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These are 1/24, any Monogram late 1980's Nascar Chevy Monte Carlo SS chassis/rollcage will fit the Dodge Mirada and Imperial from the box (no cutting of the chassis/rollcage needed) , infact the Imperial body will also accept the mid 1980's Monogram Nascar Grand Prix chassis without problem. Have included a photo of the resin body of the Mirada in the Monogram Chevy Monte Carlo SS so you can see actual fitting. Hope it help.

Here is the final body master sent to SMH Resin for casting and available from them right now. I will be doing the Petty Daytona test car, the ,Arrington Mirada and Marcis car....hope some one do the Marcis decals.

Look superb!!

The Mercedes Benz 500/540k' series is my all time favorite classic car of the 1930's, the lines,power and detail of these cars are simply magnificent, your model is equaly a superb looking one, specialy like your color combination, indeed it look stunning as is all your bare metai foil application, a beautiful scale model from all angles and taking in consideration the vintage of the kit the detail looks great.Great work!!!!

It has always been my VERY personal view that unless a scale model is build from an actual 1/1 counterpart and claim that is a scale replica in miniature of that particular vehicle, I will just appreciate the model work and its concept/creativity execution in scale by the builder....I just enjoy seeing superb and inovative scale modeling like this spectacular 1/8 model, the fact that is all from the imagination,craftmanship talent and dedication of a modeler who wanted to do something special and from his own inspiration in design is priceless, I enjoy this magnificent scale model for what it is, a personal expresion of the hands and mind who build it and all the effort to make and/or modified scrap parts to make such a beautiful model in the art of miniature model building.

SUPERB project and technics in fabrication, detail and corrections, the fact that you are adding the weather/time effect to this Rolls and not doing a concourse de elegance car, is even more interesting because the scale and how convincing to the eye have to be, you have nail it to the perfect balance. The interior seats look great and again with a magnificent age patina, the "wood techniques" for dash and interior panels are indeed an ingenious idea and approach for a pleasant visual look. The time and effort you are putting on the body corrections and finish will yield a superb looking model, a thousand miles apart from what one gets building it out of the box, which usually with the original Poches where average to "nice". ..but quite far from scale accurate body shape, as you have shown, attention to original measurement and details in coach works....a much, much better and accurate result will be achieved. Looking forward for more updates on this very special project, have enjoy every single step, technical improvement and innovate ideas...and about time it takes...do not worry...the BEST things in life are those that are made with a lot of care, patience, expertise and commitment to archive the best that one can do to reach the final goal...and in my personal opinion, you are getting there.

Great looking replica of your 1/1 car, these cars simply look superb!! I to would love to find one of these 1969 Continental scale models...but the price tag is to much for me. I did convert a 1965 Continental model to the 1969 trim to make my 1969 US Presidential limousine.

Love the look and color, great project!

Looks great!!!...remaind me of the Gapp & Roush four door Ford Maveric drag car.

Vernon, Yes indeed is great to be able to have the more rare cars in the collection to....even more when the decals become available . I will be posting the "bulge" modification soon, is not a difficult addition and will make yet another variation of the same car, I am almost done with the Mirada master body and next week will be on the way to SMH. Once more thanks for your kind words about this project,greatly appreciated.

Here is the resin casting from SMH, I have not cleaned/prep in any way yet, is out of the box...and fit perfectly in the chassis, I am very happy with it and the quality of the casting. Now is going to be clean,primer and painted in the Arrington colors, I will be doing the "back wheel wells bulge" version of this car with another resin body, quite a simple detail to add.

0ne of the most recent Modern Mercedes Benz model car was the Tamiya Mclaren 300-SLR and the "722" edition of the same car, they also have a mid/late 1990's 500 SL in AMG trim. Fujimi also did offer some Mercedes but these where sometimes curbside/simplified models. Revell Germany have the Modern/current Mercedes Benz 300 SLR production car in "sport trim" and AMG trim if I am not mistaken, is less costly than the Tamiya Mclaren 300 SLR....but... in any case they are diferent cars in styling and mechanics to a point.

Hi Vernon, The Imperial stock car shown here is now available from SMH Resin, the Nascar Dodge Mirada is next on line, I just have to finish some small details and it will be on its way to Ronnie at SMH.

Each and eveyone of your model projects are magnificent, true craftmanship from every angle.

Superb and very sharp paint and decal job, great looking models!!!

Depending on the price I will like one of each, maybe even a second Crown Vic. if I can afford it....really looking forward to see this coming a reality, the Crown Vic in that particular version has been overdue in 1/25-24 scale for a looooong time.

And here is the 1981 Imperial, this one is on its way to a resin caster so there is the probability that if my bodywork is of good quality and resin casting standard, it could be available in resin to fellow Nascar enthusiasts in a very near future. This one is going to be made into the B. Arrington Imperial race car.....when I get it back!!!

Here is my soon to be 1981 Richard Petty Dodge Mirada test car used in Daytona track tests and which eventualy led the King to abandon the Dodge racing brand, never the less is still a car built by Petty Enterprises and tested by the king so it forms part of his long line of Dodge/Mopar race cars....and for some reason I like this car very much!!! Also this may be the most elusive Petty car there is, there only a front view black and white picture of the Daytona test car with the STP stikers, no other photo of the car in side profile or any other angle for that matter is know to exist or have been made public, making the debate of this particular Petty car quite interesting, some based on the B/W photo say (as I also belive) ghat the car was painted Petty Blue with the STP logos only, other enthusiasts maintain that the car was primer gray or even at one point black primer....like the know photos of the Petty test Magnum car, this comes from comments and inteviews with Maurice Petty who maintained that the car was primer gray at Daytona... but the B/W photo show reflections on the bodywork so now the view is that it was painted by the time it reach the test track....at least in ovarall Petty blue.

Randy, That beautiful pedal assembly is a masterpiece and work of art ALL by itself, there simply not a single word of praise to say about this superb work.....so....I will use several....magnificent,wonderful,supreme,fantastic,incredible,superb, masterpiece....yes I already used the last two words previusly....but this work deserve it..many times!!!!! Thank you for another tour of force on the art of miniature metal fabrication, I belived that your other superb work, the rod tow truck could not have a challenger in intricate detail,concept,presentation and fabrication....ohhhhh...I was sooooooooo mistaken!!!!!

This is simply SUPERB, this Cobra team Bartoletti and its brother the Fiat 642 Ferrari transporter are my two favorites. I love the idea of not only building the great race cars icons of motorsport history but also the support equipment needed to be there race day and be succesful. Magnificent craftmaship and detail, looking forward to the next update.

John, Its a combination of several parts, the front part is a modified Roadrunner unit, to acomodate the Hemi engine, styrene tubing and other bits and parts where added to this area to finish the look, the middle part/interior tub came from the MPC Mustang II "Firefighter" kit, also modified with evergreen styre strips as the chassis rail representation/detail, the back wheel area came from the AMT Super-Bee pro street chassis, cut and added to the middle "tub/interior" mustang piece, then cut and sanded to fit the body of the Colt.

And Thank to all for the kind and encouraging positive words about this project, your commets and opinions are greatly appreciated.

Here it is almost finished, it still needs some final imperfections fixing and final wet sanding to see if everything looks OK, then is going to the resin caster, Ron Andrew, He have been very kind and patient with me in waiting a long time for me to finish this rework of my initial 1976 Don Carlton Gold Nationwise/Rod Shop Colt, now I am happy with the final look and profile of the scale model, the several key areas that where redone give it a more correct apperance, in my very personal opinion of course.

SUPERB from all angles and detail, great project!!