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I got this Lindberg/Model King kit today as a early Birthday Present. It looks very nice kit to me and I bet it can be turned out very nice. With my skills, the end result won't be perfect, but I'm trying my best with it. I started building today. When I test fitted the kit tires (What I always do first), I realized that they are way too small. But luckily, the solution was easy- I have few packs of Plastic Performance Products' NASCAR tires and wheels, bought from Daytona Beach, Florida. Just next to the Speedway! So I decided to go with them this time. Also I started the bodywork, a little sanding was required, but not too much anyway. There were only four mold lines, what were easy to remove. Then I sprayed some primer on it. Tomorrow we can see if I can already paint the body... Also I painted all engine parts, tomorrow will start assembling! This Is The Starting Point. The Tires Are Really Nice. Original Tire From The Kit On The Left, PPP Tire on The Right. PPP Wheels And Tires Together.

Wow, I've had two of those Dodge 330 kits. They didn't have any problems with the body. The kit looks very nice, and it's already on the bench !

As an Early Birthday present Lindberg/Model King '64 Plymouth Belvedere Stock Car. Also I got one sheet of BMF, so I can get the Hudson done.

Thanks! Your Corvette looks very clean too, excellent job. Thanks for hosting this CBP, it was alot of fun. Sorry to hear that you can't make the Dart done, it was very interesting. Hopefully we'll see it finished later. My Under Glass-thread can be found Here. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67165

Wow Thanx for the Comments everyone !!! I'm very happy about how it turned out, too. It was fun build and I must give credit to AMT of very nicely done Model Kit. Now to finish Pro Stock Cuda and '53 Hudson Hornet.

As said in the CBP topic, this is absolutely one of the Coolest '57 Fords I've ever seen. The stance is just perfect, and I like the scoop hood. Nice job with cutting those rear wheel openings also.

Beautiful 'Vette. I like the paint job and color a lot. Nice detailing too, it is nice to see Corvettes in Cannonball Race, too since it's "The Only American's Authentic Sports Car". Good Job.

That's sweet! I like those colors a lot! You did fantastic job with it, nice paint and detail. Stance looks good too, I'm a huge fan of Gassers.

Is it true that there would be a NASCAR Racer made from new Chevy Camaro? I read it somewhere, but I'm not sure if it's true or not? Maybe someone in here knows better? That looks quite mean to me. Hopefully someone Is releasing a kit, Diecast, prepainted or anything model-related of these new cars.

Snow plowing! It has been snowing two days now, and there is pretty much of that white-stuff now... If it keeps on Snowing, I might have to put my 1:1 toy in a side for a while, but if they can get those snow plowing trucks moving, then I can continue driving with this one:

Yes they are. Have you tried to contact Email adress raurata@yahoo.com? It should work just fine, Tapani is very nice guy to deal with. Bodies are excellent quality too, even if they might be a little pricey, but totally worth it, IMO.

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This was built to the Cannonball Rally Community Build. I started from AMT kit which was really great quality, the plan was make a simple and clean Race Car with just simple racing numbers and nothing special in the engine or interior, a bit like those Old Stock Cars were. Engine is pretty much out of the box, except added details and those Aftermarket Air Cleaners. It went together very well, no any kinds of problems. I tried to paint it pretty much Factory Colors so the engine builders haven't made their own color decisions. Interior is very good quality straight from the box, so I added only a Tachometer there. Of course the Cable or whatever it is called (It's Mechanical!) is added. Interior is painted with Humbroll Radome Tan, dashboard is black and white with silver details, and I used some BMF for the Door Panels. Chassis simulates the Red Oxide primer and white overspray, except for brake lines, it's box stock. Body is painted with spray can and clearcoated & Polished. It turned out quite good. Nothing special in the Final Assembly, it went together pretty nicely, even if some people has complained about the fit issues. Only problem was the Passenger's side taillight bezel, but otherwise I found no problems. Once the body was on the chassis, I detailed the engine bay a bit more with Battery Cables and other important wiring and plumbing. Water hoses are rubber too, and I wired those Horns also. I won't bore you to death (If I didn't do it already) with my bad English, so onto the pictures!

