn't paint the gauge panel black or aluminum on the bottom of the dash. I'm just glad on got some foil on it and was able to paint some chrome trim from the Molotow pen. Decals are still drying. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! Lee, I just don't like the wide whites that are the two piece tires in the kit. I wanted to find some other wheels and tires but couldn't find any tires that would fit the wheels. The wheels came from some extra parts that I got when purchasing about a 50 kit lot. So I used the front wheels from two sets of wheels from the 68 Dodge Charger kit and turned the tires around from this kit, painted the whitewall inserts black, and used a thin whiteline decal from the 64 Chevy kit. Problem solved! Thanks for the question and thanks for looking! ?