M W Elky

Here’s some pictures of the Camaro bodies. The jungle Jim body was made from the early 90’s ertl reissue the red body is made from the current orange hobby lobby special. I made my bodies to fit with the mpc mustang or challenger funny car chassis and body tins . The red body will become the Broadway Freddie car

I got the tail light panel rear valance and bumper fitted . With a little carful filling and trimming they fit nicely. I just had to fill in the edges of the valance with a little super glue. All ready for paint.

Your builds always look great and you hold your self to a high level of detail. Did pro stocks use that wide of s slick in 1971 ? Again they both look fantastic. That pro stock hornet you built was really impressive.

For this build I used a comp resin Camaro body on top of the Revell 1969 Hawaiian mini charger Funny car chassis headers : polar lights window glass : 0.10 sheet clear plastic paint : Tamyia clear blue over pearl white decals : slixx body tins are from the Hawaiian kit cut down to fit the comp body . Overall this build looks really good however I’m not really thrilled with the body proportions of the comp resin camaro , and have since been making my own body’s from the AMT Camaro by simply moving the front wheel wells forward. As for the cover all I can say is how much do we miss the fire burn outs of the early 70’s a time of excitement . As you never knew what you were about to experience on your drag race visit . When it was showmanship over corporate sponsorship dollars. Although today’s high speed funny car shows are pretty amazing . I would love to go back to the grittiness of the early to mid 70’s with the likes of Jungle Jim and all the other compadres who could really pack the house . It was like one big party. Until next time thanks for looking . Mike

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After a careful cutting job the revell shock towers / engine bay fit the AMT body like a glove. The chassis and interior also fit good as well . It looks like we have a nice kit bash option for a 1970 mustang in 1/25 scale

I cut the shock towers/ engine bay out of a donor revell 69 mustang and with a little filing it fits the amt body like a glove.

The Terry mustang is ready for decals and the platt mustang is coming along nicely

I’ve been chipping away at the terry pro stock mustang. I did some work on the interior tub , I cut out the hood for the carburetor clearance and attached the scoop . I finished filling off the rocker trim along with the mustang emblems . Then sanded the body down to 1500 grit until I feel like it’s ready for paint. I prefer to spray the Tamyia white over bare white plastic with a few thin coats.

Cool build great imagination. That’s a great mix of inexpensive kits , 60’s vibe decals

It’s the optional one that came with the monogram boss 429 mustang . I think I had a newer street machine option kit

The Terry Mustang is coming along nicely

I’m gathering parts, decals and ideas I’ve also started working on the body by filing off the MACH 1 rocker trim . I’ll definitely be using the chassis and interior from the revell kit, cammer from the MACH WON with the pro stock engine parts from the 71 mustang along with the big hood scoop filled down to a sane size . Decals are available from slixx , Platt car , and Jim Heller ,Terry car . The paint will be from Tamyia

Yea I’m right with you Hubert’s metallic blue cars with the white accents and white lettering are striking

I’ve been really enjoying building mustangs and torinos lately. This one was on the todo list for quite some time as I really like building the early let’s call them the four speed years pro stock cars. Let’s get down to this build. It’s a kit bash car starting with the revell 69 cobra jet mixed with parts from the monogram 70 boss 429 mustang along with a few trips to the parts box . crager ss wheels back - amt 66 Galaxie , front - polar lights funny car ladder bars- old pro nova slicks and front tires- AMT parts pack dash mount gauges- polar lights funny car engine - monogram mustang shifter- monogram mustang front air vents next to the grill- monogram mustang grill - cut down from the monogram mustang decals - smp & parts box paint - testors enamel headers - solder and aluminum tubing roll bar - 0.80 plastic rod hood scoop - comp resin I cut some square tubing to raise up the rear spring perches. If I was to build this again I would definitely use the body from AMT’s MACH ONE kit .until next time thanks for looking, Mike

Platt mustang mockup. The slicks fit good with the stock height rear suspension. The overall stance looks right

These chrome wheels art from the AMT Model T double kit smiler ones can be found in the 1963 galaxie

I’m moving onto mustangs just finished the glass and moving onto the chassis and headers

Sean I have 426 built drag cars on the shelves with lots more on the way

This started out with the orange AMT full bumper 1970 Camaro kit with the following parts and alternations wheels from the AMT Double dragster slicks from the old pro nova hood scoop was cut from a grumpy’s toy Vega and grafted on to the Camaro hood slixx decals testors lacquer Tunnel ram from grumpy’s toy vega roll bar made form 0.80 rod headers made from solder and aluminum tubing. these Camaro kits easily turn into a rather convincing pro stock,and are really easy to do . Until next time thanks for looking, Mike

This is really neat great work on sectioning the top . Will you be using a cammer ?

I’m all about having the falcon back and as Pontiac tempest’s are concerned how about a stock 63 coupe and wagon either a curbside or full detail with super duty parts

I completely agree with you Hobby Lobby doesn’t rotate their kit selection nearly as often as they used to. Don’t they realize there’s only so many Camaros and mustangs we can build. They used to have a pretty good rotation every 6 months.

I completed the Torinos today .Decals next .