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Cool looking cars! Good luck with it. Here’s a couple pics of the engine from a Monogram 540K kit

This is looking real nice.! Bonus that you have the camper and the cap.

Nicely done.

Absolutely! However, my life has turned out pretty well and changing something like that could shift my entire destiny.?

My first car was a 1967 Falcon similar to this. It had a straight six and auto. For the same price ($400.00) I could have had a 1956 Chevy BelAir convertible. It was sitting in a neighbor’s farmyard with 1964 California plates on it and a tow bar on the front. It had only been driven for 8 years and then towed up here! It had no rust on it. The top and interior were shot though. Being 16 years old, I wanted something I could drive so I bought the Falcon.☹️

I am liking the looks of this!

Really nice! You’ve got some real photography skills as well.

I love the paint job. I love how the light blue interior compliments the blue on the body. Absolutely superb work!

Excellent job on this. That upholstery looks amazing!

It’s coming along nicely! Engine looks great. FYI, those wings attached to the frame are actually part of the cab floor. I made the mistake of painting them black along with the frame at first on my ‘65 Chevy, then re-painted them body colour.

This is one of my all time favourite cars. My Dad had one too. It was parked in the bush with no wheels on as far back as I can remember. My little brother and I (mostly me) destroyed it....and I’ve felt guilty ever since! I don’t want to hijack your thread, but here’s some images of body styles.

The jig that I made paid off since the rear wheels are still centred in the wheelwells, Yay!? To make room for the knuckles and springs I had to widen the track slightly. I may have to widen the flares a bit to make it Street legal...or I might wait till I get a ticket? ?

I am pretty much done the suspension and steering mods. I still have to make the front shocks and mounts. The front suspension is a radius arm setup and I went with a crossover steering upgrade because it is easier to fabricate and better than a stock Jeep setup. I also scratch built a steering box, as there was nothing for steering components in the kit. For the rear, I went with a triangulated 4-link setup. I can see I am going to have fun snaking an exhaust system in here!?

I cut out the second to rear crossmember that I had made and replaced it with one more like a factory one, just behind the differential. I also moved the rear one back slightly so the fuel tank would clear the diff. I made upper shock towers to move the shocks outside the frame and made some shocks. I still have to make the lower shock mounts

That looks great!

Very nicely done!

Spray cans may be simpler, but it’s not the airbrush’s fault. I believe it is a compatibility issue. There is definitely a learning curve though!

You could drill the post out and glue in a plug of styrene or sprue. Then re- drill for the screw? You could also make up some “sprue-glue” . Put some on the screw, install it and wait for it to dry. I don’t know if that would permanently glue the screw in? Maybe very lightly coat the screw with a grease or oil first?

I’ve never used photo etch, but it looks like the etched grill piece has quite a different radius at the bottom than the kit has.

Charles and Pete...what scale are those beauties? Awesome work!?

Wow!!! That Man’s builds are truely AWESOME!

Looking mighty fine!

This is how I am making them now. I used 20 ga. Copper wire, which is .033” diameter. At 1/25th scale this works out to 13/16” diameter in 1-1 scale. As described above, I wrapped it tightly around a drill bit. Then, starting one full wrap in I spread the coils by rolling it along a putty knife as a spacer. Then I soldered the cut tip to the next full wrap. Slide it back on the drill bit and file the end flat. Decide how many coils you need, cut and repeat the soldering and filing. Then length can be fine tuned by stretching or squashing it.

Yeah, it’s only a two speed. It can be built bullet proof though.

I agree. I am just delving into scratch building and have no intention of buying a lathe. My only thought is to stack the pieces and shape them as one. I have done it with 4 layers of .020” clamped together. If you can drill a pilot hole through all pieces and keep the drill bit or an anchor pin in place, it helps to keep them aligned.