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I've been a classic Dodge/ Plymouth fan pretty much all my life but did NOT know that Plymouth put out a Roadrunner in 1975. This turned out well despite your issues with the stripes Eric. Some good work man.

It's not often that I see this combo done this well. GREAT paint work and good work on that 327 in there Garry.

This is indeed a very interesting concept Claude. Body work and paint look great as are the details. I gotta hand it to ya bud.......you pulled this whole thing off well.......very well.

Pretty cool car Brian. Well painted up and detailed man.

Good lookin' little Duece there Ace.👌

These old square bodied Z's really were good looking cars and those TPI 350's had more than enough power for their day. You've captured the look of this car very well Curtis. Paint looks great and you've got it goin' on with the details in the engine bay and interior. Very well built brutha.

One may be all you did for the year but your "one" is equal to around 2-3 of mine Steven. You sure put on a good show with this one buddy.

Good lookin' Citroen Mario. Love the black paint work.

Pretty sharp lookin' car. Great details and paint and really diggin' the hub caps. Very cool.👍

You pulled that off pretty dang well Jim and good usage of the metalizer bud.

Thanks Dave! LOL. Right you are bud. This build is now Under Glass. Thank you to all who looked in on or commented along the way. You guys ROCK!! .

When I started this project back in April of last year, I knew that this kit was a somewhat problematic build as far as getting the stance right. I spent a good couple of months in the planning phases, building up a complete unpainted model of it to help with the positioning of the wheels & tires relative to the wheel openings as well as getting all the mods necessary for pulling off the correct stance. All of that paid off in the fact that the stance came out exactly how I wanted it on the "real" build. Starting with the engine I detailed it out as much as I could get by with using the OOB base engine and then working from there with some aftermarket and scratchbuilt items. I also didn't like the molded in details on the engine bay sides so I sanded all of that off and fabricated vacuum and electrical harnesses to replace that with. When it came to the interior I wanted to jog things up a bit by displaying the drivers seat back in the forward position and opening up the battery compartment and displaying a set of tools necessary to remove a battery with. Tool kit was from spares along with the PE wrench. Red rag was fabricated from red tissue paper and given "the treatment". Some other areas that got some "lovin" was the replacement of the molded in park brake handle with an actual handle made from a needle and some electrical wire insulation for the handle, the replacement of the stock radio with a CD player, and the addition of foot pedals. The whole OOB toeboard with the foot pedals molded in were removed and PE parts and fabricated swing levers were swapped in. Instrument panel faces were drilled out and decals placed on plastic backings were installed from the rear of the dash to create a more convincing IP. The steering column and steering wheel ring are the only OOB parts used on that part of the interior. An AM steering wheel, ignition lock cylinder face and ignition keys were used from the Model Car Garage PE set for this car. The door panels were upgraded by adding PE window crank and door handles (that were modified to look a little more convincing). OOB shifter was cleaned up (A LOT) and utilized and shifter plate details picked out with a Prismacolor Silver Lead pencil. Battery compartment lid bottom saw the addition of scratchbuilt latches, retaining straps with PE screws and fasteners. Battery was taken from spare parts I had laying around. I was going to use some AM Bf Goodrich T/A radials but they proved to be GROSSLY big for this car so the OOB tires were used with Bf Goodrich T/A Radial decals that I had and I picked the details out on the OOB wheels and used those. Color is Bridgehampton Blue from MCW with Testors Wet Look Clear that was decanted from the can and shot through the airbrush. I know it's not a factory shine on the car but I just couldn't help but to make this car shine and Wet Look does a great job of that. PE scripts from the Model Car Garage set was used for the emblems. In any case, here is the results of 9 solid months spent on this car. Many thanks goes out to those who looked in on and/ or took the time to comment on this build along the way.

I love builds like this. Not only is this a well built and painted up Rivie but the rarity of this build makes it especially cool. I remember seeing these cars as a kid and thought they had an oddly attractive look. You've definitely got no kick coming with this one Steve. Job well done!!

These are just cool cars.....period. Good build Alex.

Lookin' good brutha. Love the cals on the mufflers.

Nice n' tidy paint work coupled with all the detailing you put into this one makes for a great finish up Jeremy. Great photos in that light box too dude.

This really turned out sweet Rodney. I like how you replicated the wheels and tires along with the detailing. I know this one gave you some fits (no pun intended) along the way but you ironed this one out very well.

Paint work looks great Dave. I'm looking forward to seeing the next steps on bringing this beauty to life.

Really enjoyed following along on this one Jeremy. Beautiful build man.

Some good detailing in that interior bud. Looking sharp so far!

I'm coming to the final stages of this build and grabbed for the inside and outside rearview mirrors to start working on them. Why.....oh why do modeling manufacturers do this? I've worked with countless mirrors and have never come across this.....until today. Un...frickin' believeable. I'll be tossing the inside mirror and grabbing one from my spares and the outside....I'm going to have to do some fancy foot work with.

That's a good question Carl but I think it came from the Estes Garage set. Found it in my spares and this particular one didn't come from the Fujimi Garage Set so it must've come from Estes. Thanks brother. Good to see you Mike. I appreciate the comments Craig! Thanks Bill. I fell in love with this color immediately after seeing the reference shots of a Vette in it. Thanks for the good word Donald!

Man this is COOL!!! Will be following along Dave!

Some good thoughts and ideas going into this one Rodney. Watching......

I went back and looked at the WIP and you're right Dave. It's about as simple of a kit as I've ever seen and I can see where it would give you issues but it looks like you weathered through it and got this puppy done bud. Good wrap up on this jewel.