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really sweet ! You don't often see someone shave off the trim under the rear window, nice touch.

Here's another little update. The glass and interior is installed along with the firewall. You can see in these pics how the scratchbuilt cowl area looks finished. I robbed the rad and fan shroud from a Monogram 1/24 GTO. Took a bit of trimming but I think it'll look good when finished. Also,, I'm really happy with how the windshield fit on this car. I don't usually seem to be able to get hem to fit this good. I'm also robbing the engine from the Monogram kit. I was using one from an old kit I built when they first came out in the early '80s for mockup purposes. I liked how it looked so I'm building another one almost identical for this car. Maybe a bit better build quality than the one I did over 30 years ago though. [30+ year old engine on the left, new one on the right.]

Depends if the car had power brakes or not. , , no power brakes, no booster.

Looks like the love child of a Cadillac Catara and a jellybean CrownVic.

Nice! . . The widened Camaro rally wheels are a nice touch.

From what I can see in your pics, the problem on the doors isn't ghosting, you just don't have all the molding completely sanded off. It looks raised , ghosting usually leaves a shallow depression wherever something is removed and is caused from using a "hot" laquer based paint, Tamiya primer shouldn't cause ghosting. I think you just need to do some more sanding , using something hard behind the paper like a sanding block. Hard to find one that small but wrapping your sandpaper around a popsicle stick should do the trick.

Man, that looks like an old RCMP cruiser. They'd paint the doors to match the rest of the car and strip out the police equipment when they got rid of them. That car is the exact colour blue RCMP used on their cruisers in the '70s.

I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Love the 3rd Gens.

Snowing here again. Was supposed to have some people over tonight as I'll be 50 at midnight. Cancelled on account of snow.

Gee Ron, looks like a likely candidate to become one of these. Just need the roof from a Grand Prix and a bit of work for the grille, taillights and probably interior.

Some great tips there Snake. I knew about the back window trim and have done that on some other cars as well but never really notices the side window moldings and around the grille. I'll certainly be doing those mods when I get around to building another one of those AMT Camaros. Thanks.

Just another mid-winter storm here. We've had way worse. The power lines are in back of the houses on my street. Looks cleaner but probably not so good for the power company if the lines come down somewhere and need fixed. pic from 2008

Took this pic out my front door just before noon. Still going like this now, about 8 hours later.

Looks fantastic. Love Mk1s and can't wait to get my hands on this kit even though I still have a couple unbuilt AMT Rabbits.

It does have a bit of a curve to it. I have several of the AMT '65 reissues, more than I'd ever build. Thinking I might try adapting the AMT body somehow. I haven't checked for width differences or other issues yet for a swap of the front and rear ends so I don't know if it's feasible. If not I might try swapping the sides of the bodies leaving the ends and horizontal sections intact and straitening out the curve.

Hey Chris,, As long as your swapping wheels and using Magnum 500s, I'd suggest using a set from the Monogram '70 Chevelle instead of the ones you have now. They're deeper so look much better. The shallow offset is my main gripe with most Revell/Monogram wheels.

Humm,, are they remaking that old '80s TV show "Automan" ?

Sweet Sweet candy ! Super paintjob !!

Just incredible! Looks better than any of the real ones I've ever seen !

Hey Rob, Need your last name to put on the headlights so I can send them out to you .

How about the engine in the old AMT "Wild Hoss" Bronco? Seems to me it was a 351C. anyone remember if that's right? That would be the same kit Model King reissued a few years ago with the Cougar funnycar and trailer.

JoHan '63 Plymouth ?

That looks fantastic. Those cars seem to be made to be that color gold.

Here's a simple tip to keep your white paint from yellowing after clearcoating it. ,, NEVER use enamel clearcoat or that Testors "laquer" clearcoat. I have models with white paint that have been painted over 15 years ago that are still as white as the day I painted it. Just use a real laquer like duplicolor or an acrilyc like Tamiya.

looking great. It's gonna be a pretty car when it's done.