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Cool Heavy Chevy. My best friend has a 1:1 72 Heavy Chevy. It was born with a 402 BBC and a 4-speed. It now has a WICKED 454 in it. It has been back burned for a few years getting all kinds of aftermarket suspension upgrades. I built a model of it for him. I told him he can have it when he takes his 1:1 to its first car show.

I agree that today's "Transportation Appliances" seem to be mostly white grey/silver or black. The one notable exception is the pretty red on some of the Mazdas. Our household has a Flame Red '03 Durango and my black and gold two-tone '72 Grand Prix. I will NEVER own a grey/silver 4 door ANYTHING!

I would use a silver Shrapie. You'll be done in less than a minute.

Never for profit. Mostly because there isn't any. Building as gifts on occassion because you love them. This is one of those hobbies that completely fails the "Value added" approach. Sealed unbuilt kits have almost always been worth MORE than a built up kit. Now 1:1 cars, there is money to be had if the subject is desirable and the quality of work is high enough.

Very impressive. I love the orange windows and the wheel choice.

I'll admit it, I would make a bad judge as I am too biased based on subject matter. However, I do see and notice great executions of detail when my eye catches them. I would go for the '30 Ford for that reason. While I do appreciate the efforts some put into their patina, I work on old equipment daily. I am much more enamored with new and clean stuff.

It looks like the contrast has been amplified artificially.

Looking forward to seeing it.

Very nicely done. I really enjoyed building my two Freightliners a few years ago.

Very nice work. 73 GTOs are pretty rare. I do not think I have ever seen one in real life. (I have experienced a couple of 74s)

Mmmm.... SHINY!

Very nicely done. I have one of those kits somewhere in the stash.

Way cool ride. I vote for NO hood.

That is one sweet ride. My Best Man Steve had a silver 1:1 with those stripes. He did not keep it very long.

That turned out very nice. I love the 70's vibe.

You may be able to save them. Cut out any decals that are not to be used. AIRBRUSH Clear Gloss ENAMEL over the decals taped to a piece of paper or cardboard. Spray a mist coat. Wait 5 minutes. Spray the thinnest "wet" coat for full coverage/gloss. Let them sit for two days. Then test them to check for wrinkling and adhesion. The new clear should give them the flexibility and strength if they do not have a reaction to whatever clear was used back in the day. I have "saved" some pretty old decals with this method.

Your rear seat passengers better have some VERY skinny legs. LOL

I went hunting on Craigslist for a glass china cabinet. I found this one for $90. It has glass doors and side panels. I added 4 more glass shelves for $53. It holds all these cars and 4 semi trucks (2 car haulers and 2 flatbeds). I built my diorama to barely fit on one of the shelves. I still have space for more models. I bought some clear rectangular trays and use them as risers. Years ago, the single model display boxes were on sale for $4 each. I bought 10 as that was all I could afford at the time.

I have used my mini-lathe and chucked up the tire and set it spinning. Then I place two #11 hobby blade in the tool post. I then sneak into the tire and cut perfect perfect parallel grooves. I change tool and clear out a groove for paint to reside in. With the lathe set up, you can do all 4 tires with EXACTLY the same groove width and diameter. I used decanted white enamel paint and fill in the grooves. Acetone is used to clean up the sloppy paint application outside of the grooves. I taught myself this as a solution for getting larger diameter tires to look appropriate on my "Big Girls" project.

The closest I came was when I had a 70 GP when I had a small fleet of GPs.

I agree. Most kit instructions tell you to start on the engine and end with the body. I always start with the body so that the paint cures without me handling it while I attend to all the other assemblies. I occasionally run into trouble with chassis to body matings. The other self inflicted issue is big motors in little engine bays. This kind of stuff needs dealt with before paint.

I built one. I took a lot of liberties with it. Added 421 Tri power. Major mods to interior. Nice body though.

Man, you could sprinkle a whole roll of dimes over that engine and none of them would hit the pavement.

What a BEAUTY!!!!

Thanks for sharing your labor of love with us. It is cool you wanted to replicate a car from your past. I did the same with my '75 Hurst/Olds Indy Pace Car.