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I have been planning to start a new ProMod build, and then I need to do a conversion from Factory Stock car body to ProMod body. So my question is, that do you usually narrow the body when building a Pro Mod, and if you do, how much? What other things I should know or what other "Typical Mistakes" there are?

I agree 100%. I have my first model too, built when I was 6 years old. It's AMT '60 Starliner, and I really like seeing the skills improve - just like in here. It's nice to look after 20 or so finished models how long way you have went. And hey, that looks really good, especially for the first one. Keep building!

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This Chevy Van was built from Revell's recent re-issue of Monogram's old kit. The kit was okay, though there was pretty much Mold flash and other cleanup to do. My plan was to build Chevy Van with '70s style but at the end I decided not to install some equipment like Side Pipes or other stuff like that. The build started when I bought those Turbine Wheels from a friend who cast them in resin. Very nice quality, so I had to install them somewhere. I thought this would be great body for them, so I fitted them on kit's tires. Body and chassis were painted Metallic Red from spray can. Then I clear coated them and body got some polishing. Chassis went together well, and I decided to keep that stance too that came when assembling chassis with kit parts. Interior was fairly simple, it was built with box stock parts, I only added seat belts and some painted details. Some BMF on the body and final assembly, which went well. If you have any questions, ask me and I'll try to answer. All kinds of comments are welcome.

WOW!!! That sure looks like wild ride! Cool car, thanks for posting, that must have been really nice to see on track. I finally have gotten the engine painted and I started the assembly too. I really like how it's coming together. I had to scratchbuild a small styrene-part to cover that little gap between Intake Manifold and the block. Now it sits nicely. Next....Throttle linkages. Now I'm doing finishing touches on my '77 Chevy Van. It will be posted in Under Glass in Trucks section at the latest tomorrow.

I agree with Dominik. Though I visit every Show/Contest I can, the most important thing for me is to see what other guys have built, get new tips, tricks or something. And I bring my models if someone likes to see them. Sometimes I win, that's nice, sometimes I don't, but that's not the thing I'm after. Of course it's fun to win something, but more fun is to meet friends and see other's builds.

Okay okay it is highly possible that none of you visit here, but in case you do, here are three that are located in Helsinki, Finland. 1.Tietonikkari 2. Ruoholahdenkatu 20, 00180 Helsinki 3.Good place to visit, lots of American Car Models and European / Japanese cars too. Also they sell RC and slot cars and RC & Slot Car parts, model paints, glues, tools and other stuff, some scratchbuilding materials and a couple of Finnish Hot Rod Magazines are also for sale there. Pricing is pretty good and really nice place to visit. 4. Tietonikkari.Fi _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Mallikauppa. 2. Hämeentie 19, 00500 Helsinki 3. Good shop for buying different kinds of scratchbuilding materials, for example different types of Evergreen and Plastruct products are for sale there. Also they have lots of paints and brass tubings, wood etc. There are not as many models as in Tietonikkari, but they do have some. Then there are lots of Railway parts & accessories. 4. Mallikauppa.Fi _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Hobby Point. 2. Fredrikinkatu 61, 00100 Helsinki 3. There is basically everything, for everyone. They have some models, but again not as much as Tietonikkari has, but lots of paints, tools, RC cars, parts etc. Then they have canvas and jewellery stuff, and metal wires etc that can be used for detailing. Worth visit, even if Car Modelers' part of the shop is small compared to the size of that whole store. 4. HobbyPoint.Fi

Great conversion, this is going to be cool build. I've always liked '57 Olds and you are doing very fine job in here.

More Pro Modifieds! Jari Parén's '63 Corvette. It has 762 Cid Fulton engine with NOS. I don't know the best ET for this one, though. And Tero Laukkanen who was mentioned in SPS category, has moved to ProMod. He has still that Twin Turbo Mustang. Those are the current drivers of Pro Mod. Though here are two cars that I haven't seen on track for a while. Seppo Saapola & '57 Chrysler 300. Really nice and fast car, 2006 he was Third at European Championship. If I remember correctly, 2009 was the last time when I saw him on track. And Tomi Pöntinen's Camaro.

