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That Ventura would be a cool one, even if it was in wrong scale. I know I'd have to get at least one of those, but the other kits in the same series are would be really interesting too...

That Starliner is a cool idea. Good looking build of an unique subject (How often have you guys seen a '60 Starliner in this section of the forum?). I like the hood and paint looks smooth too. Decals fit perfectly to the overall look of this one as well. Great work, gives me an inspiration to get going with my '60 Starliner Altered project.

I almost always listen to music while modeling. And only music that comes out from my record player is Rock 'n Roll or Rockabilly music. Here are a couple of my favorites: The Go Getters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQa0ybtCTY Stray Cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-efr9pJFbY Pole Cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihXeWEXCgJk And of course others for example... Eddie Cochran Gene Vincent Wanda Jackson Blue Cats T-Bird Gang Riot Rockers Crazy Cavan

Wow, thanks for that! It worked perfectly for me, never thought something like that could be done (Or that even I could do it ).

Anyone want to try this one? Oh, when you touch my hand my heart skips a beat And it beats that strange ol' way And when we glide into dancing my heart starts to pump I wanna shout Hey! Hey! Hey!

Yep I think it's the most fair way to do a second round. I think Jordan said it just perfectly: Eh I disagree. It may have a larger lead now, but that's against other builds and not the other finalists. It's like calling one NHL team the winner of the cup in the semi finals simply because they won 4 games in a row against 1 team. It may turn out different against the other finalists (or it may not as well). Just to make sure everyone understood, I'm not wanting a second round because then I had the possibility to improve my placing (And I know that would be very hard, because the other finalists are super nice builds and I believe I'm not going to make it to the top three with this high quality builds). Personally, it's no big deal for me, if I make it to the top three, it's nice, but I'm VERY happy to have my build finished and everything else is just bonus to me. Not to take anything away from Erik's great work. I think his build is probably the best of all. All builds are really nice, but that one just stands out. I'm just thinking that when the best of each group are against each others, it's a fair game for everyone. As said earlier, I'm not crazy about the final standings, but I'd really like to see who takes the win when everyone are against each others, not only the other builds from their groups. And finally, Great job Everyone who made it to the starting line! All of the builds are really good looking ! And the team spirit is the thing that makes me wanting to take part in this Cannonball each year. Edit: The link to my Charger Daytona: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=96237

This is a re-post as the original thread is gone. I want to thank you everyone who posted comments in that thread and / or during the buildup! Oh, looks like I was able to dig out my description from Google. Thanks for the tips in Off Topic Lounge section. Well I'm happy to say this: I have finally Finished something! This Charger Daytona was built to the Cannonball Run Community Build and I started building it from an AMT kit. First, I will have to say that anyone who is thinking of building a Charger Daytona or a Superbird, start with Revell kit as this kit is definitely not the best. I started by doing the bodywork on this thing. I wanted to make the front fenders and the nose clip a one piece unit that looks like fiberglass part. The front clip of the kit didn't fit together with the fenders at all and it required lots of styrene and Bondo to smooth out. There was a huge gap between the nose clip and stock front valance panel that needed to be filled with sheet styrene. I had to use some Bondo on trunk lid too, as there was a quite large sink mark. Engine is a 426 Hemi from the kit, but I changed valve covers to resin pieces from Comp Resins. Carburetors are from my parts box as well as the air cleaner, which required minor modifying though. Blower belt and pulleys are from Pro Tech. Engine bay detailing is done with variety of aftermarket parts and scratchbuilt details, for example the fuel lines are Braided Line by Pro Tech, the fittings and fuel pressure regulator are scratchbuilt. Firewall is from AMT kit, the radiator wall is from my parts box with some modifications as well. Interior is built mainly with kit parts. I wanted it to be brown with black carpet. Front seats are from my parts box and seat belts are made from Scale Dreams harness and Model Car Garage photo etch parts. The tachometer is from my parts box too. Those wooden areas on the dashboard and steering wheel were painted with Humbrol flat brown, followed by an uneven coat of Humbrol Clear Orange and finished with Revell Clear. The chassis is built pretty much box stock. I didn't do any modifications there, as the chassis from the kit is pretty simple. Exhaust pipes are cut from the original kit parts and they end before rear axle. Wheels and tires are from Plastic Performance Products detailed with paint and by added valve stems. Body is painted with Maston spray paints. The wing needed some Bondo to cover its seams too and then it and the hood were painted flat black. The body is polished and I used BMF to the chrome trim. Final assembly went well, only tail lights and rear bumber were a real pain to install. Otherwise I had no major problems. Oh and the mirrors are from my parts box. Together with my 2012 entry... '57 Chrysler 300C.

