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And here's a picture of the 1:1 Car.

Thanks Dale, you're too kind. Actually I'm not completely happy about how they end, but hopefully the collectors will help. Otherwise I think they turned out good. Great job on the Hudson, Chuck! I don't know if I like the pink on it or not, but it fits perfectly to Pro Street car especially with the '80s graphics it would stand out. Nice work! Before I get more solder for the other Header, I decided to start thinking of building another one. I bought Jimmy Flintstones' '66 Nova Sedan Delivery body, and it will be turned into Jeg Coughlin's car. I need to open the side windows on it, but otherwise I hope the conversion will be quite easy. I need to buy one '66 Nova ProStreet by AMT to use as a basis, but before that I test fitted the chassis from my dad's kit...

Very nice work as always, Chris! Looks like it doesn't matter what do you build, you do it perfectly! That interior is sweet, those colors fit perfectly together. I can't wait to see more.

A little update for the Torino. I clear coated the Hood and it turned out pretty good. It is wet in the picture, and now it's not that shiny, but pretty shiny and smooth anyway. I will polish the body parts next week, I guess. Also I removed all unnecessary stuff from the Fan Belt system, so now there is only one belt from Engine to Alternator. I test fitted that on place, and everything fits. I need to make a bracket for the Alternator before I can install anything. Also the Shifter got the red LineLock switch on it. Still I need to wire it.

I like the shine that Enamel paint makes when used correctly. Just like in here. Great work. The color fits well to this kind of body, and I like the car too. Gotta get me one of these kits.

Wow I've been totally amazed since the start of this build. You are doing so fine job on the little details, as usual. The trunk looks incredible and so does the engine. You do the Weathering perfect way also, I gotta learn something like that. I've maybe asked this before, but what do you use for the weathering? I was wondering about the engine angle too, but actually it doesn't look bad like that either.

Always when I see a topic in Under Glass and it's written by Túlio Lazzaroni, I can imagine something spectacular coming up when I open the thread, but still I'm every time really impressed and I need to go and get my jaw from the floor every time. Really nice work with the paint, foil and detail. Nice and clean Model. And all that matters, is that the builder likes his/her own builds, so I say you should keep leaving the screws and plated Headlights on their places on future builds, too.

Well today we got some Interior Work. I glued the Bench Seat halves together, and then I started wondering that how much of the seam I need to fill with bondo. Many times there goes some kind of a seam on the Upholstery too, so I don't fill away something that doesn't need to be filled. And After some Google Searching, I came across this picture, and I could fill the correct part from that seam away. Then I masked the Carpet away from the interior, so I could paint the sheetmetal parts with primer, and then Gloss White. Once those were dry, I masked them and sprayed some Flat Black for the carpet and Flocked that area. A little paint came off from the other wheel well as you can see, but I fixed that later. At the same time, I painted the underside of the same part Flat Black right after I had sanded the Molded In letters away.

Here's one kit to be added. It's my favorite Studebaker kit, the chassis can be installed under many different bodies, like I did on my Simca build.

Thanks Bruce, and yes I agree with you on the kit quality. I can't wait to see the Moebius Models Ford Pickups once they come out. The quality on them will be top notch too, I believe. Now the engine is painted. I used Maston Silver from Spray Can and then Gold for the valve covers. I painted the black parts of the Covers by brush. Ingnition coil got some black paint on it, also. So far I have found no problems with the assembly. And when I decided to glue those Carburetor-parts together, I found out that (At least in my kit) the Instructions have a mistake. The Instructions show, that Lower Carburetor is number 51, and Upper 50 but actually they are just other way, so that 50 would be Lower Carburetor and 51 Upper Carburetor. And then I primered the Wheels.

Great work again, and I'm really happy to see an update on this build. It looks excellent to me, the paint turned out very nice and I like the little details, just like the Exhaust Manifold as Wire Cover. When you get it done, let's go racing?!

I would like to see a Stock Willys Coupe - or a Pickup too. Gassers are very nice, but that would definately be worth buying. A guy here in Finland built Factory Stock '41 Willys. He started the build from Revell Stone, Woods and Cook Willys Gasser. The body, dashboard, Headlights, grille, little parts of front axle and frame as well as Radiator were used from the kit. From the body, Firewall and rear fenders needed to be changed. Engine is from AMT's "Hogans Heroes" Jeep kit. A lot of scratchbuilding was done in the chassis and interior area, too. The same guy is building also '41 Willys Half Ton Pickup.

Yep, the kit is really nice and great subject too. I still need to buy that Stock Version of this kit, since I thought that I want to build this one first before it's sold out as I missed the Tim Flock Hudson once it came out. Luckily they released that Fabulous Hudson Hornet later, and now I have one Stock Car Hornet on my stash too. Here is the engine in primer. I sanded the putties smooth and did some test fitting with the parts. Everything was fitting perfectly, so I decided to go ahead and shoot some primer on it. The engine block will be silver with gold Valve Covers, as the reference pictures show. Here is a closeup shot of the Timing Chain Cover / Water Pump part and Valve cover. Really nice Mold Quality.

