DoctorLarry

Decals on the gauges?

Great job, Gerald. You nailed the look.

Velocity had a JDM show on for awhile. It was cool watching them build up cars with mostly imported JDM parts. I love the look but could never get the fender mirrors-they seem out of place. Your build is very nice and captures the look perfectly.

What did you use for the red stripe? I used nail tape on mine. Decals turned out great. Do you clear coat your decals?

Did you give up on the red carpeting?

Looks great!

Everything looks good so far!

I actually used Rust Oleum colors on my build. The match was pretty spot on. I was a little hesitant because of how slowly it dries but I was able to mask it without issues. Are you using Tamiya for the yellow as well?

I did one a couple of years ago. Nice looking car to build. I'm sure yours will be great!

I use Mr. Surfacer fine primer or Dupli Color fill primer if I have lots of bodywork but I tape over detail places. I use OMNI acrylic enamel with medium reducer and no hardener. It sprays nicely and dries to a great gloss without clear. I have a paint supply place that will mix it in 2 ounce touch up bottles and they are cheap. They can't mix lacquer anymore because of VOC regs.

I used the floor pan, fame and front and rear suspensions. You need to do some trimming to get the bumpers to fit in but the wheelbase is the same as the 68 Chevelle. I made my own interior parts to fit the floor pan and made my own firewall. If you are doing a 69 I can send you some parts if you have the Chevelle donor car. Just PM me.

Did you use Ray's decals on the dash? Looks great so far!

This one had those body line flaws on the hood. Someone (might have been you) pointed that out in my 69 Skylark thread and I fixed them on that one. I did the same here so the body line swept back to the hood corner. The fender gills on the Perry car also stuck out way too far. On the real car the fenders had a hole in them so the gill actually mounted flat but protruded into the fender. I think mine look closer to real but will see when the car is done.

I ordered a PE set recently and it arrived. It did not seem to take an inordinate amount of time but unless it goes long I tend not to check.

After repeated tries to find a 68 Skylark GS from Perry's Resins, I had to change strategy. There are several 3D prints of 69 Skylarks now so I bought two. One I used for my Motion-prepped 69 Skylark. The other I decided to convert to a 68. The biggest problem with the 69 kits is the interior. They are all wrong for 69 Custom and definitely all wrong for 68. So I created my own for both cars from a Revell 68 Chevelle. I used the frame and pan from the car as well because the chassis on the resin kits has little detail. Engine from a Monogram GS, resin turbo 400, Fireball tires, resin poverty caps and wheels from Missing Link and scratchbuilt hood and console. Model Car Garage photo etch emblems from Monogram the GS. Tim Stevens is my go-to NASCAR build guru and builds killer cars. He also has a couple of neat real cars, including a 68 GS. I decided to do a loose replica of his real car. Cameo Cream PPG acrylic enamel. I created molds of the interior and can reproduce it all in resin.