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Slow but steady progress is the name of the game here, a common theme with most of my builds. Lol. Finally got the body into paint and polished out. In the process of polishing I proceeded to burn through a couple spots on the drivers side fender top. So a little careful sanding brought the fender top down to the primer level again, masked the rest of the car off, and shot another coat of primer followed by paint. Once gassed out, I attempted polishing and low and behold it came out good this time around. I also turned my attention to installing the 429 and front suspension. Nearly everything was straight forward as far as assembly. The only issues were the headers were a little fussy to install, and I had to delete the oil filter as it was in the way of the headers. Don't know if this is a common issue with this kit or just my usual dumb luck. Thanks to Mike's advice earlier, I did paint the vac advance silver, and re-routed the line to the carb.

Nice save. I usually am not a fan of huge wheels on musclecars, but it works on this one.

Thanks guys. Jesse, that's too bad about loosing some parts, hope you get to finish it someday and post it here. Mike, call it a brain fart on painting the vacuum advance black. I'll get it painted silver, and re-route the line to the proper location on the carb. Thanks for the heads-up!

Beautiful build Felix!

What a beauty. That paint is simply amazing!

Thanks everyone. I finished up the interior a few days ago and just now got the chance to snap a few pics. These Torinos had a goofy horizontal tach on the bottom left of the dash.....what serious gear-jammer would use that? So I took the tach from the Revell '68 Charger and mounted it on the steering column. BMF for the chrome trim and door handles/window cranks. All paint detail on the dash. I didn't use the speedo and gauge decals after the experience with the woodgrain decals on the door panels. While applying those, even with liberal amounts of micro set used, they kept curling up along the edges in various spots. The only way I was able to get them to lay down properly was after they dried awhile, I applied a tiny amount of Testors glue from the tube underneath and pressed them down. Kinda has me worried about the laser stripes for the body........ Last night I laid down the black in the engine bay. Testors flat black with semi-gloss clear. Making a little progress on the chassis, too. I used Krylon Ruddy Brown primer to simulate Red Oxide, works pretty convincingly IMO.

Oh yeah that is nice! Beautiful build and sharp photos as well.

Beautiful paint. That is one real sharp Boss '9.

Randy, as much as I love your Lime Light 'Cuda, I believe I like this one even better! It's such a great color combo. Congrats on another stellar build! I, too, have ordered some tire decals from Fireball Modelworks and looking forward to their arrival in my mailbox.

Great build Fred, looks spot on to me. Congrats.

Oh man, that is absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing your wheel opening mods as well.

Thanks for all your interest guys. I haven't made a whole lot of progress over the last few days, but did manage to get a good deal done on the 429, plumbed it as far as I wanted to take this one. I will be adding heater hoses and battery cables later on down the road. The dizzy is a Prestons pre-wired unit with a added vacuum booster(?) taken from the kit distributor. The interior has been painted as well. I went with Rustoleum Regal Red as it is a fairly close match to the red on the 1:1 interiors. It is gloss, so I have sprayed the carpet with a flat clear, and will spray some semi-gloss over the other interior bits.

Thanks guys. Steve, I did the gauges with plain old Testors bottle paint, picking out the details with a toothpick. I was really happy with how they turned out, probably my best work so far in detailing gauges.

Great build John!

Great build and love it in orange. I got's to get me one of these kits.

Couldn't agree more on an early Spring. Had a "high" of -1 up here today. Supposed to dip down to -17 tonight. This winter is picking right up where last winter left off.......

Great start John. Love the Atomic Orange, was thinking of building mine in the same color (whenever that may be Lol). How's the kit going together, any issues?

I've decided to kick off the new year of model building with the Monogram Pro Modeler Torino GT. I haven't posted a WIP in a long time, but here it goes...... I'm building it in the likes of a day-2 car. The 429 will be receiving drag headers and chrome goodies included in the kit, and will be plumbed. I got the block assembled and painted Dupli-Color Ford Engine Blue today. All mold lines were removed from the body and then I slapped on some white Krylon primer. Colors will be a white exterior with red laser stripes, and a red interior. I'm ditching the stock tires for some AMT pad printed Polyglas GT's. The smaller F60's up front, and meatier L60's out back. I raided the AMT 66 Galaxie of it's Cragars and they fit the Goodyears perfectly, just will probably need to file down the backsides a little on the fronts to allow proper fitment of the wheelbacks. These Torinos sit low in back, so I'll also give it a little lift to get it's butt off the ground for a more aggressive stance. Did a quick mock-up with the tires and took a couple pics. Hope to have more soon.......

Great job on Bill's squarebird. Well done.

Really sharp build Smelly.

Wow, that is sooo cool. Great work!

The interior and engine look superb Randy, keep it going! Having Dave's help from the sidelines is never a bad thing either. I feel a little guilty as I haven't conversed with him in some time.

I like it, she looks great. You did some amazing detail work on the dash.

That's going to look sharp with a white interior. Paint looks great Randy, your off to a great start.

Great group of builds. That Sierra Cosworth really caught my eye, I've always thought they were really cool.