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Ford engine in a Chevy? Shame on you, Tulio ! Seriously speaking, excellent looking trio you have there. I like to build these older style cars too so great to see them done this well. My favorite is that '49 Mercury. It just looks so great like that.

Oh Boy - that would get lots of looks in traffic ! Not sure how that works, and mainly I wonder about the same front tire thing as Jamie. Here's another pretty cool way to haul your Front Engine Dragster. I saw it here in Finland a few years ago, a Finnish guy came Drag Racing with his Fuel Injected, Methanol Burning FED using his '32 Ford Coupe with a 409 as a hauler.

Thanks Gene (Even if the thanks comes a bit late)! As some of you might noticed from my other posts and from the fact that I haven't been checking in much lately nor have I posted much, I've been very busy with my 1:1 '60 Impala. Now it's driveable so I'm slowly starting to have time for these scale models as well. I thought about what should I continue next. I had a '78 Ford Pickup, the Top Street Mustang and '55 Chevy on my bench. Mustang is still waiting for some accessories, so I need to wait for a while before I can continue that. So I decided to do some work on this, as it's one of the most interesting projects that I've had for a while. That Ford Pickup and the '55 Chevy are being worked on as well, so I can see an update in that '55 thread in near future... I thought I should start with the chassis. I had stripped the old paint off earlier and after that the chassis seemed to be in good shape. Almost all of the paint came off nicely and paint hadn't reacted with the plastic at all so I gave it a light sanding and then today I shot a coat of Primer on it. My plan is to paint some flat black on that chassis tomorrow.

Fantastic work on an interesting project. This Riviera can be turned into a super cool Custom and it might not even need body mods for that! Excellent color on the body and very good looking paint job as well. That interior makes me tempted to just jump in for a ride! Here's a little inspiration for you - a Finnish Buick Riviera Custom:

I like it, nicely done. Very clean work overall, good looking paint work and all parts fit very nicely on place. I like your color choice as well, and even though I'm not a fan of non-chromed bumpers I think they look surprisingly good on this. They give it a mean look and it fits to this car very well. My only critique was those spark plug wires, but it was pointed out already. Anyway if you end up buying aftermarket stuff for them, I recommend Scale Dreams' wires as they've worked very well on my builds. Very nice Dart overall.

I built the Charger Daytona version which is basically the same kit and I had problems with that rear bumper as well... It didn't fit at all. I found out on mine that the gap where the bumper is supposed to go, is a bit too small. I ended up filing some material off from bottom of that gap to create a 'taller' gap for the bumper. After that it fit on place even though it wasn't en easy part to glue on place like that either. And this was done after my body was painted, cleared and polished too. Here's a picture that might help a little. Sorry my picture editing skills are a bit rusty... That engine is looking spectacular. A true piece of art, excellent job.

Thanks for the information again, Bill! I searched from Google when I got this kit and I thought that it might be F350, but I wasn't sure. Now I know. Work with the wheels has begun as well so I guess this case is closed. Thanks to You both.

That was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this kit being in progress (Probably this is no surprise to anyone who knows me )! Good looking pics for sure and despite all of the "problems", this'll be another excellent kit.

Thanks for the help, Miles and Bill! I knew someone would know the answer in here. Now I need to add eight lug nuts on those wheels that came with the kit. Those resin wheels look very good, but right now I unfortunately can't afford to them as all of my money is going to gasoline on my 1:1 toy. Thanks again!

I'm building an AMT '78 Ford 4X4 Pickup. I believe it's F350 but I'm not sure as I'm no Ford or Pickup expert. Anyway I have a question on the wheels, as the kit wheels have no bolts or lug nuts molded in them, it means that I'll have to add them. But my question is that did Ford use somekind of "Truck Wheels" on these Pickups that had more bolts than regular five bolt ones? I tried searching from Google and from this site, but I came up with nothing.

