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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.

Excellent work Chris, you really made that old kit pop.

Thanks again everyone.

Thanks a lot guys. No doubt, it's been a long time.....too long. I think that will be my new years model building resolution for 2014. I have a few ideas in place, just waiting patiently for those awesome BFG Krawlers from Joesph to become available.

Awwwwyeahhh that is awesome! Looks great with the front suspension moved forward and great color choice. Very nice work, congrats.

Built completely OOB other than the plug wires and STP decals on the front fenders. No real issues during build-up and was a really fun build. I need a few more of these kits in my stash. Paint is cheap 'ol ColorPlace Black from Walmart. If it ever "warms" up I'll snap some better outdoor shots...wasn't going to freeze my hands getting pics of it with a -20 windchill today.

Chris, that is awesome. Great job!

My brother uses them when he stores his 66 Fairlane and hasn't had any problems with mice. I've heard from other people that it didn't work for them, though, so I don't think it's 100% effective. All you can do is give it a try, it can't hurt any.

Oh yeah! She's a beauty, great build John.

Wow, those are some fantastic builds, very nice work. Currently building the SWC Willys myself.

Sweet build Chris!