I think the 2nd round would be fair, as all of the groups might not be as skilled as others. I mean in some groups there might have been more excellent models and somewhere less and it makes the votes split up more or less. Okay okay I can't remember what cars were in which groups, or anything like that, but I think it would be the most fair way to do it. I'm not saying this because now I'd be the last one from those. It doesn't really matter me (And I think Erik's Riviera is probably the best of all), but it might be a fair thing to do...Maybe?

Thanks Jesse and Jonathan! Hopefully we'll see you, Jonathan, on the starting line too with your decals. Heh, It means "on Wednesday" in Finnish.

Ouch! Finding out that your body is warped is really frustrating. I know how easily it can lead to the point when the model is put back on the box for a long time, it has happened me a couple of times too. If you think the body is unusable like it is now, I'd probably try saving it with hot water anyway... If it ends up being worse, it doesn't matter that much when it was already unusable. Replacement body would be a good idea in my opinion too... Or then you could try finding a decent glue bomb / built up of this kit where to take the body from. Those are usually not so expensive and you could get some other parts from the same kit as well in side of the actual body.

Thanks Gene and Aaron! I appreciate the kind words. Gene: That would be a great stance to shoot for. I think I like the high stance, but since every Fiat I've seen has the front end high I might do something different. Maybe something between those two, a bit higher than in the picture but a bit lower than what is it when built box stock. Thanks for the picture, it's a great reference shot for that stance for sure.

Thanks Fellows! Tim: Yep, me too. Right now it looks like I'm making it to the finishing line, and if everything goes as planned, this will be finished on Sunday morning. Then all I have to do is to take the pics and post them up. Here's a little update also. I've been working with the engine bay details and it is really slow progress but it's worth it overall. First the firewall and the radiator wall were glued on place and then I added two thicker wires on both inner fenders. I was thinking that there would be many smaller wires going inside them just like it's done on many real cars. I also connected alternator and water pump wiring. Windshield washer's container was found from my parts box. After some minor modifying it looked alright so I painted some water inside it using Tamiya Clear Blue. Tomorrow's plan is to start polishing the body and if I have time I will work on the carburetor linkage as well.

Oh okay, I guess I'll have to keep on looking then, thanks for the reply! Yeah 100% accuracy is not my goal either, but when building a relatively expensive and a really rare resin kit (Cast by a friend of mine, and he didn't do many of them) and trying to replicate an 1:1 car I think I'll have to pay more attention on little details.

Really nice and clean work. I'm glad to see these Altereds being built and yours definitely has the "Early Vibe". My favorite part is the tinted glass. I might have missed it, but where did you get them?

Very beautiful! Toronado might not be my favorite Oldsmobile even if it's a really nice car overall, but this model definitely belongs to the top class! Fantastic paint job and very clean BMF work all over. Engine bay looks very nicely detailed as well so really great job turning an old Jo-Han kit into an incredible model.

What's your source for the rear tires, Bill? They look like they're narrower than 9" slicks that would be too wide for a Stocker from that era. I'm building also the Ramchargers car and I need a few sets of those narrow white wall slicks on my other builds too.

Citroen 2CV Hot Rod from Finland: I'm building something similar to this in scale. It is coming together very slowly though. I'm planning to use a Flathead Four from an A Model Ford as the powerplant and mine will be rear wheel drive.

