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Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, Carl and David! I appreciate your comments! David, I put the fender skirts on before I mated the body to the chassis. That's the only way I could figure out to hold the skirt in place with some pressure on the edge of the body. I did a better job on the left than the right because after mounting the right one, I thinned down the edge or ridge in the wheel opening and also thinned down the lip on the fender skirt by scraping both with my #11 blade. Not for the faint of heart after it was painted. I wish I had thinned them down and glued them on before paint. I could have sanded them down a bit and even puttied them up a bit without eliminating the seam. Thanks for looking! ? The front and the engine bay are now done. Only a few more pieces and this one will be done!

Its on wheels! I got the fender skirts as far on the outer edge as I could get them and it was a tough mating but that's the best I can do. The body went on fairly easily and I got the radiator installed after. I'm not sure its in the placement holes but I used some glue on the sides so it in there pretty sturdy. I did have one error that is a little embarrassing. I painted the firewall black and it should be body color. Fords have body color firewalls, generally, Chevys are all black in the engine bay and Mopars are all body color. I know this but completely spaced out! In addition, I unfortunately lost the master brake cylinder. I spent at least an hour looking for it including emptying the trash, finding the parts tree it was attached to but no luck. So since the steering linkage wouldn't quite fit, doesn't connect to anything and you can't see it anyway, I cut it down a bit and used it for a master brake cylinder. None in the parts box as I usually use all of them on each completed build. So, its almost done but now I am exhausted! Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl and David! I appreciate your comments! Well, I decided not to wait on the pre-wired distributors as it will slow down the build. I drilled out the center of the distributor, cut 9 pieces of gray spark plug wire about 1.5 inches long (trimmed shorter later as each plug wire was installed with a boot) stuck them in the hole in the distributor that was painted tan and aluminum. Next, I installed Pro Tech wire looms with a long bracket that I bent to install under the valve cover. Then threaded each wire through the loom and into the spark plug hole that I had previously drilled out, with a boot on the end of the wire. The block is painted with Tamiya Camel Yellow since I don't have and have not heard of Yellow Jacket Yellow in model paint. Now I can move on to the chassis. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! ?

Thanks, Tom, Carl and David! I appreciate your comments! Finished the interior and everything went smoothly. Some black and aluminum paint, foil, foil and chrome pen and its done. Moving on to the engine and chassis. I am waiting on pre-wired distributors and it looks like it will be tough to complete the chassis without mounting the engine first so I may have a small delay here. I might have to get another body painted. Thanks for looking! ?

You are right about mounting the fender skirts inside but the trick will be on my build to get the skirt to the edge of the wheel opening so that the fender skirt is flush with lip on the body. In other words, no gap or overhang of the body to the skirt. That's why I don't like skirts on most of my builds because they never fit right. I'll have to glue them in before I mount the body on the frame in order to hold them in the right position.

Michael, you have done some really nice work adapting these two kits. Won't the paint be hard to get smooth, especially the trim for foil. I am not trying to be critical but my experience with Krylon on bodies is that it is hard to get the textured finish smooth even without the "shimmer" type of paint. It would be a shame to overlook the great work you have done due to paint and foil. I really like what you have done and I hope you understand my comment is meant to be constructive. ?

I finally finished this build after the Texas Freeze. This was a partial kit in the closet that needed a hood and engine as I didn't want to use the cut-out hood and blower motor. There were other parts missing as well. I used a hood from an MPC 69 Camaro Convertible (only a few parts remain from that kit that I destroyed early in my model building life) that I shortened in the front about 1/16". The engine is a 350 from the 70.5 Camaro kit with an air cleaner from the parts box. The Z-28 emblems are from the 69 Camaro kit and the decals are old Keith Marks decals that appear to be silvering. The exterior color is Hugger Orange and the interior is red. So I cobbled this one together and here are some pics. Thanks for looking! ?

Looks good, David! I like the color and appreciate your sticking with it! My only other comment is that I think the skirts should go on the outside of the wheel opening. Nice work! ??

Your Edsel is looking nice! Love the color and the wild interior. Mine is a little subdued compared to yours! Nice work! ?

Foil is done on the body. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments! David, thanks for the tip. I often find that adding the radiator after the body is on works better on many models. I haven't gotten much done, except for painting all the other parts and rubbing out the body. Foil tomorrow!

