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Do you have a WIP link? I would like to see the mods you did to improve the kit. Nice result BTW.

Surprisingly it had a well built 383 Magnum with a Holley 930 cfm 3 barrel and lots of other goodies.

Very fast too. The summer of 1984 we street raced a number of times in Missouri and Nebraska. NEVER got beat even once.

Very nice. I built one withe same color combo. I sprayed Testors Plum Crazy Purple but too much. It came out WAY darker than I wanted.

Make and use these. I sand diagonally a couple of strokes then diagonally the other direction. It is how bodymen sand with a longboard.

I like what i see so far. Following for inspiration.

I would like to see the red one as well. My buddy in the Navy had a 70 R/T SE in red.

Steve, I hear your points on Molotow and Future. Are the absolute best solutions for chrome and clear? No, but for us 90%ers, they get the job done. I have become gun shy on solvent based clears after watching it crinkle an irreplaceable and expensive set of decals. Future is very forgiving and can be removed with household ammonia and cotton swab. This avoids repaints for those of us who have limited build time. Regarding your tinted window inquiry. Food coloring does work with Future on kit glass. However, you have to get it pretty dark in the cup to show decent tint on the glass. The nice thing is, it will never harm the glass and you can do innumerable do-overs. I tinted the windows blue on my 1:25 Hot Wheels replica.

Well done. I just bought a resin body so I could build me a red one too. My cousin had one when I was in my 20's. How did you do the grille?

Thanks for the ideas. I ordered 300 clear plastic shot glasses from Amazon for $9.99. I use sprue sticks for disposable stirrers. They are basically free.

My model Roundup order came today. 68 Coronet 67 Streaker Vette 71 Olds 442 Resin X-body Ventura Resin mini liquid tank(er) Got some color from Amazon as well. 63 Colors for $40. Need to learn how to mix mica in clear.

That looks sweeet!

Thank you for sharing the link. He had exception talent at detailing his builds.

It is good to hear these kits are finally in hand. Hopefully my preordered kit will be on its way soon. It could come with NO wheels and tires and I would still be happy as I have plenty.

Way cool! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice Olds. I have one of those to build someday.

What everybody above said... NICE!

Nice GTO. Are the wheels kit wheels? They look almost TOO nice.

WOW! They are both amazing! I would love to have them "chasing" my models around in the display cabinet.

Way cool build. I like the molded in front bumper. I am on the fence about the rear. You nailed the stance and the staggered wheels are outstanding. The Viper motor is a nice addition. Do you have a better pic of the grille? I would like to see how your effort turned out.

I have a number of glues I use. I tend to avoid direct adhesion on painted surfaces. I almost always scrape the surfaces to be joined down to bare plastic. Except for photo-etch onto painted surfaces. For that I use Future/Pledge floor finish. Below is my arsenal. I have heard clear 2 part epoxy works well but have not gone down that path.

Sweet ride. What was you technique on the wood grain in the interior?

I concur with most all of the above. Acrylics are generally chemically inert when applied to cured solvent based paints. If you want to practice seeing what affects what, get some dollar store acetone, drug store alcohol, auto parts store window washer fluid and hardware store lacquer thinner and mineral spirits. Spray some spoons and let them cure for a couple of weeks. You will figure it out.

Very nice job. Great color and detail.

Way cool gasser.