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Thanks Ron, and yes Bandit does do a nice 2 door post version as well. I also thought about scratch building a wagon, but figured since Bandit already did one, why waste the time and energy on doing my one when I was able to get his and it was well done.

Hi James, for panel lines. I always scribe the lines a little deeper with the back edge of a number 11 exacto blade. I always use a new blade and use the back edge of the very tip of it so it scribes clean. Once that is done, I use a black wash of eiher an acrylic simi-gloss black paint extremely thinned out with water so it flows into the panel lines and the excess can be wiped off easier, or sometimes I use a product I get from my LHS called Game Color Wash from Lavado. Usually their black shade, its a pre-mixed wash. To apply it I use a super fine tipped hobby brush. Just dip it in the wash and touch the panel lines and let it flow into the seems. Once it drys, I go on and paint my model as usual. And no the paint does not completely cover the black wash. If you scribed the lines deep enough then the paint cant reach deep enough to cover the black wash, leaving a nice crisp looking shadow that looks more realistic.

Nice start Ron, I'm looking forward to watching your progress.

I agree with everone else's ideas for clear coats. If you had a airbrush you could also use Tamiya's X-22 acrylic gloss clear which wet sands and polishes out to a really nice shine, and goes over almost anybase coat without issues.

Hi Snake, thanks alot. You are correct my friend. That's the reason I went on the hunt for the rallys. And your right on the years of the refference pics. But I wanted to give everyone a general idea of the color schemes and styles Im think of for these builds.

Hi Joel, nice work so far on both the car and camper. I personally think you nailed the stance.

Nice work on the tranny and the headers. Like the level of detail your doing on this.

Thanks Carl buddy, not sure how qiuck these builds will go, have alot on my plate at the moment, but I will give them my best shot. lol.

Thanks Matt. And thanks for the corrected info. I was out of the hobby for awhile so I don't remember another release of the stock version, after the initial 89 release, until right around the year 2000 when they released the Millennium Issue, and then not again until the Resto Rod version. There have been many reissues of the pro-street version over the years from what I remember seeing on store shelves. The tooling on the very few newer releases of the stock versions all seem to have a lot shallower panel lines and the mold seam lines seem alot more prevalent. The reason why I thought maybe AMT modified the original chassis, was for a couple reason.. one because the stock version dissappeared for quite a long time after the pro-street came out, and the secound was comparing the chassis on the recent releases to the original, there is a "trade mark" and "rights use" scribed on the newer ones that wasnt on the original one, which suggests they did work on the chassis tooling at some point. As for the wagon body, you can get both a 4 door and a nomad version from Bandit resins. And Jimmy Flintstone also offers a nomad version. I agree, I would love to see a gen one post sedan version.

Nice choice Dave, love the color.

Ditto same for me

It's starting to really come together. Nice detail work on the interior.

With the body work done, the panel lines were scribbed deeper and then the body was primered with Tamiya white fine primer. After the primer dried, black wash was applied to all the panel lines. Next, after allowing the aerosol propellant to gass out of the decanted Tamiya can spray paint overnight, I applied 4 coats of tamiya bright red (one mist coat, one medium coat, and two wet coats) and once that was applied and sat for 20 minutes while I cleaned out my air brush I applied 3 medium coats of Tamiya clear red. Once that had sat again while I cleaned out my airbrush, I appled 4 coats of Tamiya acrylic clear mixed 50/50 with denatured alcohol.(1 mist coat, 1 medium coat, and two wet coats) I'll let the body sit for a good 3 days and then it will get wet sanded and polished out. The top was left pretty much unpainted since it will get a vinyl top anyways. That's pretty much where I'm at with it at the moment. More to come as I get it more done. Thanks for checking out my build and stay tuned for more.

I decided to start with Pop's Toy first. The kit body had a lot of mold seems that needed to be cleaned up. I also decided to do away with the molded on wiperblades (I'll scratched make new ones later) and once removed I cleaned up the vents as best I could. I also carefully removed the door handles and set them aside as I intend to alclad chrome them and reuse them. And I drilled out the gas cap and made a new one with a hole punch the same size as the newly made hole. And since this is gonna be a vinyl top version, I had to add evergreen strip for the chrome molding along both sides cpillers, as well as some side chrome molding trim on each side of the rear window opening. I also sanded off all the molded on script and the rear panel guide lines to make it easier to color sand out the paint when applied. I will be using the script from the MCG photoetched kit anyways. More progress in the folowing post...

