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Thanks Mike, the Testors kit does appear to have a stronger visual impact than the C4 AMT kits. The front suspension on those kits are lacking at best.

Any chance of seeing some pics of that chassis from the underside? I've been eyeing one of those kits for years for the sole purpose of stealing the Vette suspension out of it. I haven't pulled the trigger because I could never find any detail pics. TIA

Arghh, that figures. I hesitated in buying them because of the issues with the rear tires and they sold out by the time I checked back. I'm sure I'll come across another set someday.

Here's mine... I got it for my 5th or 6th birthday and it marked the start of a lifelong love of Corvettes.

I'd just love to have a direct link to my inbox without having to have a new message waiting for me when I come to the site. Evidently, it's supposed to there somewhere when I select "Signed in as ..." but it's not in the dropdown. I eventually just sent myself an email to my real world account with a link to the address of my MCM messenger inbox.

Great job on the Rubicon. Here's mine I built a few years ago, my first attempt at weathering. I'd love to find another one but they can be hard to come by.

Needed a little thump for the stereo face that I drew up so I added some "separates" to the door panels. They're just some headlights and driving lights from my parts box painted Tamiya semi-gloss black. Not really true to form but I think they'll work at a passing glance. The "subs" in the rear deck are the some air cleaner parts from the AMT 70.5 Camaro again painted semi-gloss black. I decided to keep the cloth inserts in the seats when I went from the original tan/brown to the black interior. Everything is done up in Tamiya blacks, BMF and flocking. The digital gages and stereo face look right at home.

That's awesome! I hadn't heard from you for awhile. Just remember that Xara is like working with construction paper when we were kids, just digital. Break everything down to it's basic shapes, layer and cut to get the result you're looking for. The font is called digital and I downloaded it from one of those free fonts sites. There's at least a half dozen or so similiar fonts out there that I know of. I could email the one I've got to you if you want.

There's nothing wrong with the late 70's-early 80's Vettes. The wife says I can finally look for something to play with once the trucks paid off and with four kids those might be the only Vettes in my price range. Yours is looking good, keep us posted.

Well I wasn't happy with the stereo faces I was finding on the net so I drew up my own in Xara. They seem to get way too pixelated when you reduce them. I wanted one of those fancy new ones with the LCD screen that matched the digital gages I got in the dash last night. I didn't get too fussy with all the lettering because it'll just disappear when I scale it down.

Thanks Marc. Looks like I'll have to get an order in on the Aoshimas. Kind of a bummer on the rear tires though.

It's probably the same logic that allows insurers to set your rates off your credit scores. I haven't had an ticket, accident or claim in 13 years but when we got caught off guard by the Boeing strike (I work for a supplier) we had to juggle some bills. Sure enough, when our insurance came up for renewal they bumped our rates due to a "recent change in our credit status".

Marc, I see Fujimi has a set of 20" BBS LMs also. You wouldn't happen to have those to for a comparison would you? I'm looking to pick up a set of one or the other for a Camaro that's next up on my bench.

Very tastefully done. If your aim was to create a well-worn old rod that's just in need of some TLC you've definitely hit the mark. I personally find most of these modern "rat rods" grotesquely overwrought. I'd be willing to bet that some of those builders have spent as much money making their rods fugly as the billet rod guys they're supposed to be rebelling against.

Great color combo!!

With all the variations on the new '06+ Mustang tooling from Revell it should be a crime that we haven't seen the ZR1, Grand Sport and GT2.

A carbon fiber hood would be sweet, although I've always thought a carbon-fiber stripe(s) down the hood and deck would be awesome. This is Motiv8r, Larry Callahan's (the owner of Pro-Touring.com) '68 Camaro. Those are real carbon fiber panels under the paint. If I remember right he did the front valance between the hood and grill, the hood, the wiper panel and trunk lid all in carbon fiber. Kyle "LOBBS" Laubscher

First up, Ethan's (my 8 year old) Revell '68 Firebird 400 in Testors One-Coat Revving Red shot right over the plastic. Next up, Elliot's (my 6 year old) Revell '67 Plymouth GTX in Testors One-Coat Icy Blue again right over the blue plastic. We've gone through at least a dozen practice jobs on some junk bodies and they wanted to move onto to their real projects so we shot some paint this afternoon. We'll shoot some clear on these next weekend after they're good and gassed out. Thanks for looking, Kyle "LOBBS" Laubscher

Beautiful color, great detailing all around, I can't wait to see it finished.

I drew up a set of digital gages for the Nova real quick in Xara. I drew them at 5x size so when I print them on my color laser at work I don't lose a whole lot of detail. I love Xara for this kind of work. It's vector based so I can scale things anywhere from HO scale up to a football field without having to worry about pixelation. If anyone is interested I can make up a set for you to print. I've got the gage artwork separated from the black so I can do them in any color combination and on any shape black background. Thanks for looking, Kyle "LOBBS" Laubscher

Just about done with the motor. I haven't cleared and polished the beauty covers yet so there's a few details to add once they're on permanently. This is my take on an LSx crate motor with parts from the Revell C5 Vette, '02 Camaro SS and Silverado kits. Up next, a set of digital guages and some BMF to get the interior finished. Thanks for looking, Kyle "LOBBS" Laubscher

Finally back to making some progress, got all the major painting done and now I can get some assemblies done. First up, the chassis. I still have to pick out some bolt heads and do a light weathering. Since this is a Nova, I'm going with an entry-level style pro-touring build. "Rebuilt" suspension, aftermarket sway bars, shocks and springs. I'm really happy with the way the subframe connectors turned out, almost don't notice them unless you're looking for them. I'm going for a look somewhere between daily driver and weekend cruise-in.

I think it took longer to find the camera than to find the wheels. Sorry, they're a bit dusty but here are the ones from the Owens-Corning/Stars and Stripes Vette. The spokes are textured not smooth. Now that my work schedule is getting back to somewhat normal I need to make a trip to the post office anyways to finish up a few deals so let me know if you want them. Kyle "LOBBS" Laubscher

I'm pretty sure that the Revell Owens-Corning/Stars and Stripes '68 Vette have them without the center caps. I've got about a half dozen of them downstairs let me know if you need a set.

Congrats on your new edition. I'm a fellow basement dweller here. I started in the spare bedroom down there but we took in some "strays" (friends of my wife down on there luck) that required me to move my stuff over to the family room in the basement. That was a couple of years ago now and I just haven't moved back across the hall. Now that my 6 month old son is ready for his first room, we're converting the family room downstairs into a big bedroom for my oldest boys (8 and 6). So I have to move all my stuff back to where it was originally when we moved in. The only one not getting shuffled around this summer is my 2 year old daughter. At one point, my wife tried to convince me to give up the hobby because my work has kept me from building on a consistent basis and free up the space. Now that I've gotten the older boys involved in the hobby I've been able to plant a stake for a permanent place. She just rolls her eyes now as we all tromp off to our man-cave.