Gray Smith

I like it, great color choice too..

welcome to the board!, looking good so far, and nice detailing on the motor, what are you going to do with the nissan motor from the kit? Gray

nice color combo, its basic but very classy at the same time, nice finish too. Gray

I have to say thats a great looking build so far, your paint finishes rock. I'm going to try out the ole bmf before paint on one of my next builds, looks pretty easy to do. Keep up the great work Gray

Hey Marc, this one looks great! i'm gonna have to try that method for polishing out myself one of these days. looking forward to seeing it done man Gray

this thing is just crazy man, but I love it. Excellent detail everywhere, very inspiring... thanks!

nice idea, and the work looks good so far...welcome to the board as well...this is a nice place to come visit

Man, the pics aren't working now, but I saw em earlier..those projects look great. I'm really digging the engine details! great work Gray

I like it!...can't wait to see more of this.. hope you don't mind me asking but where did that induction set up on the motor come from?

Hey guys, not much to really show this month, making preparations for the baby and stuff. I did do a little more work to the camaro and I think I may have finally decided on a set of wheels..lol so far on the camaro i've added the fender flares in the back, dremeled out the front flares(got rid of the lip under where the flare ends) and filled in the lower stip on the car, still to do is come up with a suitable front lip(similar to whats shown) more body work with the molded in trunk spoiler, and general smoothing of the body work. Its sporting a reliable resin hood, grill, and 69 camaro race interior tub which is still be fitted at the moment(revell tub amt chassis..actually fits better than the amt tub), motor will be loosely based on the lt-5 from the amt wagon rod kit... anyway enough babbling..here are the pics next up is a Revell 56 chevy for my soon to be born daughter(gotta get her started early on being a car nut..lol) this will be mostly box stock, with some minor detailing, shaved the emblems and it will be slammed, and might have a cool efi system made for the engine. lastly is a fujimi s13 silvia built as an american 240sx thats been converted over to the jdm front end and is daily driven...nothing over the top, just general jdm clean..lol enjoy guys....these may be the last for a short while since the baby will be here any day and she'll be keeping me busy for a little while(which i'm not complaining one bit!..I can't wait to see her) Gray

Ahhhh...much better with the gunmetal spokes....looking good! Gray

yeah all of em are great, but something about the black one....it just looks "right"

excellent work Billy, Dale Jr is my favorite driver in Nascar...good luck in Toledo..take some pics for us!

I like it!.. cool color scheme and great job with the decals... now get back to work on the seven! jk

great build, you got this one juuust right..

I'm digging that color Marc, this ones gonna look cool when you get done with it. Btw i'm going with the aoshima wheels on mine.... Gray

alright time for an update and a poll of sorts.....I moved my photo hosting around so thats what happened to all my pics.....haven't done much work to the camaro since i'm waiting on a care package of Reliable Resin stuffs to see how they look, I did add a small truck lid spoiler which will get molded in...I made it from the back bumper from the kit and it looks suprisingly good there. Anyway I've got a serious wheel fetish...i've got way too many for my own good. I've narrowed it down to these 2 sets...set one is a set of aoshima Gartmairs(sp?) with a wide lip I casted on the back. set 2 is my own home grown wheels based off the salt flat specials in the revell 57 chevy kit, these have been trimmed down, sport a resin wide lip front and rear, and have a set of revell c5 vette tires wrapped around them... what do you guys think? I've got another set of the 57 wheels(which as soon as money allows the purchase of rtv i'll cast a few sets...lol) and i've got a serious itch to use em on everything cause they look so cool to me..(visions of a trailer for the camaro and a 454ss truck tow vehicle are very vivid..). Oh and I cut that silvia bumper down alot...and while I'm not sure, once I get another type of front spoiler to try on it i'll make my decision.... anyway guys let me know...comments and critiques are welcome

