mrmike

It is unfortunate that this has become a "spec" series. The body is carbon fiber, no grilles or lamps, just decals, the engine is from who knows were. There was a time when the car they had raced, you could go down to the showroom and buy an almost carbon copy of the same car. Yes, times have changed and I remember the "good ol' days" when racing was real and very dangerous!

Thank you guys! I had been thinking about not watching NASCAR long before Dale Earnhardt died and that was the reason to push me over the edge. The Car of Tomorrow seemed like a flash in the pan for me. Another reason not to watch NASCAR anymore! I might watch again if they gp back to the Body In White concept which is a stock shaped body taken from the production line and is made into a race car.

This is my Bill Elliott Dodge Intrepid. It is painted with Model Master Red with a grey interior and built OOB. I built this back in 2000 and I stopped watching NASCAR on February 18, 2001 when Dale Earnhardt died.

When I rebuilt my Volvo 760, I lowered the suspensioin the hard way by shortening the front cross member and springs. The rear required more work and a lot of shortening of the center differential and springs along with the triangular strut. The result was a Volvo 760 without the 4X4 look.

Looks great! Definitely different from mine. It took me a while, but I figured a way to lower mine so it didn't look like a 4X4!

I built that kit and I thought it was fine for assembly. But, the floor pan where it meets the frame needs some work to hide the mounting tabs like Tom Geiger had pointed out.

I thought that the Delahaye was a turd! It didn't have the smoothness of the real Delahaye. He expects people to pony up big bucks for their creativity and that is a very small market which will dry up fast. Besides, I only watch it for Constance Nunes!

Thanks Carl, Anton and David! I was starting to wonder if my can of Model Master paint would spray at all. The can had started to leak a little and I didn't notice it when I bought the can a couple of weeks ago. It sprayed and I should be happy that it did.

Tamiya TS-67 IJN Gray. It's a shade darker than what I really wanted. but I do like it.

The Story As McNally drives home, his cellphone rings and he answers a call from Sgt. Det. Bolanden of the Internal Affairs Bureau and he is investigating Det. Darvell's arrest of McNally. He tells the Sergeant that he was out of town all day and how he was treated without being told of his Miranda Rights. Bolanden asks were he was at the time of the murder and McNally was out on Route 2 having left his ex-partner's wife home out in Templeton, MA and he was headed towards Boston and that his ex-partner was deceased. Sgt. Det. Bolanden remembers the funeral for Det. Daniel Carlisle. He tells Sgt. Det. Bolanden that Det. Darvell probably didn't investigate any crime and arrested McNally because he doesn't like him since he is friends with Lt. Det. Adam Troy. McNally is asked why Det. Darvell dislikes him so much and the Boston PI suspects that it is jealously on Darvell's behalf Sgt. Det. Bolanden thanks McNally for talking with him. The Build I painted and detailed the interior and assembled it today during the Classic Plastic Model Club Build-A-Thon. While the paint booth was up and running, I painted the Impala SS body with Model Master Plymouth Prowler Purple Metallic. McNally will return...

Excellent job, Bill! Looks far better than the one I built many moons ago. Must be a good thing that I don't have any pictures of it!

Looks very different from my Volvo 760 GLE. But, mine is not modified like yours is! Good job!

I'm interested in seeing this painting process and I would like to see more. Here's a picture of my latest '68 Charger R/T painted with Tamiya TS-54 Light Blue Metallic that I recently finished. I started this build 4 years ago.

The Story Lt. Det. Troy had finally had enough of Det. Steven Darvell's poor investigative skills and he called the Internal Affairs Bureau. He knew this would make Darvell very unhappy with him, but the poor investigation or lack thereof, was more than he could take. Sgt. Det. William Bolanden arrives and asks for Lt. Det. Troy and Darvell points to Adam sitting in his office. After 10 minutes of talking, Sgt. Bolanden takes Darvell into an interview room to discuss the matter at hand...Darvell's poor performance on the job. After the interview, they walk out of the interview room and Darvell is angry, and very hungry as he had missed his supper and Lt. Det. Troy had already left for the day. He walks back to his small desk and he puts on his coat and his wants to throw the Procedure and Policy Manual in the trash that Lt. Troy had given him, but he tucks it under his arm and leaves the Squad Room heading to a chicken joint for a bucket of chicken and a package store for a rack of beer. The Build I had to stop at the local hobby shop for some paint and I found a can of Tamiya Grey that I liked for the interior and a can of Plymouth Prowler Purple Metallic that looks close to the Maroon Metallic that I want on the Impala SS. I swore that I would never buy any purple since it is not one of my favorite colors. Maybe my tastes are changing as I grow older... McNally will return...

Thanks Anton!

Just as I had suspected! The decal sheet is bigger with so much more content! I think that Revell would understand that issuing the same kit in the same areas of sales would be far less expensive than creating the same kit in different packaging with less content. Thank you Stu for the picture of the decal sheet!

Thanks Carl and David!

I wasn't sure what color I wanted to use until i spotted this color in the paint can drawer. I'm glad I found it!

That shifter is actually from a Mopar! And, the tire direction are probably all backwards thanks to the tire design.

Thanks David! Check out the chassis pictures. The Story McNally decides to investigate his late client and maybe a clue will find him. He talks with Jonathan Trenton's family and friends and they tell him how Jonathan's ex-wife Carla had falsely put him through the ringer in court. McNally then talks to one of Carla's ex-girlfriends who tells him that Carla wanted more than what Jonathan could ever give her as far as money and the house was concerned. All this talk really moved the Boston PI closer to finding the person responsible, but there was no real evidence to support it. If he had found the responsible party, his accusations wouldn't hold up in court without proper evidence in hand. The Build The chassis is nearly complete. I just need to add the rear shocks when they are dry and insert the body and interior. I want a true '96 Impala SS and I found a shifter for the console and painted it flat black. These old Impala SS had the shifter on the steering column and in 1996, Chevrolet put the shifter on the console. This shifter will be added before the interior and chassis meet up with the body. McNally will return...

Thanks Carl!

Thanks Ryan and Bob! I am trying to replicate the factory Dark Cherry Metallic color. I was thinking about other colors, but pictures from my research convinced me to try replicating the Dark Cherry Metallic.

Thanks Bob! The seat does look a lot better since I had painted it. Since I had wet sanded the paint and I burned through several areas, I thought it would be best to paint the entire car instead of trying to touchup all the spots. More Plymouth to come...

The Story ADA Scotson knocks on Lt. Det. Troy's door and he waves her in. She wants to know of the detective's name who messed up the arrest. Lt. Det. Troy says no name since it could possibly affect the outcome of future court cases that detective has. The ADA says she could figure out the detective's name and Adam says again, no name. She leaves his office in a huff! Since McNally is driving around in a car supplied to him by his buddy Vic, he needs to find out the person framing him in a hurry and return the car to Vic in one piece. Vic had asked about the Smith & Wesson Model 500 .50 Caliber handgun and where did he find it? It was hidden by an arms dealer that McNally helped bust several years ago with the ATF. The Build I sprayed the body and hood with Tamiya Light Grey Primer and the wheels got a couple coats of Testors Dull Coat lacquer. McNally will return...

One of the things I neglected to do was a split in the seat back. I removed the seat from the interior, got out the razor saw and started hacking away at the seat back. This is a combination of measuring and eyeball engineering. It came out fairly good, but the cuts were off slightly. I cut the seatbacks far enough to insert two pieces of 0.20 sheet styrene side-by-side with a slight gap between them. Hopefully, when the seat is painted, the errors of my cuts will not be seen. More Plymouth to come...