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This looks very good too! White colour is looking good on this body and those decals are nicely put. Great work with this one too!

This one looks cool! I'm not a great fan of those Nascars with they drive today, but these bit older ones are looking good to me... This one has very good paintjob and those decals are fitting very nicely to the body shapes. I have to build todays Nascar some day...

It's just very sad that here are no Nascar speedways here... Sometime I have to come and watch Daytona 500 race to the USA... I have that '57 Chevy "Black Widow" on the work bench section, that will of course be oval track racer, as my '72 Ford Torino... But your model looks awesome!

This is AWEOME and perfect!!!! Haven't seen this before, but it looks very cool. That paintjob is perfect and decals are very nicely in place. Engine looks good and nice to see 348" under the hood. Idea is very very good, I've never seen before '58 Impala NASCAR racer... This is just very very cool. Keep these great models coming.

Those Gulf colours fit to Mustang perfetly! Good paintjob and engine detailing looks very cool too. Great choice for tires and wheels. Chassis looks very good too, but have you any pitures from the interior...? I'd like to see it...

I'm not a great fan of pink, specially on the car. I'm not a fan of matt or semigloss colours either, but this one looks very good! That '50 Pontiac is a very nice car and that custom style fits perfectly to it... That white top looks good! I would like to change those wheels, like those very much but I think, they don't dit to custom. That's just what I think.. Those lake pipes are looking good and good job with BMF. Stance is very very good too, thanks for sharing this one!

Yes, this is going to be cool as always... Like this very much, those wheels and tires are looking good on it. Can't wait to see this done..

This is looking very good. The kit is not so great, I have 6 Monogram's '56 Chevys. Paintjob looks good, like that colour very much, green and white is a good combo, those wheels are just like what did they use in 70's... Engine looks good too, it's quite simple from the box, but your one looks right. I have Monogram '57 Chevy Bel Air too, and it will be 80's finnish hot rod...

Yes, that's the way I do. Can't find good shocks so I make them from scratch. Hopefully I continue this one soon, when Nomad and Ford are finished...

This is very nice (as always). Great fan of H-Bodys and I like this one very much! Paintjob is very great, decals are very nicely and I like this very much. Engine detailing is perfect. Thosee wheels and tires are very good ones to this too!

This is very interesting build, I'll be watching this one! Thank you for sharing this WIP!

Thank you, James! Now I have about 20-30 projects and just finished that '32 Ford. Hope I can post more today, but let's see if I have time for it.

That's very nice too, that paintjob looks good and like those wheels and tires on it. Exhaust pipes are looking good, engine bay is looking good too! Only one compliment... Those plug wires are looking little... How I could say it... Well, they are not looking like they are in real car. Are they coming with the kit...? Othervise this looks very good!

This is very nice too! That paintjob looks awesome, engine looks good and very nice detailing on it. Interior looks very good too... Like this, don't know why, but I have never bought this model kit. Always have been something better...

It was great to follow that WIP-thread and no when it's finished, it looks almost perfect! That's just my style hot rod. Paintjob looks great and engine is looking good, awesome detailing on it and chassis looks very good too. Next model to the bench and make a WIP-thread to the forum. This is nice!

Hello! I finished this one today, to the model car show on saturday here in Finland... This was built once when I got it from trade. First I started from the body. I filled up the doorlines. I sectioned the body, because it was not so good looking... There were no trunk lid at all, so I took one from some other model. It was too short but I took the piece, I sectioned from the body and glued it to there. There was a hole on the body too, in front of the windshield frame. I filled it too and placed putty very much, lots of primer and more putty and so on. Grille is sectioned too... Engine is Ford Flathed V8 with some speedparts. It's so traditional engine that it was "must have" thing. It's painted by red and there are weathering on it. Plug wires are aftermarket stuff, as always and there are throttle linkages and brake lines and so on... The belt is modified from normal style, fitting to Flathead. Alternator is made from scratch. Headers are made from solder. Frame is built 100% from scratch. It was not so easy, because it's built from plastic tube... But after all, it looks pretty good. It's painted by gloss black. Front axle is made from brass tube. I used also silver and most of the connections on the front axle are made by soldering... Rear axle is original, gas tank from '39 Chevy Panel, a little of details and putty. No it's quite good... Interior... Floor is what comes with Revell kit but I had to change it a bit, because of the propeller shaft... I saw cardan tunnel away from it and I made it higher than what it was. Lots of putty again and silver paint on it. Steering wheel is modified from '58 Impala to '60 Impala's wheel. Seats are from AMT's '49 Mercury. Battery has all of the cabels and shoes (?). Body is painted by matt black, decals, rust as you can see from the name. Brake lines added, wheels and tires from somewhere... Thank you and please lots of comments and suggestions, critic and questions and everything like that.... PS. This is the post number 409! "She's Real Fine My Four O Nine!"

