Snake45

It also isn't The Lounge, but...well played.

Harry! GREAT to see you!

Well, just since you invited me... And yes, I realize now that I put the horn on the wrong side of the radiator support....

There you go, trying to stay ON TOPIC again....

The same could be said for "Cordite," but these terms are clearly wrong if you're talking about concrete or modern smokeless gunpowder. And their incorrect use makes the user look stupid.

They only use it in relation to airports. Even though "tarmac" just the British term for asphalt or blacktop, I don't think I've ever heard it used in US media as regards a road or parking lot. Apparently the US media thinks "tarmac" means "aviation grade paving of any kind."

Very nice! The wheels caught my eye--what/where are they from?

Yeah, that's a real "Hold my beer and watch THIS!" moment!

Very, very nice, Walt! Why do these early RRs look so good in light yellow? That's the color I always think of them being, and the way I built mine when the kit first came out. I too made mine a 383 but used the engine from the MPC '69 Cuda. Was gonna post a pic of it but didn't want to step on your thread without your permission. Yours looks better.

Very nice indeed! You did a great job removing the side trim, a task I'm not looking forward to when I do mine. Well done!

Why are you posting pics of your Surf Woody model in this thread about surf music? Oh, that's right, it's YOUR thread ABOUT the Surf Woody model. I guess that's okay, then.

Glue em together with superglue. Then wrap the tread area with black vinyl tape. Plan your work so the tape starts/ends on the bottom.

Haven't seen that one so don't know what it is. Modelhaus offered repros of the grilles from the original AMT annual coupe and Pace Car, but as both these were SSs, they both have the SS emblem in them. I have one on hand and test-fitted it into the Revell body and it will work with a little modification of the body. Interestingly, this grill will NOT fit the "new" AMT '67-'68 Camaro body without cutting it in the middle and adjusting the angle a little, which involves shortening it a bit. You can install it as-is, but it sticks forward in the center, like it's buck-toothed.

Looks pretty nice!

I don't know what resin grille you have, but unless it involves altering the Revell body, it's wrong too, as the shape of the grille opening in the Revell body is wrong. So what's wrong with swapping the whole Revell interior into the AMT body? I haven't tried it, but there should be no reason it can't be made to work.

In for a penny, in for the whole nine yards. Strip it and repaint it. Hell, I've got numerous models I had to strip and repaint two or three times before I got the finish I wanted.

The Revell '69 and '67 hoods are not interchangeable. I put an AMT '68 flat hood on a Revell '69 and IIRC all I had to do was shave a little bit off the sides. The '69 CI hood will be going on an AMT '67 or '68 project at some point and all I'll need to do is add a little material to both sides. One other possible source for a flat hood is the AMT Funny Hugger funnycar. IIRC it comes with both flat and CI hoods. Not sure how well they'd fit the Revell body, but if you happen to have that kit in your stash it might be worth a check. In real life, ALL '67-'69 Camaro hoods are interchangeable (bodywise, at least--the flat hoods don't have the room for big blocks). So it's kind of surprising that of all the different '67-'69 Camaro kits we've gotten over the years--AMT '67 annual, MPC '68-'69 annual, AMT '69 annual, "new tool" AMT '67-'68, Revell '69, and now Revell '67--none of the hoods are exactly the same. Some can be made to work on other bodies, others not so much. Come to think of it, I've never tried the AMT '69 annual on the AMT '67 annual so that MIGHT work, I just don't know. What exactly are you trying to replicate with your project? You might actually be much better off just starting with the common AMT '67 kit. It's more accurately shaped in the front and back ends anyway, and with a couple simple mods can be made to look a lot better than the Revell body (without a lot of work).

Very nice! As long as you have an easy way to do the chrome trim--your silver pencil--you might as well hit those vents on both sides of the dash. Those were chrome on the real car. I know--I had two of them and spent a certain amount of time fiddling with those things.

I've got two like that, plus a mint unbuilt "Custom Vette" kit from the '80s, plus most of the body and interior of the first-issue MS I built as a kid. From this pile of stuff I hope to assemble one really nice Mako Shark II replica, a curbside "survivor resto" of my old one, and a custom or phantom "what if" as if this had been the actual '68 or '69 Corvette.

I had a monitor failure myself a month or so ago and had to buy a new one. They're not that expensive (I got a big one at Best Buy and it was about $150). If that's a problem I'm sure a few of us could raise that amount of money in about a minute. Hell, if it comes to it, I'd be willing to just order him one myself. I know--when your 'puter is down in 2017, you're ALONE. Let's fix that for the man.

The kit's a Revell diecast from the early 2000s--see above.

If you can get the clear wet-sanded and smooth and shiny, I say leave the crazing and tell people "Yup, that's exactly the look I was going for." I've got pics of real cars in the '60s where this was in fact done deliberately.

The idea isn't all that absurd, but I'd think an appropriate warning might be: AFTER USE, MOVE TRUCK BEFORE UNLOADING BED OR CARGO AREA.

Yeah. This is like teasing us with one picture of Sophia Vergara from the back!

NICE! More pics, please!