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I got the front bumper painted and I wanted to get the lights mounted to it, all 8 of them. I wasn't able to get the turn signal lenses off so I had to mask them off and paint with them installed. The fog light lenses had a lot of glue on them, but I was able to sand them smooth and put some clear coat on them to make them look a bit better. The headlights were a little more troublesome. The headlight buckets had been modified. The bulbs had been drilled out and the mounting post had been removed and glued into the bracket. They should look more like the fog light also pictured. Seems like the previous owner might have been trying to install LEDs like SpikeSchumacher was saying. The first thing I needed to do was replace the missing lenses. I made some clear lenses from an old food container for an H4 conversion look. Then I made some "bulbs" out of some round stock I painted with a chrome marker then went over with a blue sharpie for an H.I.D. look. The back of the bulbs are now the new mounting points. I mounted the bracket first, then the lights so I could make sure they weren't crooked. The 1/25 was much easier. More next time.

Some of the body work on the roof ghosted through, so I sanded that area until I hit primer, then repainted. I got both engines finished. The 1/8 engine was mostly built and mostly painted. I was able to get the oil filter off and paint it separately and I did a little detail painting on the starter, everything else was already painted in colors that I was okay with. The a/c compressor had broken off and I had to reattach it. The 1/8 has an electric fan and the 1/25 has a mechanical fan. The first decal I tried went on the valve cover. It came out pretty good considering the decal sheet looks like this. I also got the radiators painted and assembled. The 1/8 has a separate condenser that had already been glued to the radiator, I was able to get them apart to paint separately. The 2 piece fan shroud had already been glued together and had the fan installed, so I painted those as 1 piece. The 1/25 radiator is pretty simple with the fan on the engine and the fan shroud molded into the engine bay. And here they are installed on the chassis. More next time.

I got some detail painting done on the 1/25 chassis and installed the exhaust. I got both sets of brakes painted. I didn't realize until I was about to paint them that all the 1/8 brakes were righties. Here are the 1/25 brakes mounted in the wheels. And the 1/8 with the calipers installed and mounted on the rear axle. I also got both hoods painted. I'm going to let the clear cure a while longer then get the 1/25 hood vents painted and the 1/8 hood vents installed. More next time.

Thanks. The exhaust was painted by the previous owner and I liked the color, so I just used it as is.

I got the rear axle/suspension from both kits painted semi-gloss black. Both kits have the panhard bar molded in place. The 1/25 kit has the drive shaft and torque arm molded in while they're separate pieces on the 1/8 kit. I got both interior tubs painted. The door handles are separate pieces on the 1/8 kit and I wasn't able to get them unglued, but since they are simple rectangles, they were easy to mask. The previous owner of the 1/8 kit painted the fuel tank, heat shield and exhaust. I like the colors, so I went ahead and installed them. I got the chassis of the 1/25 painted. The trunk pan was molded separately, so I installed that before paint. The fuel tank and bottom of the engine/transmission are molded in place, so it's going to take some careful detail painting. Both bodies are ready for paint. The 1/8 body has the front bumper molded separately while the 1/25 body has the inner fenders molded separately. I ran across the next surprise missing parts. There was only 1 headlight lens and 1 side marker lens. All the clear parts came tinted and I didn't care for the tinted headlights anyway. I think I'll just make some lenses out of clear plastic sheet and make them look like an H4 conversion. More next time.

Ahhh! That makes a lot more sense. Thanks for the picture. Now I'm thinking I could trim off the top spindle mount and turn the spindle into a strut. I think that would make lowering it easier while making it more accurate. I'll just have to make sure I design something that will hold the weight of a 1/8 model.

It just made more sense to have the turn signal on the corner. If I was building a 1:1 Camaro I would do the same thing.

