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THIS IS COOL! Great paint job, like the color and those paint shade differences are done very nicely. Cool Old School Custom, grille looks very good too. Like that engine-nice chrome parts and detailing is great. Very nice job.

Great looking '32 Ford. Like the shiny painjob, and color is cool. Great job with the engine detailing too. Wheel and tire choice is just perfect, and great to see that you have painted those spokes, and they are not chromed. Very beautiful build, thanks for sharing.

I have older release from this kit, but this is quite close. Be careful with the placement of those front wheels, on this re-release they are easily too back. Great and interesting project, can't wait to see. It's great kit, and with your skills, it's going to look great.

The second finished model on 24.12.2011. Tamiya's kit. Originally this was based on Porsche 930 Turbo. 1976 World Championchip was driven with this in Makes Group 5. They pushed 590 hp from that engine, and with plastic parts body was 100 KG too light, so they had to add some extra weight to it. Two of these were in the first race of that season, and they won first two races with it. But then air cooled engines were forbidden, so they updated engines for water cooling system. On 3rd, 4th and 5th race were with some problems, because of updated cooling system, and they gave a change for BMW in the championchip. But Porsche won two last races, and whole Championchip after all. Kit is simple, there's some room for electric engine and battery. Chassis is painted with flat black and silver details. Interior was simple too, and I decided to make Jochen Mass as driver. Body is painted Maston white, and assembling decals was quite big thing, but they didn't turn out perfectly. Nothing special about it, just Box Stock build. Feel free to ask, if you have some questions.

Thanks for the advice, Terry! It's always great thing to get constructive critic, and suggestions. They just help me to build better models. I will try that "easy way" first, and lets see if it works, hopefully it will. Of course that "hard way" is not inpossible either, so needs to look what I can do.

Merry Christmas From Vantaa, Finland! Hope you all have good one.

Corvette is FINISHED and posted in Under Glass. Huge thanks to everyone who has took time to view, and especially post a comment on this thread. Thanks everyone, great to have this project off the bench.

Started as glue bomb and first I built wide rear fenders from styrene slip and bondo. L88 scoop was molded to the hood, after I shortened it. Engine is from my parts box, and it has some details added. Front axle from '57 Nomad and I had to saw it in 9 pieces before it could be fitted on Corvette's frame. Rear axle was bought from Finnish Model Car Forum, and I painted chassis white, blue and red. Many interior parts from '67 Corvette (Revell), and windshield, grille and taillights etc. are from that kit too. I built rear window from acetate. Painted with Motip spray and Maston clear. Link to WIP topic for more details: http://www.modelcars...showtopic=37498

Chassis looks great. I like all of the scratchbuilding, you've done. GREAT job with it, I'm watching this one very closely. Nothing to complaine about, very nice progress, keep those pictures coming.

Thanks Greg and Bart. That roll cage sure looks better now, and I'm glad I got that suggestion on other forum. Thanks Terry, great tip! I've been thinking about that silvering, and how to remove it... In some other projects too. Needs to try that one. So Do I have to uninstall those decals before dipping tires? Thanks for the great tip, it helps so much. And Merry Christmas everyone!

I have installed Rebel Flag decal to the hood scoop, and after that I cleared the hood. Tomorrow I will wax it and then this car is finished. Also installed that new front register plate, which was printed out today.

Hey, look this one. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37498 Shows, how I did wide rear fenders for my Finnish HotRodding Corvette. Hope it helps, they are completely made from styrene strip and bondo.

Thanks Stuart! I'm sure, your Nova will look as good as mine, so great start you have there. I just love these Stockers, must start '70 Ford Torino E/Stocker soon. I like these best without special paint schemes or anything like that. Original type of color and maybe some sponsor decals.

That Nova looks fabulous! Paintjob is truly amazing, and very realistic engine detailing. Nice builds, I would be VERY proud of them. And welcome to the forum!

That's it for now, more when I get back on the bench again. That's tomorrow, but don't know, if I can get anything to update. Andy: Thanks! I had those on my '66 Nova, but I got it as glue bomb, so I'm not sure about if they were originally in that kit. Tyrone: Thanks man! Detailing is one of my favorite things in model building, and it makes builds look good. There will be some more details added when I get back on the engine. Bart: Opening rear fender wells is not allowed, I think and that's why rear end can be raised. Moving rear end bit back would be a good idea, needs to look if it's possible anymore. I think, those are Ok like that too, but now when you said about that, I can see it too. They need to be moved a bit. Thanks for the suggestion!

Todays progress... I test fitted those door panels and dashboard together, and then I started building 6 point roll cage. Those tubes are evergreen plastic, I heated it on right shape after making "template" from solder. Luckily I managed to get both look right on first try. Then I took seats, seatbelts and door panels with that dash away, and cut that cross bar away from original roll bar. I built new one from evergreen, but it's mounted as NHRA rule book says, so seat belts can be installed to it. After painting those silver, I glued seats back and modified those seat belts to match rules. Here are those scratchbuilt parts before paint and assembly: New cross bar. Parts glued.

And then I primered the body with gray primer this time, and since it was looking good, I painted some red straight from a spray can. But it needs to be wetsanded and painted again, because there are some mistakes on the paint. Hopefully I can paint it again soon.

Time to build some interior. Stock Eliminator rules say, that car must have full interior, backseats etc. BUT if there's roll cage or roll bar, back seat can be taken off. And that's what I did, but rules say, there must be carpet on backseats place, and Nova interior had not carpet under the backseat, I had to make carpet from paper. After I installed it, I painted it flat black. Seats and door panels were painted semigloss black, but door panels need some detailing before they are ready for assembly. Assembled the seats and roll bar next. After that I got great information, that I must add some tubing for the roll cage, but more about that coming bit later. Seat belts are made from Scale Dreams' stuff and those buckles are photo etch.

More.... Added header flanges too. They are photoetch, can't remember the manufacturer now anyway.

More.... Then I installed the front axle system, it's painted simple, and if I remember correctly, there were no big fit issues. Assembled wheels and tires together too. Rear tires are from the kit, and wheels too. Front tires are from my parts box, but I think, those can be found from AMT '66 Nova Pro Street. I installed Hoosier Decals, and those white marks too for the rear wheels. And then I glued wheels and tires on their place. No problems found, and it's sitting of four wheels, not three. I think, there's good stance and the overall look is just great to me.

Then I glued that rear axle on the chassis. I used those raiser plates from the kit, because that's one modification what's allowed in Stock Eliminator. They are painted gloss black. And then building the engine bit more. Plug wires were installed and headers too. Added some heat marks with Revell and Humbroll clear blue and clear orange, not my best ones, but I think I'll live with them. I also added fuel line from carburetor to fuel pump.

This is started some time ago, and I'm posting older progress first. Started from Revell's Special Edition kit, which is really great quality kit. Engine is painted red with all stock parts, because these can't be changed in Stock Eliminator, of course. In these pictures, body is already primered, but it needs new coat of primer. Chassis is painted black with spray can. I sanded slicks to look used, but after this picture, I've sanded them bit more. Rear axle is also assembled:

Great picture, that shows that I must install W-Block to Front Engine Dragster.

Yeah, it doesn't work anymore. 30 minutes ago it was working nicely, but looks like there are some problems with whole ScaleAuto forum, because I can't get in from www.scaleautomag.com. Well, maybe I have to post Nova Stocker here too, so you can see it. Great job with the chassis, Stuart! Those wires what were molded in are painted really nicely and interior mock up looks good. Engine detail is spectacular, as I've mentioned already. Nice progress, keep it going, buddy. Edit: F/Stock Nova posted on Drag Racing Models.