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Wes' Model Corner on FB may have more? He has had a couple runs of it. He's my dealer now.... great guy and knows his stuff pretty well. Keeps me in "fixes" constantly.

I deal with them. They are a bit fussy for my ham handed skill set. But they do look good when they come out right. Just one of thse things to learn to master or at least be able to pull off. Just last week, I bought a Franklin Mint 55 Pontiac. Seller said he'd tape the mirror to the door so it wouldn't get lost in the box in shipping. Turns out the mirror is one of these, even has the tiny bowtie molded in. I think epoxy had been used to assemble the mirror from looking at it.

One thing I've found on chrome reverse wheels is to use some detailer black liquid on them. It really helps the depth of the chrome wheels. I'll try to get a photo of some I have done. This looks dang nice though. I kinda want this one even though I recently sold my plastic built up of this same car. Bumper mod looks especially effective.

Coincidentally, you just got a GT500, and last week, I just got the 55 Pontiac in the background of your photos. Been watching for one of those reasonbly priced that was complete. Guy said door mirror would be taped to door. Ok fine. Turns out, it is a mirror off the 55, 59 Chevy or something revell kit. The two piece mirror with the head that has a tiny bowtie molded in. You gotta be reallllll close to notice that. Love those 50s Mint cars.

I googled the 67 gt500. there is a subtle ridge on the roof and trunk of the real car. Probably more subtle than the diecast. See this. You could remove stripes for one similar to this as well. https://www.legendarymotorcar.com/inventory/1967-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-1553.aspx I do like the diecast chassis. They respond well to standard detail painting like an old one piece chassis except better molding now. I really don't mind the chassis plate being one piece. Again, the only person that sees the bottom of my cars and would know or care the difference is me. I could use a flat plate with axles crudely glued to it and the people that look at my cars would not know or care. But I do usually paint the details that are presented. Nice score. I got to remember to take some photos of my recent scores. Mailman brought a Franklin Mint 55 Caddy Elvis car yesterday. Whole thing with all boxes, papers, and guitar for around $50 delivered. My last big diecast purchase for a while - spent a ton at Lowes over the weekend on a new riding mower. There went my Paypal fun money.

Love the Le Baron! First thing I'd do is take that antenna off. Save it - makke a good shifter if it had a ball. LOL. But that really makes me want one to see how they turn out with some real modeler detailing on it.

Does look good! I'll have to fix up the one I have. Welly really hits some good stuff in places. Adding some sort of fuzz or powder for the carpets helps a lot too especially on the convertibles. Coincidentally, I noticed other day when using the molotow, that if you blow on the paint as comes out, it "chromes up" nice and quick. As it comes out, it shows metallic in it, if you are looking really up close. Which I usually am when I am using the pen. The hard tip in the 1 mm is tough to control for me. Works good from a brush though. When I have time to set up to do that.

Oh yeah for sure on the plastic top cut oversized.

I may still have the metal top off the GSX. Probably have some bad gaps at cut lines though. LOL.

I have that convertible. Used the boot for that GSX conv I did for a guy a while back. Now he wants it to be displayable again. So gotta work that out when weather is suitable for working at my bench. They really aren't bad for the price and as you know, can be detailed to a really nice shelf model. Bring on the pics.

Yours is looking great! I always forget to take progress shots as I build, making it tough to do a write up. I don't do black cars. I have a few, but as a rule I don't do or buy black cars. They don't show up well in my display at the top of the wall on a shelf around living room. Black cars need to be well lit and below eye level I think. I found a couple cans of Testors in my junk last night. bug yellow and lime gold. Have to do a test and see what they look like. If I use the yellow, it needs to look like butternut, not Daytona yellow - might need white added to get to the butternut color. I have a 69 diecast that is Daytona yellow. the lime gold may be a reasonable 68ish color. If I go with lime gold, interior may be painted with it as well and dull coat it to make it look like vinyl. I have never used either of these colors and the cans are sealed so I have no idea what they will look like til I get some painting weather. but either of those would work well in my collection. A good page: http://chevellestuff.net/1968/chevelle/gallery/index.htm After seeing the WHITE one, THAT may be my car. I built a 69 years ago that was white with red below the belt. It was one of my favorites but it was built a long time ago before I had the skills I do now. So that white with red stripes may be it. And then a 69 when it comes out.

There was also a season of a show called "Madhouse" that used BGS as the setting. Chris Fleming from that show is a great guy. I used to do race car lettering and did his car for a couple seasnos way before he got "famous". there are bound to be some references found by Googling. The newer mods probably have more technology in them, but the older cars were used for generations with body changes to keep them "modern". Slicks are the key change needed to the Vega to be a BGS car. And they should be more like a NASCAR cup slick than the WIIIIDE slicks used elsewhere. BGS is just too tight for that wide a tire. And to be a later car, like from 1980 on, should really be a small block chevy. Google Paul Radford, Satch Worley, Ralph Brinkley and include Vega. That will get you some photos of the Vegas, Gremlins, and Pintos from the era. These were the leader cars I saw race first at BGS. then the switch to the "cavalier" body. There would be a full field of Cavaliers, one Dodge Charger 024 body, one Ford of some sort. It got too expensive to run anything other than a Chevy. Keep going. I was going to try to do some of these, but have just run out of time and inspiration to do these. In fact, my Gremlin kit is on ebay right now. Sold the vega a while back and have a built up generic Pinto to be sold someday.

