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Outstanding work Tim. TOp notch build. A show stopper by any standard.

Cool wheels, nice start.

Howdy Dave. Looking good my friend. Glad to see the BMF is working out for you. I knew you'd like working with it better than the EZ-Chrome.

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Afternoon Guys. Finished up the chasis the past couple of days. Still got a little dusting off to do, and the front chasis bumper mounts to install. But for the most part the chasis is complete. I tell ya what... If you plan on building this kit from revell.. Beleave it, when it says skill level 3. There hasn't been very much of the basic kit that I did'nt have to fight with to get together, and then add all the detailing that I have been doing, and It's even more of a struggle. Anyways here is a few pics of what was done the past few days. Got the Exhaust on, the drive shaft painted and installed, the rear e-brake lines and wheel brake lines tied in to the chasis and the rear shocks installed. That's pretty much it for the past few days work. Now it's on to getting the front and side window frames and glass done, and then all the rest of the chrome work. As well as a bunch of photo-etched script to attach. More as I get it done.....

Well I think they look pretty clean to me Ben. Your detail work is pretty dog gone good.

Wow paint color turned out nice Dave.

Wow really love the color Steve. Nice work.

Nice work so far. And yup, building is all about the enjoyment of it. It releaves alot of stress for me that's for sure.. But at times, it even creates a little stress of it's on LOL.

Nice color Todd. I like where your going with the seats as well.

Really cool idea, gonna be a interesting build to follow.

Thanks alot my friend. Yup I know what ya mean, I'm really picky about that kinda stuff with my builds. And even though the hobby has gotten expensive since back in the days when I first started, I always spend the extra to go with aftermarket detail parts when ever I can. It might cost more, but most of it is scaled better, especially plug wiring, heater hoses and the like.

Nice start Josh. Great paint job. I'll be following along with ya.

Nice chop job Gary. This is gonna be a cool build Im sure. I'll be watching that's for sure.

Morning Joe, looks like the markers are working out good for you. Your foil work is turning out nice. It takes alot of patience to work with BMF, but it's worth it. And yours is proving the work your putting into it that's for sure.

Hi Joe, thanks.The Model Car Garage modelcargarage.com makes two type of photo-etched hose clamps. Vintage and Modern. They call them hose straps. I use alot of their detail stuff.

Yup I know what ya mean, but man you sure took on a challenge Thanks Randy, I guess I got way to carried away with the detailing, but I sometimes do that. By the way, I did manage to find a image of the AC decal this evening which I promptly added LOL

Thanks Tim, I second that thought. It's sure taking alot longer than I thought it was gonna. Thanks Tom. Funny you should mention that. My plan was to have it done by the end of this month for a couple of upcoming model shows. I plan to take it, my 70 1/2 BM Camaro, and my 70 Hemi Cuda all to the same shows. If I ever get this dang thing done lol.

Nice Color choice Dave, And I agree with the others on here concerning the decals. Let them set for a bit, and then use a NEW exacto blade to make any cuts you need to make to them. Then a coat of decal set to get them to wrap under.

Love the color scheme. It really fits the car nicely.

This is really coming along nice Joe. Top notch work and a very clean build.

Here is some pics of the over all car to this point.. Like I said.. still lots to do. Finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel lol.. More as I get it done so stay tuned........

Morning guys, finally got some time this morning to get on here to post a update on the Vette. In my last post I showed you where I was as far as having most of the sub-assemblies ready to start mating together. The past few days I have been working on getting the main sub-assemblies put together, and its finally starting to take shape. This is gonna take a couple of posts, guys, to get all the pics posted.. so bare with me. Here is where things are so far. I started by assembling the engine into the chassis, and added the radiator assembly. I then detailed the battery and windshield washer bottle and got those in place. I then made up some photo-etched hose clamps from the model car garage and added them to the upper and lower radiator hoses and the heater hoses, as well as added the kit supplied decals for the upper and lower hoses. I then started work on the AC hoses. In this pic you can see the first them installed. Next I mocked up the firewall and interior, so I could plan out all the connection points for the heater hoses as well as other detail that needed to be figured out for the engine bay. The rest of the brake lines had to be worked out from the master cylinder to the transition block, these lines needed to stay with the firewall assembly during the final construction stage, otherwise it would be a struggle to get them to their mounting points under the master cylinder transition block. Location points were marked on the firewall for drilling mounting holes for the heater and AC hoses. Small pieces of piano wire were then cut as mounting pins and slid into the ends of the hoses for later mounting to the holes that were drill in the firewall. A hole was also drilled for the washer bottle hose and a drivers side fender wiring harness. Next the firewall was cemented to the interior assembly. and re-test fitted to the chassis assembly. I then made the rest of the AC hoses by cutting up the lines scavenged from the revell 65 impala kit and adding aftermarket supplied heater hose and a couple of the photo-etched hose clamps I made earlier to them. One hose was left a little extra long so, it will be cut to correct length just before being installed. Finally the chassis, interior and body were mated up. Using my trusty tweezers, I attached all the engine bay detail to their proper locations, including the remaining AC lines. I scratch made a drivers fender voltage box from evergreen scratch plastic strips and then scratch made a wiring harness by twisting some thin wire strands together and covering them with Teflon tape that was later primed with Tamiya white spray can primer and then sprayed with Tamiya lacquer based flat black. A couple of strands were left bare and later attached to the alternator and painted red and white. And that completed the engine bay detailing. Next it was on to getting the rear suspension assembly under the car and was adjusted for alignment, It was cemented into place this morning, but the cement is still setting up, so I have to wait to tie the e-brake and brake lines together. Once it sets for a day and dries good, I will take care of that. Then it will be on to all the rest of the final assembly. In the following post I will post pics of how the over all car looks at this point. Still LOTS to do yet, but it's starting to take shape and is at least on all fours. Continued below in next post...

Thanks for all the comments and input guys, I hope to have a pretty nice update on the Vette later tonight or tomorrow morning. I've been hard at work on it, on the bench, trying to tie the main sub-assemblies together. It's taking awhile, but planning out ahead of time for tying all the detail from each sub assembly together is starting to pay off. So stay tuned and I'll try to have a update with pics, as I said, later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Yup I know what ya mean.. but have you tried the fit of the body, interior and chassis, with the glass and dash mocked in. Its with the glass and dash that the interior and chassis fit show their ugly heads. When I was mocking things up, It all was going good and seem to have no fit issues, then I installed the glass and went to set the finished interior and chassis, and that's when the fit issues showed up. A few modifications, and fixing damage from modifying already finished sub-assemblies, and a lot of paint touch ups later, and I learned my lesson. I'm sure others who have worked with these kits can share a few horror stories of their own as well.