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I have done some work on the body like removing the rain gutters and trim on top pf doors. I cut down the stock front spoiler to provide a mount for the "Lexan" spoiler. The rear spoiler was modified for fuel filler pipe, fuel tank overflow pipe and trunk securing pins. Mounting holes for the license plate were filled. The hood was drilled for hood pins. The body is almost ready for its first priming to check for final body work. If you want to see what the actual car is really like, it is definitely worth your while to check out this YouTube video of Tommy Dressy taking the restored Chaparral Camaro for a drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhh3JPGEEK8

I do not think I have ever seen one of these built. Yours turned out very nicely.

These look excellent. Well done.

Hi Steve - Been away camping so getting caught up. Good to see you posting here and looking forward to see the Anglia in 3D.

Very nice to see the Grant King car. Grant was from my city of Victoria BC Canada like a few other racers that got there start on the local speedway and went on to do very well in the USA like Billy Foster and Roy Smith. I just read in the newspaper this morning that there is going to be a late model stock car race with 25 entries at the 4/10's mile oval Western Speedway in September without spectators and be live streamed on the local independent TV station

Great detailing of a very striking race car. I always enjoy seeing Indycar models especially ones I saw race like this one.

Gorgeous Merc. Well built.

Thanks JC. I always enjoy your builds too. Thanks Misha. It has been interesting and fun zooming in on the great set of photos I have of this car and discovering aspects I cannot resist trying to duplicate on the model. Yes Jim Hall was on of the great racing car innovators and was unique in that he combined being an owner, a driver and a professional engineer.

To fabricate the under-hood induction arrangement, I first removed the stock radiator from the forward bulkhead and then added fill in structure that would serve as the air inlet to the hood and a mounting surface for the radiator sourced from the Revell Willys Street Rod. In order to get the shape of the under-hood air chamber I made a template using thin clear plastic which I transferred to sheet styrene. To get the dimensions of the sides of this structure I took measurements from narrow stripe of plastic placed longitudinally across the engine compartment to mimic the underside of the hood. Once the air chamber was formed, it was put in place on the engine with glue on the upper edge to locate it in the correct position on the under side of the hood. Another interesting under feature of this car is the location of the battery. Many other Trans-Am cars had their batteries relocated to the trunk for weight transfer to the rear of the car. The Chaparral Camaro’s battery was moved aft from the stock radiator bulkhead mounting but stayed within the engine compartment in a cubicle in the firewall and protruding into the passenger side of the interior.

Well done. My neighbour had one that looked just like it that he contemplated restoring. He sold the MG and restored a VW instead.

Gorgeous Cadillac. I always was very attracted to this year of Cady. In the mid to late sixties I loaded groceries at parcel pickup at a high end super market facility. Regular customers were a very well dressed couple in a 56 Cady. It was always a pleasure putting grocery bags in one of the very early remotely opening trunks. I loaded many other very cool cars during the three years i worked there as a part time job.

Great looking color combination.

Congratulations - You are doing fantastic work both at model car buildings and producing videos.

Your flip-top is very well done as is your FIA

Great looking model of my favorite Chaparral

Great looking historic livery on a very attractive contemporary racecar

Very well done. I enjoyed the video a lot.

I managed to get quite a bit done before summer really kicked in regarding finalizing modifications but I did zero modelling for most of July. Lately I have managed to find the time to paint parts and do some assembly. More or less building from the ground up, the first order of business was getting the model up on its wheels and then installing the engine. CHASSIS – I was surprised that I had two rear axles in the kit box. At some point I must have had the big block version because I had a tall rear spoiler so maybe the second axle came from that kit. It already has lowering blocks. It took a bit of study to figure out the best way to lower the front suspension. I was hoping I could simply reverse the spindles but they are offset so I had to drill new mounting holes inward on the lower A-arms. A neat feature of the car was that the exhaust pipes were recessed into the floor plan which I attempted to simulate. I did fabricate and add a fuel cell style gas tank which the restored car has but not sure if it was used back in the day. I also added a differential cooler and a skid plate under the oil pan. ENGINE – The kit engine did not require a lot of modification. I did have to find a belt and pulley assembly for a left-hand alternator. The air cleaner is from a Revell Deuce kit with a larger lower flange that will work with a yet to be fabricated hood induction system. The headers are from my parts box and sectioned to fit the chassis with additional aluminum tubing and simulated heat insulation wrap.

One of my favorite historic Trans Am cars so great to see. I hope to build one some day.

Fantastic looking Lotus from the birth of F1 sponsorship liveries and wings. Being 1/24 it will look great displayed with your other racecar models

I like this a lot. Have wanted to do one of these for a longtime but you beat me to it. Well done.

I have a lot of experience to subscribing to magazines in general that cease publication and that includes a number of car modelling magazines. I sent my money in to subscribe to Plastic Fanatic just before it ceased publication but was very impressed when Gregg told me he would honor my subscription to the new Model Cars magazine. I have been a subscriber since issue #1 and will support Model Cars magazine and this forum for as long as I can. I have to admit I have not warmed up to digital magazines but maybe one day I will have to.

Excellent in all respects. An absolutely fantastic model.

In addition to your very impressive scale up you have built a beautifully built model of an interesting and historic car

Thanks Tim and thanks Round-2. I thought this might never happen I so created my own full bumper to build a Chaparral Trans Am but will definitely buy one of these just because,