Heh, that's exactly what I was thinking on the Morning! THE CHRYSLER IS FINISHED!!!! I'm very happy to get it done by the Deadline. I will start writing the Under Glass post in few hours time, then you get some more information about the final assembly and that kind of stuff. This was alot of fun, and even if my Chrysler is far away from the best builds in here, I'm happy with it. I had to blur one Teaser-shot. I will insert a link to this post when Under Glass post is made.

That Challenger looks especially cool. I haven't seen many of these New Muscle Cars being built as Drag Racers, which is a shame because they're very potential QuarterMilers. I'm building '10 Mustang Super Stocker myself, and I'm going to build the new Copo Camaro and Drag Pack Challenger once I get few current WIPs finished. So, yours look excellent and very clean.

Well THAT's cool! Excellent, perfect stance and very nice tire choice. I like those rear wheel openings on the body and scoop turned out very nice. That's fantastic!

Very interesting builds you have, and they look good! One little tip for the pictures. Not to be a nitpicker or anything, these are just so interesting and so nicely done (From what I can see) that I'd like to see sharp pics. If you're using a cell phone for the pics, one way is to take pictures from longer distance and then use Cropping-feacture which can be found for example from Photobucket.com. Or then go outside where is alot light, then it doesn't matter very much if you have a Cell Phone or real camera. If you use camera, use Super Macro-feacture. That's marked by a flower to some button, takes very sharp pictures. Hope it helps. As I said earlier, all of your builds look very good and interesting! More, please.

Very Nice builds, both of them! Nice details on the engine and beautiful paint jobs. Nice job with the decaling, too. Excellent job.

Sorry to hear that, Billy. I hope it turns out good though. A small update of my Chrysler. The engine bay is slowly getting there, still some more work to do, but I managed to get the battery on place, cables are by Scale Dreams and those battery connectors (?) are by Detail Master I guess. All other wires are Scale Dreams too, except water hoses what are electric wires from my parts box. The grille is installed too, and I painted those Headlight bezels (?) white. Should be done by tomorrow, all parts are painted. Just needs to throw it together.

Thanx Dave! Sorry it has been a while since the latest update... I've been working hard with the '57 Chrysler at Cannonball Rally CBP, but it must be done tomorrow, so I'm finally moving my attention back to this one. Another slowing thing that has been on my way last two days, is that it has been snowing pretty hard outside, and I've been playing with an 1:1 scale toy. Very fun to go sideways with it. Anyway, I was able to put some more bondo to the chassis, sand it smooth, spray another coat of primer and then it looked smooth enough to be covered with paint! Since this is a Stocker, I could paint it black, but I wanted to paint it just like factory did, so the owner has painted Red Oxide primer and body colored overspray for the chassis. This is where I am at now: Sorry the paint is still wet in the picture.

That turned out very nice! The paint looks excellent, I do like the body modifications too. Great detailing and very cleanly done.

This is your solution, if that Blower hat is really what you're looking for this project. Nice job with the body, I like the paint scheme. Those rivets turned out great. Interesting build, I remember building this kit too and it was alot of fun even if it was quite hard to get together (with my skills maybe 5 years ago ). Yours is looking good!

That sounds like very good news to me. It's a shame that we don't have NASCAR series here, or it doesn't come even from TV. What engine does that Truck Have? It sounds very weird to me.

This looks very good to me nice job with the Cowl hood, and paint job looks really smooth and shiny too. Chute details are very nice, excellent build.

Air-Trax doesn't have a website. Maybe the easiest way is to send Email to Tapani Rauramo: raurata(at)yahoo(dot)com. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26136&hl=air-trax&st=0