I don't think it's a good idea. In my opinion there are too many categories in here already and I think we don't need more of them. I think that everyone who posts their work on a public forum like this should be able to handle criticism and really pay attention on what the other guy is criticising. I mean that when someone makes suggestion to fix a flaw you've just done, I think it's the best way to learn and try new techniques. Personally I was told a few years ago that I should buy a polishing kit. I was a bit unsure at first because I was quite happy with my paint jobs "straight from the can". After polishing my first model I know I would never ever finish a model without polishing it (if it's supposed to have a shiny paint job). Anyway if someone can't handle the criticism, why should that kind of a person post his models on a public forum if he's afraid of someone pointing flaws in his/her work. Of course it's important to give Constructive criticism. When I point out a flaw on someone else's work, I try to do it so that it won't hurt the builders feelings in any way. Also every model has something good in it... I think it's a good way to say something positive as well. It makes a difference: "Great work, nice job with the engine detailing and clean assembly! Good paint job too, but how about trying a spray can paint next time instead of paint brushing, it will give you even better results?" Or: "You should use spray paints to paint your model. There's no way one can paint as smoothly with paint brush." ...So my point is that with one yet another category it gets more complicated to follow all of the posts. I think same kind of finished models (Like Cars) should be in Under Glass where you can friendly tell the builder if there's something he could do better job with on the next time. It will make us better builders too.

Umm that post gave me some serious pressures to get it done... Great job with the Mustang, Tim! It looks very good with that color and a smooth paint job. Really nice and clean work overall

Yep I gotta do that next time I see him . His builds are always great inspiration sources.

Thanks Fellows! Looks like I'm making good progress with the Charger Daytona even though this update is not as large as I hoped. I thought about what it takes to finish this on time and when I start polishing the body on Wednesday I should be able to have this thing finished on Sunday morning which means that I still have time to take good pics of it before the race starts... I started working with the firewall. It's not the best part in the kit, but anyway I think I'll be using it as it's not the worst either. The brake master cylinder was really horrible though, as seen on the picture below (Step 1). I cut it away (Step 2) and left that power brake booster which doesn't look like 1:1 part either, but still it's much closer to the real deal than that piece that was trying to be brake master cylinder. Step 3 shows painted firewall. My new brake master cylinder will be from AMT '66 Nova. I also detailed the battery. Battery Cables are from Scale Dreams, those photo etch parts are from Detail Master and the mount is scratchbuilt. A bit of excitement was with painting those yellow parts as my paint was some leftover from my dad's previos modeling times from the '80s. It worked really nicely though. Uh oh looks like the picture shows that orange paint is visible through the black on that inner fender. I just checked and it's not visible in person. The radiator wall was painted gloss black and aluminum radiator got some silver on. I made that hose that goes to overflow tank (That is imagined to be on front side of the radiator wall which will be covered in finished model) from stretched sprue. I also shot some Primer on the hood and air cleaner. The hood was already in Primer and looked good, but unfortunately it got dropped to floor and I had to spray a new coat on. Now it should be ready for paint, just like the rear spoiler. For the air cleaner I had to use red Primer as the grey ran out.

Great looking project! This kit sure needs some extra effort to make it look really good, but looks like you're doing a great job. The opened grille is a great touch. I've seen Petri's build in person in both stages (WIP & Finished) and it sure looks great. I'm sure yours will be another winner when done.

Thanks Bill! I agree that the wheels turned out very nice and lots of credit belongs to Plastic Performance Products. They were so great! Your paint job looks fantastic too. Gloss Black is really hard to paint, but looks like you did it just right. Also black body with a red interior looks always good. Here's a little update too. I found an air cleaner from my parts box and it looked good otherwise, but it was hollow from the underside. Because of that it didn't sit very well on top of the carburetors, so I fabricated a bottom-part for it from sheet styrene. Before that I stripped the chrome plating away though, as it will need to be painted Chrome Silver. The next thing was to add valve stems to the wheels. I drilled holes for them and then I used small bits of welding wire from MIG welding machine to create the valve stems. They were painted silver. Then I glued the wheels and tires together and installed those Firestone decals on place. The finished wheel & tire set looks pretty good I think. Once the wheels and tires were finished, I decided to put the whole thing on four wheels. Both, the front and rear wheels fit nicely on place and they all touch the ground, too. I decided to test fit how the body and chassis look together...

Alright while working with this year's entry to get it done I had some time to think about what I will be building to the Sleeperball. Now when I got my idea figured out (It'll be something fun as I'm planning to install a powerful engine in a small & light body) I can't wait to get started! I hope no-one else comes up with the same idea than I did (I guess not )...

Yep I like it without the wheel covers too. Very nice looking Impala, excellent work with it overall. Smooth and shiny paint job with a bit different color choice that works nicely and incredible detailing in the engine bay and chassis too. You know I have a soft spot for these X-Frame Chevys so I really like this one.