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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:

That looks spectacular! I've never seen one of these built before, but that's no wonder considering how rare it is. Great to see one that's built this well. Good looking paint job and those working lights are a very nice touch. Great job.

Wow! I didn't see this one finished until now. Great work as always! Everything looks just right, but your flawless detailing is my favorite part, especially in the engine bay but interior and chassis look very good too. Nice work!

Very nice build on a great kit! I built this car a couple of years ago too and it was a lot of fun, the kit was excellent in every possible way. I remember that I didn't even have problems with the decals. They were a bit fragile, but they were easy to install properly on place as they were so thin. Your build turned out very nice. Fantastic work overall, it looks just right. I like your diorama too! Now let's go racing! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/75708-55-chrysler-300-tim-flock-stock-car-finished/?do=findComment&comment=1007948

These are great kits even though they're not as well detailed as newer kits. But while these are a bit simple, they're excellent for "fast builds" or then they can be detailed pretty well too. Here are mine: '77 Chevy Van: Older build, '57 Chevy Nomad: '69 Chevy Camaro:

Thanks guys! Andy, I've heard some bad things about these kits as well, but I have to admit that I really like building this one (And the Falcon is a very nice kit too). Parts fit has been great and most of the parts are well detailed too. Plus that the subject is very interesting! I agree, the intake could be better. Here's a little update even though I've been really busy, but luckily I've managed to snitch some modeling time here and there. I started doing a bit of bodywork. The body itself is still in very early stages, but I started with the tailgate. It had Ford letters on it, but I wanted to shave them to achieve a bit cleaner look. I removed the letters with hobby knife and finished with sandpaper. After that I applied some liquid glue where those letters had been and once that dried, I sanded that area smooth again. That way the letters were not "ghosting" through primer. Kit's hood needs some work too. After block sanding it I noticed there is an X-shaped sink mark going from one corner to another. There are couple of other minor sink marks too, and looks like the only way to smooth them out is to use a bit of putty. Here I darkened the sink marks a bit to make sure I remember to fill all of them with putty. Rear axle was glued together from two pieces so I had to smooth out the joint with putty. Here in the first picture it is sanded smooth and ready for paint. Then I just brush painted some Revell Gloss Black to the axle. I also painted and clear coated radiator wall and front inner fenders. So here are all of the engine bay panels in color.

Thanks Grant and Gene! I agree that I should have this one done as soon as possible. My goal is to have this one done by the end of the year. It should be possible, but there's a lot of work to do and I know I'll be very busy during the summer and during the winter too as I'll be building my 1:1 '62 Chevy II 'Street/Race' car. So yeah it's been a while since the latest update. I've been really busy with other stuff that's going on, but I've been able to do a little work with this thing anyway. Body is still waiting for another coat of clear, and if the weather permits, I'll try to shoot that clear coat on this week. Anyway yesterday and today I added some BMF to the dashboard. It's definitely not my best work, but it's the best I could do for now, cutting the extra foil away was really tricky as there were no proper edges/trim etc to use as a "guide". But I guess it will do while it can't be seen that well from inside of the car anyway. Today I painted some black on top of the foil as well. Cauges, radio and that little area with chromed Bel Air text on it were painted with small brush and then I wiped paint off from the details. That brought out the Bel Air text, for example. Not perfect, but I guess I can live with it.

That looks very good with those stock wheel openings! That's the way they should have done it already at Belkits I think. Very nice work with that conversion, if there was a reasonable priced resin copy of one of those I'd pick one up. That looks so much better than the rally version.

Wow, I didn't see this one until now. Looks great! '67 Impala is a very nice car and you're doing an excellent job with this. Where are those valve covers from? I would need a couple of sets for future projects...

Wow that is looking great! I just saw this thread for the first time, and I'm very glad I did! That looks just right, especially those wheels are done very nicely. I like your color choice too, hopefully we can see an update in the near future.

It's very tricky to say just a couple as there are so many nice cars out there. But my list would probably look something like this: '63 Chevrolet Impala Z11. '60 Chevrolet Impala 2D HT. '62-'64 Chevrolet Chevy II 2D Sedan: '55 Chevrolet Bel Air 2D Sedan:

Oh yeah I have lots of these! I have a huge pile of projects so most of them are stalled at one point or another. Every one of them is going to be completed though, the big question just is.... When? Here are a few examples. '60 Plymouth Fury Mild Custom: The Ramchargers' '61 Dodge Phoenix: '58 Chevy Sedan Delivery Pro Street: '70 Ford Torino E/S: I have lots of more as well...

I pretty much never start rebuilding/modifying my models after they're finished for the first time. It's true that 1:1 cars are never done, but I think it's not a good idea to start improving or rebuilding my own model kits, I prefer buying another kit and building that one different way then. That way when I have every model that I've built in my display case, I can see how my building skills have improved etc. My only two cars that I've started rebuilding are AMT '57 Fairlane that was my second build ever. It was a decent build originally, factory stock with wide whites, but pretty soon I swapped wheels and tires and then it had a raised rear end with wide tires, Cragars and tires with raised letters. Then I took it apart completely and started to build somekind of Drag Racer out of it, but I'm very happy that it stalled, and it's still possible to be restored the way I originally built it. I'm glad I didn't strip the paint! Another one is a Revell '32 Deuce, but I dropped it by an accident and to be honest I was never happy with that one. It will be rebuilt anyway.

Well I finally got around clear coating this one. As it was a very nice weather today I decided to paint it outside. I started with very light coats so the Tamiya clear wouldn't react with those decals and after several light coats, I shot a couple of heavier coats of clear to the body. It looks pretty good right now, but I'm bit unsure if there is enough clear to be polished or not, so probably I will be spraying another coat or two of clear on top of that. The dashboard was also clear coated.

Thanks guys! The progress has been pretty slow since I've had very little bench time, but I've made some minor steps forward with it anyway. I got the seat painted a while ago. That color came straight from a spray can and after the picture I shot some flat clear on it so now it's not too shiny. I think that's a pretty good interior color, at least the 1:1 cars with similar interior colors that I've seen look very good. That seat color is a bit more green in real life though. I also got inner fenders and radiator wall painted from both sides. The pictures show only other side of the parts though, but now when both sides are in color, I can shoot some clear over them as well.

This might be the best version of these '65 Plymouths from Moebius! These AWB cars have always been very interesting and now when finally a kit of one is coming out, it looks like I'll be buying several of these.

I'm not that crazy about this Charger as there are lots of kits from these '68-'70 Chargers already and they all look pretty much alike to me. Some of the kits, like the Revell '68 are even very good quality so I think I can skip this upcoming '70 Charger for now. BUT, if that '68 Coronet would be coming out, I'd get a couple of them immediately! That is a good looking car.

Oh Boy it looks like Moebius has my money again... That kit is absolutely a Must Have. Not sure though if I will manage with one of them or do I have to buy more to build a couple of different cars with different decals.

Well I was kind of debating if I should buy this kit or not, as I have lots of these Lindberg '64 Dodges and Plymouths already. The subject is very interesting though and with those new parts included, I'm pretty sure I'll end up buying me one of these kits. Glad to see it's finally coming out.