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This one has been finished for a while now, just now getting to shoot some pics. Sorry for the sorry quality pics. I need to figure out a booth and break out my DSLR. Started with a Tamiya RX-7 R1, lowered it a tad up front. Wheels are Fujimi Enkie NT03's. Interior is stock but flocked, i can't get any good pics though. Engine is from the Revell ZL1 kit. Exhaust is the rx7 exhaust with a Hobby Design muffler, and a scratch built y pipe. Paint is Tamiya Mica Silver with TS13 clear, and polished with Tamiya polishes.

Mark, I bet that would be a good idea to use that front suspension. I'm going to have to go hunting lol.

Man, you nailed it on the tail panel and grille! Looks Awesome! The lines look very crisp. What did you use to get the look?

Thanks man! Didn't really think about cutting the wheel wells out of a fleetside bed. Don't have one laying around that I'm junking. I'll definitely keep that in mind on my next truck build that requires it though! I did think about the orange/cream/white color, just not for this truck, and it will be more of a Hugger Orange. I'm saving that for a 72 Cheyenne, going to make it look like this.....

Fixed the hood gap..I may work on the drivers front corner a tad more. Lemme say, first time using evergreen styrene strips, and I'm really impressed with how pliable these things are. I'm hooked! Little bit of work involved but worth it.

Thanks fellas! I'm anxious to get some color on. But I still have a good bit of adjustments and body work left to do before I prime it.

Window openings corrected.

Think I'm going to go with this color combo instead of TS93 Metallic orange. This is Tamiya TS76 Mica Silver with Tamiya TS73 Clear Orange sprayed over top of it. It looks killer in the sun light.

Thank you guys! Really enjoying this build so far. Haven't had much time this week to work on it, but am going to try to get some more done this evening.

Got some time this evening after work to make up some rear tubs. I used an old medicine bottle and cut some .040 styrene to take the gap from the bottom away. I still have to put the putty on and smooth em out. But here is a rough mock up.

Thank you.

I will be attending this one, it'll be my first show. Don't think I'll enter any however, still brushing up on my skills. I will be buying stuff however, lol. What time does this open for spectators, 9am?

No, no....I didn't plan on cutting the roof. What you are suggesting is what I planned on doing.

Thanks David. I sourced the SSR engine through a member on here I believe. So, no suspension to use on that, so I'll search Ebay or throw up a wanted ad on here. I do have a junk 69 Charger R/T kit that I may could rob the front suspension from. Thanks for the tips on the windshield, I haven't been able to see anything on here besides cutting the roof off to fix the side window openings. I shouldn't have to cut the roof since I am ditching the vent windows anyways. I may try just taking a sanding stick or small file to shape the side windows.

Thanks man! I'd love to ditch that beam axle. I don't know what I'd do to replace it though. Any suggestions? And I do agree with the window openings, they're angled on the backside where they shouldn't be.

Thank you Steve. I think I may have a couple of old bottles lying around to give this a go. Would be a heck of a lot easier to keep their shape. Thanks for the heads up Tom! I haven't even taken the interior tub off of the tree yet. I will do that and test my skills at fabbing up some step downs like you have shown with some evergreen. Thanks, first time doing something this modded.

Going to be an awesome build looks like. What did you use for the brake lines, and how did you mount them if I may ask?

I'll have to check the width of the wheels, but the rears are pretty wide for the height I'm aiming for, as I am wanting the rears tucked up nice and tight. So I just chopped the bed sides and floor after flipping the mounting side for the rear leaf springs. Thinking I'm going to have to go lower on the front now that I habe the wheels I'm going to use instead of the tall stock wheels and tires.

This is the look I am going for, except for in Tamiya TS92 Metallic Orange. Going to have to dump my front a little lower.

Alright, this is my 3rd build since getting back into the hobby after years of not building . I wanted to try out some things I've saw on the boards. I've never been one to build anything other than box stock, but this is not going to be near box stock for sure. The build started out with an old AMT 55 Cameo kit which had been hiding in my closet since it was released. I decided to do this truck with a pro touring look. So that said, I wanted it low down with a nice set of staggered wheels, disc brakes, and an LS engine. I sourced an LS2 from an SSR kit, used a resin oil pan from the Clearly Scale LS Engine kit, filed the front crossmember, and cut the trans mount and raised it so the engine would actually fit and have the correct angle.. I wanted this truck to have no chrome around the windows and doors, so I shaved all of the chrome on the cab, cut the vent window posts out, shaved the wipers and filled the cowl, as well as shaved the door handles. I also filled the emblem hole on the hood, filled the gas cap, filled in the rear bumper holes for the bumper guards ( for that nice smooth look,) smoothed the inner front fenders, and filled in the molds on the inner bedsides. Next I started working on the stance, so I had to do some lowering.... another thing I've never done before. I picked up some awesome wheels from Steve Zimmerman, and had to do a little more cutting when they arrived. So the bed is being mini tubbed. Brakes were sourced from a Tamiya FD RX-7. This is my first go at this, so go easy on me please, haha. I still have to make the wheel tubs, so I picked up various sizes of styrene sheets for this over Christmas vacation. Any tips on the mini tubs will be greatly appreciated. Also, the color will be Tamiya TS92 Metallic Orange tipped with TS13 Clear. Thanks for stopping by to check out my build...hopefully one day I'll get as good as all you guys on here. Scott

Nice looking builds. Love the color on the vette. What color is that?

Awesome builds. Have the duster and the trans am myself...but where did you find the tow vehicle for the race car??! Looks sweet, I must have one.

Nice, clean build! I have the 24 hrs of Lemans to build myself. The Germany kit, and the Earnhardt kit.

Nice Clean Build....this one is on my list.