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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.

You have definitely captured the essence of the car, well done!

Great news! Glad to hear of the quick progress ?

Just saw this, also hoping for as speedy a recovery as possible, and sounds like things are progressing at a good rate. Thoughts and prayers for you folks from here.

Sadly, I have all sorts of boxes, containers and those ‘hardware organizer cabinets’, my problem seems to be finding the time to actually organize it all....

Come to the dark side and build some big rigs, after buying a few of those, car kits seem cheap, lol. But, in the end, this is a hobby, and we spend disposable income on kits, parts, tools and supplies, and for the most part, I think a lot of the guys that pirate kits for parts are getting them in the secondary market, so the price to kit bash isn’t close to retail, still not dirt cheap, but not horrible.

This will fill the last hole in my chevelle stack of kits, very happy to see this coming out!

A 1:1 vehicle and a model are not even comparable in this case in my mind as far as shows go. Not everyone can build a 1:1, but almost anyone can build a model, I say this, as a 1:1 takes a lot more skill and knowledge to do, versus a model kit. having said that, in respect to models, if you didn’t build it, you should not enter it in a judged competition, regardless if you state it was built by so and so, at the most, it should be in a display only area and duly noted as to who built it. Thats just me, so take it for what it’s worth.

Lot of golf left yet, thermals, cart cover and cart heater....., last tournament around here is in November .......

Same situation here, been a busy summer and I have not been at the bench in months. As you say, hate to see summer end, but it will be nice to get back to building again.

Imagine the size of the carpet monster during the build of one of those, lol.

I was 13 at that time, and probably didn’t realize model building existed outside of my circle of friends, lol.

Made the ‘other mag’ with this one when I went to NNL East, suprised I made it.

Not a bad thing, I haven’t been at the bench in months, and think I’ve only stepped into my ‘room’ twice in the past month to put down a few new kits. But, summer is almost over, so it’ll be back in there making a mess soon....

check out artograph booths as well. I've had mine for 3-4 years, and love it, I got a 4130, it's huge, can fit rig trailer sides in it. highly recommend it.

cars of the past, i miss the torque/ plant you in the seat feeling. the feel of closing a solid built door, the peculiar smell of the vinyl seats during the summer heat, bench seats that were like a couch, dash boards with speedo/fuel/clock and idiot lights [now everything has a tach and most gauges, used to be that stuff was for the SS cars and the like], body styles that looked good with cragar wheels, or keystone classics, engines that sounded good with aftermarket mufflers, and on some cars, the miles of chrome inside and out. biggest thing i miss, NO CUP HOLDERS.....it's a car, not a kitchen, not meant to have food or drink in it [but that's just me] oh, and ash trays, and not really for the smoking aspect, made for a nice change holder.

Nothing to worry about, if you look back at the evolution of the vette, each generation has been quite a departure from the prior one, with the exception of the C5 to the C6, those were quite similar in many ways. That and the sky didn’t fall when the trans got sent to the back of the car for better weight distribution, so I think it’ll be ok, lol. Plus, you still can’t beat the performance and comfort for the price range, try daily driving one of those other super cars and see how quickly it’s no longer fun.......