Quiet Eric

This is brilliant. Thank you for sharing!!

Looks great!! Big scale is fun, just hard to find a place to put them when finished. Really like the green. For what it is worth...these early Ford transmissions to not have a seal like that for the shifter. It is a spring supported domed steel washer inside a collar/retainer. There would have been a rubber boot on the floor to keep the outside stuff from coming inside the car, but it wasn't really a seal of any sorts for the transmission.

The problem there was the detail of them is pretty light to start and sanding on the rear fender flares kinda made that worse. They've since had the marker lenses painted as I didn't have the right colors before. I'm steadily relearning what I need to pay closer attention to on the finish work though.

Love the subject matter!! This was my grooms cake at my wedding...

This is one of my favorite builds to date. I don't think I ever finished anything when I was building years ago quite as thoroughly as this one. AMT '55 Bel Air kit to start. Shaved the trim to 210 level. Raised the rear wheel openings to the bottom of the trim. Thinned the front bumper filler to look more accurate. Shaved molded in wipers and door handles to use separate ones from the parts box. Molded in exhaust removed from the chassis. Bellhousing mounts and stock rear spring mounts removed. Rear springs relocated in line with the frame rails, 9" Ford rear end added and lift shackles made. Scratch built Lakewood traction bars. New engine and trans crossmembers made. Added the frame mounts at the firewall. Revell '56 firewall added, and core support from the same with the radiator moved to the 6 cylinder spot. Engine (block, heads, front accessory stuff) is from a Revell '66 El Camino with a modified tunnel ram from an AMT Old Pro Nova and resin valve covers that are copies of Revell Pro Stock stuff. Cut the hood bar area out of the grill and made one that actually attaches to the hood, added the grill support and hood latch detail behind the grill. I would like to re-do the grill on this as the wash didn't work out at all and looks pretty bad, a phoho etched grill would be nice...maybe someday. Wheels are from an AMT '65 El Camino kit, front tires are from the Moebius Don Nicholson Cyclone kit, rear tires are Mickey Thompson N50-15's from Fireball Modelworks and I LOVE them. Rear bumper is the kit supplied nomad version, mold lines cleaned off and bumper bolts added then Alclad coated (I need a lot more practice with that but it does look better than it did out of the box). Parts box steering wheel and seats. Color is Tamiya British Green and clear. I did miss a couple things like rear shocks and a license plate which I'll be adding shortly but for now, this one is off the bench!

Excellent duo, I really like the Boss.

Excellent execution!

I thought I could get away with heating and deforming the fender lips but that was a miserable failure. So I used some Apoxie sculpt for the first time to make them.

Looks straight from the pages of The Rodder's Journal. Nice!

Yup, I'm in the thick of it now. Costing me almost as much as the 1:1 hobby haha. I've posted a few things but have a sorta replica of my '32 roadster coming up soon in the build schedule. Loved the old wheels but the new ones look perfect too.

Thanks again everyone!! Thank you. My first car was a '64 El Camino and that got it all started for me. I'd kinda like to have a '78+ one some day.

I'm very glad to find you posting here....used to lurk at your stuff on IG but this is a much better experience. Coming along quite nicely.

Brilliant. I tried something similar to get some aftermarket wheels to fit but didn't think about a release agent which would have helped a lot.

Aw man, that is one of my favorite show rods as is! I love it. But welcome a different take on the kit.

Masterful work on those tail lights and interior detail.

Also interested.

Wicked hot rod!!

When looking for reference material, its pretty easy to google the car you're looking for and find a nicely restored one for sale with a lot of good pictures. In this case...it looks like the pan would have a silver finish, probably a zinc coating originally. https://www.sheltonclassics.com/vehicles/89/1970-buick-gsx-455-stage-1

Spectacular detail work

Color combo is choice!

Hobby Lobby sale today...the Camaro will get all of the pro street goodies from the Chevelle. Not sure what to do with the off roaders yet.

Yep, my '57 210 sedan. Dash is custom.

Perfect duo, great execution!

6.5" and why not? I wasn't hauling plywood in the thing. The '66/7's look ridiculously long to me past the rear axle.

These are two I started a pretty long time ago but pulled back out and finished to get myself started building again. The '64 is of course an AMT '65 converted with resin bumpers and hood. Mild dechroming, a really old can of Testors paint (not ever sure the name), and Pegasus rolling stock. The '66 is a replica of a 1:1 car I built. It (like the real thing) has a shortened bed, lowered stance, '68/9 Chevelle hood bulges spliced in, and BMW 7-series split 5-spoke wheels. It's painted in white primer which never really dried so full of fingerprints too. Neither have engines or chassis detail, just a couple curbsides that got the juices flowing. Hope you enjoy! The real car