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Some update to you! Today I have painted chassis parts, and the frame is also painted by silver. It looks pretty good, I think. The biggest thing, I did is the engine. Fuel lines are made from iron wire. I painted them by black. There was no fuel pump in the kit, that's why I found one from my "million box". Now I just connected those fuel lines and removed all molding flash from the carburetors. Lot better, I think. Headers are those, came with the kit now they are painted by silver, then I painted some clear blue and clear orange to them. Now they are looking like used... Also I test fitted all of the body parts, I mean hood, top and the windscreen frame. Hood was fitting very nicely, no problem with it. But if the hood fitted very well, that top and windscreen frame didn't fit at all. Finally I got them to fit correctly with tape, but I'm a bit worried about how I can fit those painted parts... Is it possible that I put those painted parts together with tape and then using super glue, gluing those parts together from "wrong side".? Comments welcome, thank you for looking!

Time to post some new stuff to here also. Today I found another cylinder head to the engine, but it needs some paint stripper... But anyways, I painted also those Good Year Rally GT texts. They are looking pretty good, I think and that Corvette will look good with those wheels, I think. But here is the picture for you! Thank You for looking!

Revell's kit is not so special, the engine is too small, chassis and interior are little bad quality... This one looks nice, good weathering on it and very nice job on that rust work! Nice, engine is not so good as the body, but there I can say just that "blame Revell!" Nice job!

It seems to be resin body.

Wow, that's nice! Othervise it's so nice that it looks like diecast, but diecast have no that kind of detailing! Nice job on this, I've been looking for this kit long long time, but always I have found something better... Paintjob looks nice, it's good idea to build it like John Deere theme. Engine detailing looks cool, and interior is nice etc. Good tire and wheel combo. Nice job on that "trailer" too, but I have never been a great fan of that. Nice model!

Oh yes, that's the same thing, we had on the 80's! Great to hear. Always when I open V8 Magazine from year '82 for example, there is just like this, raised rear end and lowered front end... Thank you for the comment!

Thank you! Yes, now I just understand that there are mold "flash" there, I thought before that they are something, what is in the real one... Have to remove. Plug wires are put just simplest way, and I hate that, so I leave them alone... But I have to make those carburetors better, thank you for the tip.

Very interesting project, H-Bodys are always interesting. Just wondering, that how that Corvette engine would fit to the engine bay... I think, inner fenders away and move that engine a little back, modifications to the firewall... If you are thinking of headers, the best choice would be that the header pipes are like in gasser, you know? Or then very tricky Hooker Headers. Steering box makes that thing quite hard... But that doesn't matter, it's possible that all the parts are fitting lost of better in this scale, but I was just thinking about 1:1... Those wheels and tires, impossible to use them if there are inner fenders in the front. Because in 1:1 car, there is 15'' quite high profile tires and they just fit, I mean there is only a few millimetres room when turning the wheels... But keep on building, don't won't to stop you!

Little update to this one. Engine is starting to come together, now it's painted three times... Now it looks blue... Nothing special, it came together very nicely, there were no any problems. Valve covers and manifold fit perfectly! Transmission is painted by silver. I also put plug wires to that engine, I have been using Detail Master's plug wires, stock wires, black. And red, black and yellow racing plug wire. But now I just bought Scale dreams black and red wire, there is 2 feet more material than in Detail Master's wire. It's matt coloured, detail Master's was shiney, and didn't look real. Now this is better, cheaper and so on. I use Scale Dream material!

Some more work on this. I put some bondo to the body. I put it to the rear fenders, also those front fender needed some bondo, beformer owner has made his own systems to there, so I put some bondo to there... Now I must sand it smooth. I have the engine block right now, also I have the basis for front axle system. Rear axle needs some scratch building... Thank you for looking, comments and ideas are welcome!

I like that look with out any sponsors! That is good looking Altered Wheel Base, because the rear axle is not moved too much. Nice job with it, it looks like came straight from AMT's factory...! Nice paintjob on it, stance looks very cool, engine work looks very nice and wheels and tires are just perfect to this one. Nice work with it, I was wondering too, what happened when there came no posts to that WIP- topic. But now it looks very very goood! :(

This is very nice! I have been thinking of buying this kit, but always I have seen something better! But now, when I see this one, I must buy one and build it. This one is very nice, paintjob is amazing, I can't make that good paintjob never! I'm sure from it. Foiling work looks really good too. After all, that shaker scoop is just correctly in the place. Nice stance on it, little rake it looks good, also those tires are perfect, and wheels. Gragar 5 spoke mags are fitting perfectly to this muscle car. That "pistol shifter" looks very good on it, engine detailing is awesome, and chassis looks cool. If I must give some critic, it comes from that white interior. It looks very good, yeah but at the same time, it's looking good and unpainted. Well, that's really not a big thing and your Challenger looks very nice, so that doesn't matter at all... I have to continue building my '70 Coronet Super Bee right now... Awesome!

