Mike F.

Looks Great! So realistic.

nice! How about a pic under the hood?

So, some progress. I finished the hood and decided to go with this metallic green for the body color. I may do the roof in gloss black, not sure. Also may add some striping. Body needs a wet sanding and then another coat of the green, followed by some coats of clear. It's getting there.

Nice! More pics please.....

Nice! Upholstery looks great!

Very "adventurous" build. Nicely done. Color scheme is really nice too.

Well done, looks great!

Looks like the "car behind the egg crate grill" is taking shape nicely. Enjoying your build ?

Thanks Scott. Yes, it is pretty much wedged in there and had to cut up the interior pan a bit. However, it is sitting on the frame. Won't look realistic, but still fun. Good thing about the turbine not being real is that you can take some liberties with the detail, which I did.

This will be fun to follow. ??

I did a couple of these a few years ago. Built at same time, one stock, other with the custom features. I remember a lot of fit problems. Both had windshield issues. Don't mean to step on your thread. Plus, your build turned out better than mine.

@carbuilder1950 Would love to see more, when you get time.

So, a little further on the hood. Did some putty and sanding. Created a front hinge. Now just needs a little more putty work and more sanding.

Just stumbled across it, looking for a kit with two engines, for a donor. At the time, I did not realize how old it was, until I did a bit of research. There were two more. I'll have to go back and see if they are still there. Not a big seller, I guess. Was thinking I might try to recreate the Chrysler turbo dart. Although this is not a replica of that engine.

Thanks. Long way to go.

Thank you both.

Indeed. Surely would crush th competition.... Kidding aside, Nice job on the build.

I wonder what it would do flat out.......ugh..

Turned out Great! I like what you did for tail lights detail. I never thought to do that for my '62. I may try to now, in-situ.

Some progress on the hood. I had a hood from a '70s era corvette that I trimmed down to what I felt was an appropriate size and grafted it onto the hood that I cut out from the body. I then cut some of that out from beneath to get to what is seen below. I'll do some putty work to hopefully smooth out the hood, but I think I like the result so far. Any comments or tips are welcome, good or bad.

Thanks for sharing, should be fun to follow.

Fantastic! I love the front grill detail.

Coming along nicely. Looking forward to the finish. (completion as well as body)

So, after a lot of sawing, cutting and filing, I have the frame and interior bucket sufficiently mutilated to allow for the turbine engine to sit "properly". I am going to have to fabricate some sort of hood scoop for it, since it sticks out of the body slightly. More fun. The plastic that the frame is made from is very brittle compared to what was used for the body. Strange how that is. I caused some cracks that I'll have to deal with. Also, I'm going to have to come up with some creative way to deal with the intrusions into the interior.

Looks good. Agree on your foil work. Very smooth. You should do the side trim as well. I recently finished a Revell 62 SS, which was a pleasure to build. Very detailed. I thought about getting this kit too, but after reading your post, I think not.