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Thanks everyone, wasn’t sure if the colors were going to work, but once the bmf was on, it looked ‘right’ to me, before bmf I wasn’t too sure......

Thanks all? it’s a great kit , the last few builds I’ve done have been rather quicker than usual. I think it took less then two weeks to finish this one , although, I’ve had minimum 3 builds going at a time lately. Had one very productive weekend painting bodies, from there it was paint all the bits to everything, then start building, lol.

Thanks, Engine pic wouldn’t load for some reason......

I work for a GM dealer as a tech, as such, over time I have ordered touch up paint in spray cans from work when I see colors I like. And ya, I got lazy on the alternator, I usually paint them with aluminum plate paint?

Last of the trifecta off the bench, this one is GM ‘Subterranean Earth’ with a testors ‘light earth’ interior.

Yet another charger off the bench, this one is GM Sea Grass metallic with a hunter green top.

Revell kit, nice kit, builds up nice.

Revell kit, painted in GM ‘Crystal Red Metallic ‘

Revell ‘copo’ kit. Painted in GM ‘’Champagne Silver’ . Nice kit, took about a week to build it. Thanks for looking.

Just ordered a copy of this book, cannot wait to get it and get lost in its pages?

I don’t think the bus mirrors have made an appearance since the first issue of both this and the Titan

That is without a doubt one of the coolest builds I have seen here! Terrific work on all of it, well done!

Thanks all, it was a fun build really, and my first attempt at transplanting a front clip. Have plans for more elcamino conversions in the future.

My Old Pig Ain’t Runnin lol

April 7th , tried to post a pic of the flyer, but it wouldn’t load.

Great pics, thanks for sharing those?

Been there, done that. I now tape them together.

Nice pic?

As usual, had a great time, got some cool stuff, and took home a few plaques. lots of cool stuff on the tables this year, the quality of stuff always amazes me, lot of really good builders around this area.

Please ad some pics of yours to this topic, would love to see them. I think I may have seen them before, come to think about it , but feel free to ad some here.

Looks great! You can’t beat these kits, with a little detail work, they turn out fabulous.

Looking good! Built one of these awhile back, nice kit I thought. Seat belts, hobby lobby has thin ribbon that works pretty good, and model car garage has the ‘latch’ ends for them.

Thanks guys . I messed up with the cut really, the cut line is right at the panel line of the front door and along the cowl panel line. What I initially failed to realize is that the 67 coupe front fender is not the same in the lower portion, the area behind the front wheel, where it meets the door gap. To change that, I ended up hacking another 66 elco to get the lower fender portions, and then spliced those into the 67 front clip. After that, I set about making the tail lamps. I filled the existing ‘holes’ in the body with putty, then took the 67 chevelle coupe tail light panel and cut the ends off of it so I just had the part that the lenses went into. Then with carefull measuring ( I eye balled it), I cut matching holes into the body to fit the new tail lamp assemblies. I used the 67 coupe dash to retain the oddly placed tach ( unique to the 67 SS), and sanded off all the detail on the 66 elco interior door panels, and grafted the 67 door panels on to them to keep the proper pattern. I used the 66 elco kit chassis/engine etc. to complete the build. The wheels came from the 67 kit I hacked up, and the red line tires are AMT parts pack bits. Again, it’s not 100% accurate, but for me, it fills a gap in the elco line . I’ve already built a few 66 elco’s, and have 64, 65, and 68 kits to do, and have a few extra 68 kits to turn into 69 and 70’s versions.....some day. This project has been kicking around for a year or so, and the bug finally bit me to finish it. Thanks for looking?

Totally dig this build! Love the color combo, well done!

Cut, paste, ruin multiple kits to create, lol. Just wanted a 67 elco, not perfect, but looks great in the collection.