Evening everyone. I haven't had much time to get on the site in a couple weeks. Since finishing up my 67 vette build, I have been busy trying to work on the brakes on my 97 ford ranger while the weather has been good enough up here in northern Mi to do it. I had a steel line for the front brakes rust through on it and I have to replace it. Now I'm working on getting the dang system bled out and with all the rust on everything it hasn't been going easy, I may end up replacing the rear brake lines as well, and the rear wheels cylinders if the beeders on the back brakes don't free up for me. Anyways, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! lol. Now on to what this build post is all about. I have been working on collecting a few odds and ends, these past few months, for a build I have been wanting to do for my wife. I had a original AMT 66 nova kit (boy I build a few of these way back when they first came out), and recently bought one of the reissued 66 nova kits. I'm glad they decided to repair the chassis from all the cutting up AMT did to it over the years when they decided to release it as a prostreet kit. As well as adding the front bench seat and steel wheels, though I probably wont be using those parts anyways. For the original Kit, I plan to build it as a stock two door SS with a vinyl top, with maybe a stroker engine. And for the new release, it will donate it's chassis and most of it's running gear for a station wagon version to go with the body I ordered from bandit resins. By the way, it's a fantastic resin conversion kit. I'll be refering to the 2 door SS in the build as Pop's Toy, and the station wagon Build as Mom's Toy. Just where these builds will go and how much detail they will get, will depend on how the builds talk to me as I work on them. I'll be posting a few posts tonight with lots of pics. So stay tuned and check often till I get them all up. Here are a couple of reference pics to start with to give you an idea of my intentions for these twin builds. Idea for Pop's Toy, which I will be starting on first. Idea for Mom's Toy, with maybe some sleeper mods added. (you'll see as it goes along) And the starting point with a few of the needed supplies on the workbench (still got to order a few more odds and ends) For Pop's Toy 2 door SS I have decanted some Tamiya bright red and clear red can spray paint and it will get cleared with Tamiya Acrylic Clear. Mom's Toy will be done in all Tamiya Acrylics with Titan Gold as the Base coat and Acrylic Clear over that. (maybe. I may decide on another color) I have one set of The Model Car Garage's 66 nova detail set on hand with another one ordered. Pop's Toy will either use the kit supplied 327 or a BNL resains 383 stroker engine I picked up. (Haven't made up my mind yet) Mom's Toy will most likey get one of two engines depending one Where I go with the build. Either a 283 stock engine from the Revell 64/65 pickup truck, or Ross Gibson 350 TPI Roadent resin cast engine. (I'll make up my mind on that later as well) I also picked up a nice set of photo reduced guages from Best Model Car parts off ebay. Anyways that's just a taste of some of what I have for a direction for these two. Exactly where they go, will depend on how the builds speak to me as I go along. I do know that Pop's toy is gonna look pretty much like the reference Pic. Mom's Toy may be a little bit more of a custom sleeper . But we will see. Stuff for Mom's Toy so far Stuff for Pop's Toy so far Start of build in following post...

I Agree, top notch products.

Nice weathering job. Like your Dios to.

Hey there Tom, I see your from Demarva. I was born in Dover and grew up in Smyra. What a great job you did on this one.

Sorry Joe, I was out most of the night last night with the wife. I was hoping to catch your build here alot sooner. You should be very proud of the effort you put into this kit and with the result as well. It was a pleasure watching as your build progressed. I hope you will honor us with another build. Bravo my friend.

Another fine build you did there Tim. I really like your color choice.

Really looking nice Tim

Looking forward to seeing how it works out Joe.

Joe when I work with flats and semi-gloss paints I mostly use Tamiya.. wait for it... wait for it.... yes their lacquer in the spay cans.. Their semi-gloss black can lacquer is a true semi-gloss black. Their acrylic has almost always ended up a little too glossy. Don't be afraid of the fact its a spay can.. It goes on pretty darn smooth just like their flat colors do. And they dry in almost minutes. If you decide to try it, don't spray it over acrylics or regular enamels though, or it will crack. You'll want to strip the hood and start with a bare primed part. But you'll like the end result. It will give you the look your after. If you choose to stay with the acrylic on your hood, try tamiya's flat black acrylic, it will be closer to a semi-gloss black than it is to a actual flat black. Don't know why their acrylics work out that way, but test paint a couple pieces of scrap plastic or spoons and you'll see what I mean.

Way to go Mike, it really is nice to see more of you young people getting into the hobby. Sure wish my son took more of an interest in it. He's too busy with Xbox LOL

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