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That is very nice. Good paint and decals are fitting just perfectly! Nice job on the engine and good detailing all over. Great job! Here in Finland, there is one '64 Plymouth A/FX replica with blown Hemi and altered wheelbase. Here

This is nice H-body! I've built one Vega too many years ago. Your looks good, nice job!

:blink: WOW!!! This is very interesting project, that work on the engine is outstanding! That cylinder head looks like 1:1. And engine block looks 1:1 too even without those super autentic looking cylinder heads, exellent job with them. Working windows: , awesome! But that seat, it it just at the same position than '60 Impala's so it's very good! Only thing I can ask is: How is that possible?!?

Are you building 1:24 or 1:25 scale frame? I you are, my suggest is that use anything but lead. I built frame from brasstube to '63 Impala and it was 2,5mm thick. Oh yes and 2,5 mm is about one inch! But measure and make a good drawing and if you think about soldering with liquid gas, be very careful and unburned plates are helping very much. If you don't have them, do the soldering work on a big stone far away anything what can burn. I can say just good luck, it's not easy but my Impala frame was my first brassframe ever and I think, it's quite good. Impala frame

Where I could build Dodge Aspen wagon...? I know that MPC has made the Volare but it's quite rare and expensive kit... Other suggestions and yes, if you know something helpful made of resin, please tell me...

Thanks, John! Next racecar, '60 Impala with tubeframe is at the starting point.

Wow, that's looking very good! Those decals are very nicely in place, good job with them. Engine looks very good, plugwires coming...? And chassis looks very good, nice job and keep it going!

Nice project, these old X-frame Chevys are nice! But that Dave Strickerl's Impala was Super Stocker if I remember right... But it doesn't matter, yourbuild is great and keep on posting! EDIT: on the side of that car, there seems to be S/SS so this one is really Super Stock.

I understand nothing from these, but that's very nice start and with your amazing building skills, this will be awesome! Keep on the good work!

Thank you all. Yes a bit problems with that roll cage but othervise parts fit quite well. Plug wires are Detail Master red racing wire and that carb linkage is somekind of thin metal wire. Don't know, where I got it, but it's very useful.

Nasty Nomad gasser!!! Very nice, one suggestion: Bigger pics, please! But it's nice and I'm building '57 Nomad gasser too.

Nice Impala. This Revell kit is much better than AMT's. Only AMT body is maybe a bit better than Revell's... But that 327 is looking ok, plug wires and it would look better. But anyway, nice model and that paintjob is very nice!

That big block what comes with Vega kit is too small. I mean the size, no cubic inches. I think, maybe the best choice for big block Chevrolet is Monogram's '70 Chevelle ''Heavy Chevy'' 454. It's bigger size and with that kit comes one blower and other good parts... I used Chevelle's 454 with my '56 Chevy -->Here

Nice and interesting project you have! Polara is one of the best Mopars, I think... Your project reminds me, that here in Finland on the 80's were one 426 Max Vedge Polara drag racer. I'm not sure but it's maybe still here. Guys, remember Jim Waldo's Super Stock Fairlane? It's here in Finland too! But your Polara is looking nice and I like that job with BMF.

Thanks, rustybil! Here's some more, I've painted a few parts. For the engine I used the same turquoise as with AMX but it looked like light blue... So I painted Humbroll #50 on it without any mixing it up. It was like clear green. For the intake manifold I mixed paint from Humbroll #56 and #53, quite good, I think. Tires were molded to orange plastic so I painted them with matt black. But before painting, I had to sand them very much... Texts I painted with Revell's white Emal paint. Used these paints for engine: Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Now I'm looking for old style frontrunners for this...

WOW!!! This is the best build, I've seen for a while! I'm a freak of '60 Impalas, (one in the garage ) and your mild custom is looking just perfect! Caddy engine fits very well, great choice of wheels and that paintjob... It's awesome! Great build, love these. I'm building '60 Impala Mild Custom too, low as this and chrome reverse wheels and 348'' big block. Awesome build!

This is very nice build, I mean you are building very nicely. And Aftashox, yes on the early 80's Finnish guys drove cars like this. There's a link to Finnish Nostalgia Racing Association and the second picture, Olds is built 80's style. And yes two guys were pushing the car fron side to side on burnouts! I can't stand, why is that... Some problems to make that link working so it's this:http://www.nosdrags.net/fnra/kuvagalleria_4.html

Nice project! BIG plus point from 409 I think that the frontend is just perfect, many times here in Finland on the late 70's or early 80's frontend was lowered a bit and the rearend was a bit higher than in your car. But if you are going to raise rearend, raise the frontend a bit too. But those shocks are just perfect!

Well, big thanks to everyone! And I say that this car is year model '73 but someone has installed '72 rear panel to it. Same modifications people are building to they 1:1 cars. But great thanks for you all! I continued working with this also. Started building the chassis modifications, first I removed propeller shaft and exhaust pipes, then mufflers and rear axle. Last I took leaf springs off... I used Dremel and saw to remove them. It was quite hard because of that gas tank what was molded to the chassis... Gluing new patch wasn't so easy, because it's made from sheet styrene and I was afraid of that it will crack. But a bit warm and some glue... It was on the place! When all new patches were in place just some putty. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

This model is super! Very great looking build and that painjob is very shiny and great! Awesome job on the all little details and those tires with those wheels are just perfect to this! Very nice job so keep it going!

Thank you all for the replies. For Mark, I think that this car has '71/'72 bumbers and rearend of the body... But that roof is like '73/'74. Now I don't know, what I must do so please help me! An other little problem... Decals I had in the box are the same ones than AMX's so there are Drag On Lady decals! Maybe a mistake at Jo-Han's shop because on the Finnish forum one guy had those Hurst decals as in the box art. I have to buy one set of them but they are very hard to find here from Finland. Davezinn, yeah, I can believe that you aren't very happy for that trade, I'm trying to keep this project going, maybe today I start modifications to the chassis and interior... Mike, post pics from your build too, I can't see these too much on the workbench!

I got this one today and I started building immediately. The is is just like the AMX, not so good one so I have to do all the same modifications... This is a 2'n1 kit, you can build a Pro Stock or Stock version and there comes four stock tires where are very good whitewalls as used to be in Jo-Han kits. Also original parts are coming to the engine too, air cleaner, valve covers which will be painted, cast exhaust manifold, intake manifold and carburetor. This is Pro Stocker but I'll make this being Super Stock because in early 70's these classes were really close to each others. Lot's of work in the interior, seats are molded to floor and have to remove them. There is also the backseat and I have to ask, does Super Stock cars have backseat...? Engine seems to be the same than AMX one so I started modification work, first I used forceps, then dremel and knife. Then a bit of styrene to that hole and last some bondo. Chassis is bad, rear axle, leaf springs, propeller shaft... are molded to chassis and pipes are too! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I changed to Fotki. Please post pics from SS Javelins and information is welcome!

This is very nice looking combo! That Nomad is very great looking nicely you done that two tone colour. This is very great looking. I'm building '57 Nomad too but it's going to be a gasser! But next build to the workbench and keep on the good work!

This is the kit I have to buy! You got amazing building skills and that engine is awesome as the chassis! And this looks perfect in the mockup pictures. Great work, keep it going!

WOW!!! That's amazing, impressive, awesome and great! Love H-Bodys and that Vega is unbelieveble because of your building skills and that body model! Paintjob and detailing is very great all over!