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I've been staring at this for well over an hour. I just cannot get over that paint. I thought I painted my Pop's car well. That is such a sweet color. Please make that recipe available to the avaerage and not so average builder again please. So phenomenal.......... Bob

I couldn't jot em all down in one hour so I'll say . MOST of em. Then, there are those that just end up going together. Bob

WOW, what a color! That thing just POPS! Excellent build of one of my all time fave kits. Whattayall guys waitin fer? Go getcha pull. Bob

I've never seen that kit built. If I built one I'd want it to come out like this!!!! Excellent use of wheels and paint to turn a humdrum kit into excitment. Well done broski. Bob

More proof these old Revell kits still have legs. Looks great John. I can see your improvement more and more as you post older builds, then current projects. Amazing progress in skills. Bob

Very clean Brett. This is one of the prettiest cars that ever ran. Bob

First, LOVE the color. Nicely laid down. Tip. To avoid molded in belts taking a dark tone due to the seat color I paint them first. That way I'm assured of a rich color and coverage. I then paint the seat. It's easier to creep up on the belt line that way than try to get the paint downn along the edge of the belt to help it have depth. Looking good Brett. Bob

Period perfect Lyle... This is how knowing your subject allows you to build righteous rods from various sources. As always Lyle. NAILED! Bob

Gorgeous paint Wayne! I have one of these [natch], I'm going to do the fade I think. Yours looks great and shows that those old kits still got legs baby. Bob

THAT is the reason I do not watch NASCAR. Viva La HEMI! Bob

I use Detail Master and the #2 line is what I use mostly. The #1 seems too small to my eyes. Bob

Let me be the first to say WOW! It looks as though Revell as upped the ante yet again! A GREAT time to build Funny Cars. Bob

How did I miss this one??? KILLER color combo and I dig the running stock. When I was younger my girlfriend and a white Gremlin with the Levi's interior. That thing was quite a party bucket. This looks so 80's with a touch of modern. Diggin it. Bob

This is looking outstanding. The finish looks great. Nice work on the stripes as well. Better than the decals in my opinion. Let's see it with all the decals on. drool...... Bob

Gorgeous car Dave. Is that a resin body? I need to add one of these to the fleet. Stunning paint. Bob

Thanks for all the nice words on the finish guys. Let's hope Pop's likes it too. Bob

A couple more glamour shots and one about those channels I was talking about. First, the channels. You can see how they are 2 seperate pieces. It's clear they slide into the channels provided. All you have to do is take em out a bit for a higher rear stance. These are buried to the hilt and I can still get the body bar into the space provided for it so I may be not all that off. It's just the the wheel opening hits the tire in the rear. No biggie really but I thought it was worth mentioning. I love the backwards Champion decal on the passengers side. Classic. Bob

Hawk, the 2 pivot points for the body flip ups are not part of the interior tin, but are seperate pieces that slide into channels in the tin. They can be placed deeper up into the channels or can be slid up and down. What that means is the rear of the body will sit where you want it to [within the limits of the channel]. It can be higher in the back or lower as mine is. It looks killer lower like I have it but the trade off is the body will not come up as high as it may to display the chassis. The back portion of the wheel opening hits the tire limiting the up position. I have them all the way buried in their channels not realizing they were made that way for rear ride height. Bob

Yep Aaron, I only just noticed I didn't drill em out... My Dad has 100's of my builds at his house and he's always anxious to add to his collection so I kind of rushed this one. He's not a total stickler for authenticity like I tend to be, so the headers and color choice are not biggies for him. I'm going for the vintage car on my build. Good eyes... Bob

I bought 2 Chi-Town kits a while back. One for my Pops and another for me. I built Pop's first since it is not as detailed as I plan on mine. It was also a great way to grok the kit. In terms of engineering and execution this kit is the best AA/FC I have ever had the pleasure to assemble. Wonderful in every respect. I did sit the body hinges a little too deep and the body doesn't come up quite as high as it should before the fender hits the slick. When building it, just set them in place loosly [easily done] and set your ride height. Mark where they need to be then glue em in. I took liberties on the paint with Duplicolor GM Cayenne Red and Testors 1814 clear enamel. Gorgeous color if a little on the browner side of Candy Apple. My build will use Tamiya TS-18. On my build I may go with turned fuel and oil tanks since they will be plumbed. This should be easy to detail the HECK outta.. I used the decals for the windows and while they are just OK, a Sharpie and silver rivets will be much more convincing. The decals are outstanding in every way, but I dislike the molded in restraints like most do. On mine I'll be filling and sanding them out for PE pieces. I messed around with the wheels to give it an Old School/New School look. I'll replace the rears on my build. This kit practically falls together and was a joy to build. Pop's is looking for the package at the start of the new week. He's stoked. Bob

Tighter than a frogs butt, and that's waterproof! First time I've seen the ghost body built up and I too like it. Time to build mine I think. Bob

How timely! One of our route drivers where I work just got a stripe delete dark blue 2011 GT500. I told him about the kit yesterday and he wants me to build him one. I will be taking MANY detail shots of the car. Once I have all the shots I will make them available for anyone who wishes to have them. What's really cool is that he's 61 years old. I got a ride in it yesterday. Scary fast............. Bob

This is how I'm building mine. I have 2 Muscle Car Review mags with L023's in them. Looking very nice. Bob

Looking VERY nice indeed. The extra effort is paying dividends. Bob

This is the only Vette FC I ever liked so I'll be watching. Looks like an epic build in progress. Bob