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You did a nice job on the engine!! Smart decision NOT to use the kit supplies. There needs to be a special place in hell for the guy (or girl) that came up with the plastic spark plug wires!! I thought the Revell spark plug wires were bad!! I think I will end up buying some from ProTech before this is all done!

I'll let you know how mine turn out. I will let the body sit for a while and work on the engine and frame before I proceed with decals.

Okay fellow modelers, here is an update on the body. I am calling the painting of the body finished. I took a slightly different approach after the feedback I got. I sprayed a coat of dark grey (not black....I just couldn't spray it black!) then resprayed two coats of the Tamiya TS-52 Candy Lime Green. I am much happier with the color than my original effort. It may not look like it in the photos, but it is quite a bit darker than it was in the original post. Again, thoughts and comments welcome. A separate question for you all that are working on this model. I know that the injector/blower hat is not correct for the actual car. Is the Competition Resins Crower 8 point injector and hat a more appropriate substitute?? Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Rather than hijack one of the other threads about the Green Elephant, I decided to start another one. I had tried for over a month prior to the arrival of my kit to locate Testors #1835 Lime Ice, with absolutely no success. After I received my kit about 10 days ago, I decided to try painting the body with Tamiya TS-52, Candy Lime Green. The body was assembled, the seams filled and sanded, painted with two coats of Taimya fine white primer, resanded, two coats of of Tamiya AS-12 Bare metal silver and finally two coats of Taimya TS 52. I am not good with an air brush, so all coats were shot from rattle cans. I am happy with the finish, but very unsure about the color. Your thoughts and comments welcome!

I'm old enough to have actually seen the Petty's hauling their race car in the late 60's/early 70's (although I never saw them hauling this car) and you have absolutely nailed it!! Great job!!

Great job on this whole package!! It turned out well!!

Exceptional work and a fantastic paint job!!

Great job!! I love the USRRC/Can-Am sports car era!!

Excellent build!! I got to see this car run a few times. Butch was a multi-time USAC champion and his equipment was always well maintained. Yeah, I'm THAT OLD!!

Great job!!

Love it!! Nice job!!

Beautiful work!! Outstanding build!

That is VERY cool!! Nice job with the paint job and overall, it turned out beautiful!!

Well done!! Beautiful!!

Looks pretty darn good in the pictures. While you might not be happy with it, it photographs very well

That looks REALLY good!! Nice job!!

Thanks for the kind comments!!

No sir. 1/16 scale.

This has been one of my "Holy Grail" kits for some time. I found an opened kit at a yard sale and decided to get it, knowing that I was going to have to find tires and decals for it. Thanks to the pandemic, it took some time to get al the necessary parts together, but I finally have it finished. The paint is Tamiya Blue Pearl, over a base of Tamiya Silver and a very LIGHT coat of Tamiya Racing Blue. It may not be exactly historically correct, but I like the finished result. Rear tires are Competition Resins and the front tires are from Future Attractions. The decals came from Chuck Boerner and were excellent!! Overall, I'm quite happy with the result. Hope you all like it! Comments welcome and THNKS for looking!!

Thank you for the response Mr. Fritsche!!

That looks GREAT!! Nice job!! If you don't mind sharing, what shade/color red did you use for the body??

Very well done!! Great job!!

Mr. Brown, where did you get the decals for that build?? I have built that kit, but the decals were trashed and I've never been able to find a duplicate set.

Very nice looking!!

Fire Extinguisher??