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Very cool '40 Ford! These cars have a great potential for several different building styles. But it's always nice to see a Taildragger like this one. Very nice work with the body mods and from what I can see, the engine looks pretty good too. Nice work as usual.

That turned out very nice, but that's what we expect from you. As always, your paint work and detailing is done very nicely, but what stands out is the flawless BMF work. I hope some day I'm able to do that clean chrome trim with BMF, too.

That sounds good, thanks! Usually it takes around one week, but now as we have our Independence Day here in Finland, it might take a bit longer as all of the post offices are closed. But good to hear that they are coming, I'll need to keep a close eye on the mailbox. While my current project (that has deadline by the end of the year), a contest entry on another forum was drying, I thought I'd start working on this one. So I dug the '51 Chevy out of the closet and it looked just as I remembered. The plan is not to fix all of the body damage, so that it looks like it has been "used" in previous rallies, too. Taking the old builtup apart was actually a lot easier than I thought. And most of the parts came off as one piece, which is always a great bonus when working with these old "Glue Bombs". Now most of the parts are in paint stripping so that the actual building process can start. The body looks like it was brush painted with enamel paints, so the paint should come off pretty easily.

As a Drag Racer and a guy who likes to build Drag Race cars in smaller scale, too, I think the Drag Race category is a good thing. It would be great to see Salt Flat cars in the same section as they both run straight line, but unfortunately they're usually posted in the regular On The Workbench or Under Glass sections. But on the other hand, I hope we will never have different subcategories under On The Workbench and Under Glass for Factory Stock, Street Machine, Hot Rod etc. I've tried to be a member on some forums that have this feature, and even though it sounds pretty good at first, at least I get tired of clicking through the several subcategories before opening the first thread. And because of that, I usually stop visiting on those forums. I'm not the only one who thinks this way, so I definitely hope that we never see so many subcategories in here.

Very nice work on the El Camino! I'm currently building the same kit, hopefully it would turn out at least half as nice as this one. As others said above, you nailed the color choice, and your paint job and foiling are both very nice too. Great engine detailing as well. Definitely one of the better versions that I've seen built from this kit.

That's a very cool collection of Thunderbolts! They all seem to be very nicely done. I think you nailed the overall look with this yellow T-Bolt, and as said earlier, great work with the BMF. I finished one of these earlier this year, too, and foiling was definitely one of the trickiest jobs. Yours turned out very nice.

Yeah, I need to start saving money for those Moebius Chevy II kits too. I have a few of those Trumpeter kits and they're not bad either... But one or two of each Moebius versions isn't probably enough. The Chevy II is a great looking body style, and that's not only because I have one in 1:1 scale.

I like this one, and my plan is to build a 1/25 scale version some day...

I have to say that big wheels look horrible on classic cars. Even 16" wheels are definitely out of the question, despite in some Hot Rods etc where the tires still have a proper profile on them. I have 15" wheels on all of my cars, currently my daily driver Chevy S10 has 205/75/15 on front and 235/75/15 on back... They are just the right size and they definitely couldn't be any lower profile. My '62 Chevy II will have 165/80/15 "Frontrunners" and probably also 235/75/15 on back, because they are pretty common and cheap. The rear tires on that car are going to have a pretty short life... Anyway, my S10 had somekind of 16" wheels and rubber band tires. I think they were 205/50/16 or something like that...They looked absolutely horrible so I changed them right away.

Wow, never heard of that make before! I was expecting it to be somekind of obscure make anyway, so that's not a surprise. After that hint I figured out that it has to be from South Korea, but couldn't find what the heck it actually is anyway.

I will for sure buy one of those Chevelles, and the Büssing Truck looks pretty interesting, too. Depending on what they cost around here, I might buy one of them as well.

That looks so nice and clean! These cars definitely look the best with those stock steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps. Your paint job turned out very nice and the color choice fits perfectly to this body. Very nicely done Charger overall.

That Dodge D100 is definitely interesting. I'm also waiting to see what version it will be, but as I have none of them on my stash, I'll probably end up buying that reissue anyway. And that Ford C600 is a must have. Beautiful body style, I've been looking for those older issues but haven't found any in here... Now I'm very glad to see that a new version is coming.

This will be a cool project. These '40 Fords make great Gassers and I really like how the 1:1 version looks. After seeing some of your work I know this is going to be amazing. And yes, the George Klass' site is very good, I've also spent many hours browsing that site and searching for reference material for different kinds of vintage builds.

I was hoping to see somekind of cool old European or Japanese car that would have been a must have... But that ugly new Ford GT does nothing for me, unfortunately.

Great to see another one of these built! Especially when it's done as cleanly as this one. Very nice work on paint and decals, and the engine bay seems to be nicely done as well. Excellent work.

I have no clue either. I spent bunch of time in Google trying to figure out what could it be, but came up with nothing. Unless it comes up in the next couple of days, I think I'll just have to wait for the right answer. Well, doesn't matter if I find it or not, it's fun to search what could it be.

Great work on that Corvette! Glad to see you building one, as I haven't seen much of these '73 and newer C3 Corvettes built. Very nice work so far, the engine looks really good and it's always good to see that nice bodywork being done. Can't wait to see more pics.

Very nice work on this Cameo, it has to be one of the best builds of this kit that I've ever seen. Small details just like the opened up grill really make it stand out. The overall look is very realistic in the pictures, honestly I can't point out anything that I would do different.

I found it pretty fast that it's a Rovin, but it took me a while to figure out if it's D3 or D4. Eventually I found it out that it has to be a D3 and got it right. Waiting for next week's Quiz with great interest.

Well I'll continue then. Last weekend I was at a Rockabilly Party here in Finland. Monkey And The Baboons from Poland sounded (and looked ) excellent, they performed a great cover of Dave Edmunds' Trouble Boys. And the second band, Crystal & Runnin' Wild was excellent, too! Don't know how well known this original version is, but as it has 553 000 views in YouTube, maybe it can be count as a well-known song.... Anyway, they performed What A Way To Die, which was a huge improvement to the original Pleasure Seekers' version, in my opinion at least.

This morning I stopped at a gas station to get a cup of coffee while driving to school with my truck. One car stood out from the rest at the parking lot, and it was this '66 Chevy Caprice. It was probably just arrived from USA as it had Texas plates on it.

I'm in! Since I had no time to build anything for Cannonball 2018, I want to try this one. The idea sounds very interesting, and it's great that there are rules that limit what we can and can't do. Interesting to see how everyone is going to "bend" the rules, as a Drag Racer myself I know that if something is not forbidden, it's allowed. Rob participated with a '51 Chevy Fleetline. My entry is a bit similar, but it's a Bel Air. Hope that is OK. So I'd like to go with '51 Chevrolet Bel Air and start with number 13. Someone has crashed my Chevy, so I need to fix it up. Though it might be that some scratches and dents are left as a "memory" from the possible previous rallies.

Yes, as some guys already said, it is from Jo-Han '66 AMC Marlin. I checked with my other Jo-Han AMC kits, and it can't be from AMC Javelin or AMX.

Great to see this kit being reissued. The older versions are not easy to find around here, and this kit is a perfect starting point for a Mild Custom. So I'll be surely buying one when they're out.