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Thanks, Mark!

THANKS!!! Those pictures are great, and they help me very much. I have no questions right now, but let's see when I can get started with the chassis. It's all black, Ok, that's good to know and see. Thanks again!

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I hope next update after this is going to be from chassis or engine... Anyway today I cleared the body, I'm pretty happy about the end result. I'm going to wax it next and then it will look better, hopefully. I almost failed the paintjob with this one, after clearing these parts I came away from the garage and wind turned it upside down. Luckily clear wasn't so yet that paintjob is now good yet.

This topic must be boring to read, because updates are coming from the body.. But I hope next update after this is going to be from chassis or engine... Anyway today I cleared the body, I'm pretty happy about the end result. I'm going to wax it next and then it will look better, hopefully. I almost failed the paintjob with this one, after clearing these parts I came away from the garage and wind turned it upside down. Luckily clear wasn't so yet that paintjob is now good yet. One More.

Thanks, Doctor and Cato! Sorry to hear that you have problems, hope you can get them solved. But those pictures help very much already. All of the Cobras didn't have that Fluidyne logo on the radiator?

I haven't cast any good engines yet, everyone of them went wrong. Maybe next time.... But frame is now without paint, also those other two parts are without paint. Hopefully I can continue this one soon and hope I can make bigger progress.

If this would be the Real of model, I could answer right, but I have no idea what it actually is... Well, I'm going to try searching it from google, but I'm afraid that I can't get it right anyway..

Great builds, again! These are just awesome, paintjobs are great and those decals fit really nicely to the body shapes. Engine detailing is great on that Dragster. Cool subjects too, I'm building '64 Falcon Outlaw Pro Street for example.

This is great build! This kit is very good quality too, I've built it few years ago. Your paintjob looks very good, and decals fit nicely. That photo etched grille is looking very good too. I like that engine detailing. Great job with it.

WOW, those are amazing! ALL of them. That '61 Ranchero looks very good, and I like the detailing of them. Paintjobs are really nice also. And welcome to the forum, hope to see more stuff from your bench soon!

Well, actually only pics, I need right now are from the chassis. You posted also one picture from the batteries behind the seat so I'd like to see that one too. I think, I can get going with them. And those wheels are close enough, I think... Modification on them would be too difficult for me....

Those PPP tires and wheels are pretty popular.... I have two sets of them, and they are good quality, I think. That paintjob looks good, and I like the decals too. NASCAR is great sport and thse cars look good, especially older ones. This is great build, thanks for posting.

WOW, this really COOL! Radical. Custom styled body, but that engine is something else.... Blower looks really good, and that engine detailing is really great also. Paintjob is great, those flames look good and that bit rusty look is just great. Nice build.

This is great build. There are really amazing ideas of using that Hudson Terraplane grille. I like that Hudson engine too, even if I don't usually like 6 cylinder engines in Hot Rod. I like the matt green color and those Racemaster slicks are great choice. Interior is great- shifter is really radical, and I like it. I'm not sure about those wheels (or are they hubcaps?), I'd like to see it with steelies maybe. Those just don't fit to my eye when they are so shiny in Hot Rod like this. But anyway, really nice build again Chuck!

Your builds are great! I like both of those! Engine detailing is incredible, in both of them. Paintjob, especially of that Willys is amazing. Thanks for sharing them, Drag Racing models are always nice to see.

You mean that Street Cobra? It's bought from local auto parts dealer (Biltema). Biltema has Hobby paints, and that is Hobby paint and then they have "car colors". They are That store has everything you don't need... But those paints are pretty good. Well, some of them. That blue metallic paint is good quality, and red and gold are good ones too. I have tried some others too, but they were really bad. Most of the people are saying, those paints are bad, and I'll say that Metallic Blue, Gloss red and gold HOBBY PAINTS are good quality, but other ones, I've tried are really bad. It's good to spray clear on those parts, Cobra has no clear, but it's not bad idea... If you use clear, use Biltema's clear for hobby paints!!! Otherwise paintjob will go wrong, I think. You must be VERY careful with those paints, but it's possible to paint good paintjob. Maybe there's no Biltema in USA.. But many other paint makes are close to that color, I believe. They might be better quality too. Maston has Metallic blue, and that's quite good, I think. It's bit lighter blue. Oh yes, I can post a picture of that spray can, if I find it anymore... Hope this helps.

Interior is now in MR Muscle. I got the chrome plating stripped off from the wheels and intake manifold and that part which goes around the carburetor. Carburetor isn't ready yet, but I hope it will be without paint and chrome plating soon. Thanks for looking, comments are welcome.

Well this is one of the only new Mercedes Benz models, which look good... And your model is great looking, that paintjob is just beautiful. Really shiny and smooth. I like those wheels too, they look very realistic, I think. Those opening doors look good too. There are two things mattering me. Other one is that engine, it looks really simple. Maybe this model should look better with the hood glued on its place. That's not maybe because of the builder, I think, it's a mistake of this kit. Other thing, I'd paint some black wash around the spoiler seams. But anyway, it's very good model, those two things are very little and they doesn't matter so much. THANKS for sharing.

I installed the starter. Drilled also hole for battery cable and glued it on its place. Seats and door panels are painted brown, I'll paint some details next. Those door panels need bit of styrene also, and I don't have the window cranks for them, so maybe I must build them scratch too. Let's see...

Well, I tried that interior flocking... First I masked that place, where shifter comes, and then I started spraying some matt black, straight from spray can. Well, here's the result. I'm happy, I bought some MR Muscle to remove paint, this is going right now there, maybe tomorrow I can paint it again, if everything goes alright.

Great work so far. I would like to build '64 ½ Mustang, I think, '70 Mustangs, for example are seen very often, and '64½ is my favorite year model. But anyway. your project looks very good, that trunk lind looks good, and great to see you've opened the doors too. This is really interesting conversion, I'm watching this one. Keep us posted.

Engine block is painted matt black right now. I painted the heads also. Needs to remove old paint, and some chrome from those other parts from the engine, I'm right now going to buy new bottle of MR Muscle. I painted the frame gloss black, but before painting, it needed very much sanding and cleaning. But now it looks ok to me. I'm moving to the interior, needs to put some flocking. Reference pictures from the chassis would be very appreciated, I have good pics from interior, engine and stuff like that, but I'd like to have few chassis pics. Thanks to Cato for some pics, but of course I'd like to see more of them, if you guys have pictures of Cobra chassis. And Cato, can you fix those pictures, so they can be seen again. I copied them to my computer, but I don't have them anymore when my reference-folder got bit of damage.... I'd like to copy them again. If it's not too big thing. I removed those Revell-Monogram- markings from the chassis plate...

This is cool! And great idea of using '67 Chevelle's chassis parts. I like the color combo, and paintjob looks very good too. Stance is great, and wheels and tires look really nice. Engine detailing is spectacular. Only thing which is bad, is that it's not my build.

Thanks, Tony and Mark! Those Weiand valve covers can be found from AMT '66 Nova Pro Street. I'm not sure about the round 2 release, but I hve the old one, which comes with those. But I think, some other old AMT kit has them too, I just don't know, what kit actually.