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I started on the body by adding the side markers. I used 4 shirt pins inserted into holes that I drilled with my pin vise and a small drill bit the size of the pin shaft. I painted the lenses with an amber and a red Sharpie. And, I couldn't resist a mockup! More Barracuda to come...

The Story McNally stops at the Police Station and PC Dunbarton issues him a Glock G19 9mm handgun with two clips, a box of bullets and a right hand draw holster. He checks out the pistol, loads a magazine and and he loads the gun. After informing him that the results of the blood samples haven't come back yet McNally thanks the Constable for the gun and he returns to the farm to continue working. Around 1:30 in the afternoon, he takes a break and drives into town to the diner for lunch. Agent Barchans walks in and he goes to the Boston PI and demands the gun. McNally refuses to turn the gun over to Barchans citing why he needs the gun and he asks why Barchans is not investigating the murder of McCann. Barchans again demands the gun and McNally tells him that the only way he'll get the gun is to pry it from his cold, dead fingers. Barchans snorts at McNally and he leaves the diner in a rage. An old patron of the diner goes over to McNally and tells him about Barchans visiting the township every year and throwing his weight around. He also tells McNally about a gold coin that McCann carried around with him and how it was supposed to bring him good luck. The Build I started detailing the Landy today by adding the grille and windows, painting the trim on the body sides and the rear. The interior is almost complete except for the dash which is still in the paintbooth. McNally will return...

Thanks John, John and Carl! You should have seen them before I cleaned them up! They were nasty!!!

The Story The knife found by McNally was tested and found to be the McCann murder weapon. It is late at night and McNally goes up to bed and he hears the sound of breaking glass downstairs. He pulls out of the closet a Remington double barrel shotgun, loads it and he goes downstairs very quietly and at the bottom of the stairs he flicks on the living room lights. A man rushes over to him and he attacks McNally and he runs off through the kitchen and out the back door. McNally gets up from the floor and he rushes outside and he fires both barrels of the shotgun at the attacker and he runs out towards the barn and it is dark out beyond the barn itself and he couldn't see the attacker. He calls PC Dunbarton who drives out to the Burrows Farm and he looks around with a flashlight and he finds blood on the ground. McNally had hit his target, but how bad was the hit? He tells McNally to stop at the Station in the morning and he will issue him a Glock G19 9mm pistol and he will deputize him to help find the killer and attacker. McNally is perfectly fine with that. The Build I have been painting and assembling the Landy. I assembled the interior floor, seats and shift levers. I painted and decaled the grille and mirrors and I assembled the front panel with the brake booster and air intake hose. McNally will return...

Thanks John! I hate to disappoint you, but the engine has been painted Hemi Orange instead of Chrysler Turquoise. The 383 engine is a high performance engine and we all know that those would most likely be painted Hemi Orange. This car would be a rebuilt car with parts coming from other Chrysler automobiles and from Chrysler themselves. It's going to be different, that's for sure!

Thanks Dann! I painted the Barracuda this afternoon with Model Master Bright Calypso Metallic Lacquer. I have to admit that the color looks pretty good! This is almost a perfect match to my '65 Coronet convertible that I plant on building someday. More Barracuda to come...

The Story The following day finds McNally checking the fields to make sure that the harvest has been picked and he sees a man walking through the eastern field. He calls out to the man and the man takes off running and McNally follows him in the Land Rover Series III LWB to the end of the road and the edge of the property. The man jumps the fence and he runs away into the forest. McNally tried to follow him and he lost the man in the forest. He returns to the SUV and he turns the Land Rover around and he starts to drive back to the main road of the fields and a glint caught his eye and he stops and backs up to the glint. The glint turns out to be a knife with a nearby scabbard and the knife has blood around the hilt of the handle and it was in the area of where the man was walking. He pulls out his cellphone and he calls PC Dunbarton to come out and look at his discovery. The PC picks up the knife and scabbard with gloved hands and he carefully places them in evidence bags and he will get them dusted for fingerprints and blood type. The Build I cleacoated the Land Rover with two coats of Testors Semi Gloss Clear. I wanted a Semi Gloss instead of a full gloss on the body. I have spent part of the morning masking the various parts of the Land Rover for Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I still have other parts to paint which is a little frustating to me since I like to paint all of my parts with one color and move on to the next color. Many of these parts have multiple colors on them. McNally will return...

