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Thanks , Josh. I know its not going to be as accurate as the kit versions of the car because the real car was a 7/8 version of the real corvette body which I think the kit makers followed, but since I'm making mine from a stock scale Corvette its not going to be quite right . But close enough that people will get the idea that its suppose to be a grand sport.

Finished the headlight covers. Still need to detail sand them and paint. They will be a different color then the body so I will not install them till the body and the covers are painted. I just have them sitting loose in these pictures. I also added the fender extensions. They still need to be trimmed out and lips added to them and the edges rounded. The rear ones appear to be too big because they are right now.

Thanks, Ray. I'm not familiar with that kit . Do you have a link?

Made some scoops from evergreen styrene tubing for the sides of the deck lid area. I guess they cool the rear brakes. Will need to add a little putty to the rear of the scoops. Not quite flush

Thanks, Bill but once I start a project I always finish it . I once started a 54 Hudson Hornet and got partially through the build and realized I was using the wrong kit. I was using the 2 door sedan kit instead of the club coupe which is also a sedan really, because it has the middle post too. So I waited a few months till the IPMS show came back to Houston and I got the right kit and resumed the build. Plus I have already made 1/25 scale decals for this build and it looks like I would have to change the hood and make some headlight covers for the a.m. kit anyway. Plus as I study the a.m. kit more I'm seeing some other things that aren't quite right. So I will continue on with this build and see what happens. Thanks again for the offer, I really appreciate it.

Thank you, Mitch . That is an amazing idea that I would have never thought of. I will try it on a spare tire and if it works I will do it to the tires for this build. This should allow for a much better and smaller stripe which is what I need. Thanks again.

Thanks , Mitch. An Accurate miniatures kit would have been awesome but they have been out of production for a while and to get one it would be second hand and if you could find one it would cost a ton of money and might be missing parts when you got it. So I'll just keep on with this deal.

Had to make some headlight covers. Had some styrene strips that were just the right width. Had to fill in some holes and voids in the rear panel and also make some extra holes. used styrene to do most of the filling. Just a few small voids will be filled with putty. Needed to open up the front fender behind the tire, like the real car had it done. Also, there are some voids in the b pillar that had to be filled.

Excellent job, Tony. looks like you cured all the ills of this kit.

Great job. I had no idea he and Dale Jr. were such close friends.

Bill, I'm giving out small clues as I go along as to what I'm building. Eventually it will become clear what it is. One of my holy grails I've always wanted to do. Biil I checked out that website and the halibrands I would need were sold out. Also they are 1/24 scale so they would look way too big on this 1/25 scale model.

Bill, I'm giving out small clues as I go along as to what I'm building. Eventually it will become clear what it is. One of my holy grails I've always wanted to do.

I had to put gold stripes on the tires so I knew I couldnt mask them or make decals to do this task so I came up with this deal. i use it as a mask of sorts and use a toothpick to apply the gold acryl paint. they dont make a gold sharpie tiny enough to work that I have found. I know the stripes are too thick but im going to touch them up and narrow them with a #11 exacto blade I modified the wheels to make them look more like halibrands. not that great but I think the metallizer will make them look a lot better This car had a trunk even though real corvettes did not so I created one with #11 blade and scriber. The front of this car is a lot different then a stock corvette. It did not have retractible headlights but they did put removal covers on them when not racing in the dark. Here are the tires . i know they are not right but its the best I could come up with. If any body knows where I can get a very very fine point gold sharpie, let me know.

Thanks Josh. the kit is a 63 but im trying to change it into a 64. but I'm not real sure if the car I'm referencing for the build is a 63 or a 64. The one I'm building has a 64 rear glass which I have changed already, but I have seen write ups on the real car I am building and it is referred to as a 63 in some of the articles. Maybe late 63's had the 64 back glass. Your build will give me help on mine so I am watching it very carefully. I already learned something about the carbs which I think both of our cars shared.

Wow, you have some intricate modeling going on here. Excellent work.

Here is the kit Need to change these wheels to a reasonable facsimile of Halibrand wheels. Need to change this hood .

Beautiful build, J.J. That blue looks perfect. Very clean execution of all aspects of the build. Paint , details , decalling, assembly and stance.

Wow, my head would explode if I had that many going at one time. Looks like all are coming along beautifully. On the Petty car, I did not know that powerslide came with white underlays?

Excellent job on a very important car in Nascar history. The King's last ride.

Thamks, Barry.

Looks good. Is the Hasegawa kit 1/24 scale?

Here is the model I did of Don's car back in 2018.

Thanks again, John. But I'm afraid that one might be hard to get done. I bet nobody ever even did a resin of that one.

Check out the wip below in the drag racing wip forum. Its the monogram 64 GTO kit. 1964 Pontiac GTO NHRA B stock competitor - WIP: Drag Racing Models - Model Cars Magazine Forum