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I thought this would be something related to Suicide King Studebaker. But I will be following your build very closely, never seen too many 1/25 Cadillacs.

Umm... I had absolutely no idea on this one... I was just looking Ferraris and Maseratis.

And last I had to do little putty work. Tomorrow I'll sand those putties smooth, and hopefully I can spray the first primer coat too. Thanks for looking, and stay tuned for more.

Engine will be 426 Hemi with Blower. I took this engine from my parts box, it's quite rough, but will be rebuilt completely. Luckily this engine is big enough to fill that giant engine bay of this car. I started filling that Metal Axle hole with styrene tube: Then I sanded this smooth, so oil pan can be installed, when the block is repainted.

I started building by removing all of the excess resin from the window openings, and the engine bay etc. I used this kind of tool which is shown in the picture below, very good tool and no need for cleaning things with sandpaper. Then I cut the front frame, and added some extra length for it with styrene rod. Needs some cleaning, but now it's correct shape from the front. I found correct front axle from my spare parts box. It's pretty close of actual Dodge 330 axle. Rear axle will be from Revell's Hemi Dart kit, but this is the rear axle for 440 version.

Just finished two builds in DragRacing Models Section, so it's time to start two new! Other one is this '69 Chrysler 300. I'm using Resin body by AirTrax. It was bought as "damaged" casting... Overall it looks very good, and I can't see a reason why it is Damaged... At First, I was going to use Revell's Pro Sportsman Chevy Chassis, but when I found spare '64 Dodge 330 chassis, I had to try it. It's just correct width, and wheel base is pretty good too- only little adjustments on the front need to be done.

Can I still join in with '56 Studebaker Commander? It'll have '75 Dart Chassis and interior and it will be basically Street Car. It's a shame that I can't take part to the meet, but it's bit too far away....

That's a huge difference between the original and the final product. Looks very nice.

Nice Maverick. This is one beautiful Ford, in real life too, and your model looks as sharp as this kind of DieCast can look. Great job.

Wow, great looking Diorama. It's in good shape, if it's really built 20 years ago! That would look very good when cleaned.

Something new again. Really like those Resin bodies ('56 Studebaker Commander & '69 Chrysler 300).

Thanks John And Chris! The First build of Double Dragster kit is completed. Next one will be the Fiat Topolino Altered. Anyway, I had little problems with the final assembly. Body didn't fit well, it was too high all the time. Because of that I had to sand some material off from the "Dashboard" and frame parts to get the body fit. Now it fits Okay. Otherwise I had no problems, very fun build over all.

...And the last set... Thanks everyone for looking, posting comments etc! Now when I've finished two builds (This and the Dragster), I can start two new.

Thanks so much, Bill, John and Chris! It really means a lot when coming from Master builders like you all. Okay, here are the pictures of finished model. It turned out better than I thought, but it's not as good as the Nova, I think. Well, most important is, that I'm very happy about it and feels good to get something done. Few More:

The closest one might be '69 Chrysler 300 by AirTrax. I just bought one body yesterday, it looks good to my eye. Here are pictures of the body (not mine). http://public.fotki.com/tomcoolidge/scandinavian-resin/page5.html

Very nice! My favorite type of Dragsters and excellent build. Great paint and detail on this one. I wish I could see more Dragsters being built.

Great looking Pontiac. Very good subject also, I haven't seen these "Burnout Cars" being built too often. Great idea on the engine too. I wouldn't have an idea of using the Pro Sportsman engine and modify it for a street driving.

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! That engine is piece of art, it's a shame to hide it inside Cuda engine bay. You could display that engine on its own too, it looks so GOOD.

I had bit problems with the rear wheels and tires. They didn't fit inside the wheel wells nicely, I had to narrow the rear end a bit. Now everything fits Ok in the rear... Well then to the front. I test fitted everything to see how tires fit. Front tires need some spacers, since they are too deep inside the body. Otherwise I'm very happy about how it looks right now.

Here we go again. I did some test fitting for my Stepside. It fits in correct ride height in the front when using the Custom axle from the kit, but I had to saw little material off from the back to get it sit right. The rear end can't be lower without frame modifications, and I don't want to do them for this. So it's going to be on this ride height when finished. Now needs to show some paint for the chassis parts.

Absolutely incredible! I can't believe how you do this work, but it sure looks awesome. The engine with all of those details... Just WOW!!! Can't say more, Fantastic.

Beautiful build of this kit. This shows that it is possible to build nice Gasser Chevy from this kit too. I built mine years ago and I remember that it wasn't the best kit I had. All in all yours looks good. Nice paint and nice details. Good job all over.

Thanks Ken! Luck is needed there, so I don't break anything while driving to Lahti. It's FINISHED too. I'll post pictures tomorrow after that Show. I'll tell you more information and final thoughts about this tomorrow, now I must get some sleep.

Thanks Tyrone! That's true, my skills have been improved a lot in last year or two, I'm really happy about it. I really hope that I keep getting better and better and I wish that some day I'm in your level. Thanks, Carl! I'm happy about the paint too. To me it's very important thing, because paint job is maybe one of the things that can be seen well. Polishing kit is a friend. And thanks Roger! I was bit unsure about the Power Brake Booster. I know that nowadays these cars don't have them, but I wasn't sure about how things were "Back In The Day". Well, next one better I guess. Now I can tell you that Hemi Dart is Finished, just in time for tomorrow's Model Car Show. I will post some pictures of completed model tomorrow, not it's so late that it's dark outside and I can't take pics.

Gettin' There! These are the final WIP pictures of the Dragster, it's close of being completed. Glued the body and some other parts too. I had a bit fit issues with the body, but I managed to make it fit somehow. It should be done in few hours.