This looks great Tony! If I didn't know better, I would say that you had borrowed some of my ideas from me. Like how to lower these Mustangs and changing the tires. But, that's okay!

I like what you have done with the Series III LWB and the Shorty Landy! I have built the Shorty Landy and the LWB is under consruction.

Good job! I like it! I built one myself last year.

Thanks Carl! It is close, but not 100% accurate. I do happen to like the color!

The Story McNally stops at the Police Station to talk with PC Dunbarton and he sees Agent Barchans talking to him. Barchans sees McNally walk into the Station and immediately questions why he is there and accuses him of interference in his case. McNally claims that he is only there to say hi and chat with the PC, but Barchans says no and for him to leave. McNally stands his ground and Barchans gets pissed at him while PC Dunbarton says that McNally will stay. Barchans is told to leave so Dunbarton can get some work done. The Build The Land Rover got a coat of Model Master Acryl Pale Green this morning. The first coat was mixed with some Acryl Thinner. The second coat was mixed with a little cheap Lacquer Thinner since I thought I was done with the color and I was going to clean the airbrush. More Land Rover to come...

Another coat of primer on the Challenger body to check my work. Looks like I need to do more sanding. These lines still doesn't look right. More NCIS to come...

I went back and used watered down Elmers Glue and the embossing powder stuck to it better than Mod Podge. I primered the body and body parts this afternoon and I found that I need to do more sanding and filling on the nose piece. I was anxious to see some paint on the Barracuda and I painted and detailed the taillight piece. Not bad! More Barracuda to come...

Thank you Tony! It's not perfect (just like me), but it is done and I'm happy with it.

This looks great, Jr! A nice and clean build!

As I said in a previous post, I can't afford to go out and buy another kit just for the chassis. To me, that is just ridiculous and a total waste of time, money and effort. I am using the kit chassis and it is assembled and looking decent. Thanks Bill! I have always liked the '68 Barracuda more than the '69 Barracuda. I never cared for the peaked hood and grille panel.

The chassis is perhaps the biggest letdown of this kit! Molded all wrong with the rear axle and the exhaust system and soft features. I can understand why other builders are using the AMT '71 Duster chassis or the Revell '68 Dart chassis instead. As an experiment, I used Mod Podge instead of waterdown Elmers glue to hold my embossing powder. Didn't work. I removed the embossing powder when I lightly rub my finger on it. I guess I should have used the Elmers instead. More Barracuda to come...

Thanks Carl and Bill! I am very much aware of Hart's Parts and I have ordered from them before. He has some really nice stuff and he does have a nice conversion kit for the '69 'Cuda. I choose to do most of this conversion on my own with just the resin hood from Modelhaas. Thanks for your interest!

Good looking Belvedere! Looking forward to more of this build!

Thanks Dann and David! That's just a reflection. I did a mockup to check on fit. So far, so good! I'm not too sure about the side panels I had used for the engine compartment. I may re-align them differently. I did a mockup of the interior and I am liking what I am seeing! More Barracuda to come...

Looks great Andrew! I built the same kit and was disppointed that the ESV wasn't in the box. I changed the wheels, increased the ride height and added dual exhaust tips to mine. I used 5 spoke wheels from Pegasus instead of the factory 6 spoke wheels which looked the same.

I detailed the chassis this morning and added the engine. If you look closely, you can see the engine mounts I made from square styrene stock. More Barracuda to come...

Thanks David! So far, the conversion is going well! I've been painting and detailing this afternoon. The interior and the seats got an initial coat of white primer and the instrument panel, console and the rear seat backcover got a coat of Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I'll paint the interior floor with the Semi Gloss Black followed by a generous coating of clear embossing powder. If the black paint doesn't cover the embossing powder, I'll paint over the powder with flat black paint and a brush. The chassis got a coat of grey primer followed by a coat of Model Master Bright Calypso Metallic. I drilled the body for side markers, although the holes are difficult to see. More Barracuda to come...

Other than some touchups and a few decals, the engine is done. This is a high performance 383 CID with a four barrel carb. A test fit in the chassis shows that some mods are necessary. More Barracuda to come...