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Just shot some color.

Just turned 2017 in my time zone.

Thanks guys.

Thanks, The Vette is a pearl yellow nail polish over a light yellow acrylic I mixed with Tamiya bottle paints.

It's one of the cuts where I narrowed it. Didn't bother filling and finishing the seam as it will be covered with a licence plate.

Just got this back from LMKC.

Hey Bill,, Is there a section in there on how to claim other peoples models as your own ? Sorry, just couldn't resist seeing Barris' reputation of doing that in the 1/1 custom car world.

For my green Rabbit I simply found an appropriate plaid pattern on the internet and printed it out on white decal sheet and trimmed to size. A couple must coats of dullcoat and they were good to go.

Josh, If you're going for the look of the 1/1 in your pics, I'd suggest getting a set of wheels from a 1/18 scale diecast and using a set of Pegasus tires maybe. The 1/18 wheels would scale out to somewhere around 22 inches in 1/24 scale. The tires from the large Pegasus wheel sets might be a good fit but I'm not sure.

Well, almost 12 months later and I'm back on this one after finishing my '78 Chevy pickup. Cleaned up most of the bodywork over the last week and just primed it with BIN. I'll wetsand it some tomorrow and spray some silver laquer on it so I can see anything that still needs a bit of work.

Someone did do a '71 Dart, IIRC maybe it was Bandit Resin.

I got an extra set of those wire wheel covers and tires from a JoHan '79 DeVille I'd be willing to trade, If interested, see my post in the wanted section.

Cool truck Chuck.

A '72 Toronado is quite rare,, But then again, so is a '61 Corvair.

Jim, I know you'd rather the parts original to the kit but have you considered the headlights from the old Revell multi-part body '60 Vette? They're quite common and the bezels are separate with clear lenses.

That's exactly what I was thinking too.

I finished one, here's a link to it,, Here's also a link to my build I have in the works of 2 more of them, ,,And here's a general discussion in the kit news and reviews section,,

Also, if anyone has a spare '67 or '68 hidden headlight grille kicking around, I could really use it for a custom I've been wanting to do. [even the '69/'70 custom grille should work]

'67, hidden headlights, front signal lights in bumper under headlight doors. '68, hidden headlights, signals moved to front edge of fenders. '69, exposed headlights, fine grille mesh, small rectangles. '70, exposed headlights, grille with more prominent horizontal bars. ,,, BTW, All the JoHan Eldorados and Toronados used the same engine, the Olds unit. The Eldorados just had the "CADILLAC" script added to the Olds valve covers.

That looks great! Did you use the current '75 Dart kit to finish it?

My MPC '73 Duster,,

Well Bill,, First, is your frame 6X8 inches? I ask because it looks a bit small. Most plating companys want you to mount your parts on a 6X8 frame with silicone adhesive. All the parts should face out and have enough room around them so you could easily spraypaint the whole thing and get even coverage without anything being in the "shadow" of any other parts. LMCC recommends 1/2 inch between larger parts like bumpers and grilles but I think yours should be ok as far as spacing is concerned. Seems to me I was also told to keep all parts at least 1/2 inch inside the frame so they can clamp onto the frame where ever they have to then without worrying about disturbing any parts. I'm not sure if it was Dale at LMCC that told me that or one of the other platers that I've used in the past. I have mounted parts on a central runner like you ask in the past, I have a rack at LMCC done like that right now, as a matter of fact. Anyway, this is a pic of the last batch I sent to LMCC a couple years ago. Might be helpful to you.

Thanks guys. I put a lot of extra work in this one and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

The "Travolta Fever" Firebird came first. Based on a real car, it came out about '79 or '80. Pretty poor kit. Only differences I can remember between the Firebird and Camaro kits were the wheels, front and back bumpers and the hoods. Possibly the dash too. Watch out for those wonderful real rubber tires, they have a tendency to rot. LOL