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Thanks Ira! It means a lot when coming from a "Master Cutter" like you . Well, nothing much done today. Only a little sanding on the front end. But what I did was planning on what should I do next, and I do have a question for the Pro Mod guys. The NHRA says that the front overhang should be 45 inches, but if the actual front overhang is shorter, an NHRA approved nose extension piece can be used. I'd like to use that rather than extending the front overhang, but I'm not sure how does that extension piece look like. Is it this "Fin" that is installed in the bumper? My front overhang is 38" in this Corvette, so I need a 7" extension piece. I was also measuring the body width. Front end must be narrowed quite a bit, but the rear end is very close to the NHRA measurements. Anyway if someone could answer on the question, I'd highly appreciate it.

I don't want to complain, but after doing this same modification on many roll bars, why that crossbar can't be in horizontal level? Now the seat belts can't be installed on that crossbar... It's not a big deal to modify, but I wonder why the kit manufacturers (Not only Revell) can't do that correct.

Great job so far! I think there are no flaws to be pointed out. The engine looks good. That orange color is pretty close to the Chevy Engine Red, so what paint did you use? Also the paint on that carburetor looks much better than just chrome plating. How about the same paint for alternator as well? Looks like this kit has a pretty good looking Rochester carburetor... Maybe I must pick one up. Oh, and glad to see you building a Chevy!

Thanks fellows! I appreciate your kind comments a lot! Well, no more progress on this one. I have had very little time to build anything so all I have been doing is planning on where to cut next. Probably I will continue with the nose when I have time.... Stay tuned.

Well, I still have had very little bench time, and it took me four days to sand the putty and spray a Primer coat over the body. I used flat white Primer, because the another color will be white, which wouldn't probably work with grey Primer. Hopefully there will be no surprises when the paint is dry, because now it looks pretty smooth. Anyway here are a couple of pictures and hope to have it painted soon.

You build always incredible stuff, and this one is no exception. Excellent work converting a rarely seen scale model into a beautiful Pro Modified. I like the flat black paint on it and engine detailing is outstanding. Great job overall.

Very nice job, Bruno (As always). Especially the paint job looks very good, it makes this thing look like a real thing. I like the shade of silver on the wheels, too. I think chromed wheels would be too bright for this kind of car. Those are just perfect. Nice detailing also in the engine bay... Very nice Pontiac.

Yep, I'm pretty sure about that, too. I just didn't figure out a better way to say that it's nice to see a W-Block under the hood if the actual engine can't be seen.

Really nice Impala. This must be one of the most beautiful '64 Impalas I've ever seen. Always nice to see a W-Block under the hood, even though there was no picture of it, and that color fits perfectly on this body. Sharp looking interior as well, did these have chromed shifter knob from the factory, too? I've never seen that before.

Indeed a very good news. I'm not sure which one do I want the most... The Pickups, this, the Comet or the Satellite. All of them are very interesting subjects that I have wanted to build for a long time, and finally someone is making kits out of them. This Pontiac will be a great starting point for a Junior Stocker, and it might be that I need to get another one built as a Street Car too. I can't wait for this one!

I had similar problem with my '64 Belvedere Stock Car a while back. I wetsanded the body lightly and shot another clear coat on. After polishing, those little pits are almost invisible, though the worst ones still exist a little. I'm not sure if this would work in your case, as I don't know if the clear coat is a bit different (Thinner, for example). Anyway, sorry to hear about that problem. It was looking so good with that color and those decals on! But I believe you'll turn it out fantastic.

I agree that these turbos are fantastic! I bought a set for my Pro Mod Mustang project (That got kinda stalled and it will probably end up being something else than a Pro Modified). The turbos look very good and the texture that always is in 3D parts is very minimal. I highly recommend these parts. I bought mine from Ted's Modeling Marketplace. Ted is a very nice guy to deal with. http://www.tedsmodelingmarketplace.com/turbo-chargers-all-sizes/

Agreed. I think that's as close as Perfect Modeling as it can be, and I'm glad we've been able to follow the progress on this one, so thanks for sharing your build, Chris! This is another one...'31 Nash. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75054 http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=76698

This will be a very cool build. I'm a fan of GM H-Bodies and this year is my favorite of all Chevy Vegas. I know you will turn it out fantastic, and the start looks very good already. That chassis fits pretty nicely on place with those modifications, so keep it coming, I'll be watching this one closely.