WOW!!! This is great work, everything looks so nice! Only thing that comes to my mind is what Jason & The Scorchers say: "It Gets Good But It Don't Get Better Than This".

The easiest way I've found out is to use Tamiya's Panel Line Accent Color. Very easy to use and it's available in different colors. Great stuff, just touch the panel lines with the brush that is attached to the top of that bottle and the liquid goes nicely all around the panel line. Easy and gives good results, here's a Chevy Van where I just did the panel lines.

Woo Hoo the site is back Online, so here goes another update for my Chrysler build. Interior work this time. First the Turn Signal visor caught my attention, and not as a positive thing. That looked way too thick, so I cut it off and then I drilled a little hole for new, thinner visor. That is made from metal wire, but I didn't find a good looking knob for the visor, so I just had to paint it black from the end. Though I believe that it looks better than the original did, and I'm quite happy about it. Then I painted the Steering wheel as the reference pictures showed. And since I had now all of the interior parts painted and ready to be installed, I decided to throw the whole interior together. It went together really nicely, without any problems. Next step is to do some more detailing on it and a few touchups. I will post another update very soon, since I have done some more work done on it already.

And while Matti was taking great pictures at Ruukki PickNick, me and dad spent that weekend Drag Racing at Alastaro. We raced our '74 Chevelle Stocker, and complete Race Report can be found Here. Link To All Pictures.

As Shawn said, this is absolutely "Thinking Outside The Box". Great work creating very wild and unique Cobra, that Funny Car frame fits really nicely on that body. Congrats on really nice build.

That is really nice Cobra, I like seeing these and I'm building one of these myself too, great inspiration here. The brown fits very well on that body, actually much better than I thought before seeing the pictures. And your paint work is always impressive, it's smooth as glass and of course shiny too. Nice details and great overall look. Fine build.

Ouch, somehow I missed these pictures earlier. I'm glad to see them, since this Dodge Demon turned out fantastic! There are no any flaws or mistakes that hit to my eye, nice paint and detail work also. You do always great work, Roger and your build subjects are always great (Even if they are not Chevrolets )

Alan you read my mind. I thought exactly that same thing right away when I saw the pics. But as a Pro Stock, it will look very good too. Can't wait to see more.

Nice job with the Chevy, and you did a perfect engine choice! Great job with the engine detail and I like the look of that car, too. Just like those old Stockers. Great work, kinda reminds me of this.

Thanx Dave and John! I've been having a break from this one, the bodywork started to get a bit annoying, because after many primer coats, more putty and everything, the mold lines are still visible. I need to try another type of putty next, hope that works better....

Thanks guys, I was really suprised to see this topic on the top! The Dodge has been sitting in a box for a while now. I've been thinking of the chassis parts and how they fit. Maybe it'll be back on the bench soon.

Not my builds, but a couple of pictures of Marko Piironen's outstanding Junkyard Diorama.

That is Nasty...Oh I mean Nashty ! Great work as always, perfect paint job and detailing. I don't know what else to say...Great job. I will go and pick up my jaw, I guess it dropped again on the floor.

Another very cool and unique build from your bench! I like seeing how you build these, since you do very big body modifications, but at the end everything looks so nice and clean, just like they came from the factory like that. Bodywork is always done very well, just like here. Nice work.

At least you got something in there, a few of those southern Europe countries I've visited have had almost no American Cars, or at least I haven't seen them. Yeah, pics, sure! I'd really like to see them. Nice pics from Matti, too! The camera power sounds very typical...

Wow that is nice! Just the way I'm planning to build my Fiat Topolino Altered. You did great job with the weathering, that rust effect works perfectly, and it really has the look that it has been used a lot. I also like the class markings on the body, they look very authentic, how did you do them?