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Patrick, I have already been shaping the headlight and park light pods to be more square but still have a lot more to do in that area. I'm going to try to do everything with styrene and no putty but i might have to use a tiny bit of putty. Like I said , its not going to be perfect, just a reasonable facsimile. I have some tiny files that I will be using for the headlights and park light extensions.

Got some more done this afternoon.

Got started on the changes to the front header panel, to make it a 74, or at least a reasonable facsimile of one.

Waiting, with anticipation.

Here is the kit. I will need to change the front and rear to have it pass as a 74. I will also need to make new bumpers. I know I could have gotten a 74 kit, maybe if I could have found one, and pay big bucks for it, and I know a 74 Camaro resin is available, but its more fun to do it this way. I stole the engine out of this kit for a 65 Chevelle I built because it came with a big block and I needed a small block for the Chevelle. I bought a 70 Corvette kit to get a small block for this build. I will use the big block from the Chevelle kit for the 70 Corvette whenever I build it.

Awesome build, Dan. Everything about this model looks great. I appreciate that you kept the kit wheels and tires. When people use the 1/24 scale 57through 59 ppp wheels and tires, the model ends up looking just not quite right when compared to reference pictures of the real cars. Has that monster truck look about it.

Wow, Awesome job pairing the resin body to the Revell gen 6 kit. Looks like you had bought a Camaro kit. Everything is top notch, paint , stance , details , decal work. Who made the resin body and do they make a mustang too? Again, an excellent job on this one. Oh yes, and the photography is also very impressive.

For what iv'e seen and heard about Wyoming, it is especially beautiful this time of year. if I were younger and still worked full time and lived up there, I would be doing the same thing your doing. Sadly for us this begins the worst time of the year for us weatherwize. Its only nice in the mornings and some time in the evenings to go outside and we spend a lot of our time tracking hurricanes and hoping heavy thunderstorms and tornados don't take us out. Our best months are November thru April.Take care and the modeling can wait for you.

Mike, I dont care for the molowtow pens because they take forever to dry and even when you touch it after a few days it dulls badly. This testors pen which I haven't used yet, looks like it gives amazing results. I will ask the guy if I can post a picture of one of his builds here so you can see what he's talking about.

Mike, where did you order the bmf from? I ordered some from micro mark and it did not stick very well either. I then ordered some from the actual guy that makes the stuff and it worked, but not as good as it did a few years ago. Have you looked into the new testors paint pens? A guy at short track models forum showed me some of his work using the pen and it really looks good. If I can find a silver testors pen, I'm going to try that on my next build. i hate using bmf even when it sticks. all that trimming is maddening.

Josh, how's this one coming? Just realized I hadn't seen an update in a while.

Coming along nicely. Engine looks topnotch.

Good , I'm looking forward to the finish line on this one. Its going to be great.

if you have to, just make a firewall with sheet styrene. i'm sure you can figure it out.

Thanks guys, From that shot its hard to see the right taillight lenses, but they are in there.

I forgot to post a rea shot of the model

Awesome job. Clean work and excellent paint.

Body looks perfect now. Interior is clean and awesome too. This is going to be one fine model.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the reply's.

Sounds like a plan , Mike. The future wont give you any problems as far as wrinkling goes. i'm sure it will turn out awesome, just like all your builds . Just like that Beautiful black Mustang.

Thanks, Mike. I too enjoyed our discussions during the wip. You added clarity to some issues I was having during the build. Knowing that you were having problems with the fit on your awesome Corvette build, made me realize it was a kit issue. Thanks again for the moral support.

The other picture is my favorite one of this car.

I took some pictures of the pages of the old scrap book that gave me inspiration that I wanted to share and also a color picture of the car that I could not find. I needed to know what color the headlight covers were and it also let me know that the tires were white outline and lettered, not gold like I assumed they were. I want to thank and give kudos to the person who shared the photo with me, but he may not want to be revealed. Just know that he is an awesome builder of these kind of cars and we will just leave it as that. He knows who he is, and thanks again. I really appreciated the photo you shared .

Finally finished over in the under glass category of this kind of vehicle.