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It looks really good! Great work as always. I like the color on it and paint job looks smooth too. Nicely detailed engine is always nice to see as well. Where did you get the Cherry Bomb mufflers? I need a set of those for my '60 Impala project.

Here are the pics I promised to post earlier. I filled the spare tire bulge hole with sheet styrene and put some Bondo on to smooth the seams. Once that are is smooth, I will be adding some more styrene to get this side look similar to the other side with its raised areas (I don't know what they're called in English...).

Thanks for the picture Brad! I will try to locate one of those from somewhere, it sounds like a good stuff. Meanwhile I was sanding the hood and then mixing up some more Bondo . Now I think after I have sanded the new coat of Bondo smooth it might be the time for the "spray filler". My order from Ted's Modeling Marketplace arrived today as well. Great Thank You to you, Ted, it's a pleasure to do business with you. The package came fast and it was even delivered straight to me on my front door. Usually I have to go to the Post Office to get the package, but this one came directly to home. The parts were super nice, too! My main item was the Blower Belt & Pulley set by Pro Tech for this build and another set for my '69 Dodge Charger Daytona in Cannonball Run CBP. For this one I can't install them until the engine and body are both glued on place. Otherwise I can't fit the engine on place as it is relatively tight fit.

Yep. That's another reason why it is so interesting as we could not build a OOB model with just a couple of added details or some speed parts. I don't know what car would be my entry, but a crusty and dusty '57 Chevy Bel Air might be a good basis for the project if this Sleeperball was next year's theme. It would be a good ultimate Sleeper with either a Turbocharged or Blown SBC...

Yep that '57 Ford is really interesting. I gotta get a couple of those. I'm thinking about doing one Factory Stock, another one as Police Car and I think I need the third kit too to build a Surf Wagon! Now everyone is really happy about the Ford. I bet once it comes out the complaining will begin. I gotta get my popcorns ready. Glad to see a '59 Cadillac HT also reissued. That is a perfect starting point for a Mild Custom project.

That's very nicely built Road Runner. Especially the paint job and detailing look spectacular. I know how hard gloss black is to get right but here it is done perfectly. Very nice work even though the wheels, tires and stance are way out of my taste.

Incredible work as always. Starting from a DieCast makes it even harder to build (IMO) and looks like you nailed it. Very high quality work and a good looking car too.

I agree! This would be very, very interesting.

Thanks Guys! James: I want to say thanks for pointing out my error. This is what happens when you just translate the word in your head without knowing if it is just that for sure. Gene: Model putty is much easier to sand which is a good thing. But I prefer Bondo because it doesn't shrink like some of the model putties do (For example Green Putty does shrink) so it will hide the seams etc much better. I think that's the main reason, otherwise it's just as easy to use even though the Bondo I'm using needs to be mixed up. That's really easy though and doesn't take much time either. Brad: Yep I'd like to see it too. That would be an interesting item to try, so a picture would help locating one tube of those from somewhere.

Welcome! As Rob said I wouldn't worry about your English skills and I'm sure they will get better as well in here. That's what happened when I joined here, too. Good looking builds you have there, too!

Hey Dan, could you in any way send the Super Stock rules for me, too? I have some older rules and today's rules of course but not anything from around 1968. I know something, but a complete Rulebook from the Super Stock section would be really helpful.

Thanks Guys! Yep it's true everyone has their own building techniques and for someone a technique that works for me might not work. Oh well, looks like I've hit a language barrier in here. We call it Spray Filler or Filler Primer here in Finland, but I guess there might be another word for it in English. A Small update. I just put the first coat of Bondo to the underside of the hood. Once it's dry, I will sand it smooth and it probably will need some more Bondo. I also shot some white Primer on the dashboard. Hopefully I can get it painted blue really soon.

Thanks Bob! I knew you'd like the 1:1 car . It's true that the engine is really nice in that Nova kit. I built one of those Novas a couple of years ago as a Stock Eliminator Drag Car and when I started looking for a kit that has a good SBC that Nova came directly on my mind. Luckily I was able to find one cheap at local model car show. Here's a minor update on the '60. The chassis has a spare tire bulge (Whatever it is called in English) and last time it was on X-Frame Chevy was in 1959. So I cut it away and started doing a styrene piece to cover the hole. It still needs some fine tuning, so I didn't take a picture of that yet either. I will work with it tomorrow and probably post a couple of more pics. Some Bondo was also put on the engine.

Here's a little update to the Charger Daytona. I shot some Primer on the body today. It looks pretty good for now, but of course I can't say it for sure until it's fully dried. Tomorrow I will have to see how it looks and if it's good, after a couple of days I will shoot some orange on it. I hope I don't have to do more bodywork with it as the deadline is gettin' closer and closer every day...

