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Some kits have very light window trims, that can't be seen well after paint. If you spray clear coat on it, it makes Foiling even harder. At those points, I use BMF and then clear coat and polish, and on those Vintage NASCARS, where decals are installed over BMF, because polishing is impossible if I haven't clearcoated over decals. I think it doesn't make any difference if you BMF before or after clear coat, but I usually do mine after clear coat and polish.

Great, then I didn't miss anything. Now I have to go and subscribe the Magazine. The thing I had to do already a year ago, but somehow I forgot to do that.

Wow that's beautiful, as always! I like the Convertible uptop on it, and of course it's always nice to see a Blower sticking through the hood. Nice detailing, and I too like the opening gas cap. Great job.

This has been waiting for a while, but now it seems that it's back on the bench. It was real Stock Eliminator day today. We installed the Transmission and Engine to our 1:1 '74 Chevelle Stocker and then I continued working this one. Maybe the biggest problem was to find correct front tires, but the problem was solved when another Finnish Model Builder cast some Good Year Frontrunners in Resin. I bought four pairs of them, and one will be located in this one. Cleanup was very easy to do, and the wheels I was going to use, fitted perfectly on those tires. Also I painted the front Subframe, and actually all other chassis parts. Hope to have it on Four Wheels soon...

Woo Hoo, it looks fantastic! Especially those parts that install the Body Bracing to the actual Body are piece of art. I can't wait to see more of this, great job so far.

Great job, as always O.C. I like the subject a lot, and when the Model is built as nicely as this, it's one of my favorites. Nice job.

Enough HP?

Did this one get finished? Or did I just miss the final pictures (Wouldn't be impossible ). It looks so good, that I'd like to see the final pics if it is already done.

Thanks Bill! Yes, I knew those slicks were copies of some AMT kit's Tires, but had no clue which one. Now I know more again, thanks. And yes, those Front Tires are from Lindberg's '40 Ford.

Great to hear, Bill! Your start looks excellent, I can't wait to see more of it. The tires arrived today, so I have an update for my '40 Ford. These Tires are Very nice, and even if there is some cleanup required on the center seam, this Resin was really easy to work with and it took only few minutes to clean up. Then I cut those fender openings from the rear bit bigger. They are little rough on the pictures, because now everything is in MockUp stages. Parts fit fine, though so now I can finish them and start working on the axles. There is no rear axle on the pictures, because I must make the floor before I can start looking for a place where to install the axle. Front Axle is from Revell Ford Thames Gasser, but I noticed that it is not working in this build. I will probably scratchbuild a new one, it might be easier to do so than to start modifying that one I already have. With that axle, the front end would be too high. Here are The Tires as I got them: Front Tires will be taken from the Lindberg Kit, and wheels are bought from ModelExpress when it was still in business. I don't know where they are from, but I'm guessing somekind of early Funny Car kit? Rear wheels are also Resin cast parts: This is the stance I'm looking for:

Very nice Chevy II. Excellent finishing, and cleanly built. I like it. Since I have built the kit, too I have to take my hat (Which I actually don't have) off and congratulate you...The kit is not very good IMO. Are the Injector Stacks from the kit or Aftermarket?

Great News! I sent you a PM, I usually check my Email so rarely that I'd forgot to check it...

Wow nice collection, Richard! I really like them all, but somehow that '58 Chevy Pro Street just fits to my eye perfectly. Maybe it's because I'm building the same car as Pro Streeter with Blown 409 in it. But as I said, all of them are very nice.

The new Eye Candy is rolling in here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=72751 Again, the FreakShow turned out fantastic! I could never do that much bodywork that nicely, great job.

Woo Hoo, it looks excellent! Thanks Tom for making the Master and thanks Kevin for making it into production. I can't wait for the '74 once that comes out at some point. But in the meanwhile... Do you ship these to Finland? And what would be the price of that kit? I have to start saving my pennies.

Here are over 400 pages of Junior Stockers on The H.A.M.B. It should take a while to go through that whole thread, but it is very cool. I've been planning many Jr Stocker projects while going through that Topic, and I already have one '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery body waiting..... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201085 I have some of Mika's pictures from Bakersfield Nostalgic Drag Races from the '90s.... We just don't know how to scan them.

Great job with the frames, the paint is looking incredible. I'm taking notes on these, since I have that 1/25 Don Garlits' Rear Engine Dragster, which has quite similar engine and suspesion etc... The wheels and tires look very good too, they need to be 1:1 scale.

