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Not necessarily.. It depends on what you are wanting to do with the car. If its for looks then you could put a tunnel ram on a mild engine and with tuning make it run great.. I eventually want to add a tunnel ram and 2 4s on my 67 to complete the late 60s early 70s street look.. Leave the hood off and let it go.. Maybe in a few years when I get tired of the current setup. Not to cloud this thread but this is my 67 and a quick video of the baby cam. I also plan to eventually do a model of the car when I feel I have the skills to do it right (which I may never have them.. lol)

Thanks, it really depends on the engine setup as far as how hard it is to tune..

Great looking 71.. Wasnt much of a fan of the full size but in that color it looks real good.. Congrats!

The time and effort it takes to build something like this amazes me.. Great work so far. Keep it up!!

I wouldn't have noticed the mishap on the distributor but Im not a Ford guy.. I know I see stuff on other models (especially Camaros; since that is my passion on the full scale) that look out of place but they are waaaaaay better builders than I so who am I to judge. Regardless that is what this forum is for right..??.. Sharing and learning. I know I am learning a ton. Great job on the build, it looks amazing.

I like it. Nicely done!

You know I thought I was an OK model builder back before finding this forum.. Lol boy was I wrong.. Now I know I am nowhere near in the same continent much less the same playing field as many here.. Im almost ashamed to show these as I know I can do better but I keep telling myself that this is practice..Finishing up the engine but it needs a lot more touch up. Where does everyone get their plug wires, dist caps etc..??.. Some place local or do you order online? My wires were made from whatever gauge single strand wire I had (sorry I cant recall what size) and I used a part of an old model tree to whittled out the upper alt bracket . Anyways here is my junky engine..

Sorry to hear about your wife and that is obviously more important than anything else.. Hopefully recovery will be speedy and less painful as time goes on.. As for the model I am blown away by some of you guys and your talents.. I have a lot of practicing to do to even hope to be in the same league one day.. Wow..

I really like this build. Great work!!

That is one kicka$$ model.. WTG!!!

Thanks.. Was goofing around and I think this will be the display stance for the car if I can figure out how to hide the prop to keep it into position.

Thanks guys. Added decals, installed headlights, cleaned up the hood spears and mounted them, looked at where I'll mount the battery and finally sat the engine in place and I don't think the hood will clear..

Awesome build!! Im a diehard Camaro guy and this is very very nice.. These could be great forums for ideas and inspiration. http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php http://www.camaros.org/ http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/ http://www.camaros.net/forums/ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm

Awesome build!! Im a diehard Camaro guy and this is very very nice.. For those that enjoy the factory correct style builds and love Camaros check out this forum for info and tips for correct builds on them. http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php http://www.camaros.org/

Thanks Tony!

Thanks. Finally got the ride height where I want it and I also did a little compound and polishing on the body. And no those are not the wheels I will finish this build with. Stance shots were before compound & polishing. Thanks for looking and if you have comments fire away.

I thought I would start a thread on the Nomad.. Sadly, I did not get pics of the body before paint but I will start from here.. First pic is of where I stopped the build originally back in 2013 due to lack of interest and motivation (plus I was also finishing up my 67 L35 SS/RS Camaro full size ). Here is the most recent when a little more bmf and front bumper and grill finished (minus a little touch-up on the dagmars) Here I am messing with ride height and stance. I've opted for a big block out of a 69 Motion Camaro model I got at an auction for $2.. I then took a tunnel ram from another unknown model and a 6-71 from a Firebird model previously made back many, many years ago.. Also tossed around the idea of mixing old school with new school but I don't think it will go with my vision for this build. Lastly was mocking up the 12 bolt swap from the same Camaro kit onto the Nomad chassis (again still more detail work needed to be done on the chassis but wanted to get color on first). Not sure I like the proportions so I may look into swapping springs from the original and the 12 bolt. Hopefully more to come and thanks for stopping by and looking. Take care, Darrell EDIT: lol I just realized my blower snout was sliding off the blower housing when I took the pic. Ignore that error as I hadn't positioned it for gluing at that point.

Thanks guys and Tim not as much as I'd like.. But hopefully that will change.

Thanks guys for the warm welcomes..!!..

And here are my full size cars that I play with also. 67 LeMans Blue SS/RS Camaro Clone I finished up summer of 2015, 68 Rallye Green L78 Camaro my father purchased new and is still all original and unrestored and 68 Matador Red 302 (Z28) Camaro that is next on the restoration list. Thanks for looking, Darrell

I stumbled onto this forum several days ago when I got the bug to start building models again after several years and it was almost a decade before that.. Ive always had the interest in models going back to my childhood which Im sure most here had the same.. Ive built a few cars here and there and it eventually led to 1:1 scale cars.. Anyways I am amazed by the talent a bunch of you guys have in building these models.. I am definitely a newbie novice and want to learn tips and tricks from others and maybe one of these days I will have 1/4 of the scale as some here.. Take care, Darrell EDIT: Not sure how but the pics got jumbled around.. Sorry Some of my models: 69 Yenko I built with a lot of help from a family friend back when I was 11 or so, 55 Chevy I built back in 2013, 68 replica of my fathers L78 (now mine) that he bought new, a 67 Camaro my father built back in the late 60s early 70s and finally the one I am currently working on a 57 Nomad