Thanks Jeremy, Carl, Richard and Charlie! I appreciate your kind words and I agree that the colors work well together. I've always thought that red & silver is a perfect combo and this one proves it. Today I headed to the garage and continued the painting process of this Oldsmobile. The hood was painted red and it turned out decent. It needs some minor sanding and a new coat of red though as there is a bit of dust on the paint. It's not too bad though. I also started clear coating the body. As I've had lots of trouble with the body paint, I thought it's better to clear coat very carefully. So today I sprayed a very light coat of clear on the body and so far there are no problems detected. I will spray another coat of clear tomorrow. It will take some time, but hopefully it doesn't end up in paint stripping... I have also painted some engine bay parts so detailing should continue soon...

The second FHRA Swap of the year was held in September. The weather was better so of course there were more American Cars than there were in March. Here is a link to the Picture Gallery. And here is a Teaser Shot: Also here are a few pictures from Rekola Cruising Night in May 2014. This is one of those smaller Cruise Nights, but there were some really cool cars present anyway. Picture Gallery.

I just saw this on TRaK and I thought I should post it in here too. As speculated in another thread, looks like Moebius Models is reissuing two old Jo-Han kits, '59 Dodge and '64 Turbine Car that will be the promo version without an engine. I'm really looking forward to these, I gotta get several of both of them. More info here: http://www.scalemodelnews.com/2014/10/marvels-from-moebius-sneak-peek-at-2014.html

Gene: Yep the filler primer is a good stuff for sure, it covers easily minor flaws that still are present and it is easily sandable, too. James: Uh oh I've always used a round wooden stick to mix up the putty and it has always worked perfectly. I think it makes no difference in what you mix it up with, but of course it needs to be mixed up properly so that the putty has a nice and even color on it. Filler Primer is a good stuff too. If you spray too much of it, yes, it will cover all of the details. Important with that is to spray a very light coat of it and then all of the details are still present. It makes the prep work so much easier when you don't have to put Bondo on dozens of places when the body is getting near paint.

I think that Amazon would be a really cool to have as a model kit. AirTrax has made a resin kit of one, but I've heard rumors that they are being sold out and the molds need to be redone to produce more of those copies. That Amazon has lots of building options, I'm thinking of a Chopped Custom, Street Machine with a V8 under the hood and my favorite would be building something like the Hemizon:

Thanks Gene! The prep work can be really frustrating at sometimes, but now I somehow had inspiration to work with the hood as fast as the filler dried. The underside is another story though.... It will be a pain to get right as the shapes make it difficult to sand. I found this picture from the Internet. It shows how the Bondo looks when the actual filler and the hardener paste are mixed up. For applying it on a surface I use a piece of thin styrene sheet or then a piece of thicker cardboard. It's the best way I've figured out anyway. It works like this, but of course just in a smaller scale.

What He Said! Especially I like how the turtle deck looks and probably because it's missing, I've never bought the earlier reissue of this kit. I was very close of buying it a couple of times, but then I found something more interesting. Maybe now it would be a good time to pick one of these up...Even without the turtle deck. Anyone knows if those Turtle Decks are offered in resin by someone?

The hood is starting to look smooth now from the top side. After the last set of pics I have put a couple of coats of Bondo on it and sanded it smooth each time. Now it should be ready for a coat of Spray Filler or Primer, I'm not sure which one I'll be using. The underside is still rough, though. It needs to be smoothed out before I can shoot anything on it.

I got these from a Local Model Car Show today. My plan was to keep my budget low and surprisingly I managed to do that! The '62 Impala Convertible is missing a chassis and the body is painted. Complete engine and interior are there, though and that kit has a great 409 with Cross Ram intake and Offenhauser's finned valve covers. It was cheap so I had to pick it up. SMP's '60 El Camino is missing all of the Custom parts and some smaller items, but it doesn't matter me. I will use a chassis from AMT 1959 El Camino and engine bay from another source to make it a Mild Custom. It was pretty cheap too so I had to get it. More pictures Here. Then I bought some smaller stuff, a bottle of Tamiya Blue, three pairs of 9" Slicks, inner wheels and some valve covers: Original ones for Chevy W-Block and Generation 2 Big Block, Offenhauser valve covers for W-Block and Weiand and Corvette valve covers for SBC. Those magazines I got for free.

Really good looking Dragster and a great description, too. Especially I like the front wheels, as the wire wheels in these kits are really poor quality and I think they would ruin an otherwise nice build. Those look perfect. Nice paint and assembly work and sharp detailing all over. For example the valve stems seem to be one item that many builders forget (Me too!). Really nicely executed build of an interesting subject.

This is interesting! There can never be too many X-Frame Chevrolets and this one is turning out spectacular. I've always liked this engine combination fitted in these X-Frame Chevys, even though my favorite engine would be... Well I think you all know that it would be a W-Block. Anyway great looking Impala you have there. The color combination looks very good and paint job is really smooth too. I like the tires and that engine detailing is super nice. I can't wait to see this one done.