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They're on the front too. I went to Princess Auto and bought a huge bag of assorted springs for $6.00 and these fit perfect.

Finished up the chassis today and also the dash.

Just the right size in my opinion! Looking good.

Very nice. What paint did you use? Does this kit come with a full top also? Greg.

Yes, stay at least 2 steps ahead of me so I can glean from your experience. I hope you don't mind if I steal some of your ideas like the hinge slots. Greg.

Nice build. I am working on the '65 step side right now. Great job on the interior!

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Nice job on the weathering! I'm sure if anyone replaced the plug wires on a 1:1, they likely didn't follow the factory route.

I don't like the cheesy cast in visors so I made a set from .030 welding wire, masking tape, and an old gift card. I sealed the edges with a little liquid glue. Still need to paint them once I decide on an interior color. These visors work very well on this model because the roof is a double thickness.

Thanks for the exhaust pic Cale. I test fit mine after seeing yours and it will fit just fine. I was going to paint the bottom of the box body color, but I notice that you have it correct, it should be wood.

Thanks for the tips David. Being as this is my first wiring job, I am going to leave it as is. I am not too concerned with it looking factory original. I may try to get more accurate next time if I get my hands on some pre-wired distributors and/or some photo etched looms. What I like on a model is contrast that draws out little details, even if it means using improper colors or shades, yet still retaining a somewhat factory look. I was wondering how the exhaust was going to hook up since there is no wye pipe to connect both manifolds to the single exhaust. I can't leave a big gap in the exhaust system. That just won't do! Do you have a pic of the Suburban undercarriage? Thanks, Greg.

Very nice! I just finished one of these up. It's in the under glass section. You've done a much better job of the interior than I did. Nice detail!

Looking Good! I like the top chop.

This is my next victim, unless I get side-tracked onto something else. This will be an OOB build with a little detailing. This is my first attempt ever at wiring an engine.

Really nice job on that. I love the clean looks of the base models. How did you get that texture on the seats? FYI. The Revell '41 Chevy pickup kit has a 216 straight 6 cyl in it.

"what glue do you use for the foil to get it to stick" X2 ?

Well this one is for parts. The chassis has a good twist in it. On the up side, it has a nicely detailed engine, crank is visible with the pan off, pistons are there. It would make a good engine for a garage diorama!

Nice job on the pin striping. Is that decals or painted on?

Went to the flea market again and picked this up because I liked the opening doors and trunk. Why they would mold this in hot pink is beyond me?

Thanks for the compliments all. The right rear bumper is actually covered with foil duct tape, as I couldn't get the BMF to stick to the filler on it. The left bumper is "new improved" BMF chrome. Paint is Tamiya TS-58 pearl light blue decanted and airbrushed with Testors Aztec gloss clear topcoat.

Very well done! I jut bought this kit so thanks for the inspiration.

Got'er done. This is the first car I have used BMF on and I like it a lot. No more painting trim for me. I could not get the foil to stick to one of the rear bumpers due to the body filler I had to use on it. Instead of sealing it so that the foil would stick, I tried an experiment which turned out pretty well so I left it alone. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/131277-1967-corvette/

This one made it into the purple pond also after my first attempt. The only thing I did on the interior is paint the shift knob and the piping on the seats. It was missing one front turn signal, so I fabbed one from clear sprue. I lost the backup light lens some where, so I made one out of a water bottle cap.

Thanks. No special talents. It is one coat of Tamiya primer (spray can), 3 or 4 coats of the pearl acrylic right out of the bottle, and 2 coats of the Aztec clear gloss. No polishing. The Testors was sprayed out of my Iwata airbrush, light sanding with #3000 between coats. Contrary to the instructions, I glued the rear tail light panel on to the body first so I could paint it as a unit. I was able to fish the tub and chassis into place. I would have liked to slide the chassis forward about 1/16" but it was hitting the interior tub that I had already glued in, so test fit everything carefully!