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Not to mention that it is what appears to be a L69 carbureted 305. Even if running well, they need alot of replacement parts.

Uuuuggh!! I should *not* have watched that!!! Thanks Slusher....my mind is occupied for the night!!

Thanks!

Lots of sanding and lots of rubbing. Seriously though, my procedure is still the same as it was when I wrote about it in issue #150. If I remember correctly, I started with 2000 grit, followed by 3000 grit, and then rubbed it out with 3 grades of compounds.

Great news! Black stripes and an RS grille, pleeeeeaaassee!!

Thanks Brian! You had an `85 Firebird? What colors/options? I am actually restoring an `85 Trans Am that I am trying to get to look like the `86 I had just out of high school. This model was actually really close to an Iroc I almost bought back in the day. Back then, we all thought they were so fast, even at 205hp. How I miss the `80`s!

Thanks again guys. Diamond plate is plastruct 1/100 scale diamond plate sheet sprayed with Krylon chrome. I was pleased with the results.

Thanks again everyone!

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Thanks everyone! I would, but unfortunately it is way to fragile to flip over. I was nervous just taking it off the display base to get pictures. I wish I would`ve got pictures of the underside before I put the body on.

Started with the Revell kit with the Yellow and Blue trucks on the front, and everything just sort of snowballed into this crazy thing. There have been alot of changes, but it is still the stock body, engine block, interior (except the door panels), and the frame from the cab forward. Almost every kit part was modified in some way. Wheels are from an old funny car kit, and the kit moon caps were used.Tires from the Chevelle kit. Believe it or not, that is the stock bench seat in there, modified of course. I forget where I got the super charger and electric fan setup. The carbs are from another Revell street rod kit. The diamond plate is supposedly 1/100th scale!! So many other things I am sure I am forgetting, Its been a long 4 months or so. Ask away.

Monogram. Now, if they would just re-release this kit!

Oh wow. Here is the pic that I have from the Revell announcement video they posted a week or two ago: I kinda hope we get the one you posted Earl, just because it looks like that one would have the RS grille. It would really be nice to have that. But I do like the wheels better on the black one I think. And I really, really, really hope we get all the stock parts and BLACK z/28 stripes!!!!!!! As far as the cost for the kit, I was thinking $69 was the suggested retail back when the stock version of this kit was released in 2004/2005ish?? Seems about right to me for a 1/12 scale kit. I would think we would see these pop up on eBay eventually in the $40s/$50s.

Thanks again everyone! Thanks! Many coats, alot of sanding, and alot of rubbing out.

Thanks guys!

Thanks again everyone for the kind words! Thanks Johann! Man, I hope you are right...it makes sense. I was disappointed when I uploaded the pics to my laptop. I thought it was just an issue with my viewfinder. This camera is close to 10 years old I think. For reference, here is what it is doing:

Thanks everyone!

Thanks Cobraman. Just thought I would get all three of the tri-fives together. The other two were gifts to my parents:

Thanks Harry. Yeah, I`m not sure what is up with that. The color is Tamiya "Bright Orange." Looks kinda more like coral to me in person, and my Camera is having trouble capturing any color correctly today. It`s a shame too, because I am expecting to finish up a very *big* (not in scale) project in the next week or so that I`ve been working on for a looong time. Nice that my camera died just in time. Looks like I am off to Best Buy....

This was another "quick" build, at least for me.I finished this one a while back, and never got around to taking pictures. Sorry I only have two lousy pics. My camera decided it wants to take pictures in shades of blue and purple only. Until I figure that out, this is all I have to post. The inspiration was a real `55 just like this that I saw in Ocean City cruise weekend last year. Nothing special with this build...pretty much straight out of the box with the wheels from the `56 kit, and added wires and hoses.

The 1/12 Foose Camaro I suppose. Can`t say I have seen this one in 1:1. And are those Cobra Halibrand wheels I see there? I already have some ideas for the big Mustang kit. I can`t wait to see this one, even though it looks like we wont get an RS grille. Please, please, a set of black stripes for a stock build?

Nice work! I like the factory correct overspray on the chassis.

Whaaaaaaaattt???? So we have another go at the big Camaro kit yet again!? When I first saw this, this is the Foose Camaro I thought of: When I pulled up a Google image search for Foose Camaro, it looks like he built alot of these with similar parts, but different colors. They all seem to have the same 5 spoke rims, RS grille with chrome inserts, and the LT-1 SS inspired hood scoop. I really, really hope we get an RS grille for the big kit!!! What is up with the Camaro getting re-released twice before the big Corvette??

That looks great! Where did you get the wheels?

Some of my other interests: I`m also into computers/networking/system administration (full time job), and apologetics/theology when I have time. Yeah, I am stretched pretty thin.