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Lots of Z11 information on this page: http://www.hanksz11page.com/z11info.htm . Can't find any information about the paint colors, but all of the pictures show the valve covers being silver. So that's what I would go with. Hope this helps.

Thanks Charles! Today I did some test fitting with the engine to get it mounted properly in the engine bay. First I did a mock up with the stock Flathead six to see where it would mount, and for my surprise it sat pretty far back when using the stock mounts. I did a Google search and that seems to be the case with the real car as well. Of course that's good for my use. The Flathead V8 fit on place pretty well, but it was sitting way too low, so it looked tiny in the engine bay. So I decided to lift it up a little and that helped a lot. So I fabricated a new crossmember for the frame so that the oil pan fits on top of that. I used the stock engine mounts as a basis for that. It's not the most accurate way, but that way the engine can be glued exactly to the right position and it will sit there just like it should. The crossmember needs still some work, and I will also have to fabricate the actual engine mounts between the stock Flathead engine mounts and the new crossmember that I built. Trans crossmember was also modified a little by adding a bit of material so that the trans will sit a bit higher too.

Didn't know they had that in grey as well, but now I know. Did you use black or grey to the chassis and firewall? I'm wondering because I've used the black version for all my panel lines and it's pretty...How could I say it...Black/dark. I would think that it's pretty hard to do a subtle wash like that with it but of course I could be wrong. In any case now I know there is more use for that than just only the panel lines.

This is coming together very nicely, I have several of these different '65 Plymouth kits on my stash so I'll be bookmarking this thread for future reference. Everything is looking very good so far. Especially that light weathering looks fantastic. Did you use the Panel Line Accent Color for the firewall and chassis, too? They look very good.

Definitely an opening hood, especially as it doesn't look that bad to me. The Revell kit has a nice engine bay and engine, so it would be a shame to cover that up. And personally as a builder, a resin kit with opening hood is always a million times more interesting than one with molded in hood, as then it will have to be opened up.

Wow! I need to start saving immediately for that one. Always liked Wagoneers and now when there is a good quality resin kit available of one, I really need one of them.

Beautiful as always! Very nice paint work, a black paint job like that is very hard to get right, but looks like you nailed it. The interior is very nicely done too. This is one of those bodystyles that looks pretty good as a Convertible, even though I'm usually not a huge fan of them.

We've seen bunch of those VW Bugs from the '60s, but these older ones are pretty rarely seen. Great work as always, very nice and clean BMF work on the chrome trim. The color is a perfect match for that body, too.

Very nice and clean build from a great looking car! This is one of those kits that I've been trying to find, but they always seem to go way over my budget range... Anyway, yours is very nicely done. The paint job looks very smooth and despite having small difficulties with BMF, the chrome trim looks terrific. Overall very nice and clean work. Good to see these rare kits being built!

Last night it was snowing and this morning when I woke up, there was around 8 inches more of that white stuff on the ground. That's not a big deal, but I thought we already had more than enough of it. Now after a lot of shoveling our yard is clean, but it keeps snowing all the time so more shoveling to come in the evening! Luckily the traffic is flowing pretty good, and my daily driver (1st gen Chevy S10) has no problem going in the snow.

There is a similar thread about this kit on another forum, and one member who had bought the kit had some issues with the white walls not being in the center of the tire. Has anyone else had that problem on their copy or is it just bad luck? Personally for me it's not a big issue as I'll be changing the tires anyway when I get to building one of these. But I know it would be a problem for several people if it was wrong on all of these kits.

I painted the distributor with silver and black. Not sure what color it should originally be, but I found a picture of similar in Google... Then I added spark plug wires on place. They are made out of Scale Productions' aftermarket stuff which works great. It was a bit tricky to get the wires past the belt pulleys, but now everything fits together. Then I did some tweaking with the stance a little. My previous mock up was already pretty close, but I wanted to lower the front end just a little. So I sanded some material off from the leaf spring hangers and now the stance is pretty close. Once everything is glued together, it will be still a bit lower as I used some Blu-Tack for mock up. Once that is cleaned off, the front end will be still slightly lower so I'm pretty happy with it. The rear slicks will still need to be changed to regular whitewalls.

