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That's looking great Kyle. Coming along nicely. As for the air cleaner, there's a couple things you can try, First is cutting the carb down a little. You usually can't see the top of them when the air cleaner's on so it's not noticeable. You could also carefully drill out the underside center of the ait cleaner a bit. I'd use a bit slightly larger then the top of the carb and be vary careful not to go through it. You just want it so the carb will sit slightly up in the hole. Easiest to just cut down the carb, I've done it several times.

I'd like to see a '67 Galaxie or a '66 Bonnie too but don't fool yourselves gentlemen, A '68 Impala is where the money's at for '60s full size cars. The lowrider crowd alone could keep the inventory exhausted for years. BTW, I don't need another one, I got mine.

Keven informed me Friday morning and it was really hard to keep quiet for the last several days but we were asked not to let it known at the time. Build on Snake.

I'm afraid Snake isn't coming back. He passes early last Friday morning, Khils and a few others of us are working up a short memorial post that should be up shortly.

BTW, I think Missing Link used to do those wheel covers but I don't see them listed right now.

The Lindberg [originally Palmer/PSM] is actually copied from the MPC kit and the body is pretty nice. Just as accurate as the MPC except the tail lights and headlights look a bit small. The look pretty good when built up. Maybe your confusing them with the multi-piece body cheap kits, Trevor? ,, Not the same at all.

The AMT '56 would be the perfect donor if you can find one. I think the Revell/Monogram one would be too big. If you want the wire wheels and wide whites, AMT did a parts pack of exactly those recently so shouldn't be hard to find. They seem a bit pricey for a wheel/tire pack though.

It's od to see one of those Revell '57 Nomads without major sink marks in the fenders. ?

To me it looks too ,,, "neat", "professionally drawn" "geometric" ,, I guess?? To me an anarchy symbol would always have a more scribbled, raggedy look like in Bills pic.

Alpine, Moosehead ??? ?

Bill, I let it dry for a week and then put one coat of Future on it. Had a time finding the Future too, A fellow builder in my club who builds planes had a little of the original left. I tried a second coat on a different part and it did fog up I think I didn't let it dry long enough though. Still experimenting.

I've also had some luck coating the Revell spray with a coat of Future. It's thin but seems to be doing the trick with the grille shell for my '32 Chevy. I've been handling it normally so far during the building process, test fitting, doing mockups and such and it looks pretty well the same as when I started

Ok, so, here's what I'm starting with for the first truck. It's missing a couple suspension parts but I can cast copies from one of the unbuilt kits I have. It'll be a silver over white build with a traditional 4/6 drop. Gatorback tires on Ferrari wheels. Probably keep the 454 but swap the intake out for a F.I unit. I'm definitely going for the '90s "Sport Truck Magazine" look with this one ? Gotta love that air dam used as a visor glued on with a 1/2 tube of glue. ? Anyway, this is how it's sitting as of an hour ago.

That sounds like it'll be a pretty impressive rig, Dan.

Well you can just glue the engine block halves together and call it good, Bill. ? But seriously, love to have you join.

If I had started the thing a bit later or had taken a bit longer to build it I would have participated in the build, if you would have had me. ? As it was, I was just finishing it up then the build started. ? This is referring to my '29 pickup build, of corse I would have done a couple things a bit differently.

Um, OK. ?

,,, plus the foot wells at the doors.

I dug my old '90 longbed out of storage a couple weeks ago and managed to pull a couple of resin copies from that grille I had scratch made for it around 30 years ago. Unfortunately, it came out of the mold in pieces and it no more. I don't think I'll redo this one but I have blown apart an old 454SS gluebomb I picked up a couple years ago and will be rebuilding it in a late '90s style.

Wondering if there'd be any interest in a build now that are easily available? It would be for , ,, , '88 to "98 Chevy and GMC pickups Suburbans, Tahoes etc. could be in the old school "sport truck" style from the '90s and '00s or more modern style with larger wheels, etc. The kind of truck you'd see at a show, not a commercial style or daily driver. AMT/MPC kits or Lindberg "Boyd's Hauler". Snap curbside or full detail kit. I have a couple ideas I'll be starting to work on soon so anyone else ? BTW, no deadline.

Gee Kit, I think this is the first time I've ever finished a model too early for a buildoff. LOL ??

Ya know Mike, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Round 2 comes out with an older 2 wheel drive square body based on their current kits in the next year or two. Maybe even a long fleetside, who knows.

Yup, it's as it's always been since its original versions were introduced over 40 years ago. Ya gotta remember back then model kits were primarily aimed at kids, especially the Revell ones Proper front suspension, stock bumpers and a better engine would go a long way to improve the kit , , short of a brand new kit.

Man, those decals sure are retro. Very '90s vibe. I bet they'd look right at home on one of the new AMT OBS Chevys.