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Looking as close to perfect as it gets Zack. Good score on the extra kit for 13 bucks too. I saw where they've got 1970 Vette kits on for the same price now. I wished I would've known about THAT sooner. lol . Progress is looking good man.

Continuing on with the good progress Dennis. Looking good so far. I like the usage of the block hugger headers to work that'll play a little more nicely with the build.

Any more progress on this one? I've got a set of aluminum wheels that I had spun up for mine and the HP decal set for it and you're really making me want to move this up in the build que.

I'm gonna be using this. Thanks for the information on that Steve. PM sent bro.

There's a fair amount of body work involved in this one and it all looks like it's coming together almost flawlessly at that. Will be watching what you do with it.

I'm not sure about which color you should use but I can sure as heck tell ya ONE thing....that's a great start on that engine. Great detail and paint work on that.

Hey! A Maverick!! I'm in!!!

I'm in on this one Dennis.

Good lookin' build going on so far. Will be lookin' in on this one.

Moving on to my next favorite part of auto building....the interior. If there's one thing I cannot STAND it's molded in foot pedals. They just look so dang fake!! The fix......is to remove the toe board on the drivers side. What'll happen is that I'll use either PE foot pedals or pedals from another kit and use needles as the swing levers and mount them on the back side of the dash. The following photos show this process when I built my Dyno Don Ford Maverick. The results speak for themselves....... In the case of my Maverick, I used foot pedals from an AMT Mustang kit that I had And cut the levers off leaving the pedals and using the needles pictured above for the levers Mounted to the rear of the dash in the following shot: The turn out is just SO much better of a result as can be seen on my 1970 Maverick dash:

Thanks for the comments fellas. Emre, I prime the intake and exhaust manifolds black and then come back over both with a very light coat of Aluminum Alclad. No work gets done to the intake after this treatment but the exhaust manifolds get one more step. I apply a light dry brushing of ground up black pastel over them to add some depth and extra weathering.

So wait.......You applied embossing powder and then shot enamel green over it to get this look? Dumb it down to the lowest level for me because I'm going to try this. I've used flocking material in the past and don't like it because once the model is turned upside down at all, that stuff goes like......everywhere. It's for that reason that I stopped using flocking material all together and have been searching for a better method of modeling carpet. I think I may have just found it here. Looking forward to your reply Steven.

Gonna tune into this one.

WHOA HO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YESSSSSS!!! That's how it's done right there!!!

This is looking swell JR! REALLY swell. Heck....the BMF job ALONE is all that!!

Thanks for the comments and the "likes" fellas. I managed to get the engine completed. After toying around with the air filter element some, I decided to go with a upc bar code printed up and cut to fit.

I do like your style Greg. Beautiful paint and BMF work along with an excellent stance. Great wheel & tire choice as well.

You're starting off with one cool color, that's for sure! Will be watching.......

Thanks for the interest fellas. It's been a while since I've updated anything in this thread so .....with that.....let's get started up again. I've got the carburetor painted and the details picked out with a light wash, got the fuel lines added, installed the starter with the postive battery cable connected, modified drive belt without the air pump and painted up and installed the alternator bracket. So far I'm decently pleased with these results:

Oh man.......this is all some serious attention to detail Steven. I've followed your work for a number of years and this stuff just never gets old. You're among the greats in my book bud.

Superb work on the grill and the body looks great in that color Steve.

It's been a whilie since I've clocked in over here but I'm glad I did after seeing this one. Looking forward to continued progress Sonny. Excellent work on this car so far!!

That's some mighty fine cut outs you did on this one JC. Looking forward to more buddy.

Such a good turn out on this one and can't believe I missed it here Sam. The ingenuity behind this build is just astounding. Very well put together, detailed and painted.

This one turned out very sweet Keith! I remember when I was a kid, these things were EVERYWHERE. Nowadays they are a true rarity to see and just as much so in the scale world. Thanks for sharing this and taking us down a memory lane.