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Sliced the body and hood down the middle, and taped the left and right halves together.

I've created some basic hood sides from .020 styrene sheet, and mated them to the hood tops. To ensure proper vertical alignment, I taped the grille shell in place. Now, I'll split the hood and body down the middle, tape the left halves and right halves together, wrap them around the engines, then trace out a frame pattern. Also, hoping to finish the revised Photoshop side view mockup ASAP.

Hello everyone I noticed the middle passenger side window was too wide, so I risked taking a super-thin slice out of the body (A). That delicate cut ended up working out OK, and also straightened out the misaligned rear valence (B). I've rethought the hunchback trunk cuts, which I now think can be done by simply hacking out a horizontal slice from the rear window/sides, and pushing the trunk up (C). Hope this works. Hey, misterNNL, I totally overlooked the necessity of a beefy frame. I was prepared to start with the kit-supplied rails, but now you've inspired me to create something thick and meaty, from scratch. Thanks! Ha ha, mod3l Lover, yes, that would be total badassery. I have the 1/25 Revell Peterbilt 359 that I would LOVE to gut for this thing, but I already have plans for it. Photoshop mockup attached. I hope I can get to this some day.

Since I want the Hemis enveloped by the bodywork, the new double-length hood will provide the depth, but not the width. Going to widen the body, spread it apart more at the front, widen the grille, and rework the cowl area to clear the engines. Seriously considering massive headers exiting the hood sides, and/or hardcore induction setup sticking out the top. NEXT UP: More refined Photoshop side view mockup; I've got a few new ideas I'd like to explore.

Thanks everyone for your continued interest and support! Sliced one hood down the middle, spread it apart, and mated it to the back of the other. Joined both baby moons to make a mega moon. Here are the wheels and tires I'll be using for this baby. Hey, 68shortfleet, I love your half-window dragster idea. Bicycle wheels up front, fat stacks on a blower, and with a top chop, it would be a quarter-mile quarter-window, heh.

Those wheels, those redlines, that crazy two tone; looks like a vintage Hotwheels. Can't wait to see this finished.

Flattened out the oil pans.

Glued the three main body pieces together using little styrene tabs; have enough bits left over to make another HALF-WINDOW coupe.

Thank you, mod3l Lover. If this beast turns out, let's build a real one in your garage, heh. Bodies are hacked up and ready for grafting. Body 2 needs to be widened, and once the halves are mated to Body 1's front section, I'll hack some more and graft on a wider "hunchback" trunk. Also did more engine buildup. Been looking through the parts box, hoping to come up with a truly badass induction system.

I'm so loving this build. This is the thread that inspired me to get back into modelling after a 12-year hiatus. Entranced to see where this ends up.

Wow, thanks so much everyone for your enthusiasm and support. Feedback/criticism is greatly welcomed. I sure could use it! I've built the engines up a bit, smoothed out the tranny seams, and started hacking up the two bodies. This rough Photoshop approximates the main cuts to get the overall shape. NEXT UP: Widening the body, planning out the hood length, nailing engine position, and creating an all-new frame.

Hello everyone Inspired by all of your awesome builds, and the latest Mad Max film, I'm gonna bash TWO 32 Ford 5-Window Coupes together and see what I come up with. Planning to use the deep steelies from the AMT Dodge Monaco all around, along with fat MPC-issue Blue Streak Dragway Specials up front, and mega fat Firestones (Revell J-2000/Beretta Pro Street kits) at the rear. Started off by joining the two Hemi beasts together.

Hello George Oh yes, this would be a sick awesome project, though I leaned the hard way that doing it all on one's own is impossible. I would like to organize the modelling community in helping me source hires scans of the 3500+ domestic model car boxes I've catalogued. In looking through everyone's kits in the "show your stash" thread here, I see there are hundreds of classics just waiting to be digitized. In the meantime, you can see the images I've grabbed off Google here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=74534

Nice idea, Tony. I plan to comp together all the 3000+ box top images I've collected and create a whopping 24x36 poster.

Hello John Oh yes, please do get some shots of the front end. I don't think I've ever seen the front of it; and now I need to see more of your work!

Hello Daniel I love your idea; it would be great to get a bunch of us together to try to document, catalogue and digitally preserve model kits. Instructions, box tops, end panels, decal sheets, and even pics of all the parts and sprues, if possible. That is the dream, ha ha.

I hope I've gotten caught up with everyone's request for the PDF. If I've forgotten you or the link doesn't work, just hit me up and I'll get you taken care of. Thanks everyone, I appreciate all your support!

Wow, John, your Atlantic is sick amazing! Dude, you're like a living legend! I'd love to see more of it! I loved working with Lindberg's Atlantic too, though I found the plastic for it (and their Crown Vic) just a wee bit more rubbery and elastic to work with than typical styrene. Did you find the same? Here's what I did with my Atlantic: used the nose and scratchbuilt everything else to make a funky woody!

Hello everyone Wow, this is awesome to see so many people interested in this! I was about to trash my scrapbook, but then I was like: "Nah, I really need to share this with the modelling community!" It's a shame I never thought to properly credit everyone's fine work back then, and I've forgotten the names of a lot of the amazing builders. There's tons of great stuff from Jairus, Juha, and many, many more. I've sent download links to everyone who's responded so far; please do let me know if the links aren't working. I'll find a way to get your PDFs to you. Thanks!

Before the internet, gathering solid reference material on cars was tough. So, all through the 90s, I kept a scrapbook of everything cool and interesting I ever found in model car magazines. Just discovered it hidden in a box, so I scanned it, and I have a hires PDF (83 MB, via Dropbox link) for anyone who would like to have a copy. Just send a message or comment in this thread. There's tons of awesome ideas, cool models, great reference and good times. Enjoy.

Just uploaded these seven Mopar kits to the galleries:

Hello Greg, how does a thread get pinned? In the meantime, I just uploaded these 33 kits to the galleries:

Thanks, peekay; I think I'm gonna put up a MISC category, to throw in the Henry J, Duesenberg, Cord, Hudson and Packard kits I have. I feel like I should also add the Austins, since Revell had at least 7 gasser kits.