Here's a thought for tires - may or may not be any good. But.... Carrera 1/24 slot cars have some nice looking tires on them. The Covette GS and Ferrari P330. these may be too big? I really can't remember. I have a couple of these in a box somewhere from my slot car period of a few years ago. But you could possibly master from these? I do love a good Trans Am build. Wish there were more of those in kit form. I can start a project, but something like this one would overwhelm me and never get finished. Thanks for bringing it to life.

Nice thread. I've started mine and still haven't decided on the body color. As much as I love a medium blue, I have a LOT of cars that color. too many. So the turquoise or light green metallic may be in order. Or even a very light blue metallic. I did look at color chips on internet and I think those were available. I have stopped by the auto zone and wasn't really impressed with any of the offerings there, especially for $10 per can. Ouch. Haven't tried the Advance store yet to see if they have anything better. I don't think I have anything at home I would use though. And it could come down to a year 5 car with a repaint color? Idk. Just needs to stand out on the shelf when done. 68 and 9 are my favorite Chevelles and among my favorite cars of all time. And yes, I'll have black at bottom and use stripes. Interior color is still up in the air as well. Not completely sold on the wheels in the kit, but we'll see if that goes anywhere different. As for seat trim, without having it in front of me, I can't say. BUT on something i did not too long ago, I think I painted the halves before joining them. And then before gluing together, I went around the edge on the lower piece where the trim goes with a silver sharpie. (Foil gets too fine - doesn't always stay stuck especially for ham-handed modelers like me) THEN glue together. Maybe that will work on this one. I think so because I would have glued the seat halves together already if not and I have not done that. I believe that to be my plan. Great thread - enjoying the comments and watching the build.

But you ALWAYS know when a telemarketer is calling because they can't get your name right. Same here. And always have to spell it for most anything you do. I'm with ya there.

I have a set of nice drafting tools a former boss gave me to help me when painting signs/drawing. I've used them some, but now I'll be trying this as well. Could be used for wide whites to make a sharp outer ring, then fill in with a wider brush I would think. Double lines too. Just tighten or loosen and make second set of lines? Good stuff. May be time to dig out that book by the funny-name guy referenced above. Look again since I'm doing more projects like this now.

Here the recent link on mine. No engine or chassis shot. But the body shots. Have I ever led you wrong? LOL

I've never understood why they call these dirt track modifieds. This kit and others like it are identical to the cars raced at Bowman Gray Stadium in Wonston-Salem NC. Were these cars the forerunners of today's Super lates as well? Change the dirt tires to slicks and you have a BGS car. BGS is so narrow they used a skinnier tire, like a "cup" car. On more open tracks like Martinsville and the northern cars, they used the monster wide modified slicks from what I've seen. When I first went to BGS, they were running the Vegas, Gremlins, Pintos. Service station I walked by going to school had a big block Vega mod always sitting there, mostly outdoors during the day so they could use the bay where it slept. I spent many a moment on the way home from scholl poring over that car. Problem was, they had big block after everyone else when small block racing. I think there was a weight penalty rule on the bog blocks at that time. Besides the self imposed weight penalty for a big block. In the 80s, they moved to the Cavalier body. I guess that was easier to build/maintain. use a top and the rest of the body could be fabbed from sheet metal. The old cars looked a lot more like their street version. Kinda like real racing today. At any rate, love the build. You could have several bodies prepped to drop on the frame. They used the same basic frame for generations of modified racing. That would be a cool display - several gens of the same racer as it transitioned through the years. (as an aside, there are still a couple of '64 Falcons racing competitively in the Street stock class at BGS I think)

It's a good looking model when finished. I did that one when it was firt released. Definitely stands out among the road race cobras.

I have noticed lately that i have a predominance of BLUE cars. So the weird bright dark green Shelby is welcome in my house. It's posted here in the not too distant past. I'm building the new revell plastic 68 Chevelle but it will be in something different than the mainstream colors. Maybe gold or the teal, close to an original color. Bad thing about "mint" cars and many diecasts is the standard colors seem to be medium blue metallics, white, red, black. Have to dig a little deeper to find different colors. With that said the BLUE Shelby is a most beautiful car. Hard to beat blue with white stripes, imo.

Wow! Both are spectacular!

VERY NICE! Like Snake, I have a JL green one. It's nice enough. I also have the HW Mercury Custom in purple with flames. And you are correct - they should have done MORE Legends cars. SO very nice.

Aw now you've gone and done it. I'll have to get some pictures of my most recent things. Last week was the DM 41 Cadillac, 55 Ford in purple/white, 31 Ford delivery Budweiser truck, and 31 Ford roadster. Soo I'm laying low right now. Not sure what will be next. Nice pieces btw. Agreed on the windows - why? I bought a nice Jouef 1/18 GT40 in Gulf colors many years ago and it was missing hte side windows. Had to fab up a set. Cobra is cool as well. Hard to beat those Wix Cobras. Why are they not still doing this stuff????

Interesting find for certain.

Wow. not sure I could touch them other than to keep them as they are. They were loved, for sure.