Finally had some good weather yesterday so I could finish painting the body that I started before the Texas Freeze. The paint is Tamiya Light Green Pearl and Krylon Semi-gloss White. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Snake! I appreciate your comment! I'm gonna leave it stock height and I realize the front end is a little high. Otherwise the hood won't cover the engine. Its been a few days since I posted as my wife and I spent most of last week just trying to keep warm. We're getting pretty used to these 100 year events. Hurricane Harvey, Chinese Virus, and now the Texas Freeze. So anyway, after assessing the damage we're pretty lucky to use only the pool equipment and the TV box in my workroom. I find it hard to work without some kind of nonsense on the TV while I am building. So now I have my emergency radio on in my room so I can get something done. I finished the engine bay on the Camaro and only have a few more pieces and decals to finish. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, All! I appreciate the comments and discussion! Let's just say this is a "Day Two" car and it is on wheels! The wheels look OK although I would have liked the rear wheel forward just a bit more. Still have the hardware and decals to apply, not to mention shortening the tailpipes that came from a Revell 69 Camaro. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, David! I appreciate your comment! Its been several days since I posted because when I tape off the hood area to paint the inner fender liners and firewall I had a tape mistake. I had to repaint the cowl, re-clear which caused me to re-clear the entire body which then blushed. I cleared it again and ran back into the house with it and finally got it rubbed out the next day. I think I recovered but it was a few days of work rubbing it out and then foiling the body. I think the red interior will go OK with the body so I am on to completing the chassis and engine to get to the assembly stage. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Jason! I am a veteran of the cold weather, having grown up in Indianapolis for 32 years where the weather can be very cold. No, I am not from Texas but I got here as soon as I could! Thanks, Snake! I have a Chevy 396 in a 67 Camaro SS kit but I am not going to use it. So I have an extra 350 from the 70 1/2 Z-28 Camaro that is smaller in size than the engine that is in the 68 kit that is suppose to be a 302. I am just trying to build something out of a kit that is incomplete so this will definitely be a "Day Two" car. I do have some Cragar wheels and two Mickey Thompson treaded racing tires for the rear. I was disappointed when the paint dried that the top of the fenders and cowl has a bleed-through of the gray primer underneath on the edges (Don't know if you can see it in the first picture). I have since repainted this area and it looks much better, but I will have to wait for clear. My wife has some sinus issues this morning and I can't bring it into the house before it dries. I am afraid that it will blush. I've also chosen to paint the interior Flame Red and dullcoted. Usually, red is used with a black or white exterior, and I am not sure this would ever be seen in an orange car. I don't like black and orange as it looks too much like Halloween to me. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Snake and Bill! I appreciate your comments! I don't want to jinx this build but today I think I did my best paint job ever! I don't think I will have to rub this one out! I know Huggar Orange is a 69 color, not a 68 color, but since I have a 69 hood, I'm calling this a 68 wannabe a 69! Two coats of Testors Huggar Orange spray can and two coats of Krylon Clear Lacquer about 15 minutes apart outside. Its about 70 degrees today and a little breezy but OK on my patio. Thanks for looking!

This build has a somewhat long story. I had an earlier issue of this kit that was molded in light blue plastic and could only be built with the blower engine with a hood that had a cut in it for the carb air intakes. So I didn't want to build that style and went out and bought another issue of that kit with a solid hood and standard 302 engine. So I still have all the other parts and now am trying to put another build together. I used the light blue body on the other build as I had already started making changes to the body based on some advice from Snake 45. So now I am going to build the rest of this kit and will have to substitute some pieces from the parts box. I started by trying to find another hood as I already used the solid hood from the second purchase. I tried the Revell 69 Camaro hood but it is too small. Then I remembered that I still had some pieces from the MPC 69 Camaro Convertible (the worst kit ever). I still have the hood from this kit although the body was smashed to pieces years ago! I have since become a more patient modeler. So the convertible hood from this kit with a 1/16" trim on the front fits pretty well. So I went about making the body changes suggested by Snake 45. Removing the lip or extra chrome trim on the top of the door and quarter window, sanding and flattening the trim on the rear window trim, scribing in the panel lines on the "orchid" between the rear window and the trunk, and also on the bottom of the front of each door. Now, all I need to do is find the parts for the top end of the engine, exhaust manifold and exhaust system, driveshaft (I don't know why that is missing), and a new windshield as the one I have has the rear view mirror outline molded into the clear glass. So here are some photos of progress: All body changes made, front and rear pans and spoiler attached, water bottle taped off for paint: Previous build:

Here are some outdoor photos of a recently completed build. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, David and Gareth! I appreciate your comments! Here are some outdoor photos.

Thanks, Mattias! I appreciate the humor! I finally got around to completing the decals on this one. Despite the color of the plastic, it turned out to be a pretty nice build. Bumpers fit, wheel position looks good and engine bay came out nicely. The tape vinyl top probably helped with blocking out the colored plastic and the two coats of primer on the body helped the Sublime Green cover nicely. I used some old Mike's Speed Shop decals on the scripts as they are chrome decals. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, David and Carl! I appreciate your comments! Its on wheels! Just the decals, marker lamps and a couple of paint touch-ups to finish. It went together well. Too bad it was molded in orange. Thanks for looking!

Its been a few days since I've posted but we had a lot of rainy days and now its dried out a bit and I had a chance to finish painting the other parts. I assembled the engine and only added plug wires. I should be able to finish in the next couple of days. Thanks for looking! ?