Thanks to Zukiholic! Got some pictures from SpaceCowboy also, but didn't know that Falcon is turning to HT! Awesome, what is that Falcon kit, what manufacturer. I think, it's better in HT than it was on Panel! Great, nothing goes waste! :(

What is the kit? Is it AMT, MPC or what...? It looks like MPC's '57 Flip Nose Vette, but it can't be that kit... This would be AMT... But there are lots of same looking parts, than in that MPC's Flip Nose kit, but there are also lots of parts, that are not in that Flip Nose Vette kit. Maybe it's AMT but you know better then I do, I think... But it's very interesting project, keep it going. I'm watching it for sure!

Thank you for the comments! Yes, good primer will cover it up, as you said. I'm trying to get some time to build this, but tomorrow should try starting '79 Buick after few years... But anyways, I got this kit from trade. Don't know is it in the USA, but here in Finland we have a "trade table", there are some model kits, if you have one which is not started, you can go there and say, "I trade this one to that". I traded '71 Mustang from Lindberg to this, that Mustang is awful kit, there are no any useful parts, exept the body... Engine is not looking good either, that's awful kit. Yes, but engine is now painted three times, I must now put heads and valve covers, etc to it...

This is my newest project. I love these old Monogram kits, this one is looking very good, there are lots of parts and they are looking nice! Good looking parts there. Specially I like those wheels and tires. Bad thing is that this is molded to red... But that really doesn't matter too much... There are no chrome parts, those parts are looking like metal, not chrome... Good job, Monogram. This will be some kind of street machine... It's great that this kit has very good top option, I'll be using it for sure... I painted the engine with blue, it's now painted twice, but red is still like "you can see it", must paint it one more time... I have also that Revell's new kit from this, It will be great race car, but this is going to be street machine... But the biggest thing, I did today was tires and wheels, they were looking very good. I usually don't like BBS style spoke wheels, but these were looking very nice and that's why I'll be using them. I think, they are looking good under the Cobra too. These wheels are made very nicely, they are made from two pieces. There is the front side of the wheel, there are not so many spokes, but there is also rear side of the wheel. There are lot's of little spokes. Then of course there is some kind of brake drum/ wheel back... Rear tires are "Good Year GT Radial", you can see these tires in many kit's, for example Revell's '71 Buick GSX. There are no text but it's the same tire. Front tires are Michelin's tires. They are a little smaller... You can find those tires, for example Revell '66 El Camino. Comments, ideas and tips etc. are very welcome!!!

This is very nice, paintjob looks perfect! Nice model, but it would be nice to see some more pictures from it... But yes, it's nice and for a week project, that's awesome, like it very very much...

It woud be very nice to hear, how this turned out. Like is that made from styrene, that rearend, I mean. And so on, so on... But anyways, this one looks very nice, paintjob is very good looking, foiling work looks very good! Nice job on the chassis too, engine is looking awesome. Detailing is very good. Like the stance and car looks very good all the way, very big conversion work behind, that's nice to finish this kind of model!

Nice job with it so far! It looks good, just my style. Your work is always nice, I can't wait to see this one finished!

That's very nice Impala!All little bolts are painted by silver, that looks cool. I try to paint them too, but sometimes I have forgotten that thing. But paintjob is nice, red '62 Impala is very nice looking, good looking W-block on it! Nice detailing, chassis looks very good and nice work whith interior too! That foiling work is looking very nice! Thank you for sharing, someday I must buy that Revell's Special Edition '62 Bel Air. It's nice kit, because that is not bubbletop and Special Editions are very nice. That bubbletop is very nice, but that "normal top" is something you can't see every day. But this is very nice!

Wow, that's really badly warped, as you said! But whith this model, that doesn't matter that it's warped... I mean, to me this looks very great! That paintjob looks awesome, it's something impossible!!! But that interior looks very good too, it's maybe a little high stance to me, I'm not sure, I like it, but at the same time that stance is not looking cool. So nice model all the way, so that height doesn't matter, awesome job on this, your builds are always looking so cool!

Nice start whith this one! It's one kit, I have to buy also, all these Funny Cars are always good looking. Whith your talents, it's going to be awesome. Nice job with it ao far, I like that body very much, it's nice.

This is maybe very stupid question, but I really don't know what car is this. Can someone tell me? I just don't know from these, I can see that it's maybe japanese car... Very nice build, that paintjob looks awesome, and engine detailing looks very good too! Thank you for sharing this beautiful car, that car looks pretty good to me, like that body style.

Nice, paintjob is awesome, that is so shiney and smooth! Decals are very nicely put and that's just good looking gasser! I have buit this same kit, and the kit is very good. I can't see any mistakes on it, but that engine and interior and chassis picture too would be very nice to see. Thank you for sharing, very nice!

I think, it's '55... I'm not sure either, but I have built '55 Ford pickup and it's just like that. It can be also '53, but I'm really unsure whith that thing too. I'm not a fan of these Ford Pick Ups so much that I can say just those yearmodels... But your progress looks very good to me. That chop top looks cool, yeah it's very high if it's original. Those inner rear fenders are looking good, that's very nice project, I keep watching this one!