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Finished up the exhaust and suspension and am calling it done even though more than likely itll get a redo at some point down the road but I needed to finish it so I can have the room on the bench for the 10.5 car I am working on now. Thanks for looking and comments & advice are always welcome. Darrell

Not that anyone cares but I filled in the subframe channels and started scratch building the cage with the correct dim round stick..

Blue + keystones = win.

Sweet I like it. Hard to beat Keystones.

I used the HPLV gun last night with a couple different colors of polish.. Ignore the body as it was the only one I had laying around I could try on. Keep in mind that there was no body work done to it aside from laying down a coat of primer first. Gun setting was 25 psi and the first color I mixed at 1:1 with lacquer thinner and it made it extremely thin. Also seems to have lightened the color up as well since it looked very close to the color I was wanting (Royal Plum) but after laying it down it was more of an Evening Orchard color.. 2nd color was just reg black and I mixed this one more of 1 part polish 3/4 thinner.. I also lowered the pressure down to 20 psi and it went on better and had more coverage but with both polishes I could only get one side of the car in color. So at this point it looks like it'll take at least 2 maybe 3 bottles to do a car. As always comments and/or thoughts are welcomed.

Nice job.. I have used this before and IIRC using a gloss black base makes it shine more.. Regardless looks good to me.

Messing around last night late and added the turbo cones and I started on the cage.. I swear I thought I measured this material and it equaled out to 1 5/8" tubing but it looks huge.. Ill have to look again and see at some point but regardless I am just playing around with what would look good. Obviously nothing final at this point. Also decided on a color for this thing Royal Plum which is a factory and one year only color.. Well at least the closest thing I can find to it. I was digging through the fiance's nail polish and found one that is a dead ringer.. She thought I had lost my mind until I told her what it was for and how I planned to use it.. lol This will be my first paint job with polish so wish me luck. Im assuming from what Ive read to just thin it to 1:1.?. Also since I dont have an airbrush yet but I do have a small HPLV gun that I will use that instead. Ill goof around with the pressures before attempting it on the model itself. Im guessing around 20-25psi? Any one tried this scenario? As always thoughts and/or comments are welcomed. Thanks, Darrell

You might give this a try.. Hopefully they will send them out to you. http://www.revell.com/support/index.html

I agree.. Red makes the car pop.

Thats funny my folks bought a 86 Maroon SS back in the day new and had it for several years.. Later traded it in on a 91 Lumina Z34.. Good times.

Great build and like the choice of car.. Definitely a unique car.

I always liked this body style MC but they have gotten a bad rap in my neck of the woods.. Great model.. Congrats.

Nice.. Im a sucker for any '68 model musclecar..

Wow.. That is some nice wood work.. I would be proud to have been able to do that.. Nice work!!

DItto!!

Very cool.. I like the two tone contrast on this one.. Great job!

Great job..!!..

I plan to do a similar exhaust exit on my 67 build.. Only difference is itll be a twin setup with the exhaust exiting behind the front wheels if I can make everything fit.. Keeping fingers crossed..

Very nice.. Cant wait to see paint laid down..

It is always a treat to come to this forum and look at what many of you have done or are working on.. Mind blowing is an understatement.

It is almost scary the talent that several of you have.. I am jealous.. lol

This is gonna be sweet when finished.. Sorry for the dumb question but where did you get your wheels.. I really like those.

Wow is all I have to add to this thread.. Amazing work..

Car is looking fantastic..!!.. Love the look of the wheels on the car.. Ignore my dumb opinion previously stated. lol Great job.

This is a project I have on my list to complete hopefully sooner than later.. Ill be watching this for tips and details.. Good luck and lookin' good!