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Thanks for all the generous words - I keep trying to improve with every build.

Thanks!! They came with the kit. Was surprised they were somewhat blueish.

Thanks!! Nope - decals that came with the kit.

The Chevelle is the German Revell kit and the Charger is a US Revell kit. Both excellent kits with great detail, good fitment and limited flashing. Wanted to do something different with both - and so I opted to do a Black exterior and red interior on the Chevelle. The build is primarily stock - with a couple little enhancements like the chrome rear axle cover. It was airbrushed with Testors Classic Black on the exterior. Interior was a mix of three different reds. Decided not to chrome the lower trim on the car as I like the look without it. The Charger was done up as a modified stock car. Did it in the one coat Testors Root Beer Lacquer, and the interior is again a mix of two browns and a tan. Modified the headers that came with the kit to fit the 440 engine and mufflers. Came out OK - but I'd do it differently next time. Added a bunch of chrome to the engine bay and the wheels and tires were from the parts bin. Other than that it's pretty much stock. Bummed I didn't get an interior picture before I assembled it.

Outstanding.

Thanks for all the kind words. Maybe I am being a bit harsh - but the whole hood not fitting no matter what I did just made me mad. Yeah that's what I kept thinking. I took that body on and off maybe a dozen times, but couldn't find what might have been interfering. Not a huge deal, I was just disappointed as the "pre-fit" I did seemed to be ok.

Found this online and decided to give Fujimi a try. Maybe it's just me but I was less than impressed with the kit overall. It was an odd mix of extremely detailed castings, along with lack of detail on other aspects of the kit - like the wheels - which also didn't fit correctly. Also the attachment points on the parts to the tree were odd and resulted in a lot of mangled parts just trying to get them trimmed correctly. Lastly - the overall fit of the body was just bad. I trimmed, sanded, trimmed etc. and nothing I could do could get it to fit correctly. There is near 3mm gap on the hood. I also tried MCW finishes Lacquer paint in Grand Prix white. Liked the paint and will most likely use it again. I'm included a picture of a RS restoration which I based the model on. Had a little bit of fun along with the frustration. Picture of restoration parts. Undercarriage layout of the model parts

Outstanding!

Well yeah - that and some other items. The rear suspension, springs, differential and exhaust were all one piece.

Thanks for all the kind words and compliments!

Actually I didn't know it was from the old Monogram kit. I was just surprised they gave it a 4 rating. Yours came out very nice! I had to do white though - as a buddy of mine in HS had a white 71 455 HO.

Yeah - i know I'm being a bit picky. The decal set was nice - which included the side reflectors, door handles etc. As for the engine compartment, the molded aspect made painting the items "interesting". For example, the brake booster, and all the water tanks, battery etc. went from their location to the bottom of the engine compartment. As for the wheels - they were all chrome, which made painting them a bit tricky.

Always loved the 70-72 Trans Am - although the 69 is still my favorite. Was happy to see this kit coming, and expectations were pretty high being a Revell and level 4 but I was disappointed when I got it. The entire engine bay details are all molded in, same with the suspension and no real wheel or brake details, which I found odd for a Level 4 kit. That being said - there was a lot to like about the kit. Everything fit well with minor modification and I'm happy with the finished product. Went with the traditional white - used Testors Classic White Lacquer as I had a can laying around. Interior blue was a hard choice but settled on Testors Model Master blue metallic which turned out to be just about the right shade. This was my first non black, white, brown or tan interior.

Yeah - had big trouble getting the wheels to set right. Didn't want to mess with the front axle in fear of breaking it.

Thanks! The color is Testors Extreme Lacquer Deja Blue.

Finally took a break from trying to recreate the factory look on the models I was building and what better to do that with than a 32 5 Window kit which had multiple options. Just did my thing, going with a two tone paint job, again using the Testors Extreme Lacquer. Used the Deja Blue and the Black which turned out a bit lighter than I had hoped. Debated trying to chop it but decided to try that next time. Just a fun build.

Nice job - fantastic color!

As always - thanks for all the kind words.

Thanks - I have recently been focusing on my detail work and was hesitant to even try the stripe but went for it anyway.

Hadn't done a Mopar yet, so I decided to do the 1970 Hemi Cuda. Once again I used Testors Extreme Lacquer - this time Purple-licious, which was BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH close to Plum Crazy. I also went with the Extreme Lacquer Wet Look Clear this time and was very happy with the results. I hadn't done a clear on any of my previous models using this paint as I was happy with the finish - but I wanted to try something a bit different this time. Again I was trying to be as authentic as possible, although it was pretty difficult to find consistency with colors etc. that were used for different parts. I'm also not happy with the chrome window trim, but I might try and improve it.

Thanks for all the kind words folks, much appreciated. Really very happy with how this came out.

Found this Monogram "Pro Modeler" kit from 2000 at my local hobby store. Great kit with excellent detail, including some photo etched parts. Since I'm currently enamored with Testors Extreme Lacquer, I used their Lime Ice green for the body. Only downside was the rattle doesn't work well for blending the color on the bottom of the chassis, as Ford would have done, so I opted not to do that.. Kit allowed for stock or drag build, so I did a mostly stock car with some of the drag parts - sort of an OEM + build. Modified the exhaust to be used with the included headers. Tried to replicate the factory details to the greatest extent possible, in terms of parts colors etc. Very happy with the build, only thing I would have changed would have been going to a slightly larger wheel and tire package but I didn't have any parts that would have worked with the kit.

Thanks for all the compliments - I really enjoyed building these.

I used Testors Enamel out of a can for both - "gloss yellow" and "gloss bright blue". The blue could have been a shade darker if I was being picky, but I felt these were close enough.

Thanks! Not too bad building wise. Most stuff was pretty straight and true considering the length of the chassis and body pieces. Some of the chrome stuff was fussy.