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Some progress to #1 the 1987 All new GM 1500. So tonight the LSX454 got some headers. Still need some finishing touches as paint and weathering. Also the wheels have been chosen, at last! They need to be stripped and then painted but at least hey have been turned down to fit within the Pegasus sleves. The offsets shown here is probably what will end up on the truck. Ride hight is good maybe 1mm lower in the rear.

Got some beefy headers fabed. And I also made a starter out of some sprue and wire.

Thanks Guys! I appreciate that you take the time to comment!

Great build!

Have finally managed to make al the OZ wheels fit within the sleves and wanted to see the the ride height and depth. Might try to pull some depth out of the fronts but it also looks cool. Ride height is close to stock in the rear, and front spindles turned upside down in the front. At last I can drop the wheels and start prepping for paint and spraying some color!

Nice! Cool idea and it will look good when done! I would say, as you do, that such a big gap need to be filled with styrene. A idea would be to try the wood burner method, since they are low temp you can solder plastics with it.

#1 Making slow progress. An other mock-up after the wheels have been modified to fit in the Pegasus Sleves. Might use Aoshima lips in front to get a “20 -“23 staggered look.

An other mock-up of my LSX454SS

Found an other set of wheels that I like. They are a OZ racing wheel, don’t know from what or which manufacture but it’s either Aoshima or Fujimi. They are roughly 20,8mm and I need them to be 20,3 to be able to fit within the sleeves so I can get the right depth on them. Will see if I use same sleeves front and back or if I use wheel rings in front to make them a bit smaller so I can get them staggered.

Sweet build!

Absolutely stunning! Great work! Would have been awesome to be able to close al the doors and hatches but I have understood it’s not easy!

Cool! Is that a muffler reworked as a intake?

Great build!

The idea of an interior is still there..

Thanks! I will use clear styrene card that I have. ?

I send them to you for free, PM your email.

Beautiful work!

I am liking this!

I had to try the monogram chassi that I bought for this one. Actually fits way better than the AMT 1/25 chassi since the wheel wells are so much bigger on the Monogram chassis. The rear end have to come a bit forward ant the ride height need to be adjusted but that’s the big mods needed that differs from the AMT. Other than that the firewall needs to be lowered a bit and the cage need some mods but less than the AMT. Have been thinking about engines and I was thinking of using the AMT ford engine with a set of small block heads, or a CBB. Fun fact, the Monogram oversized CSB almost have the right dimensions for a CBB so a set of modded heads and intake and it would definitely work as a CBB.

Cool build!

Incredible! Those parts are so tiny so I can’t believe that you made the hinged fuel door and the tie down strap holders! Incredible. Great work on every detail!

Not Mitch progress lately so every time I get some bench time it feels like progress. Got the lights glued in and started filling with CA and baking soda from behind to get a strong fixation

They fit nicely. A 1/24 engine is about one scale inch longer if it’s a true 1/24 engine and not one of the Monogram Engines which is’t scale accurate.

Cool! Though paint job to replicate but you did it great! Cool build!

Great build!!