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I continued the work with that Austin. I put some putty to the seams of the body. Now I must just sand them smooth. This project is really different than my normal ones, because it's small British car... I also put some putty to the engine and transmission seams... How about the color of this one? I've been thinking British Racing Green or some great shade of red. What do you guys think? Well, it's still long way to go before painting.

Great! Gassers are great! And Duster looks good like this. I like the paintjob and color looks also very good... I like that stance alot and wheels with those tires are looking very, very good. I like this one very much. Engie detailing is absolutely stunning. Thanx for sharing this one.

I think, I join in with another project. Austin Healey. It's going to be Historic group racer, as the Corvette, but 'Vette is Roadsport class car, in Historic class, car must be as it would be when it's built. This one is going to look like somekind of this: Austin. The kit, I'm using is Revell's new release of old kit. There are quite many of parts, but they are not so great quality. Some molding flash etc. Body needs to be assembled from many parts. I glued that thing together with superglue. I also glued the engine halves together, next step is filling and sanding, etc.

Nice models here! I'd like to show mine too, but I haven't bought Monogram's Buick Grand National yet. So I don't have any "Six Shooters"...

She did a great job with that one! For the second model, it looks very good. Color is nice and the paintjob looks good too. I like those wheels and tires. Chassis looks very nice. Detailing is very nice, I like this one.

Amazing job, again, Juergen! That paintjob looks SMOOTH! Color looks good on it too. I like the wheels and tires, stance looks good and I like that 1:25 scale Austria register plate. Really cool Camaro, nice work. Now waiting for the next project to come.

Really nice job with the Firebird! I like the paintjob, it's perfect, so shiny and smooth as 1:1... Great work with it, tires and wheels look good and that interior is outstanding. I like this one, really nice Pontiac. It looks like real car in those outside pictures. Thank you for sharing!

I don't know, what to say... The chassis looks GOOD!!! I like the weathering, and that silver basecoat on it. The talents are simply outstanding with this one... Can't wait to see it finished... I'd like to build one PM too, but after seeing this one, I'll hide that one forever !

This one is going to look good when finished... Well, it looks good already. I like those tires, they are huge! And when it has raised suspension, the tires are going to look very good on this. Nice work with front axle system... Nice job with it so far, I'll keep watching this one.

Really nice Impala! This one looks great to me, paintjob is nice and that color matches the body very well. It's great to see that this one is original, because too many of these are built with too big (and too low profile) wheels and tires... But this one looks good. Engine or chassis pictures?

This is really great build! When I saw the first WIP pictures, I was thinking, that if I would be the builder, I'd never could get that one finished. But you did it very fastly and nicely! Excellent work on this, Bruce! Great conversion, lots of work done... It looks smooth and it's just like Revell's kit of that car. Paintjob looks very good and I like the colors. Interior is great also, and I like the engine. Detailing looks amazing. Very great build, more of these!

THANX, STEVE! I would never imagion that there is a kit from Chevy Cavalier... Great idea to use that one, thank you. Now I must find one Chevy Cavalier kit, and yes, it must be glue bomb. I'm looking for quite cheap one... Just yesterday, friday we drove the 1:1 version to local Cruising. It works fine, but engine did boil over, because of traffic jam. Well, we drove to gas station friend's car and got some water. Back under the hood of Buick, some more water to radiator and it just keeps going fine, no problem with that. BUT there is a huge mess under the hood, lots of dried rusty water, everywhere, now I must get back and clean that motor up.

Very nice Super Bee! I like the color on this and paintjob looks amazing. Detailing on the engine looks good too, and that weathering is simply perfect, it looks like 1:1 car. I like it, wheels and tires are great and this Super Bee is really mean looking car, I think.

I worked with interior few days ago. Seat belts are now installed, I decided to put them to front seats and for the backseat too. This is going to be Super Bee with lots of factory options... Seat belts are from Scale Dreams, and photo etch belt buckles are MCG. I also primered the chassis, but now I'm waiting the body to get ready from stripper, so I can paint them both... The paint doesn't wan't to leave from the body, I think...

They both are looking really good. But that '61 Dodge got me very interested- what kit is it? I'd love to have one on the stash... Great job with the Challenger's Hemi, detailing looks very good on it.

This is going to be great build! ...And expensive... Those Photo etch parts are looking good, and I'm sure that this one will be amazing looking model, when it gets finished. Great subject too, I like how General Lee looks.

It might be good idea to get MPC Monza... If MPC has better body and AMT has better chassis, maybe I'd like to get both of them, but they are so expensive that I'll buy just another one... And in the 1:1 version, there is Chevy 305" under the hood, but there is one 383 Stroker SBC waiting for cylinder heads and assembly... Thanx for the answers, I'll get one and build a replica!

LOOKING REALLY COOL! I've never seen SC altered before on 1:25 scale... This one looks very good to me. I like that color and paintjob, great. Engine detailing looks very very good too and that "steering wheel" is nice. Great wheels and tires, this build up one was very fun to watch, thanx for sharing it!

Yes, that's true! Thanx for the kind words! Progress has been quite slow for the last few days, but now I have again some time to get back on the workbench and continue the building. Next step is interior work...

Few more photos, thanx for lookin'!

Today I worked with engine and interior. I glued the seats to interior floor. I also glued Hurst's Pistol Grip shifter on its place. Also I did some engine work... I detailed it with throtte linkage, and throttle return spring. Also I added fuel lines and some other details too. I drilled some holes to carburetors, now they are looking more realistic and I can display this car also without air cleaner. I added some black wash to that engine too, for some realistic look. Now it looks pretty good, I think... Added belt and the pulleys, and alternator etc.

Yes, that's pretty hard to bend, but I have always heated the rod as long as it takes to be "red hot". Then I've put it to sulphuric acid and when I take it away, some wash with water, then it's useable and bending gets much, much easier. I have made one tubeframe, one Drop Axle and one ring from brassrod. That will help when must bend those, it's very simple too. But anyway, your project looks very good to me, I keep on watching this one surely.

Yes, that's true. My dad has that kit and it's simply terrible. Body is way too big and interior and chassis are looking funny. But there are some other kits, AMT and MPC have made. MPC kit has wide fenders, but chassis and interior should be even enough good for the basis. AMT kit seems to be pretty good, original, but I don't know, what's in the box of it. Here is a picture of those. Of course there is lots of body work to make it look like '79 Skyhawk... IF ANYONE HAS THAT AMT KIT OF SKYHAWK, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME PICTURES, THAT WHAT IS IN THE BOX. ANY INFORMATION OF THAT KIT WOULD BE VERY, VERY WELCOME TOO, IF YOU KNOW. And is that how rare / expensive kit on these days, it can't be cheap anyway...

That's great game! Most of thr questions were easy but some were hard. Well, my end result is You got 88% (42 right out of 48). The average score is 73%... That was fun. Let's see what my dad gets from that, must let him try...

Nice frame! Was it hard to make? I've been thinking of the same thing, because I have one Revell Chopper, and it looks too modern styled for me. I must modify the frame alot, so I've been thinking of building it from brasstube. Nice job with it so far, I'll keep watching this project very surely.