Hey guys, I've been super extra busy this last week and a half (worked 70 hours last week, will have at least 70 again this week) and my model time is limited. I've still got to decal the sileighty I finished in tribute to my mom, up next is my 68 Camaro.... no pic it took this pic last night before I did some sanding and brainstorming. This is my first attempt at making fender flares and I think the back will be the only ones to get them. The hood has had the blower hole covered by the optional hood scoop from an 86 elky kit(long gone but a few parts remain) and I'm smoothing it. The body will have some other tweaks as well...like I said I brainstormed last night and mocked this up... no pic after I did some sanding....what do you guys think? its an optional front bumper from a fujimi s13 silvia kit, and I may cut it up and mold it in(it won't hang as low nor will it jut out so far) to give the car a bit of a road racer look. The engine will have a scratched up/resin'd efi system on top of the kit block and the wheels i'm using are shown. Paint color is probably going to testors dusty rose pearl...this one may not get finished all that soon from now. heres some more oh and in case you guys are wondering whats going on in the background with the Hilux..well I was never happy with the chrome wheels on it(and my original idea had black wheels) so they are sitting in the csc tank now as well, and the other night I was going thru my wheel case and slapped these wide and wider fujimi rims up there and thought it looked cool kind of cool.. Alright guys i'm gone, any comments and critiques are welcome.. Thanks Gray

Ken, another thing you could try would be to check out these 2 forums(if thats ok for me to post em Gregg) the first is Scale Plastic Cars http://www.spc.org.uk/forum/index.php?sid=...d45fe965a4c0ed0 and the other is Automotive Forums http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/f927/ and then you can post something in their want section and see if you can find the rims you are looking for that way, its worked for me. A second option is using a proxy bidding service with the Yahoo Japan auctions, I've gone that route too and i've won 2 auctions with quite a few sets of wheels for cheap...they can be sporadic though. If you'd like to give that option a try..look here at http://www.rinkya.com/index.php or www.mailorderjapan.com they can give you steps on getting thru the japanese language barrier and finding items on YHJ..plus I can offer a few tips if you'd like. Gray

Ismael, Sorry I can't help out with the part you need, but man this brings back memories....I built this kit many years ago, and believe it or not I painted it the exact same color...lol, it was a very good kit for its time. Its always cool to find some of your old builds to see how far along you've come... take it easy Gray

i'm 30..born april 6th 1976

Well first i'll show a quickie build that I finished last night, I started it oh..5-6 years ago when the kit first came out, was gonna do a straight box stock build over a weekend, got the engine and chassis done, then found out the ride height was set too high...put it back in the box and it waited...its the amt 60 chevy street machine truck, now it has no interior, no motor(inline 6 is good for a street rod) and the wheels are super glued to the front fenders to give it the rake, its also my first attempt at chrome foil (not bare metal foil but aluminum tape which is a little thicker). Paint is testors go mango enamel, with a pearl white clear coat.. its been very quickly finished so its far from perfect, I just wanted this one done... Next project is a pro shop 66 nova, i'm again going for a quick build here, but i'm going to strip the body and repaint it, and lower it with possibly some more pro touring-ish rims and tires...I may add some basic detailing to it as well. then after that....what shall I work on?...

hey guys..these 2 kits ive had in the works for about ohhh 8 years... and i've just never gotten around to finishing them...well here they are..the first is a tamiya r34 skyline painted in basic true blue pearl airbrushed and thinned with laquer thinner(helped out some) its bone stock and I still need to put the top portion of the rear spoiler on. The second kit is a fujimi integra type r model that came with a really huge add on wing and the cool bronze tinted glass..this one is tamiya light gunmetal sprayed with some polish(really brought some life to the paint) and it is lowered on a set of spoon wheels... they aren't the greatest but hey at least they are finished... hope you like em guys...any comments and critiques are welcome... Gray

awesome build! i'd love to own a real "T" like that one day

yeah I think your right...I think I was in a hurry and I didn't mix it enough(was worried about that 3 minute working time) next time i'll mix it more thorughly(the stuff in the cup was rock hard though..lol) also dumb question here but I wanna know would it be ok to cut the mold up in smaller pieces so I can make on one or 2 parts at a time? Gray