When I got the kit the passenger side trailing arm was broken. I was able to find a piece of it and glue it back on, but a chunk of it was still missing. I trimmed it so everything is strait to make the repair easier. Then I used some styrene strips to make the repair. I want to lower the suspension because the tires are so much smaller. The rear will be easy, I just have to cut the "springs" down. The front however, is a different story. The front upper a arms are molded to the crossmember and the springs are directly in between the a arms instead of having a spring pocket. I can move the king pin up on the spindle and if I sand a couple of key points on the upper suspension I can move it up towards the frame a bit, but that only gets me about an inch and a half drop and I'd like at least double that. Hopefully I can think of another way to get it in the weeds. I also got the 1/25 tail lights ready, here they are compared to the 1/8 ones. More next time.

I made fillers for the door handles with some plastic sheet. Then body worked them smooth. I got the chuck of hood that came off on the hood vent back in place. It fit so well that it only took a couple of coats of filler primer and some wet sanding. Now the body is just about ready for paint. As I'm working on this it seems like it's not much more detailed than a 1/25 kit and I remembered that I have a 1/25 Z28 in my stash and thought it would be fun to build them side by side to compare. The Z28 will be built mostly box stock with some custom wheels and lowerd suspension. More next time.

I got the chassis painted. And the body work done on the roof. While I was waiting for paint/putty to dry I detailed the tail lights. While getting the body ready for paint I ran across the first surprise missing parts, the door handles. Luckily since I'm customizing it, shaved door handles wouldn't be out of place, so easy fix. More next time.

I built this from a Fujimi kit. I shaved the roof rack, added an intercooler, GTR wheels, exhaust tips made from aluminum, license plates that I made, and painted it Bayside Blue.

After some time in the freezer I was able to get some of the parts apart. There was a little damage, but nothing I can't handle. I glued the rear axle back together and used some evergreen tubing to add some support. I glued the roof and was able to find the missing chuck. The kit comes with an overhead console, so that will add some support. More next time.

I bought this kit used. It was partially built and partially painted. It was in pretty rough shape. The roof was broken down the middle and had a chunk missing out of it. And the quarter panel/bumper was cracked. The rear axle was also broken. The tires were missing so I got these wheels/tires from an r/c car and some 3d printed brakes. I'm going to stick the sub assemblies in the freezer and try my luck at getting them apart. I'm sure there will be some more missing parts as I go, I'll just have to deal with them as I discover them. More next time.

Thanks, but I specifically want the Revell stripes. I'm not building a pace care, the car I'm building a replica of has orange stripes and the too orange stripes from the Revell kit are just about right.

I'm in need of the hood and deck stripes from the Revell '69 Camaro pace car. I ordered some aftermarket ones,but when they came they were red, not orange. Thanks

I built this replica of DK's Fairlady Z from the AMT kit. It has 3d printed wheels, tires and brakes and a license plate from my parts box. The kit went together pretty easily, taping off the 2 tone paint was probably the hardest part. The 20 year old decals started to disintegrate while I was applying them. Every time I tried to move a broken piece, it broke further so I just decided to leave it before I made it worse. The body is out of proportion, but looks a lot better without the cartoonishly large wheels and tires.

I built this replica of Brian's Skyline from Fast Five. It's mostly box stock from a Fujimi kit. I lowered the suspension and narrowed the track width to get the stance right. In the movie you can see that the license plate is yellow, but not clear enough to read it,so I printed out a random yellow Brazilian license plate.

I built this replica of the Monte Carlo from Breaking Bad from the Revell Monte Carlo SS kit. It has a front end from canuck3d, wheels and tires from Pegesus and the front bench seat is from a '76 Caprice. I lowered the suspension, printed the plates and made the dice from some beads. A special thanks to Khils for helping me out with replacement tail lights.

Sweet! What do you want for them?

Does anyone have a driver's side tail light from a Revell '86 Monte Carlo they'd be willing to part with?

All done.

I built this from the original 1983 issue AMT kit. The only things that didn't come in the box are the license plates and the tires. I didn't care for the decals, so I painted the stripes on, and there was no telling how 40 year old decals would act.

I got everything out of paint. Now on to final assembly. Hopefully I'll be able to get it done in the next week or so.

I built Dom's Challenger from Fast 5/6 with an AMT 2008 Challenger, a transkit I got on eBay and a license plate that I made.

Thanks. The paint is Rustoleum color shift.