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Thanks Andre!

This is looking great so far Steven. In regards to shows...I did see once where a fella had brought his VERY NICELY BUILT 1/32nd scale HK B-17G to a show and a parent wasn't watching a kid close enough and those little fingers wandered over to one of the props and tried to give it a "flick" to spin the prop and away she went. I guess that's the risk that gets taken when we put our builds "out there" but it still hurts.

Nicely done.

Paint looks great on this. I've always had an interest in these vans. Looking forward to more.

Thanks Dann. Ok folks. It's been a couple of weeks since my last progress post but I'm trying not to "update" everybody to death. I've been payin' a lot of attention to pictures and trying to get it as close the those and also from what I can remember when I used to work on these. I managed to acquire a Camaro kit which had the dual outlet muffler and will be using that on this build instead of the single outlet one. The muffler is not glued into place yet so it is just there for display purposes at this point. I'll be stripping the chrome plating from the assembly, cleaning it up and modifying it so that both pipes will lay in the right place at the right angles as well as drill out the ends of the pipes to hollow them out. I used lots of different black tones by way of gloss, semi gloss, satin and flat finishes as to give the chassis some depth and more detail. The differentials always seemed to rust so I finished it up in a semi rusted state in what would be a "soon after new" look the way it would look after the car had been on the road for about a month or two. The heat shield just in front of the differential was achieved by the use of Matte Aluminum Bare Metal Foil and the fuel tank & spare tire areas were given a coat of darker gray to add contrast. cleaned the wheels up, added the WS-6 center cap decals and coated them with a light coating of Tamiya Smoke to get rid of the toy chrome look. I also gave the tire tread areas a light sanding to give 'em that "road wear" look (uh-oh....looks like I might've missed one ). Pretty happy with these. I'm really glad that I chose to lower the car some because there would've been a whole LOT of air between the tires and the top of the wheel openings. I might try to lower the front just a smidgen more to get it where I want it....

That's one superb looking ride right there. Wow!!

Looking good so far Andre. I don't see many of these being built.

What a good looking car this is. Everything is balanced just right. Engine detail, paint & stance work, wheels/ tires...the whole shebang! You've got my respects buddy.

Man that'll work right there. Looking forward to seeing some more progress. I'm still on the Maverick although I took a small break from it after that shifter gig. I've got a much simpler 1998 Trans Am build going on over in the Model Cars WIP section right now. Had to build something I could actually make some progress on. lolol.

Wow!!! Not only are those some really good looking Camaro's....that's also one heckuva beautiful display area you've got 'em all in.

LOL! Looking forward to it.

Thanks for taggin' along Dan. 'Preciate it Carl. Great to have you along as well. Thanks Matt. Will be lookin' for that Camaro build of yours. Just about got the chassis done so I should be posting pics in the coming days fellas.

Very nicely done with the timing cover and oil pan Francis. Been away for a little bit and then looky what I've missed!!!

THAT.....is tha bee's knees right there. Very nice service truck!!!

This one is a true beauty so far Dann. Paint job looks KILLER!!!

Got anything Dann?

Wow!!! I dunno what to even SAY here!!

Thanks Dave. 'Preciate it man. Working on the chassis now...….

I always like going back and looking through this thread. Beautiful build.

I had this kit as a kid and loved it. Looking forward to more Dave.

The build turned out great....there's no doubt about that. Your photography really sets it all off. Good work Jeff.

Wow!! This thing looks great!!!

Glad to have you on board Jeremy! Looking forward to the next T/A of yours! Got the engine finished up this morning. It only took me around a week to get everything together on this one and I stuck to my guns on my OOB goal all except for the oil filter decal. It's not much but it adds a lot to any engine build. For some reason the exhaust manifold texture came out grainy in the photos but it looks smooth in real life. Weird. Anyways, here's the 5.7 liter LS1 engine for this beast. It's my first OOB engine in YEARS!

Thanks Dann. I'm currently work on the chassis and engine painting and assembly. Hope to have progress photos soon. Thanks for following along.

Thanks Jim. I seem to be making some fair progress on the interior now that I got the major detail work out of the way. Hopefully I can get the flooring installed and the seat & seatbelts under way soon.