Metalmad

Thank you Steve !

Thank you Carl !

Thank you Greg ! I will be attempting to plumb the engine correctly by adding coolant hoses and wiring in their proper locations as well as adding a oil dip stick, throttle cable and vacuum hoses which the progress on adding these details will be slow.

Started working on where the coolant hoses will be installed to the intake manifold and to the water pump which I was able to get just one hose installed this evening that runs from the front of the intake manifold down to the top of the water pump and I must say it was a challenge to just get the one hose installed.

I sprayed the carb first with primer than Tamiya gold then I used a black wash to give it some depth. I also pre drilled for the fuel lines & vacuum lines before painting the carb as well. Plus I also scratch built the lower half of the air cleaner housing that sits on top of the carb.

Thank you John !

Hello All, I started this build on the 69 SS a few months back then started on a Meng 1/24 1966 Ford GT but I ran into some paint and decal issues on the Ford so I put it aside for now so I could think about how I will attack to correct the issues so then I decided to start back on the 69 Chevelle. So here are some pics of the process of the build and where I'm at on the build. First off the body has been painted and decals added then a couple coats of clear but she will still need Thento be rubbed out. Then I started on the assembly of the engine which has been painted as well as the intake manifold , water pump , carburetor, heads and certain parts detailed with paint and holes drilled for spark plugs , distributor and couple for the coolant hoses.

She came out looking awesome !

Nice work !

Looking good Art ! It is always a pleasure to watch you build.

She looks nice & mean ! Good Job !

She is looking good and I feel you on the painting issues .

She's looking good ! I just wish that Revell would have included the ram air cleaner with the kit which I actually scratch built for my 66

Thank you David ! Next I will be working on getting the body tapped off around the headlamp and lower light buckets to shoot them a semi gloss black the I'll install the lights and the light covers.

Hello All, Just a small update which I have applied the last coat of clear and I also started on applying the decals to the tires after I shot some clear on them and now I'll wait until the decals cure then I'll shoot some semi gloss to seal them.

I use Tamiya masking tape on all my masking do to the fact that all the 3M blue and green tapes leave a residue

Elegance with horse power !

Here is a small update and some pictures of the painted bottom pan and after she dry's I will mask off the air box's then shoot the blue to finish off the bottom pan. I was also able to apply decals to the dash today and started detailing the dash switch's as well. Happy 4 th of July to everyone and be safe !

Thank you Pierre ....... Was able to tape off the bottom pan to shot some Tamiya gloss aluminum on the rear air boxes then after that dries I will tape off the boxes then shoot the blue and then shoot some semi gloss over the blue.

Thank you Mike !

Thank you Anton......its been a little bit of a struggle with the paint and decals but I'm taking my time on her.

Received the replacement indycals decal Friday and was able to apply the decal over the existing decal that had the body color bleed through.So after letting the decal set up and dry for 24 hours I proceeded to shoot the clear on the body and cure then I will need to mask off the bottom pan and shoot the dark blue on the belly after the clear is completely cured and also mask off the body around the light enclosures to shoot some black.

Cool Build !

After emailing Michael at indycals and informing him about the issue I had with the one decal which I also sent him a picture of the decal issue. He responded quickly and he will be sending me out a replacement decal at no charge. What a standup guy ! I really appreciate his customer service.

Started laying down the indycals decals and noticed the on the one that I had applied to the hood you can still see he body color underneath in one area of the white as you can see in the pic. I have emailed indycals about this issue and I also have ordered another set of decals from indycals which upon I will then just lay down another decal on top of the one that has been already applied.