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Thank you! The kit came with both, but I honestly can't remember if I used the RHD wipers just so I would have the LHD set for my parts box or because I thought that since the Park vehicles were said to have come directly from Osaka that they should have a mix of export and JDM features. Either way, good catch!

Thanks, guys! I don't know if it was dedication or madness, some days it seemed like a pretty fine line 😆

Awesome work everyone! For myriad reasons I'm off to a late start here, among those my efforts to try to wrestle this project to completion: This is not my entry for this CBP, just something I wanted to get finished to go with my entry. A full writeup of it is available over in the Van/Light Commercial section of the site, and now that it's out of the way I am starting in on the Galaxie. Some ideas for it have been pared down thanks to the remaining time and how the rest of this year has gone, but I'm still going to get it done! Case in point, I have the engine 90% finished. Most of it is straight out of the Interceptor kit, save for a front cover from a Mustang and a custom made 2x4 intake.

You ever have one of those models that fought you the whole time? I started this some 15+ years ago with a new Cannonball Run kit and a rebuilder Dodge van for the correct body/bumpers/grille. Well, mostly correct...even though it had the right front end, the taillights were wrong and as far as I know MPC never made a version with the proper sliding door. So I filled in the hinged doors, filled in the taillights, and cut out the sunroof. I got it as far as the white base before it all went sideways and had to go in the purple pond. Then that happened again. And again. I think I ended up stripping this about 4-5 times before I called it "good enough." Along the way, the process of stripping and repainting it ened up ruining the body work I did so I cut out the side and made a new sliding door from the left (doorless) side of the later body. I also ended up losing the side trim, door sill, door handles, and badges. The sill and some of the drip rails (damaged long before I got it) were repaired with styrene and the trim was made from chrome craft paper and Hasegawa's Matte Black Finish for the rubber strips. The door handles were pulled from a couple of Revell Dodge Charger kits, and the corner markers were more chrome paper with transparent paint for the lenses. Graphics were custom decals that I drew up in Illustrator, based on a combination of the original sheet and movie stills. The tires were out of my parts box, mounted on Fireball Modelworks wheels. No idea where the sunroof came from, but I vaguely remember stealing it from some other kit because it looked the part. There's not much interior to speak of but I did add carpeting, window cranks, and a privacy curtain. Exterior window trim was done with a combinatiion of BMF and chrome paint. The same was used to repair the grille and bumpers, since they were pretty beat up after so many years. The headlights were drilled out and replaced with aftermarket lenses from Barchetta. Because there was no way to really see the engine, I replaced the kit-supplied motor with scrap bits from my parts box and a set of scratch built Cherry Bomb mufflers/aluminum tubing pipes. It took way too long, and it ain't perfect, but at least I finally have the latest addition to the Burt Reynolds collection finished! Now I need to get to work on the CBP...

Thanks!

Very cool, that turned out great and the color choice is perfect!

It looks great, very clean work on it. Nice to see on of these built!

Beautiful job on this!

Outstanding work on this, and congratuulations on a well-deserved award!

I had a friend in high school who had one in black. Nice to see the car getting some attention in scale, this turned out great!

Awesome work on this, and it's nice to see some of the lesser-known F&F cars getting attention!

Impressive work on a rare subject, beautiful work on it!

Very cool concept and execution, that turned out great!

That turned out great, nicely done!

Very slick, that turned out great!

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Great job on this!

Incredible work!

Very clean, nice work on this!

Beautiful work, that looks great!

Much appreciated, thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks, guys! Much appreciated, but I can't take credit for the 312T, I'm afraid - that was a diecast I had picked up as no good 1/24 kits were available for Niki Lauda's car. Thanks for the info and link, I'll have to check those out. Beautiful work on that 250GT!

Thanks, guys! That's fair, even as a stunt car it's very realistic! You're welcome! I've seen some 3D printed options, but never with a confirmed source on where to get them.

Nicely done! I built one of these a couple years ago, it's a neat little kit I'd like to revisit some day.