More Teddy And The Tigers stuff because it's excellent. This is their cover of Buddy Holly's Rock Around With Ollie Vee: Here's the original for comparison:

Thank You Charlie (Even if I'm a bit late with the thanks)! Those Zona saws are really nice as you said. There are some cuts that just can't be done so nicely with anything else than that. Alright... Now since the 1:1 scale '60 Impala is in driveable condition and I've been Cruising around with it pretty much, it's time to slowly get back on the models as well. This was the most interesting one right now so I pulled it from my stash again and continued working. But first to get you guys in the mood for '60 Impalas, here are two pics of the 1:1. I continued by doing some engine related work. As many people know, the engine in this kit sits originally way too back. When I built my other Revell '60 Impala, I noticed that it's not quite easy to move that 348 Big Block forward but looks like it can be done with this Small Block. So after figuring out what should I do to move it a bit forward, I thought the easiest way is to modify frame crossmember a little to make room for oil pan to come forward. This is how the crossmember looks originally and how the engine sits originally: And here you can see the crossmember and engine fitment after my little modifications. As you can see I didn't move the engine very much forward, but a little anyway and it definitely is a bit better. I'll see what else I can do to fix the problem in the near future... I had some trouble finding a correct color for the engine. Humbrol's Orange wasn't red enough and Testors' Chevy Engine Red was too red and I had nothing from between and I couldn't find the correct shade anywhere either. Well luckily I had that paint in a bottle (I got some of it mixed up for me when I painted the engine for our '74 Chevelle Stocker). I took a little amount of it to a glass bottle and thinned it up pretty much because otherwise it would have hidden all of the details. I painted the engine parts with that using a paint brush and it worked fine, plus that color matches perfectly to the one I'll be using when I build that new engine to my Impala because I'll be using the same paint on that!

Thanks! It's not the cleanest ever (Paint has some patina in it as it's original paint) but still it's very cool. And that red Bowtie is definitely one of the coolest features !

Very cool AWB Ford! I've always liked these AWB cars and this is a cool one. You moved the rear axle forward pretty much which gives it a really wild look. Probably that's why I like it so much. Yep those turntables are excellent but I can't use mine as drying place as it's almost always in use (Currently playing Shaking Pyramids' Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll).

Thanks Guys! It's a very cool car even if it's not a Show Car by any means. Paint job is the worst part - it has been painted in 1988 in Texas so it has some patina in it (scratches etc). Tommy: No, it hasn't been raised, but with those tires it sits a bit higher than it did originally. Currently it has 225/75/15 on front and 255/70/15 on rear. And actually it has an aluminum PowerGlide. It was swapped to this in 1990 when the car had a powerful 327 SBC. I have the original cast iron PG as well and I might install it on place sometime. Joe: Nope, I think I have no plans on letting it go. I know the full history from the moment when it was bought to Finland in 1988 and there are lots of stories following with that car. Ray: You should have seen it when I drove to my high school with that thing today. Many other students were looking like they had never seen a car before.

I've always liked how '59-'60 Chevy dashboard looks, but especially now when my Impala is driveable and I've spent pretty much time behind the dash and steering wheel, I like it even more. This is my dashboard when we pulled the car out from the garage where it sat for five years.

It's not the best kit ever made, but it's definitely buildable. I built this last year: I believe every kit can be built well. Some just take lots of more work than others. MPC '57 Flip Nose Corvette is definitely one of them.

Now I'll have to post a couple of pics as I finally got my 1:1 project driveable. It's working really nicely now and I'm glad that the rust repairs are done. So it has a 283 Small Block with PowerGlide trans.

A Couple of Teddy And The Tigers' covers. This is a Finnish band that was active in 1977-1980. After that they've had a few gigs, but not many. Here they're covering Johnny Burnette's Tear It Up: Carl Perkins' Honey Don't:

Thanks again for the information guys! I've seen those Morgan Automotive Details' wheels, but I need them to be chromed so I'll probably end up buying one of those kits. Thanks again and a great looking Buick!

What particular Pro Stock kit comes with those? The ones that I've seen are wider and they have Beadlocks on them . As my main use for them would be a Stock Eliminator Drag Car, they are too wide. The ones under this one look just right though.

Good looking Street & Strip Buick! I like how it looks with that wheel and tire combo. Especially those Drag Radials on the back are very nice. Maybe some BMF to the chrome trim next time, but it looks very good like this too. Where are those rear wheels from? I need those DragLites for a couple of projects, but the ones in Pro Stock kits are too wide.

Very good looking Thunderbird. I saw one of these with that Tonneau Cover a couple of years ago after it had gone through a "Full Restoration". It was very nice and so is this. Fantastic work overall. Sharp job with BMF and smooth paint job as well. Nice work.

There might be differences on these gel pens (Or then there might not be, I don't know) but at least the one I tried back in 2011 didn't work. It's still tacky.

An interesting project, Bob! I like seeing replicas of these old Drag Cars and with the amount of modifications this project requires, it's even more interesting. Frame and bodywork look very good. I can't wait to see more.