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You nailed this one. I like the look, it's so nice and so clean, just like it would be if GM did one. The originality of '70 Chevelle is still there, but it is a modern car. If this could be bought as a Resin Kit, I'd get one for sure and build it as Super Stocker, to compete against Mustangs and Challengers.

Heh, I do remember when I bought my Jo-Han AMC Javelin kit. It was still sealed too, and when I opened the box, my whole room smelled like the '70s air that came out. I'm also with you guys, I'm a Model Builder, not a collector. Nice work so far. I really like the color you went with, paint job looks really nice also. Smooth Foiling, I will keep watching this one for sure.

Great work on the Camaro! You know I really like the subject, nothing beats Stockers. Nice paint work too. I agree with the others that the garage on the background really looks good also. Great work.

Thanks Ray and Joe! :lol: This gave me a hard laugh! Today my plan is to get the engine painted. I also need to build another Ladder bar. Hope to have more pics in a couple of days. Stay tuned.

WOW is all I can say. The brake lines look so clean and nice, just like real car has them. Luckily they are much more fun to do on model than real car... Nice work!

Thanks Chris!! I have been thinking about painting it Metallic Green with gold frame and rear steelies. And then the car's name which will be "No Big Thing" would be on the doors and it would be gold too. The name is because of the car's size.

Thanks, Chris, Matti and Darryl! I really appreciate your kind comments. Thanks! The 409 is much better than Hemi I guess. I like seeing different engine combinations, so that's why it is a great idea. Also because I'm 409 Fan, that makes sense too. Well I scratchbuilt the Front Axle from styrene tubing. It is a very simple straight tube just like in the Early Gassers. That Leaf Spring is taken from old Corvette rear axle. I scratchbuilt the spindles that connect those wheels and the axle from sheet silver and brass. Here are a few pictures of a Mock Up which shows what the final stance will be. Now I will move on and build another Ladder Bar and then I need to make some steering linkages etc for the Front Axle too.

Oh yeah, that is a good point, too! I can't wait to see this one, the Headers will look killer when they are coming out of the wheel wells. Keep up the good work.

Then I sprayed the body with Maston White paint straight from the Spray Can. It turned out pretty good, and my plan was to do BMF and Decals both before clear coating. We'll see how that turns out in the future, I haven't cleared the body yet, but I have assembled BMF and decals....Pics of them coming later, though. I also put BMF to the Dashboard that I had painted earlier. I also installed the kit decals on it, and they fit really nicely. Also I added some decals to the engine.

Would this one qualify? And this:

Wow, this turned out fantastic! Everything is so nicely executed on this one, that I don't know what should I say about it. Really nice build with incredible detailing is only thing that comes to my mind...WOW!

This is going to be really cool build! I like how the body looks on that frame, and that Gremlin is pretty cool also. Maybe moving the engine a bit backwards would make it look even better? But then again, it's not bad like that either.

Wow, your work really shows! The chassis could be real in natural environment, it sure looks real in those pics too! The combination of painted frame and completed rear axle is stunning...WOW is not enough to tell how nice it looks, but that's all that comes to my mind. Great work, as always.

Instead of complaining for ten pages in the Car Kit Reviews - section, you decided to do what was needed to get the body right! And that's something I really like. You did great work with the modification also, and it sure looks better, even if I didn't see what was wrong with the original kit body. But now I see that yours look much better. Great job, I'll be following this one for sure.

But that is the problem. They don't tell that what the intake manifold/carburetor setup is on the lower HP models. I don't want to install Long Ram Intake on my Phoenix. I found that same text too before, but it didn't help enough.

I'm starting to build a '61 Dodge Phoenix Stocker, but I need info on the 413 engine. There are different HP versions of that engine, and I can see that the 375 HP engine comes with Long Ram intake manifold. That is something I don't want to use on my build. So what kind of intake manifold comes with the 350HP version, or other lower HP versions of that engine? I've spent over one hour on different pages, forums and Google, but I have found no help. I hope some Mopar experts on here can help the Chevy Guy out of this problem.

You mean the door lines / panel lines between the door and rest of the body? If so, I was in the same trouble while ago, when a friend of mine showed me Tamiya's Panel Line Accent colors. They are great with a sharp brush on the Bottle Top. Just dip it in the liquid and touch the panel line, it will make nice and smooth black washes for them. It is also available in different colors, but black has worked me very nicely.

It's Marko Piironen who is casting these, but haven't seen them yet on public sale. I saw that Modelhaus does offer the same set in resin too, but he decided to cast own kit because he needs a few of these for a Junkyard diorama or something and it is also good way to learn resin casting. Looks like those Promo Models are not that expensive either, that might be a good basis for a project too. But for me, this is great place to learn using Alclad for chrome. Looks like '64 Dodge 330 chassis fits with only a little fine tuning.

Thanks Clyde, it means a lot! Okay next up was the bodywork. Looking on the decal sheet, I noticed Chrysler textes and pair of 300 Emblems there, so I decided to sand these letterings away from the body, to get the decals fit on those places better. I used some putty to smooth those places out. But the real pain was to get rid of the Mold Lines. Especially those what go on the side of that roof, were really hard to hide. A few times of putty didn't work, but luckily I managed to smooth them out with some bondo that's used on car bodies. Then I sprayed the final white primer over that grey primer.

Thanks Ray! I hope to get a leaf spring done for the front end today. I will go with one spring that is fitted like in those Ford Model A's. When I have that one done, I can scratchbuild the Front Axle from brass.

WOW!!! Now we have some paint on it and it looks great!!! Nice work with the painting, and since you did the sanding and putty work really well, I bet there will be no flaws or mistakes in the paint. You're doing excellent work, as always, I can't wait to see more of this one!

This is nice! Nice paint work, looks like your test turned out very well. Also the clean assembly looks very good, no gaps or anything between parts. Nice job, and I like the body style a lot too, since it's the same as '74 Chevelle, which is sitting down in the garage. But anyway, you did a great job.

Sad to hear that Joe. It would have been really fun to see what you can do with this build. But I'm really looking forward to your 1/16th scale build also, I know you will do great work with it.

A friend of mine, who casts steelie wheels, Slot Mags and Turbine Wheels oh and Centerlines too in resin, bought '61 Dodge Phoenix promo last year. While he decided to learn casting car bodies, and now I have one '61 Phoenix Resin body on my hands. The kit is complete with only tires missing, but because the chassis is promo style, I didn't take that one with me because I will install a chassis from Lindberg '64 Dodge in here. Great work with the casting, it's very clean and nice! All pictures can be seen from my Fotki Album: '61 Dodge Phoenix.

I don't stop here Trucks section so often, even if I've always liked American Trucks and Tractors. This one shows that I need to stop here more often, Fantastic work! So nice and so clean, congrats on a fine build. Especially I like when it's not weathered too much, nice work!