I'm building '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery Pro Street, and for that body, AMT '66 Nova ProStreet chassis fits. It needs to be a bit wider than original, and you will need to stretch the front frame and rear floor, but those are really easy to do modifications. I guess the chassis fits to AMT '58 Impala, too. Oh well I got AMT '58 Impala and that chassis, as well as Pro Sportsman chassis... I can do a test fit for you.

Okay this is just my opinion, and I'm sure there are better ways, but here's what I use. Glue: I use regular Super Glue what can be found from Hardware stores. Mine is made by Locktite, but I don't know what brands you have in the USA, so I can't say what is good and what isn't of those you have there. Rocket super glues work fine, too. These work for most of the parts I need to glue. And sometimes I glue parts on place with super glue, but then I make the glueing stronger with liquid glue. I use mainly Plastruct's Plastic Weld or Tamiya, but I've heard that Ambroid Proweld and Model Master works fine too. Sometimes I use Revell liquid glue also. For little chrome parts (Door Handles, Mirrors etc) and for glasses I use white glue because it dries invisible. Putty: I use Squadron Green and White putty for smaller places, basically if you don't make big body modifications, that is all you need. It shrinks if applied too thick, but that is not a problem when fixing the simple ejector marks etc. For body modifications and other stuff like that, I use Two Part Bondo that is used on 1:1 car bodies. It doesn't shrink, but it is harder to sand - Green and White putties are very easy to sand and that's why I like them so much. For interior flocking, I paint the interior floor with that color what the Flocking will be, and then I put the Flocking over wet paint. Once the paint is dry, I remove all unnecessary Flocking from it, and then it's ready for assembly. Hope it helps.

Oh I forgot that I had posted this kind of Topic in here, but I have some more. (There are more older pics, too. Watch them all if interested. ). But American Car Show 2013 pictures are here. First the Friday photos: Here are All Of Them: http://tapahtumakuvia.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2013/36th+FHRA+American+Car+Show+/Friday/ And Monday, when the cars rolled out from the Show: Link To All Of Them: http://tapahtumakuvia.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2013/36th+FHRA+American+Car+Show+/Monday/

Hey guys! I just got Revell's new '10 Camaro kit, and I will be building the new Copo Camaro from it. This thread will be both, for collecting reference pictures, and finding parts for the build, and later I will post the progress on here, too. My first step is to find Reference pictures. Here is my Reference-Albums on Fotki (http://public.fotki.com/ModelCarReference/reference-pics/chevrolet/2012-copo-camaro/ ), they are under construction, but all pics what I got of Copo Camaro, are there. If you have more pics, or find more pics of mainly the engine, interior and chassis, they would be greatly appreciated. And of course, where could I find these parts: 1. Blower. I'm going with 327 SBC and Blower on this one, but where could I get one. '07 Shelby Mustang has something that is pretty close, but how about some other kits, or resin parts? 2. The Hood. Is there resin part, or do I have to make that scoop from styrene? 3. Wheels. There might not be perfect ones, but as close as possible. Where I could find something similar, or then where could I start modifying? 4. Decals. They are quite simple, I could paint them too, but of course it would be easier if there would be complete set of them. There might be more parts I don't know where to get, I just don't remember all of them....All kind of help would be appreciated.

I had to try what I could do with these Picture-editing programs... And wow they are even harder to use than I thought! After a lot of swearing and many times of doing the same thing, I ended up from this: To This: It is not perfect, and actually far away from it. But the first time I tried using that program. The Impala is Chopped, I removed the inner Headlights and Hood Lettering. I will post more if I manage to make them.

Yes it seems to be! I smoothed the Ford's engine with putty. And while it was drying, I had to continue an old, stalled Gasser project of mine. It is '50 Austin Gasser by Revell. It will be built mainly OOB, with added details and engine swap, the Ford engine from the kit just didn't look good. And because I'm a Chevy guy myself, I think 427 BBC will handle this one well. It will be Hilborn Injected. The block is from Monogram 1/24 kits, not just sure which one. I glued the halves together, sanded the seams and then I filled few mold mistakes I found. Tomorrow I hope to get it primered. Also the kit's Frame didn't look very good. A lot of sanding, smoothing and work to do. It looks much better in picture than it really is.

Okay I thought it would be great time to get this one rolling. So it's my '69 Torino Talladega which will have Ford Big Block and ProCharger. Well since I guess those two brothers who are going to participate in the race will drive High speeds with this one, I figured out I should make a proper Roll Cage for this one. Luckily I had Polar Lights' Petty Torino, which is same year model than this one. I'm scratchbuilding a cage from Plastic tubing using that cage as basis. I Made some simple drawings of how to bend those tubes... Here's the start: This is where I am at right now: And I painted the engine block with primer. It needed only a bit sanding and smoothing before primer - but no putty or Bondo.