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The hood louvers look great!! I have the hardest time maintaining consistency with thing like that. Yours look awesome!!

That black is flawless!!! Looks awesome.

Thank you. It's missing a belt that I keep forgetting to add.

Finally got the body painted and test fit the engine, which still needs to be completed. I figured that low key and incognito were for the slow...

The grill looks great!! I agree the headlight needs a bezel or something . Maybe bend the mesh back slightly so it is kind of concave around the headlight.

Not much of an update but managed to make some headers that will work and did some more body work. Needs a lot more sanding though Also printed out a grill and updated the radiator.

If your diggin the flares just wait until you see the next pictures. Was doing some sanding last night and thought that I may have gotten a little carried away...nothing too drastic. just kind of what it would look like if a 1970 Camaro entered Lemans..? Really looking forward to the Toranado.

That is a whole lotta wheels. I don't think I could ever make a decision with a stock like that.

This looks like it is going to be awesome!! Can't wait to see it.

Thank you. Wasn't hard getting them on...proving a little harder making them match each side.

just bodywork......filling and sanding and sanding and filling.

Looks Great!!! Came out really good. Now I have to get going on mine.

Interior's done. Moving onto the bodywork now.

Managed to get the roll bar in and the interior cleaned up. For the most part the interior is done. Also widened out the wheel wells and checked the stance with where everything should fit.

Sorry, wasn't clear in my rambling. I meant the orange plastic body color. Didn't see any orange peel on your paint. It looks smooth from the beginning.

So many people with paint on bodies already!! That is always the scariest part for me so I put it off. Started a WIP on my build. So far I have the rear suspension done and most of the interior.

That color looks great!! Everybody always says, "good luck covering the orange", but you didn't seem to have issue. The interior detail looks awesome.

Not much new. 3d printed and painted up some seats. Did some butchery to the rear chassis to fit over my mods.

Thank you. This is definitely the most scratch building I have ever attempted.

Don't count on it. I always start out gangbusters but slow down rapidly

With the tires sized and ride height generally determined, as well as still ignoring the body warp issue... I turned my attention to the rear suspension. Thought about all kinds of ways to modify for an upgraded independent suspension. Then decided to just cut things up and build new. Used styrene to reconstruct the entire rear chassis. Then added the rear end, axle, lower and upper suspension components and fitted the tires with some disc brakes I had. Next I will clean up the connection points and add shocks. Then on to the front end...

Decided to throw my hat in for the Cannonball run group build with the year of birth theme. Having a lot to choose from for 1970 I decided on the AMT Z28 and am going the pro touring route. Steve H. has a really well done and super detailed pro touring version of this model in the WIP section as well so I needed to be sure to steal all his good ideas while making mine different. Here are just some basic pictures of what I have done so far... Noticed the body isn't quite looking all that good.....I think I'll set it aside and work on the chassis Had a decent engine laying around so with the help of the 3D printer I started upgrading it. To address ride height I needed tires and wheels. 3D printer to the rescue again. Designed some wheels on the free tinkercad program and made everything to scale. Also realized that reducing things to the proper scale tends to make parts thin. Still figuring this whole 3d printing thing out.

Haven't started a wip. I will have to do that. Still collecting parts and making plans. Here is a shot of what I am working with.

Thanks Matt, I will try my best to outline my "process". A lot of it is trial and error. Dremel any holes I want before primer. Primer and paint (keeping to only 1 or 2 coats of body color in areas I am going to distress. lightly sand through paint to show primer. Rust colored paint painted on then dabbed or dry brushed around that to fade it out. For highly textured areas, I take some weathering pastels, run them over sandpaper and sprinkle some of that (as close to the color I want) onto the wet paint. It forms a kind of lumpy mush. Once that is dried I will black wash then rust color wash the area. Then using lighter rust toned paint, dry brush a highlighted area and blend. Then if I think it needs a little more or some all over rusty tint, I will dry brush pastels across a bigger area. For non rusty but weathered or oxidized areas, I will dry brush some light grey or white pastels onto the body after I have done a black wash (or light brown or even green) and it has dried. I will also paint chrome parts flat aluminum or simply spray them with a dull flat coat to make them look more tarnished and worn. I hope this helps and sorry I didn't take pictures along the way. I will try to create something more tutorial-ish next time I weather a model. Feel free to reach out directly if you have any questions.