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Sweet! Be glad that you have junkyards close by with a lot of cars in it and that you are allowed to take stuff by yourself. Here the yards usually charge you half the price of a new part. Some times you can get parts for a decent price.

Just got me a project car after all. I got hold of a 2003 Cadillac CTS with the 3,2l v6 for almost nothing, 850usd. These are quite rare over here in Sweden. I Have not seen one IRL ever here were I live as I can recall so finding one in decent shape for a bargain was my lucky day. Previous owner had junked the last engine due to a cam belt failure and replaced the engine, but never bothered to connect a thing to the engine. So I have a puzzle to lay later when vacation ends. Interior is I great shape and the body is in decent shape except for some scuffmarks and a small rust damage on the right rear flare. Kids are interested and want to help so that’s fun!

Neat build! These are interesting looking, I wonder what the thought behind the shorter wheelbase was. Weight transfer?

Great work on that build! Keep it coming! And to all there is still plenty of time to get your build done or for anyone new to join in on the CBR!

Nice

Nice work!

Epic build! The decal work is so extensive so I would have given up long ago! But the end result is looking so good! And as part Brazilian, married to a woman from Brazil, and having two kids which are part Brazilian these colors makes me more proud and patriotic than my own colors, we Swedes are not that patriotic and don’t use our flag much. The Brazil 🇧🇷 scheme really makes it look great!

Looking great as usual! Keeping up!

Cool build mate!

That’s a tiny nut! It’s almost nuts how small some details are 😊

Sweet! Keep posting! Will be following!

Looking great! Nice work on that white paint.

Did you finish this beast? Would love to see some more pics of it!

Okay sad to hear but great that you got time for building models

Nice! You have a quick turnaround on your builds!

Sad to hear about the shortcomings. I have many STL kits including this one and many are a bit crude and not that well engineered but look the part when done. I believe that all those kits are good starting points but need a lot of mods to be a good model. In the files I have the wing supports are included and they are definitely printable. good to see it in black!

Btw, S*** happens with paint. its just to start over

Great shots of an epic car! It’s always fascinating that they look so big when they actually are so small by today’s standards. A fellow car enthusiast in town built a replica and they are so small!

Today was the annual Midnight sun Meet here in Gällivare. Here are some cars that I was enjoying today.

So I had little to do at work so i needed some thing to keep me ocupied, which led me to bring a un started kit and do the basic clean upp. I ended up with a Bigfoot since it have been floating in my head for years and i just got hold of a second kit with decals for a good price so then i could do some thing else out of this one. I found out that they have their 50'th aniversary this year and i just liked how that body looked so here goes, my Bigfoot ‘50th anniversary edition where they have the late '70s ford F350 body style on the newer stadium trucks. So far I have taken the body from the older Bigfoot, which I presume is the same found in the Firestone kit, please correct me if I am wrong. I have removed firewall, inner fenders and rear cab wall as well as I glued the hood to the body. Seems to fit ok. I have also tried to weighten the tires. I also made a set of headers to look more like the modern headers. O and yes.. I know its a ford.. but its one of the best looking fords, and not much is ford to be honest The livery

Wow wow wow! CAme out so incredible well! Great work on al aspects of the build!

I agree, it’s made more for steel machinery engineering like most of the rest of the car. But bodywork is an other cup of tea. Neat to see your steps. I wonder if a countur sweep with angle would have worked as a basic shape.. shall try tomorrow. Thanks for sharing gave me some ideas!

Great work! And now when i read that you model in Inventor I got even more impressed. I belive body work are hard to do in inventor. but it might just be me that havent been doing those kind of models in Inventor. If you would't mind i would love to se a file for the fender for example to se how you have went about making the complex curves.

That’s some serious chopping going on! Nice to have fleemarkets where you can find such things! Great work!

Nice to see an impala being restored.