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I raised mine slightly in the rear and it only took a little re-arching of the springs and I was pretty much set. Looking forward to more on this beauty.

Completely floored man. Paint and detail work are at a premium.

Say.....I really like this one! Coming together very nicely so far!!

Managed to get the engine mostly done on this rascal. I'm mostly happy with this but that goofy looking fan clutch I'm glad to say will be mostly hidden in the fan shroud. Here it is installed onto the subframe. I managed to shoot a coat of semi-gloss black on the chassis followed by a light over coat of super thinned out gray which helped to tone things down some and bring out some of the details. I also installed an engine oil dipstick on the driver's side of the engine. Here's everything all fitted up and ready to go now.

Inquiring minds wanna know. This one was definitely headed in the right direction. Hope all is well on the home front.

Now how cool is THIS? What an awesome subject and the whole build came out very well. I'd be proud of that effort right there for dang sure!!

You're doing a good job on this one so far Dan. I've been off of the forum for a bit due to work as well as home related issues but I'm making my way back. Sorry I hadn't seen this one sooner.

Alex is right on the rework of the front end. It's not a terrible task but it requires moving the spindles up and the tires inward some. I just got finished with AMT's 67 GT Fastback kit and these kits all have the "tail low-front end high" look. You did a great job of painting the body and foiling it. Awesome stuff man.

Sorry for the absence guys. I'll be commenting on others builds in the coming days but haven't had much time for forums as of late. Completed subframe with modified spindles to drop the front end a little bit along with the mostly completed bare engine: I purchased my first two MAD prewired distributors. I've gotta say that I am definitely impressed, and thanks goes out to those who started the thread on pre-wired distributors here. This cut my time in like 1/10th of the time from drilling the OOB distributors and inserting the ignition wire myself. They come in all kinds of cap and wire colors.

One of the shortcomings of this kit is in the exhaust area. First off, there's LOTS of clean up to do, more so on this kit than most any other of the models I've built in the past. After that is the issue of the position of the tail pipe when it's all installed onto the vehicle and the fact that I'm not a big fan of square cut exhaust pipes exiting any give car. OOB exhaust: (Note: the tires will be re-positioned in the wheel opening so I'm still working on that) This crazy right?? After tweaking the exhaust mounting points and bending the pipes to where I wanted them to exit the car (and adding my bevel cuts to the tail pipes and hollowing them out). That's MUCH better. I still have some adjustments I'll make later on in regards to the final locations of each pipe but this is the preliminary result:

I've gotta say.....ALOT of work was involved. Thanks Patrick.

I use sanding sticks starting with the medium ranges and working my way through the finer ranges. I used the same trick on my Monogram 69 Camaro a few years back and they came out alright.

The rear part of the chassis is about 70% finished now. Still have to install the rear sway bar, shock mounts and shocks but we're getting there. I had to take a break in the progress and narrow the rear end and arch the springs just a tad to achieve the stance I was looking for in the rear. I merely cut off the axle ends, shaved each end of the axle back about 3/16" , drilled holes in the axle and in the axle mounting ends and pinned them back to the axle. I've already done a test run and the wheel/ tire assemblies are right where I want em now.

Nice!!! I'm right there with you on the Freightliner headlights. I'm REALLY surprised that there hasn't been a resin "corrected" cab released to address the OTHER problems that exist with that cab in addition to the headlight positioning.

Great to have you along good friend Jeremy!! I really appreciate the comments. Brutha Carl!!! Keith was right ...from the latest Revell El Camino kit. I tried the ones from a spare BM Camaro kit that I had but wanted a different look to them since I'll be using the BM Cragars on the BM Camaro. Right you are Keith and you're right again on the lower stance. Love it on these cars.

Lookin' good so far. I've considered purchasing this kit as I've got a good friend of mine that's got a 1:1 version and I'd like to build it for him. Will be watching this beauty come together.

I've now got the wheels and tires selected for the Z-28 build. The rear tires will have those big ass GOODYEAR scripts shaved off and some BF Goodrich T/A ones will take their place. This'll be the stance/ look that I'll be going for.

Thanks Anton!! 'preciate you taggin' alog Craig! Thanks for joinin' in Keith. I can't wait to see how I tackle that issue as well. I've got a couple of things in mind.....we'll see. lol

Man this is lookin' great so far Dave!! Had some stuff come up at home so I haven't been in here in a couple of days and have I been missing out. Fantastic work so far brother.

Thanks Phillipe. It took some fancy foot work to correct the front end and to get the front tires back inside the wheel opening where they belonged.

Dude.....you really know how to make these scale beauties of yours life like. Super job on all.

A beautiful job!! You really put alot of time into both of your Impalas.

Looks like the real thing. Really

Nifty lil' build Pat!! Love the Tiki Hut too!!

Thanks Bob!! I appreciate that Dave. Thanks dude!! Oh I dunno about that JR. I think you'd pull it all off swell man. Thank you very kindly for the comments brother. Thanks Monty. Great to have you in here and thank you for the comments pal. Thanks Anders for the good word man.