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There we go, she's done! Paint turned out great and the kit was super easy to build. Will definitely be getting another. One issue I had is the interior tub would not sit in the body right no matter what I tried. You can see the gap along the dashboard and the along the top of the doors. It's pushing down the floor pan which makes the front sit a bit high. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable kit to build.

Oh yes! I'll definitely be buying this kit again and doing the pick-up version. Very nice! I'm currently doing the convertible and it's a great kit, thoroughly enjoying the build. It go's together very well with no issues.

Thanks. The paint went on great. It's the first time I've used this Hycote brand on bodywork.

Welcome. I just joined myself the other day. Great place and I've already started a build here!

Almost complete! The front bumper didn't want to sit flush so I had to use some tape to hold it while the glue sets. The interior is an odd one with this kit, it has the two pedals and bench seat for automatic but doesn't come with a shifter for the steering column, so I drilled a small hole in the column and fitted the gear stick that came with the kit.

Very nice. That's a mean looking car!

Thanks for the tips, Geoff. I was looking back through this thread and saw the detailing you done on the seats, it phenomenal! I'll definitely give foiling another try.

It came like that as an option?! What a different world the US was to the UK! Back in the 70's I think the biggest engine available was the Buick V8 in the Rover P6. We were mostly driving around in 850cc Minis and 1.3 Ford Escorts! xD

Nice one! I love these older kits.

If it's flat you could try sandwiching it between two pieces board under the grill for a minute. I did it with a piece of plastic dash trim on my car (real car) it flattened it out fine. It's risk though!

Brilliant! How do you get the foil to look that good? I gave up with that stuff as it always looks wrinkled when I do it.

Engine is almost complete, just need to pick up some paint tomorrow. I have no idea what engine it is, I don't know American engines, but I'm guessing it's modified going by those carbs! This is the only way to build the engine in this kit, there are no other parts.

I picked out as much detail as I could on the firewall and radiator support, these kits are very basic but can look great with a bit of patents.

Some detailing to the dash using wood effect fablon.

Interior and paint finished! The only thing holding me up now is I have no red paint for the engine. I masked off the body and done the trim, and the interior tub is now fitted waiting for glue to dry. I decided to paint the carpet a different colour rather than leaving it beige, it was too much! The kit came with front seat belts, awesome, and I found two in my spares for the rear, double awesome!

Thanks, man. I really enjoyed building this one.

Better than the box art! Lovely.

Chassis is done. Working on the interior now. I added some chrome pen and did some foil and wood effect fablon to the door cards as it was very beige in there. I cut out some foil slightly wider than the wood effect so it looks like fine chrome trim around the wood. Looks much better! Not sure if the real car had it but it should have:D I may paint the carpet just to tone the beige down a bit a bit more!

I just looked up the kit. Go's to show that the box art is not always an indicator of a bad kit. Nice one!