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Usually when I'm building I put my record player on and listen to some Rockabilly music. I like it, as working in a silence is not the ideal way for me...

Mine has to be that Missing Link Resin '73 Chevelle resin kit that cost about $80 if I remember correctly. Usually the kits I buy are in $20 to $50 range, depending on how rare it is or if it's unstarted or a glue bomb etc... But I try not to spend that much money on these right now, as my 1:1 cars are taking pretty much everything I have...

Very nice Oldsmobile! Even though I'd prefer the regular HT version over Convertible, this one is a true eye candy! Flawless paint and detail work. It sure looks like a real thing. Great to see a new build from your bench, hopefully we can see more of them in the future...You do very good work.

Thanks Andy! It's a good thing that you pointed that out... I didn't realize it until now that it had fuel cap on both sides. Luckily it's an easy fix, as there are a couple of other spots that need to be corrected before painting, too.

I have a bad eye for inaccurate body shapes and stuff like that, usually when someone points out an error with body shapes I just simply see nothing wrong with it so they don't matter me that much. But many people have said that those old Jo-Han bodies are very accurate, and I can believe this. But the problem with those Jo-Han kits is that even if the body was accurate, usually other parts of the kit are not. Engine and especially the chassis and interior are often lacking details and everything is made really simple. I know everyone doesn't mind that at all, but I wouldn't say that those parts of the kit are accurate... For example that '69 AMX Drag On Lady Super Stock kit. The body is nice, but interior, engine bay and chassis are not good. Interior can be made a lot better with minor work, but on chassis and engine bay panels (Inner fenders etc) you need to do a whole lot work to get them accurate. I can't say a single kit that was very accurate, but to me most of the new Revell kits look very good. Same thing goes with Moebius kits too.

Well it's going to have a 383 SBC with a Tunnel Ram intake, but that's probably not happening quite yet. I'm happy if I can install any V8 engine under the hood for the next summer, as I'm pretty sure I can't afford building that 383 stroker yet since the car needs a lot money otherwise, too. But in the long run, the 383 is my plan.

Here are some pics from European Championship Drag Race Event FHRA Nitro Nationals driven here in Finland. Unfortunately there are no pics of Stock or Super Stock cars in action, as I was behind the wheel of our '74 Malibu Classic but I have some pics of other classes behind this link: Nitro Nats 2016 Picture Gallery Here are a couple of teaser shots to get started...

Dave: Thanks! (And sorry for the late reply!) That color choice was an easy choice for this '55 as I've always liked how those two colors fit together on this body style. Gene: Yep, I bought this 1962 Chevy II from a friend last winter. It's rough and missing lots of parts, but so far I've found only one little rust spot on it. It's a four door, but I'll be converting it into 2 door sedan. The plan is to have it driveable, as a 2D Sedan next summer, so I think I know where I'll be spending most of the winter!

Well I've been busy and haven't had much bench time lately, but I've made minor progress on this one anyway. Front subframe was painted gloss black as well as most of the front suspension. Steering rods and sway bar were painted with Humbrol Metallic 56 and after installing those inner fenders, I glued that front suspension piece on place too. I still need to do a few touchups here and there and paint a couple of bolt ends with brighter silver, but it's good to have something glued together too. Yesterday I spent some time in the "paint booth" again. Mold lines were cleaned from the body, which took pretty much time since this kit had quite nasty mold lines that were tricky to get rid of at some spots. A light coat of primer was shot on the body to reveal all little flaws there still are, but to be honest it looks surprisingly good, only a couple of little corrections need to be done and then it's ready for another coat of primer and then I can move on to paint. A big bunch of smaller parts were cleaned and primed as well...

This is going to be another very interesting project as you do excellent work with these Factory Stock classics! Green would be a good color choice for this one. Here's a picture of one '59 or '60 Lincoln I saw at local Cruising Night a couple of years ago... Very nice and factory stock. I think that color is pretty much spot on:

That's a great looking Hemi Dart! That kit is really nice, and you did an excellent work on your version. It's nice to see a bit different paint and decal combination on this one. Nice work with detailing, too.