Then I built Jo-Han kit from '69 Rambler American. This is one of the best Jo-Han kit's, I have seen but there is still lots and lots of work if you want to get it look like 1:1 car... I built added plug wires to that 390'' engine and changed the rear axle, and all tires and wheels. It's built to look like Super Stocker and that's why I made all those modifications. Battery is in the trunk. It's painted by spray can and it has decals from many of old model kits. It has a few coats of clear on it and this was the first model ever, wich I get to model car show. That was new and amazing to me. Now I have to go back to the bench. More comes tomorrow! (Or later today, let's see.)

Had no time for post more pictures yesterday, but here comes! After Ford Pickup, I bought very interesting kit from '63 Chevrolet Chevy II. It's AMT's Altered wheelbase kit, wich is not so good. There are no vinyl tires, as usual they must be painted! Chassis piece is too short, I mean there leaves a big hole to the back... Engine is a little simple, there are no details at all. Interior is quite good, there comes awesome looking bucket seats and so on. Body looks cool and some day I buy this again and built it to '66 Nova's chassis wich is much better than this. It's painted by spray can and there are no detail parts used... After AWB racer I built '71 Buick GSX. It's "Revell Muscle" kit and that kit is very good. There is an option: You can build a stock version or street machine version with Tunnel Ram- manifold. I built it like street machine, there are original wheels and tires, hole on the hood and there comes manifold, carburetors and air cleaners. It's painted by spray can. Decals are in quite bad shape right now, after many years... Something went wrong with the clear... More on the next post..

I would like to entry to this interesting community build, I have AMT '67 Impala wich is going to be like straight from the factory line. Is it ok? If it is, I start building, it's waiting for builder. So I haven't done anything for it yet, just have looked reference but nothing else. Is it ok, is it?

It has been long long time without any updates... I think, I'm going to keep those 429 valve covers and make a new decals to the hood. Like "429 C.I" Then it's allright. I get slicks for this one too, had no pictures right now, but I hope, I can continue building quite soon. But now I'm working on '32 Ford to model car show, but after it's ready I continue this one...

That's some insane scratchbuilding! AWESOME firewall you did!!! Thank you for sharing this WIP and keep it going.

This is very good looking! Those mods are not too radikal, but they give a great custom look to this build. Like that grille very much, is that Chevy grille so good looking on the Ford... Those modifications are made very nicely, no hurry and great colour on it. Paintjob looks very nice and smooth, and you have made lots of work for it. Great looking interior (what I can see from the picture), that green is very good choice as I said already. That headliner looks very good too. Have no critic to say but I would think about register plates to it, they could give still better look.

After Duster I built "Twister Vega". It's AMT's kit and I didn't put all of the decals, came with the kit. This kit has a bad chassis, everything is molded to one piece. Engine is way too small, I've said this before, but I say it again: In 1:1 '79 Skyhawk (in the garage too) there is performer manifold from Edelbrock and as low air cleaner as possible. That combination fits just under the hood, but it's very very close. This Vega (both are H-Bodys) has Big Block Chevy with blower and no scoop needed. Kit has scoop, but it's a part wich the kit does not need... Painted by spraycan. After Vega, I built '55 Ford pickup for a gasser style, but now years later, front suspension has broke down a bit and not frontend is much lower than it was. But this is NOT a "Basic Farmtruck", because under the hood, there is 351'' Cobra Jet with Blower. This kit had originally Vortech Supercharger, but it was too modern. Wheels and tires were looking funny= low profile tires with big wheels so I changed them. It's quite fast build. No details, painted with spraycan. Ohio plates. More on the next post... It comes tomorrow.

Here are pictures from the Nova. It's built after that '67 Chevelle and before '64 GTO. It's AMT's Pro Stock kit. That kit is quite simple, chassis is not good and interior... Not so good either. Engine choices are 350''SBC or 454''BBC. I put 454 into this and tunnel ram manifold is from the box. Those front tires are not perfect, rear tires are from the kit too. Kit had only Gragar 5 spoke wheels, or original and I wanted to put Centerline wheels to it. Painted by spray. After '64 GTO, I built '71 Plymouth Duster FC. It's the "Cop Out Duster" from Revell, originally from Monogram. I left Police lights and decals away from it, there is now detailing parts used, painted by spray can but it went quite wrong... More on the next post...

That's the way of my building too. I'm not trying to manage in the competition, I just want to show up my models. If I win a price, that's just a great thing, but it's not a question of life and death....