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Nice effects Dave! This thing is really turning out to be one cool and wild ride so far. Looking forward to more....... BTW I went out and bought my second Beetle bus kit. My thoughts are focused on lengthening the van body some. Where it goes from there I don't know yet but I've got something in the works after watching all this come together.

Wow! Thanks for all the great comments guys. I dunno what my next project will be but I hope it's half as much fun as this one was to build.

Good lookin' build Tim. Good luck at the show.

I freekin' love this! These were a dime a dozen on the streets when I was a kid. Awesome and unique build Al!!

I'm with Rob on the interesting idea aspect. Great idea and execution. Keep up the building and the good work.

Nice build Jesse. It's a true wonder that the decals held up that well being that old. Wow!

Nice!! Really nice!!!

You know , your photography is every bit as good as that beautiful build you pulled off John. Outstanding work from you yet again and I still aspire to get as good at Alclad as you bud. It's a great show you put on I can tell you that.

When I was a kid I was drawn to the Revell Street Demons line-up and ended up buying them all. I only built three of them back then and this was one of them. It's funny how when the hobby follows us into adulthood we see how much we either overlooked or just how bad the kits were back then. But hey, we were having fun back then right? lol . I took this project on in January of this year and although this kit does suck, I've had a great amount of fun with it and learning opportunities left and right over the course of the last 8-1/2 months. Although I was drawn to this car as a kid (and still am), as an adult I didn't care for the gasser stance for a "street" car and wanted something a little more jazzed up and to have some fun with it. Sooooooo, I created a dropped down party mobile. I mean .............with all that room in the back the possibilities were endless. I started out with my eyes being a lot bigger than 1.) my ability and 2.) what there was room for back there. Over the course of the build while my vision/ goal was always the same, I had to modify the ideas somewhat and my abilities got a tune up but I'm very happy with the end result. I won't go over every detail of the build but I will say that there were 7 different kits and a lot of aftermarket involved in its making. What really blew me away was the fact that there weren't any headlight bezels/ buckets (and there still aren't to this day with the latest release of this kit!!! ) and the hood hinge cut outs at the back of the engine compartment just make you want to slap the original kit engineers. I'd like to thank all of those who followed along and commented/ encouraged me throughout this creation. You guys are da bomb. The kit: Glamour shots: and then there's what's inside:

Thanks Jesse , Stephen and Dave. This puppy is now in the "Under Glass" section. I'd like to thank everyone who visited and commented, egged on, jeered, encouraged and helped me out along the way. You guys are alright in my book.

Bueller.................................Bueller.......................................Bueller? Just checkin' in.

This looks freekin' evil!! Really awesome work thus far and thanks for the lead on the carburetors. Wow!

Great ideas in motion with this build.

That'll look great. I didn't know Trumpeter did a Chevy II

Wooooooooooooooooooow! Un-beleeeeeeeeeeeevable.

Just gets better and better every time I see it! Awesome stuff bud.

It's on the modeling "bucket list" for sure. I've now got everything done but the radiator hoses and clamps and the hood glossed. I'm going to save the progress on the body till the "glamour/finishing" shots but will share the "Little Tree" air freshener hanging from the mirror here. This is like really teeny so I had to zoom in a little. The boo-boos will NOT be visible to the naked eye.

Nice work Preston! I figured you'd be here on this forum too.

Thanks Sylvester.

Ok gang. There are some areas that I need to touch up on this thing as far as the body goes but I'm at the point to where some of it I'm almost afraid to do anything with. At this stage things can get very unforgiving for me and it's either don't do anything about it or take the chance to correct it and risk starting all over again with the body. After what I've been through with this thing, starting over with the body would result in at least a 2 month set back and another set of decals that I'd have to get printed and shipped to me. Anyways here's what's left out of that list I had a couple of pages back. I'm almost there........... 1. Rearview Mirror and “Tree” 2. Install Rear Bumper 3. Install Radiator Hoses and clamps 4. Install Body Onto Chassis 5. Install Door Handles 6. Gloss Coat Hood Assembly 7. Install filler placard for area below rear door

That paint is just too cool. Great progress.

Great work so far and the details on the dash are just out of this world man. Wow!

Whoa HO! HO!!! Now ..............be awesome! The paint on that thing looks six feet deep!!!! Here's my all time favorite. I think hell did freeze over when I completed this finish. My 32 year old Monogram Challenger that I took apart, stripped the gloss coat on and started over. No base paint. Only gloss coat from a spray can.

Like the color choices and the idea Ray. I really like these small cars like this with a big motor. Nice work bud.

Thanks Randy. I've been working on this thing steadily and it keeps getting closer and closer to the end but nothing worth posting pictures about.