Two weeks ago on my way to work in the morning I saw this Hudson Hornet. I had to find my phone and snap a picture of it, as those are seen really rarely around here... And today I saw a Mustang parked in side of the road:

Yep, I'm doing great, just working hard before school starts in the autumn to get some money for my 1:1 '62 Chevy II project, so I haven't had too much bench time... A bit of progress with '65 Ranchero has been done, but not much. I managed to win one ET Bracket race with our Stock Eliminator Malibu too. Can't wait to see more updates on this one!

I haven't been able to check in on this forum so much lately, but now that I caught up the new progresses on this thread, I have to say that WOW, you're doing an amazing work again! Everything is looking just right. That steering wheel is one of my favorite parts, the wooden parts together with those bolt ends really finish it off. And your light weathering is a great touch on many parts. Especially I like how the transmission and distributor cap look like. Very nice work!

I have pretty many Mopars in the stash or in progress, but while I'm not a Mopar guy, I've finished only few Mopar Drag Cars. Here are two of my most recent ones, '68 SS/B Hemi Dart and '71 Plymouth Barracuda Pro Stock.

That's a great looking Plymouth! Very nice work overall, but that paint job really makes it stand out, the colors are looking good together and you did nice work with the actual painting process too. Nice job!

That's very cool! Definitely the best looking Trabant I've ever seen! The body looks just perfect on that chassis, it looks like it was meant to be built that way. Did you have to modify that chassis to make it fit with that body? Very cool build, great job!

WOW! That turned out very nice! I'm not a Mopar guy (Chevy Rules !), but this is one very fine looking car, one of the best Mopars of all time in my opinion. You did an amazing job detailing this old and pretty simple Jo-Han kit. I really like how that engine sits in there and very nice detailing finishes it off. Chassis is beautiful, too, those opened header flanges are a great addition! I'm going to build one of these as The Ramchargers' FX car once I order my kit from MCW along with couple of other bodies I need. Yours is a great inspiration for that one!

That's very nice looking Cobra! It looks so nice and clean that it could very well be a factory produced body style. Excellent work on the conversion, and I really like how that green finishes it off with those body color steelies. Very nice build!

Very nice! As always, you sure know how to build these old Fords right. I like the color combo and those details you've added. But what really catches my eyes is how well those doors close. I remember that their fitment wasn't very good when I built one of these but here they look very good. Excellent work as always.

This looks great! I really like how those dual headlights look on this Ford and that color combo is another home run too. Excellent work on this one (As always from you), those Full Moon hubcaps and side pipes are nice finishing touches. Nice work!

Here are four of my builds where I think I did a pretty good job with the paint. '62 Impala S/S. White is not the easiest color to get right and assembling those big decals was tricky. Anyway it turned out pretty good. '69 Charger Daytona Cannonball Run racer. The paint itself didn't turn out that good, it had some orange peel on it and actually I had the same problem with clearcoat. But with lots of polishing I was able to turn that paint job into a pretty good one. '61 Oldsmobile F85 STW Mild Custom. This was the first one I painted with Tamiya Sprays and I was really happy with the result. Only minor polishing was required. '50 Oldsmobile Club Coupe Mild Custom. I had lots of problems with that red, but after a few repaints it turned out pretty good. Of course a clear coat and some polishing had to be done.

Wow, I'm glad I saw this build now, fantastic work as always! That is a good looking car and a pretty much flawless model. Excellent paint job and very sharp BMF work (as always) but I really like your engine detailing too. Very sharp build in every way, plus that it's very nice to see these old and rare kits built so thanks for sharing this one! And your pics look fine on my computer too.

That's one thing that's wrong with this kit. I think the interior is pretty good as it can't be seen that well when the build is finished overall, but as building engines is one of the funniest parts in model building, I had to swap an engine from AMT '62 Bel Air on my build. But otherwise this kit builds up into a good looking model. I'm glad to see this one reissued.

Today while Cruising here in Finland I saw this '66 Valiant on a parking lot. It looked really good and as I had a camera with me, I decided to stop and shoot a couple of pics. Then I also saw this American LaFrance, but I wasn't fast enough to take a picture. Here is an older picture from my galleries anyway: