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Just cool Looks like it just came off the pages of one of those little early '60s hotrod magazines. ???

Black 1/64" Chartpak tape. Just put it down the center of the chrome strip and seal it with some clear acrylic like Tamiya.

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Did some work on this recently and got the paint on today. Decided to keep it simple and not deviate too much from what's in the box. Going for a '90s look. Duplicolpr torch red overall with dullcoat on the interior. HOK "blue blood red" on the body panels. Gave it another 3 coats after the pics were taken. The hood sides are from the roadster kit. Wheels are from the AMT street machine version of the '68 Elcamino. The plating happened to be bad on the kit I had so the wheels look like a satin finish. Just what I wanted for the " '90s look".

That wouldn't be a "one and done" Alan. That body was converted to the Nova. I doubt they'd convert it back for a kit of a much less popular car.

It's been announced a few weeks ago ,,or what's left of it anyway.

The blue on the decal sheet is just the backing paper. The stripes will be fine over orange. The parts you have circled on the PE sheet are looms for the spark plug wires, not anything to do with windows.

Little Motor Kar Company is still in business but be warned, regular customers take priority over new ones so you might have a bit of a wait seeing as he's really the only one left that does model car parts, AFAIK.

Looks very sharp Aaron. I really like your color combo. Nice job on the trim and windshield too. ?

The guy joined over 2 years ago, made one post since then and it's an attack post? No worries Noel, that stuff don't hold water around here.

I never noticed that before. I always assumed they actually were open there. Guess not.

Not really much higher than the going price for an old Mopar promo. but this guy's prices are usually on the high side. I see he's asking $1500.oo USD for a '60 Plymouth wagon. Nicely built but not finished. He seems to think it's a Modelhaus resin for some reason.

I had the pickup parts pack, Chris. It did have two boxes but IIRC, just one set of rear fenders.

If you can find one, or someone who has an old one to part with, the engine in both Pacers reissued a few years ago have the exact engine you need. The MPC kit has the more detailed of the two though.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2017/04/07/fact-check-the-nova-did-not-sell-poorly-in-latin-america-due-to-its-name https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/ http://zapr.blogspot.com/2008/05/people-who-love-telling-chevy-nova.html https://www.thoughtco.com/chevy-nova-that-wouldnt-go-3078090 But, I guess you can't believe everything you read on the internet, right. ?

That looks a lot better than most. A but slab sided but the roofline is right on this one and that's a first. Windshield shape's wrong but you could adapt the section from a '76 Caprice, they use the same windshield in 1/1. Only other thing I'd bother correcting is the kick-up on the rear 1/4 window. It should be concentric with the wheel opening. I think I'll actually put a bid on that and see if I can bash it with the resin '71 I have to come up with a more accurate '71.

Great looking pickup.

No. [nova] in Spanish means a type of star, same as in English. Not the same as "no va". It would be the same as using the name "Notable" on a kitchen set and people not buying it because they thought it didn't have a table with it. "no table" It's just bad grammar and an old wives tale. Check here Snake. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/

Thanks Rusty, but those scripts are actually photoetch.

A couple of the photoetch sheets from MCG have Olds lettering. The kits these sheets are designed for might have the lettering on the decal sheets too. [Revell '50 Olds and '72 Cutlass cvt.]

That's not true at all.

I like it. The only change I'd make is to make the front wheel opening match the rear one. If someone on here posted a pic of a new Camaro model modified to look like that I bet everyone would be telling them how great it looks and that they're a genius. ?

Love it. Not often you see an actual racer built out of a Monza kit, usually just street versions.

Thanks guys. Tom, No, I didn't see it. I usually don't watch the car related "reality" shows. I tend to yell at the screen too much during the foolishness and it makes it too hard to hear what's going on. That said, I have seen that show and it's not bad,, nothing to holler at anyway but I don't have that channel at the moment. Lee, After I painted and cleared the body I sprayed some flat black into the louvers at a low angle from the back. After it dries, I just wetsanded the black off the sheetmetal and polished the paint out again.

I'll second that.