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I don't have that one, but I have a similar Lindberg Corvette. Might even be the same kit in a different box. It's not a knockoff of the Monogram (or at least not a reboxing). Every so often I get it out, look at the parts, and put it away again. Might make a good shelf model, or a good starter project for a kid.

Take some more out of that area. It still looks just a little too much like Chrysler product.

Here in the US, if you make something out of raw materials--plastic, wood, brass, aluminum, whatever--most of us consider that scratchbuilding. Especially if you draw your own plans for the thing before you can even lay a tool on the raw material.

No it's not, but I thought some here might appreciate the work and the skill. Sorry to have wasted your time.

When you roll a gullwing and are sitting there on the roof, smelling gasoline, how do you get OUT?

Of your list, the ones I'd buy are the '68 Cougar and the '68 Bel Air. Here's some others I'd buy: '64-'65 Buick Skylark/Special '64 Olds Cutlass/F-85/4-4-2 (Someone did a resin--I had one and it was awful. I ended up trading it off.) '69 Firebird (The old MPC has lots of problems--would like a new body based on Revell '69 Camaro.) Corrected, accurate bodies for the AMT '65 GTO and MPC '67 GTO would be cool. '67 El Camino

Mine too but I admire his workmanship.

Not sure what was going on but the Dullcote definitely brought down the sparkle, and then the glosscoat brought it ALL back.

Great profile 1:1 shot. Looking at that, I think removing material vs adding it is the way to go, and it looks like you're on the right track.

I see from this pic that some adjustment of the roof/side window area will be needed. Not sure if material needs to be removed or added, but something has to change. Very interesting pic, thanks for posting it.

A friend of mine on a gun forum likes to scratchbuild model cars completely out of wood. His stuff is beautiful in its own way. Here's his latest: http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=210516&sid=3b776e98690e7c27d3ba5e559c36c2c4 And in response to requests, here's a thread he did on "How I do it." http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=210584 You gotta admire skill, patience, and craftsmanship of this kind!

That doesn't sound too difficult to fix. I'll have to take a look at some photos. Thanks for the heads-up on that!

I'm going for a look kinda sorta somewhat in the general neighborhood of these.

Reforming the deck lid...hmmmm, I hadn't thought of THAT. Will have to take another look at this project....

You want gull wings, I gotcher gull wings right HERE!

I like this! Very eye-catching! Thanks for the heads-up about engine placement, I see what you mean. Altered rules state that engine setback could be 25% of wheelbase (measured at the center of the forwardmost cylinder) so that's what I'll be going for. I'm going to build mine as close to "out of the box" as I can stand, but I think I'll be raising the height of the rollbar a bit. Haven't decided on a color yet, though it will almost certainly be something I have on hand. Going for Cheap, here.

Reason I asked is, I'd like to use them on a T altered I hope to build using all AMT Parts Packs parts (except the front tires). It'll be intended for sometime in the 1964-66 timeframe. Just wondering if they're wide enough for that. Gonna use another pair on another T altered based on the Parts body and the Double Dragster frame. This one would be a little earlier, say '62 to '65. I think they'll be wide enough for that. One pair will go on a Tweety Pie, prolly the ones with the red and white stripes. Last set might go on a street T bucket, too. Not sure about that one yet. That's the pie crusts. The Blue Streaks, I've got all kinds of /MP, Gasser, and FX builds (mid to late '60s) in the works those will work great for.

I never said anything about Stock classes. These tires are obviously too wide for 7" cheaters for Stock. I'm interested in, are they too narrow for Altered and maybe some of the Comps and Dragsters?

Just got the AMT Parts Pack pie crust and Goodyear Blue Streak slicks sets. Was a bit disappointed to see that they're identical in diameter and width to the old solid M&Hs we've been using for years. I thought they'd be a little wider. So what can we use these for? Super Stocks, Modified Productions, and Gassers, obviously. (And of course rods and street freaks.) I think they can squeak by on FXers and first-gen (AWB) funny cars, too. (At least on those the width is sorta hidden inside the body.) But I'm wondering about Altereds and dragsters. Are they wide enough for an AA/A of say 1964 to 1966? How about a junior fueler (injected small block Chevy) of the same time frame? What are y'all using these tires for?

You know what I'd do with that body? I'd go ahead and cut the roof at the rear of the doors, too, and graft it onto a Revell 2nd try '70 AAR Cuda kit and build a nice AAR Cuda. Everything wrong with that body is from the door lines back, and this would fix it all,

Do you watch That '70s Show? In high school I was a dead ringer for Eric. Now I look like Red. And Hyde and Fez are pretty good composites of my stoner and nerd friends. I never got a Hot Donna, though.

Thanks to your helpful post, I checked and my body has it, too. Looks about like someone threw a baseball full-speed into the door. No problem to fill at the start of a build but it WOULD be annoying if you didn't spot it until after paint. This looks like something that Revell could simply polish out of the mold for subsequent issues or production runs. Thanks for bringing it up!

Some of them pop right apart, especially chrome-to-chrome joints where I didn't scrape off the chrome originally. Other glue joint have to be pried or cut apart. Anyway, now I feel like an idiot. Last night I was looking at the instructions for the Fruit Wagon kit and noticed that the brackets for the wishbones and radius rods are supposed to be glued to the sides of the frame, not underneath. I had these wrong the whole time! I said a very bad word and then had to cut the brackets off with a razor saw. Will reglue them today, and then hopefully get some black primer on the thing. If I'm not mistaken, it looks like I'll be able to build the Fruit Wagon as a C-cab and have a whole T tub body left over. If so, I'll build up a new body for this one and just keep the old body as-is for laughs or something. Interesting learning experience. Glad I made the suspension mistake on this one, and not on the new build!

I THINK the hardtop body can be converted to a 300 by filing off the flying buttresses and then adding the door and window framing. That's how I'm planning to do it, anyway.

Welcome, Kovey! I'm fairly new nere myself, only a couple weeks. This is a great bunch of guys and I think you'll like it here. I've never done a 300 Chevelle but I'm planning to someday. I'll be following your build with great interest. I think I know how I'll do mine but want to see how you do it. Post up some pics as soon as you can.