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Looks cool. ? Has kinda an '80s vibe going on with those turbine mags. There was a burgundy '57 stepside in my town with those on it back in the '80s.

Thanks everyone. Hopefully the next car I post will be a fresh build. ?

The chrome wheels in the kit are the aluminum factory option wheels. The second set of wheels in the kit are a set of unplated factory style 8 spoke "wagon wheels" Both are very nicely done.

Mine does. and it also shows the glass on the instruction sheet.

Yup. All I did was snip off the vert front of the frame rails that stick out to hold the bumper. When I put it together I cut the center section from the floor and trimmed it to fill in the blank area in the middle. And that's all there was to it. Also you can use the inaccurate inner fenders as is but I made new ones from a 2nd gen MPC Firebird chassis plate. Just had to make them a little wider with sheet plastic. Here's a link to the rest of the build. https://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/projects/stepside-72-chevy-/

Same here. Mine's also white.

That looks fantastic Ryan. I'll PM you after work tomorrow to work out details. ?

Wonder if that kit or it'd firetruck redo would ever see the light of day again. I kinda doubt it.

Looks great Mark. First time for me seeing one finished too and I do have one 1/2 built on a Buttera chassis. Love the paint.

Yea, that's exactly what I was thinking.

Ah, I didn't notice that.

Looks great. That color really makes it stand out.

They're also in the AMT custom and competition parts pack that was issued in the AMT/Ertl days in the blue box and the XR6/27 T Pheaton kit.

No hurry Ryan. I honestly have no idea how long it'll take me to getting around to the car.

Yes, exactly.

Thanks, that would be so cool. ?

No problem. I just copied the pic from "Hobby Search" Japan's on line store. They have a lot of pics of instruction sheets, decal sheets etc. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/car/

I picked up the reissues of the '67 911R and '69 911S over the summer. Super happy they've been reissued. One thing though, the small chrome tree with the headlight buckets, door handles and, IIRC, wipers is no longer plated. BTW, anyone have or know where I can get a pair of PORSCHE side decals in orange? I want to do the '67 in light grey with orange decals but the kit only has black.

Like this?

I don't think the cowl hood was a stock option on the Malibu either so it's not exactly "factory stock". , , But, no, I did not know that.

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the kind comments especially today as things on my current project are not going as well as I'd like. ?

No, the interior is box stock with some paint detail and flocking.

Cool project William, and very cool 1/1 in your garage. On decals, I thought Indycals had some Mustang decals like your looking for but I don't see any on their site. BUT, I do see they have a decal printing service so that might be of some help.

I thought I'd repost this one I did about 15 years ago since my current custom Impala project, which should be finished by now is having delays. Anyway, AMT kit with the Malibu trim and vinyl roof added. I did also smooth out the weird extra character lines in the sides before painting. Removed the "SS" emblems and added the "Malibu" specific emblems from a MCG photoetch set. I made the wheel myself and cast a set the tires are from Pegasus. Unfortunately, they don't sell those particular ones any more. Paint is flame red and black Duplicolor lacquer with their clearcoat.

It's not a bad kit for an older one. Everything fits pretty good and goes together easily. Inly drawbacks are the rear pan molded to the back bumper. Makes it difficult to paint it. You'll have to either mask off the bumper or cut the pan free and paint it separately, that what I did. Other thing is the sides of the body have these weird extra character lines that are not there on the actual car. They were always there on the kit though from the time it was first released as a promo. Most people just ignore it but I did smooth them out on mine. The putty on the body in my pic will show you where I mean. And, like I said, most people just ignore it. [btw, I added that extra vinyl roof and Malibu trim to the front fenders and doors myself]