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First, I'm not sure if this is the right category for this thread, but as I see other 1:1 car related posts in here, I thought this might fit here too. If not, I'm sorry and please move it somewhere. Anyway I think this is really one of a kind Drag Race crash, I know that it has never happened before at least here in Europe. This happened at European Drag Race Championship Finals where a Top Fuel Bike racer Filippos Papafilippou crossed the center line and lost the control of his bike. The driver made it to the finishing line, the bike didn't... See youself, this is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgh_nEbZi8s

Actually, I believe it was correct on the first pictures. That pulley tightens up the belt and it should be installed just like it is on the pics. Interesting project. I can't wait to see more as that body is looking really wild like that!

Here are two pictures of the rear suspension on the new COPO Camaro. If you're going to build an actual COPO Camaro, I wish you good luck. I have the same project in mind, I have the kit already but currently I'm searching all of the parts I need before I can start the project.

Incredible work! I've always thought that this '70½ Camaro looks much better than '67-'69 Camaros so I'm really glad to see one built this well. Fantastic work overall, but my favorite is that interior. It looks very realistic, especially the seats that don't look like plastic at all. I can't wait to see more of this.

Thanks everyone for the comments, they are appreciated! Bill: Yep these are great looking cars. I did a little mock up with the engine and as I'm going with a Small Block there is a bit more space to move the engine just a little forward. It won't probably be perfect, but at least it should be better than if built box stock. I have already built one as a Mild Custom with the 348 Cid engine and I can remember that there was no space to move the engine forward enough. Philip: I'm glad this brings memories! My 1:1 has some rust issues too. Currently the rear quarter panel from co-drivers' side is partly disappeared... Needs to order a replacement quarter panel for that... Carl: I used a Razor Saw to cut the transmissions. It works really well and makes straight cuts. I can't remember for sure, but it wasn't very expensive either, maybe something like $15 here in Finland. I think every modeler should have one of these on their toolbox, mine is made by Zona and it looks pretty much like this: Thanks for the interest guys, I'll have more updates soon.

The next step was painting the door panels. My reference pics showed that on the door panels the white areas are actually light grey. So I painted them with Humbrol #56. Later on after I had painted the red, I noticed that the grey areas are a bit too dark, but since they look decent like that I thought I'm going to leave them like that. It's not too wrong anyway. Then some BMF and detail painting with silver and black wash to the door lines and they are done.

If that was for me, Thanks! Uh I guess I have enough glue bombs on my own right now. Finishing all of them will take probably a couple of decades.

I thought I wouldn't start a new project before my '50 Oldsmobile Mild Custom is completed, but it seems that I can't keep my hands off from this one so I'll have to get started with it. The Olds will be done soon, though. So the plan is to build an Impala that my 1:1 scale Impala will hopefully be in a few years time. This means that I will install a 383 Cid Stroker Small Block Chevy from Revell '69 Nova kit as that is what will be under the hood on the real thing when I get the money to build the engine, tranny, driveshaft and rear axle. I'm planning that the real thing should look a little like an old Junior Stock Drag Car with front end a bit higher than the rear end, high profile blackwall tires with black steel wheels on the back and whitewalls and Chrome Reverses on the front. I took AMT 9" Slicks for this project as that's what I would use on the 1:1 car when driving at the Drag Strip, front tires come from AMT Firestone Parts Pack. The wheels are resin cast by a friend of mine. The front wheels will be painted with Alclad Chrome. As I said earlier, the engine is taken from Revell's Special Edition '69 Nova kit. I'm planning to use aluminum heads, Victor Junior style intake manifold (Where to find one in scale?), Mickey Thompson valve covers and of course headers. No kit seems to have correct headers for this car so I will have to scratchbuild them. Of course the engine needs to be detailed properly. The kit has some flaws in it, even if it is pretty good quality. Originally the engine sits way too far back and there is the spare wheel cover next to the fuel tank (It was there in '59 but not in '60) etc. But more on those modifications later as I go.... First Here are a few pics of how the real car looks right now: And here is the kit. When I bought it, the first thing was of course to get rid of those horrible wheels and tires(How could someone ever install them on a '60 Impala?! :lol: ) Luckily a friend of mine bought them. As you can see the rear wheels are actually meant to be installed on the front. I need to try removing the center knobs somehow. Buying a new set of wheels might be another choice, we'll see which one I'll do. The real car will probably have a TH350 automatic trans (Currently it has a PG) so I had to try finding one. Luckily my friend Matti (ChevyCoupe41) had a "junk engine" with a TH350 transmission molded in. So I cut the transmissions separate from the engine blocks and now I have the engine from the Nova with TH350 trans. Thanks For Lookin'!

Thanks Philip and Darryl! I appreciate it! Yep I know many people who don't like to build 1/24 scale models. I think it makes no difference, so for me this is not a big deal. I got the hole on the hood done. A couple of pieces of sheet styrene and some rough sanding and now it's covered in Bondo. I also drilled holes to the scoop and now the carbs get some fresh air, too.

Here are four pictures from FHRA Swap that was held in March 2014. The weather wasn't very good so there were not that many American Cars present. Anyway here are a few:

It can't get much better than this. Very realistic looking Altered all in all, but that detailing must be my favorite. It looks like the engine could be fired up at any moment. Combined with good looking paint job and very nice and clean assembly overall make this one an incredible model. Congrats.

