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I found a site called Uschi & they offer a decal sheet called truckers delight that has 6 different burls. It's made for those who build semi trucks. I just ordered a set from Andy's Hobby Headquarter's.

Thanks Casey. Looks like There may be some good tips in the articles. I've been practicing a bit, but not satisfied with my work so far. I did find a vinyl decal of burled wood that goes over a play station controller, but I think the scale is to big.

Thanks for the reply I have tried to do simulate the burl pattern on some scrap sheet styrene, but as of yet I'm not happy with the results. Best effort so far has been to start with a medium brown & try to dab a darker brown over it.

Any ideas on how to recreate or simulate the fake wood burl on the dashboard & the console ? I'm building a replica of my old 69 firebird. This pic shows the interior color of my old car.

Does anybody make a decal set for the #26 1968 jerry titus firebird in 1/24 scale ? I started to build the Revell 68 firebird kit to resemble the # 8 titus firebird that ran in 69, but realized that car was a 69 with a 68 front end & many other body mods. Trying to do the mods is beyond my skill set, so I thought of making the 68 instead.

Sorry I misunderstood you. I would like that hood. I sent you an email yesterday with my address.

Probably not. It was a bondo special when I bought it. I paid $500.00 for it, drove it for almost 3 years & sold it for $500.00 when I bought a 69 firebird.

I built this from a MPC 1967 1/2 Firebird kit that a friend of mine gifted me with about 8 years ago. It is a faithful rendition of the car I drove from about mid 1976 til late 1979. It had a painted on fake vinyl roof. Mags came from a junk yard. Motor (326 2 barrel) was chained to the frame because of a broken motor mount. It had a removable AM/FM cassette deck mounted under the glove box with a 4 speaker sound system. It also had a Hi Gain CB radio (CB's were a big thing back then). I used a detail master photoetched detail set on this model & masking tape vinyl roof. Now I am building a replica of the 1969 firebird that replaced this one.

To all that have tried to help me out THANK YOU I have now seen the error in my thinking.

Jack Ya know being old & sometimes confused I didn't really understand that you were offering one from a original 67 kit. Yes PLEASE I would like that hood. Some years back I built the 1967 1/2 MPC Firebird kit to represent my 67 firebird that I owned back in the late 70's early 80's. I went over to the shelf, took the hood off, tried it on the 69 AMT Firebird kit I am building & it fit PERFECT!!!. I will send you my address ASAP & THANK YOU. Casey thanks for pointing out my error. Being new to the board it looks like I have a lot to learn.

I tried modifying the stock 400 hood & it was a disaster.. My filing & sanding skills need improvement.

Thanks for the offer, but I have the 67/68 hood already. Putting the kit aside for a bit & starting on something else now. Gonna build a 69 Penske Camaro

Thanks for your help. I too saw that for sale I have 3 of the hoods pictured in the sale. I am still going to try & modify what I have, but have put the kit aside for a while & starting on something else.

I think that is the same as the AMT kit I am working with. Just a different box. I tried to take the scoops off & it wasn't a pretty sight when i finished.

That's a good idea, but I'm afraid I'm not that talented.

The AMT/ MPC kit has a hood for the 400 & a hood for the Trans Am I need a plain hood.

Yes I misspoke about the custom hood & I do have a resin cast 67-68 hood. I picked it up from missing link on ebay. Also just ordered some resin hubcaps from fireball models.

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I have a resin cast of the 68 & it doesn't fit. A bit to wide & about a 1/8" -3/16" to short. Not sure if I am capable of making it longer.

MY local hobby store is having a had time getting Tamiya paint. He says it's a shipping problem from the factory in Japan & stuff sitting on the docks in California.

I am trying to build a replica of a 1969 firebird that I owned many years ago. I have the AMT Ertl kit #31808 (which in my research looks to be a repop of the MPC kit). Anyway I am trying to find the correct hood. My car was a 6 cylinder OHC with the 4 barrel option. It also had the optional turbo hydromatic 3 speed automatic trans. Another cool option the car had was a rear window defroster that blew air on the inside of the rear window. Anyway the AMT kit comes with the 400 hood & a custom hood, but no stock hood. I did buy a resin cast hood for the Revell 1968 firebird, but I don't think I will be able to make it work. So my question is does anyone resin cast a stock ironing board hood for the 69 firebird ?

I'm happy to find this site. I started building model cars when I was about 6 years old (1961). My grandmother would buy me a model every time I got 2 or more A's on my report card. Needless to say I was a pretty good student for a number of years. Then I discovered sex & drugs, & rock and roll !!!. Many years have gone by & I am now retired (social security disability), 40 + years in the construction industry will do that to a body. Over the years I started building 1/43 resin/white metal Can Am kits. I currently have about 40 kits built. It's getting very hard to find kits that I can afford & want to add to my collection. I have now turned my attention to 1/24 scale again. I also raced HO scale slot cars for over 30 years. Not the cars you find in hobby shops, but high end cars from a few cottage builders. Our club canceled our season this year due to covid, so I am building models again. Anyway thanks for having me. Mark