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Nice builds, the Double Dragster kit is great, even if it doesn't go as well together as some newer tooling kits. But the subjects are cool, and all parts are Nostalgic, which is really good. I like all of them, but especially that Altered with '32 (?) Ford body fits to my eye.

Fantastic Build, Darryl! I like the paint job on it. Overall look is great, those tires and everything fit nicely to Nova body. Especially I like the driver's side side window, which is half opened.

I find myself from the Drag Racing Models section of this forum, all of the great builds there (just like the Army Vega FC and John Teresi's Daytona PM). After few minutes of looking those outstanding builds, I'm already running back to the bench!

This is great looking Datsun! Wheels look bit too shiny, but otherwise I really like it. Nice paint and great decals. I like the stance too.

Oh, I would have known this one, but somehow I managed to miss it. Well, next time better.

This is going to be cool! Lots of work, but I'm sure you will do great job with this one. Start looks good already, actually I like the look of Sectioned Van.

You always manage to amaze me, this is another very nice build... And Traditional Truck & Trailer combination, which is always very cool.

I thought that there are not so many NASCAR kits before I visited Daytona Racing Souvenirs & Hobbies right next to the Daytona Speedway. There were maybe hundred(s) of different NASCAR kits. I was in trouble: Which one to buy. Oh and I'm really NASCAR and Jeff Gordon fan, it's a shame that we don't have NASCAR here in Finland.

Hey Kevin, thanks for the pics! I've been thinking of buying that kit, but now when we might see a Resin body of '74 Chevelle, I don't need it, actually. Looks like great kit, would be good basis for Stock '74 Chevelle body.

Some kits that I'd like to see made with new tooling and lots of parts. They're not in correct order. -'74 Chevelle with Chevy 350 and 454 engines, build Stock or Drag versions. - '79 Buick Skyhawk with Chevy 350. This would be 2 in 1 kit also with some Street/Race parts. - '73 Chevrolet Vega 2 in 1. With pretty much same parts as the '79 Skyhawk. - '67 Chevrolet Chevelle Pro Street with STOCK tail light panel. - '67 Chevy Camaro. 2 In 1 kit with SBC and BBC engines. - '32 Plymouth Roadster Hot Rod, just like Art Russell Plymouth (which is located in Finland, nowadays.) There would be more, alot more but these are few that just came to my mind.

Thanks guys for the kind comments! Ronald, your build sounds interesting too. I don't say anything about the body corrections, since I'm not an Mopar Expert, though. Todd: It's going to have 8/71 Blower with two Holley Dominators on it. More updates coming out later. I've been away from the bench for few days now, but I'm trying to get back building this one soon. Needs to do some more work for the chassis and interior, and of course look for engine parts.

I remember that a friend of mine had that kit some years ago, and it turned out into cool Gasser. Your start looks good. Are there two different bodies included in the kit, can't remember?

Sounds like great idea! We have many forum members here that I'd like to read more. Agreed, we have that kind of "column" in our Finnish magazine, which is for FCMA (Finnish Car Modelers Association) members, and it works fine. Of course our Magazine is much smaller than MCM is, but I like it.

Thanks for the comments everyone! Bart: I know I'm fan of "Home made, metal bodied DoorSlammers", and that's why I'm not making bigger body modifications for this one. I will convert hood and fenders to one bigger "fiberglass" part, like Flip Nose, but otherwise I'll keep the body Stock. Maybe it's bit unusual, but the way I like it. Here's one example: http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2012/FHRA/DefaFinals/Lauantai/MOP_9997.jpg Tyrone's Mustang looks awesome, as always! I'll shoot you a PM when I'm in trouble. Right now everything seems clear to me, but it will not take long time before I don't know what to do. Not much progress yet, I've started making the Turbochargers and intake manifold. Still bit more work needed, and then I can post an update. High school is slowing me down all the time, but I try to keep on workin'.

That pretty much shows my feelings! Fantastic!

It looks Great! You did very good job on this one, it really does look like new, bit updated version of The Bug. Great idea and very nicely done build. Needs to check out your new build too.

Looks fantastic, Wayne! The paint job is beautiful, nice smooth finish and great looking decals. Is that scoop going to be like that on finished model, or are you going to add some decals to it?

Piece of art... Already, even if it's still WIP. Everything looks so nice and clean, and realistic of course. As Ryan mentioned above, the primer looks very smooth, looks like good basis for paint coats.

Not all of them dry that slow. A little amount of Eri Keeper (the white glue what we have here in Finland) dries as fast as Liquid Glues that I've used. Anyway, needs to try that liquid glue to see, if it works better than the White Glue does.

The Basis For The Engine: And the valve covers. That's all for now, thanks for looking. I will keep you updated when I get something more done, but I think I have lots of motivation to get it rolling.

Here is the interior with Roll Cage: Here is the interior and frame test fitted together, and mocked up with the body. Fits nicely, and this is how the engine bay looks: Overall, it looks like this:

I haven't ever built Pro Modifieds, but I've been dreaming and planning to do one... And it's NOT this one, so there might be other one coming also... Today I got this '66 Ford Mustang Glue Bomb. Previous owner has started to build this one with Pro Sportsman Chevy Chassis. It's built very nicely, Mustang dashboard and door panels fit very nicely to place, roll cage fits nicely too. Also the wheelbase looks pretty good... Well, there's a lot to do, of course but because the basis was this good, I decided to make this for Pro Modified category. In Pro Modified, I think every engine variations, from Supercharged 526 Hemi to TwinTurbo and huge engine with NOS. Well, this will be with TwinTurbo set up, even if I said that I'm not going to build TwinTurbo car for a moment, because of the TwinTurboed Sleeper Chevelle: http://www.modelcars...showtopic=55959 With the Chevelle, there are a lot of clearance issues, because it's Sleeper, and it has to look like it. But this one is different, it hasn't to look original. Of course there will be clearance issues with this one too, I guess but not that big ones. Today I've been planning what to do with this, and for the engine I found one from Revell Pro Sportsman kits. It will have valve covers by Competition Resins, and pretty much scratchbuilt TwinTurbo set up. Okay, enough talking, here are the pictures. First here is the basis. This is everything what came with the Glue Bomb. This is great basis, the body is in very good shape, too and nothing has been painted, or at least everything is stripped off from the paint. Two Closeup shots of the body: Here is the modified Pro Sportsman Chassis. It has Mustang Door Panels, which is great.

Absolutely the Chevy 458 Cid. engine. That one on the left is way too modern engine for '50 Chevy Pickup.

White Glue works fine for me. It holds the parts well together, but everything can be taken apart. It works for plastic and metal parts, too.

That huge "hole" on the Cross Ram Intake needs to be filled. That's something what Jo-Han kit had, but 1:1 cars didn't.