Snake45

You cannot just graft a '55-'57 hard top on a '55-'57 sedan body and make an accurate hardtop model. The bodies are actually completely different from the cowl back, no sheetmetal interchangeable at all unless it might be the trunk lid and the valence panel between the rear fenders (behind/above the rear bumper)--and I wouldn't bet THOSE aren't different, too.

The headlights are the same between RS and non-RS Camaros, so the kit "lenses" should work fine. If you mean the clear parts in the doors, they're just clear plastic glass or plastic, with some fancy grillework over them. The purpose of the slots/grille was so if the retracting mechanism broke (or just got frozen with ice or snow), a least SOME light could get out, unlike the '67-'68 design. The doors were vacuum actuated, and there was a switch on the vacuum thingie you could flip and they would stay open all the time. I used to do that on mine from time to time just for a different look. (I never really liked the RS design in those days and replaced the whole grille with a standard unit when I had the car painted in 1978, which is why I have the RS grille hanging in my garage today even though the car is long, long gone.)

Very nice! I have one of these on the bench myself, though it's not high on my priority list. After seeing yours, though, I might move it up a few slots.

What Steven said. Sand that primer and those lines will go away. And you really NEED to sand that primer, unless you're modeling a car that's finished in truck bed liner.

Who, me? It must be full again. Gotta clean that out. BTW, the headlight "doors" on a '69 RS aren't "handed," they're the same left and right (which is NOT true of a '67-'68). I know. I have the complete grille and doors from my old '69 SS/RS hanging in my garage.

Last winter I finished up a '69 "restomod" with a '68 RS grille in it. I call it a "68 1/2 RS." Too bad about BotoPhucket or I'd post pics of it.

Except for the actual grille itself, all that metal and plastic should be body color. It looks unfinished in black. (The same is true for a non-RS '69. You'd be surprised how many of them you see in black, though.)

Good clean build of an interesting subject, but Randy, I gotta say, I'm used to seeing smoother, shinier paint from you. What happened?

Good to see the Honcho back. I've been wanting to convert one of these to the military version for years, and every time this kit comes around I miss it. Got to remember to get one this time!

Cool, but I want to build an Altered or street rod, not a Comp car. But now I'm thinking of putting the Jawbreaker body on the Kasper Undertaker for an early '60s Comp. Gotta look better than that goofy backbirth body in the kit (though the chassis and engine are pretty interesting looking).

I'm another satisfied customer. I have their '69 Torino HT and couldn't be happier with it. As others have said, it looks exactly like an original kit part. I'll buy from MCR again!

Slingster looks like the clear winner. Thanks, fellas!

Has anyone done a comparo between the Bantam Coupe bodies in the Jawbreaker and the Slingster kits? Is one more accurate or in some way better than the other? I'm thinking of taking one back in the direction of stock-ish and making either a street rod or an Altered out of it.

I seldom put engines in anymore on a closed-hood car.

Very nice! Great concept, great execution, great paint, what's not to like? Well done and model on!

The new issue of Car Kulture Deluxe (I got mine at Walmart) has a 5-page feature on this iconic custom Riviera, with many, many great color pics of the fully restored car. A must-have if you ever want to model the thing. Also a nice feature on a B/FX '64 Falcon. Not just rat rods, tats, and Betties this month.

I build factory stocks, conversions, Day Twos, restomods, street freaks, customs, drag racers, or whatever else happens to spin my windmill at any given moment. I also like restoring rare old glue bombs back to as close to stock/original as I can. I enjoy seeing what everyone else builds, too. About the only thing I don't like is seeing someone cut up a rare old original (or restorable) to make an ugly custom, dirt tracker, funny car, or other tragic backbirth. But hey, that's just my opinion, worth exactly what you paid for it.

It's 1/24 scale and many--including myself--feel that the body shape is not the best. But it IS a fairly easy, painless build, and comes with a lot of good parts.

The manifolds are nice, but they have no stacks at all. You have to make those yourself if you want them.

Oh how very RETRO-COOL!

The main problem with this body is the roof's too short. I started working on fixing one by moving the rear of the roof back about 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch and it improved the looks 100%. I ought to finish that thing. I think it might even come out looking better than the "new" one.

I check 'em out every week, and four to six times a year I get pleasantly surprised by something. I think the last one I got was a bright red '70 El Camino, upon which I laid some Snake-Fu and came up with a passable shelf model.

The '65 Riv wires are about as good as it gets in 1/25 plastic.

Nicely done!

Gotta love survivors! Clean 'em up, touch 'em up, fix what's broken, and display them proudly!