Thanks Leo, Bernard and Rob! I really appreciate the kind words. Revell has made excellent job on this kit. I have found no bigger fit issues so far, and parts are very nicely detailed. That makes builder's job much easier, and I'm having a lot of fun with this kit. Maybe that means that I need to get another one at some point. Or then I'll just buy the AMT '62 Bel Air Super Stocker as a donor kit for building Ronnie Sox's '63 Impala Z11 Super Stock.

Great looking Vega! I've always liked these GM H-Bodies and I have to agree with Walter that this is absolutely my favorite era of Pro Stock. Nice job on the model, it looks incredibly real to me! Nice work.

Thanks Michael! I used paint and clear by Maston, which makes good quality paints that are not designed only for Model Kits or anything else, but they are meant to be used for whatever the buyer wants. Those can be found from the hardware stores. I don't know if there are Maston paints in the USA though. But these work well, I've painted whole lot different kinds of things with these paints.

I got some clear over the body Today. I hope it looks good after the clear coat is completely dry, but at least I liked it as wet. Now I will let it dry properly before I will start polishing it, but on the meanwhile, there is some engine and chassis detailing to do...

The Cylinder Heads Needed some Cleanup... Much Better: Then I sanded the Engine Block from that area, so the Heads will fit nicely. Okay, I have done more work on this one than showed here. But I think it's not a good WIP-Thread if I post all at once. I'll continue tomorrow with some more progress....

I decided I should post a little WIP on this car I have worked on for a while. It's the new Moebius Models kit of Stock Car Chrysler and it's top notch quality. Even if I knew the kit will be super nice, I was really suprised when I opened the box, Fantastic quality kit. Especially I like the Chrome parts in these Moebius Models kits, they are really nice and smooth. Well anyway, I started from the Engine. Those Engine Halves fitted really nicely together and only little putty was needed. Actually it would have been possible to do this job without putty, but I thought that was the easiest way to remove that seam. Also I removed those huge Mold Trashes or what they are called from Cylinder Heads and sanded the Engine block smooth where those heads will be attached. The Kit: The Chrome Parts are really nice: Oh well, to the Build Progress... Here are the Engine Block Halves glued together and seams filled with putty. Waiting for sanding.

I think it's funny when there is no kit of '90 Mustang LX Coupe and many modelers want one and they are not happy about the thing that no one has made one. Then Revell accounces that they will be making one. When it's out and in the stores, the modelers that were really interested in it and who had no '90 Mustang LX Coupe, then they start complaining about the inaccurate body shapes, and someone who wanted the kit, maybe just don't buy it because of that. Not just the Mustang, but it's the same thing with other kits too. I have to say, that even if it might not be 100% accurate, I'm very happy that we have a nice kit of '90 Mustang LX Coupe. And the fact is, that most people see no difference between the Model or the Real thing. Not saying that there should be no criticism, I just find it funny. I'm going to buy one and make it as Stock Eliminator Drag Car even if it had the Chopped roof. Please continue.

Thanks Kerry, Brett, Jim and Chris! All of the nice words are appreciated. I got the interior pretty much done. I started by painting the Steering Wheel and steering column white. Then I Detail-painted the Steering wheel with silver and black and painted the Turn signal switch on the Steering Column too. Also I completed the Seat Belts. That joint in the middle is made from sheet styrene. Shifter is glued on, but I had a little problems with the decal on it. I still need to do some adjustments to get it fit. Then I just installed everything together and this is how it looks. Still I need to add Tachometer, but otherwise the interior is pretty much done. And one more:

I have used The Detailer's Black Wash. It works great for me and with one bottle, you'll do many black washes! This fits for the interior, grilles, chassis or whatever you need to black wash. They do have it in different colors, too but all I have tried is black.

That's a great looking Ford! I like how the color fits on those body lines and you nailed the stance. Very nice and clean work with the tire lettering also, are they decals? Great work.

Hey Dale and thanks! The Wagon body looks pretty good with the Pro Street Chassis too. The chassis is from AMT '66 Nova Pro Street. The Frame is stretched from the front end, and it's bit widened from the sides too. Then I added that small piece of styrene to the back, so now it fits pretty good. Other things were done by previous owner, I just did some cleanup for them. Thanks Al! Yes, I haven't seen many of these being built (What A Suprise !). I'm still not sure about the White Walls either, since I do have some Hoosiers and other Frontrunners... Lets see what tires I end up with... Well I got the other Header pretty much done. I have built a few Headers before, and I've always used solder. It's easy to bend to shape and it's possible to bend it back if it goes too much. I started by making the Header Flanges. They are made from Sheet Styrene and the headers cover them completely, so I wasn't too scared about even if they were not 100% perfect. The Headers were bent to shape and glued to place. I still need to make another one, but I ran out of solder so I must pick a new pack of it tomorrow. Collectors are still missing, too.

1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? Yes. 2) From whom? My Dad who was having a 20 year break from Model Building. I saw his '70 Chevelle SS and it didn't take long time before we went to Hobby Shop to pick my first kit, AMT '60 Starliner. Later I got my Dad back building models, too, and after that I have managed to get my Little Sister in Model Building too. 3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? Cars. 4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ? He worked, and still works in a company that sells Tractor and other Commercial Vehicle parts. 5) How old were you? I was 6 Years Old. 6) About what year was your introduction? 2002.