I have one of these Convertibles (though it's going to be built with a Hardtop body) and several Hardtops. Don't know if there is something wrong with the hood, other than two of my hoods are warped and not fitting correctly between the front fenders. Don't know if it's just bad luck or if it's a common problem with these kits. Anyway, these are great kits with lots of potential for different kinds of builds.

This is a great looking car as a Wagon. Seen a couple of them in 1:1 scale but this has to be the first model of this car that I've ever seen. Excellent work as always. This color is a perfect choice for a '58 Plymouth.

That is a beautiful Oldsmobile, another one of those rare subjects that I'd like to see built more often. Again, excellent work with the conversion. Nice paint job and sharp BMF work on the chrome trim finish it off. Great job.

Thanks Willie! The injectors are somekind of electric components... I'm not exactly sure what they are used for, but they are called "Ferrules". Just snap off the colored piece of plastic and it reveals a nice flared end inside there. Here in Finland I bought a set of several hundred of these for $8.00 or something like that.

Added some black washing to the engine and it definitely looks better now. Though I'm not completely sure if I'm exactly happy about the outcome or not, but at least it's better than what it was before. I also added fuel lines from the fuel block that I made from aluminum to the injectors. Fuel line fittings are made from hex plastic rod and painted with Humbrol's clear orange on top of Revell's silver. The fuel lines are spark plug wire material from Scale Productions.

That's exactly why I didn't want to add any more tubings. The cage might not be correct for a modern rally car, but that's not important at this point either as like you said, the speeds are a bit different. Here is a start of the engine for my '51 Bel Air. It's the basic Chevy Stovebolt that comes in this kit, with Bill Fisher's custom cylinder head that became available in late 1951. This is one of the early cast iron versions, Fisher moved to aluminum version of the same head in 1952, but obviously that would be one year too "new" for this car. Of course taking part to a Rally like this with pretty rare cylinder head is a bit of a risk, but while the engine isn't built with the every last horsepower in mind, I think it will survive. All of the old paint came off very nicely from the engine parts. But there was pretty much glue used on all parts, and removing that was a lot of work. After lots of cleanup, the parts fit decent on place. I also stripped the chrome from that cylinder head and sprayed it with "Chrome Silver" from a spray can. Next I need to paint the starter and add some black washing to the engine to bring out some details.

This was an easy one, because some of these Ford Vedettes were exported as new here in Finland and it's still possible to see them on the road (sometimes). Bunch of them have been also abandoned in forests around here, so it's a familiar body style.

Very cool project, we don't see too many of these Falcons being built! Interesting to see this old kit built with a modern donor kit. And if someone can do it well, it's you. So I'll be watching. The "one year only rule" concerning the "Axle Relocation" in these FX classes in 1965 is something that is not seen very often either. So this will be interesting.

Another great looking conversion from your bench. This is a great looking car that I'd like to see as a modern kit... I like your color choice and the overall look is just spot on otherwise, too. Nice clean BMF work finishes it off.

Another masterpiece from your bench! Good to see these unique subjects built as nicely as this one. Excellent job with the body conversion. The wooden areas on the sides turned out really nice, too. Great work.

Excellent job with that conversion! Great to see something different in scale, and this definitely qualifies in that category! I like the color choice and the overall look, but that flawless BMF work caught my eyes. That's an important thing to get right on a car that has this much chrome, but you nailed it.

Wow! That's a real beauty! Whatever body corrections you had to do, they seem to be turned out very nice. Overall, a very nice and clean Zephyr, hard to find anything that I'd do otherwise. This is one of those bodies that I'd like to have in scale. I'll have to buy a resin kit to turn it into a Traditional Custom.

Yep, I should have been more specific, they are hard to find here in Finland. And buying them through eBay results around $35 minimum extra cost on top of the kit price (shipping, customs charges etc). But, some day, I will buy one.