WOW! Those Quadrajets are Beautiful! As a 1:1 Stock Eliminator Drag Racer I like to build lots of Stockers and Super Stockers where you can't hide carburetors under air cleaner... I will buy those soon for sure. So.... Thank You for making those carbs!

It's actually quite easy. I started by making the bottom plate from sheet styrene. I just drew the lines to the sheet styrene and cut it off. The sides were done next. I used the first side piece as a quide to the other one and that way they turned out similar to each other. Then I glued those parts together and I also glued a larger piece of styrene to the top. Once the glue was dry, I trimmed it into a proper size and then I did the back piece with the same method. I've done three of these scoops in the past and all of them have turned out good. So those are actually quite easy to scratchbuild... I'm sure you can do it. I still have to drill holes for the carburetor throats on the bottom part, though.

Rob's idea of the 1972 theme sounds excellent to me. No one could turn old Classics ugly with big wheels or modern engines... (Just kidding of course, but you know I don't like those...). I really liked the Pre '62 Cannonball, too.

Thanks Ben! If you mean this Firebird... ...It's been looking pretty much like that for a long time. It was one of the Fastest Street Cars in Finland in the late 1980s. It looks still pretty much the same. I don't know what engine it had back then, but now it's powered by a Big Block Chevy. Here is a picture of it at Kauhajoki Street Race in 1987. http://superbird.kuvat.fi/kuvat/1987/Kauhajoki+Street+Race/IMG_0011_NEW.jpg

Thanks Glenn and Ron! I appreciate your comments. Finally I'm back working with this one. I started modifying the hole on the hood. It's too big for the scoop so I started adding some sheet styrene to make the hole smaller. I'll try to add some more styrene on this one really soon to get the hood painted.

Well I took a break of couple of months from this build. Now I thought it would be a good time to get slowly back on this one. My main focus will be on the '50 Oldsmobile Mild Custom, '69 Charger Daytona for Cannonball Run CBP and the "Summer Project" '55 Chevy. But while those three are drying, I thought I'd work with this a little. Not much progress, but I wanted to let you know that this project isn't forgotten. I painted the backseat. I painted the red first and then the white. As with the front seat, this is painted on free hand without masking tape. Next step will be flocking the floor. Hopefully I can make it on the next couple of days...

Incredible engine work Clay! If I didn't know it's a model, I would say it's real deal. Fantastic detailing and great paint colors, too. The parts look very real, not at all like painted parts of plastic. Great job with the carbon fiber too.

I agree. And I think the deadline on January 1st is really odd. I mean that there are only few builders who can build something from start to finish in that time. I know I'm not one of them though. I'd like to take part in a Community Build too if it had a good theme and a possible deadline.

That turned out really nice. I thought it's hard to build anything interesting from these kits, but you proved me wrong. This is a really good looking Hot Rod Delivery with good looking paint job and sharp detailing. I like the crate engine in the back, too. I have a question though that I've been wondering for a while. A few people write "HEMI" (With Capital letters) and other write "Hemi". Where does the word "HEMI" come from? Is it a shortened version of something else, like for example NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)? Just curios, I don't mean to nitpick here.

That's a good looking Hudson. I like the color combo a lot, not always blue and white (It's kinda funny to say that as I painted mine blue & white ). Great paint job too and sharp foiling on the chrome trims. Good job overall.

Probably the last Vantaa Cruising Night was on Friday. It was cold and the temperature went below the freezing point, but there were more cars than usually in October. There were some smoky Burnouts, too. Full Picture Gallery. Burnout Video. Featuring for example low 10 second Dodge Dart Swinger with Pro Charger, low 10 second Brutal Twin Turbo Chevy Pickup doing two massive Burnouts, a couple of Plymouth Valiants and a Dodge Monaco etc etc!

I also enjoy rebuilding old Glue Bombs especially if it's a rare kit. I have many of those restorations in progress, but here are three that I have finished. '69 Chevy Camaro Gumball Rally. This was bought as a Glue Bomb where the paint had been stripped off so many times that the body cracked very easily and required lots and lots of Bondo and sanding. After some other modifications it ended up being completely Black Road Racer. Then this is a '70 Dodge Super Bee that I got for free a couple of years ago. It was a great starting point for a build as almost all of the parts were there and only some minor parts had to be found from parts boxes. I built it as Factory Stock. And this is my most recent Glue Bomb rebuild, Jo-Han '71 Plymouth Barracuda Pro Stock. Almost all of the parts were there, too, but I did some modifications to the kit. For example I added proper front axle parts to replace the metal axle, scratchbuilt a new fuel system etc.

That is just my style Chevelle. Especially I like the stance a lot and it's great to see those old sponsor texts etc on the sides. Really nicely built and restored Chevelle overall.

Another great build from your bench! The color looks very good, actually it fits surprisingly good on a Mustang like this. Smooth and Shiny paint job with excellent detailing make this one a winner for sure. Personally I think the front end should be higher so that the car would sit on level, but that doesn't change the fact that this is an excellent build from a talented builder.