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Thanks wrenchr, You beat me to the answer. Was just going to say the same thing. Also, the lindberg kit builds up very nice.

"It's too bad that there isn't a really good 1966 Chevelle available". Lindberg has the best '66 chevelle SS. It in no way share's the same problem with the windscreen area of the roof of the monogram kit. Here is a look at the lindberg chevelle................. And here is a build i'm doing of that car............... I'm not going to try and fix this problem. I just want to build this Out of the box for my collection because all the others i'v done in the past have turned into parts cars. As i stated, I''m just going to fix fitment issues. Not body molding issues.

This is a kit that i have built several times over the years. The first one i built was in '79 and through out the years used up many of these for parts for other builds. A few weeks ago i had a visit from my friend of many years @Kit Karson and he surprised me with a couple of chevelle kits. This kit from '98 being one of them. So now here i am at my bench building one again. Only this time i have a few miles under my belt building models and am going to have a go at this kit one more time. One thing about this kit is its name on the box '66 Malibu SS. While the car is a 1966, It is not a malibu SS per say. It is a chevelle SS. The malibu is a base model car. When you bought a super sport model it was call a chevelle super sport. The malibu SS is a canadian built super sport and is quit a bit different the the american built car. I'm not going to get into that here thought. So here we go.................. Pulled all the parts and took inventory of them. They were then washed and let dry. All the parts were then cut off the tree's and each one will get cleaned up and test fit. These kits have a few problem areas and i will address these areas for proper fit. The first thing i worked on is the fitment of the dash to body. If this is not done the rear axle will not be in center to the rear wheel opening because the chassis to body will not fit together properly. The chassis will instead fit to the rear because the interior bucket is not in the right position caused by the dash fitment. Starting with the glass, All the numbers and letters on the bottom of the roof were removed and the area sanded (still needs more sanding done) smooth so as the glass will sit flat inside. The dash was first lowered a little in the interior bucket. Next i started filing on the leading edge of the dash till the body and interior bucket fit together nicely and the chassis was center in the rear wheel wells. Been working on cleaning up other parts of pin, sink marks and casting imperfections due to the old molds. More to come and thanks for looking................

Perfection at it's best! Paint is beautiful and love the color. Very nice! I remember some of those builds in the back ground from back in the day. Some fine work.

@Dennis Lacy @Rocking Rodney Rat @Kit Karson This is an opportunity to tie a knot in our relationship! I'm standing in the garage with the guy that restored the original King T! -KK

Very nice clean build!

Love these old pro stock race cars. Very nice.

Really nice paint! Excellent detail work. Engine turned out great.

Great looking build!

Thought i would post some pictures of some of my older builds from day's gone past. This is a monogram 1981 Imsa mustang gtx. Built this in the early 80's when they first came out. This was also my first attempt at air brushing. The car was supposed to be white with the red decal's. It's missing a few small parts under the hood. Thanks for looking...........

The last i heard is Richard Rawlings owns it and its in colorado. That was in around 2016 i think?

So here is the real car during its resto in 2009

Nice work! Came out pretty darn good for a kit bash. I have a original issue kit of this car in my stash in storage. Just so happens that i also have a ton of pictures of the real car during the restoration as i put a lot of it together myself along with my boss. I'll get on my other computer and post a pic or 2.

That sir is a downright beautiful 442! Those colors work so well together too. Your effort shows everywhere. Very well done! Paul

Thanks for the comments everyone. ABNSPR, That hood decal is not to tough. Just make sure you have some solvaset decal setting solution on hand. You'll need it to get the decal to set around the opening of the hood. You will also have to slice the decal right where the hood makes it's radius to the opening. You'll see what i'm talking about when your doing it. Also paint the opening edge black before you apply the decal. Paul

Thanks for looking Paul

So i was digging through some old diecast stuff that i boxed up in the 90's and in the bottom of one of the box's was a shoe box with this in it. I thought to my self, " Wow, There's one i forgot about! ". It's a monogram tom daniel design stinger rear engine dragster. Built OOB but added plug wires and some fuel lines. The rubber blower belt is even still on it! When i get done building my models, they get put in the box the kit came in. I don't display any off my models. This build got put into a shoe box because it would not fit into the kit box being its to long. I was surprised how good it looks after not seeing the light of day in about 25 yrs. I have never shown this to anyone except my wife of 42 yrs.

This is a basic OOB Build. Paint color is MM daytona yellow lacquer. No clear coat. Really nothing special done.

Nice collection of box art build's. All very well done!

I think you did a darn good job. I looked up the real car and i must say, you nailed it! Also watched a video on youtube (Antti Kivinummi - Drag race -kuski 2004) that showed the car in action.

Thanks everyone for all the great comments! Very much appreciated. Paul

Amazing! I couldn't do the body work and primer in 24 hrs!!

Looks good. Nice detail work on the engine.

Well done!

Nice work! I like the wood on the top.