disconovaman

mine is the Concours Hatchback, the rally wheels I plan to use are in the kit. The Mpc version kept the same interior all the way to 79 (square lights) which is the Squad Rod. In reality the nova's dash was redesigned in 1977 so the interior is accurate to my 76. So my idea is to have the hatchback opened at shows with the hatchback up on the model also, all while displaying the model in the hatchback. Hope that don't sound confusing I'm using a folding arm rest seat form the batman joker goon car, it's close enough. In order to make that fit l had to remove the molded console from the nova's tub and add the transmission hump from the Amt version.

I do have the correct grill but in order to make it fit l'll have to trim down the bumper filler on the 79 body to make the 76 grill fit.

I've decided to build a version of my real car to display at shows and cruise ins. I hope to hurry it along. So it's gonna be a pretty simple build. Here are some very early stages photos and a pic of how it will look when completed. Thanks and Stick around for updates.

Thanks everyone for the compliments, and welcoming. I posted the outdoor pic of the 57 on a real car forum that I'm a member on and some of the comments were... how far did you move the engine back? and do you drive it on the street? I consider that to be the best compliment when someone believes it's real. One post said I'm pretty sure that is a model and it's awesome. Anywho, heres a pic of what I really drive.. I'm in earily stages of building replica of my car so I hope to start a build thread on it soon. Stay tuned and Model on, dudes!

Thanks, I don't build many 1/12 models. But my brother had this one left over from his modeling days and I found it in his garage one day and thought I could do something with it. I scratch built a dash tach from a value stem cap and a gas tank from 2 paint markers spliced together. I used some 69 camaro parts and scratch built a straight axel. Also I cut the side walls out of the slicks and stuffed the white walls inside to give the "piecrust" look to the rear tires.Added hillborn injection and some flames to complete the "Gasser" look. I finished second at the contest I entered it in. I was happy considering it was just scrapped parts from an earlier build.

Hi everybody who loves building model cars. I've been been building models for 30 + years now.I thought I'd show some of my work here. Thanks and enjoy...