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Looking real nice! I love that red too.

I primed the body for the Amt ‘36 ford. I hate black plastic! It’s very hard to see any flaws until a coat of primer goes on. I don’t know why they made the roof a separate part on this kit? That said, I think this body is shaping up nicely. The sprue glue I mixed up worked well.

I’ve never done a real wood one. Try typing this in google. “site:modelcarsmag.com wooden bed”

I found these centerlines and tires in my parts box. I don’t recall what they might be from, but I think they look OK. The kit tires always seem to look a bit small to me. I figured I better get the stance right before painting everything. I think I finally got it right in the third pic. Comments welcome.

Nice! I like that look!

Nice looking Camaro! Yes, putting the engine and subframe in last seems to be the trick for these cars.

Boy, that thought has crossed my mind a number of times over the years! Thankfully 99.9% of the time I take a break and re-think that scenario. ?

Does everyone have a portal to another dimension on or near their work bench, or is it just me? I pryed off a part with my hobby knife that I had incorrectly installed and when it “popped” off, I heard it hit the inside corner of my workspace then.....? I hope whoever is on the other side sends it back soon!?

Those look really nice! I bought a cheap set of chinese(?) ones from my local hobby shop. Only one holds the bit straight and they are all poorly threaded and hard to tighten.

Interesting colour combo.

Cool!?

Looking good so far Tom! I separated the front subframe/engine section and glued it in place after the tub and floorpan were in place.

Thanks all. The lens fit quite loose actually but the bezel will cover it. And by all means, feel free to steal it...I’d be honoured! ? Maybe I should have put this in the tips and tricks section.

Thanks. Beats the heck out of the decals I think!

Get a model tow truck and start your own wrecking yard!?

Sounds like a great idea! ?

This kit just has decals for the side Marker lights. I decided to make some real ones. I glued a small chunk of a busted amber lens I found to a piece of sprue and turned it down in my drill. I drilled a .098” hole in the fender and glued a piece of thin styrene on the inside for backing. I was going to paint the edge of the amber with silver sharpie or molotow, leaving it a little thicker than the fender. While laying in bed last night, I came up with an idea for a better bezel. I wrapped a piece of .020” wire around a .058” drill bit and snipped off some wraps with my nippers. By chance this fits almost perfectly in the .098” hole, so I filed the amber down so it sits just below the surface, leaving the bezel just proud of the surface. A pinhole in the backing allows me to push it out, to be re-installed after paint. The rears should be easier, since I have clear red sprue to use.

Got the interior done. The shifter looks way to long to be accurate, but it’ll do. The speedo and tach decals didn’t want to stick to the clear (why do they use clear plastic?) piece that fits in behind the dash? I should have left the paper backing on and just glued them in place.

Yeah, that would be cool!?

Here’s my earlier thread on bits. My experience with the cheap hobby ones Is that the tips may or may not be sharpened anywhere near correctly. Check them out with a jeweller’s loupe. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/130290-drill-bits/

That’s COOL!

I have that one in the queue also. Looking forward to your build.?

The radiator shroud will interfere with getting the chassis and engine assembly into place, so I cut the bottom half off of it so it can be installed later. I also got the motor mostly finished, and a start on the vinyl top...so much for a quick build! ? Thanks for looking, comments welcome. Greg.

First I glued a couple of stop Brackets inside the fenders to locate the grill. I also separated the bumper support brackets from the frame and glued it in place along with the radiator support and that annoying front valence. I will paint this all as unit with the body after a little filler.

Well I might as well start a build thread on this even though it was supposed to be just a quick motivational build. One of my first annoyances was the fact that the front end is very poorly designed. The grill and bumper are in one piece and there is nothing to keep it from being pushed too far into the nose. The lower valence has absolutely no locating points at all and doesn’t really fit nicely where it should go.? Other than that, it looks like a pretty nice kit...so far.