That turned out great! I can't believe it's possible to build something that nice in such a little time, especially with the amount of modifications you did. I know I couldn't get even a body painted in that time. Very nice job with chopping the top. I like the rear wheels and tires, too. They fit perfectly to the look. I really like this one...It might be my favorite from your builds.

Nice job as always, Brett! That turned out really nice, especially I like the overall look: Very clean, no flaws or anything and parts fit perfectly together etc. Paint job and decals look very good, too. Overall a very nice build.

I agree with Scott... I saw nothing wrong with the grille when looking at the box art. But now when you guys pointed it out, it's clearly a bit incorrect. Well that doesn't matter me, I bet this body is better than Monogram's old '69 Camaro. Trans Am version would have been nice. I must agree with that, but overall, how many Trans Am Camaros there would really be if this kit included parts to do one of those as well? Somehow I believe that there would be more imaginary Circle Track racers than actual Trans Am Camaros being built. I might be wrong, but this is what came to my mind. Anyway I will be buying at least one of these. A perfect starting point for a Stock Eliminator Drag Car.

A Minor Update for this one, too. It's the same story as with my '55 Chevy that I've had zero time for modeling in a while. Luckily today I was able to make a little progress with this. Not that much, but as I'm doing this as a Step By Step thread, I think this might be worth posting anyway. So I filled the gap on the nose with sheet styrene. I used two different styrenes: Thicker one where it doesn't need to be bent that much and where I had to bend the styrene, I used thinner material. It was actually really easy to fill the gap, but it's still in rough stages. When I can get a bit more time to work with this, I'll rough sand it and then continue with other body modifications... Stay Tuned. As usual, good ideas/comments/suggestions/constructive criticism is welcomed. Remember I have no experience in building Pro Modifieds.

Thanks Gents! I really appreciate your kind comments! Rusty said it really well, I agree completely. These are good kits to build even a fast and simple Box Stock build, because these kits have few parts compared to some of the newer kits. But then with some extra detailing and a little scratchbuilding, these can be turned out into a very sharp models. Well, I haven't posted an update in a while. It's because I've had absolutely zero time for modeling after the latest update. I've been busy now when the schools started again and also the Finnish Championship Drag Race Series Finals were last weekend. I finished the 6th at Finnish Championship points, BTW. Anyway today I had a little time and I started smoothing out the firewall with Squadron's White Putty. I would have liked to use a proper two part putty, but it is in the garage and I must go outside to get there. The problem is that it was raining like crazy today, I mean really... That was a very hard rain! So I used this instead. Hopefully I'll have some time to sand it smooth soon.

Very nice work, as usual! Really nice and smooth BMF work. Especially I think it's important in these '50s cars to have flawless BMF and you definitely know how to do that. Really nice job overall. Another thing I've noticed is that removing mold lines is a lot easier from those old bodies than in the new ones. When I built my '61 Olds STW by Jo-Han earlier this year (http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84746) the mold lines were really easy to remove. I just sanded them smooth, brushed a little liquid glue over the sanded areas and sanded again... Nothing showed up after the Primer. I must say that the same thing has never happened with any of the new kits, they require usually putty and/or more and more sanding...

Yep that's a good looking Road Runner! I'm glad to see better pics, too, because I think your models deserve sharp pics. You did a great job with this. Nice color choice, too and I like the wheel & tire combo a lot. Overall a good looking Mopar.

Yep there are lots of American Cars in Finland and there are many different styles as well. Here are pictures of Cruise Night in May 2014. It was a warm, but a bit rainy evening. When we arrived at the Market Square, it was raining so hard that we didn't want to go out. So with a couple of friends we went to coffee and during our coffee break, the rain had stopped and lots of cars were Cruising & Meeting friends. Here are some pics: Here's a Link to the Gallery.

The interior needs a little modifying, too. My build will be a race car, however and it had bucket seats. I must also remove the door panels and do that kind of minor modifications. Thanks for the help!

Thanks Billy and Antonio! After looking at the pics, you're correct, there shouldn't be too much work with the conversion. The one I'd like to build would be 1984 Buick T-Type which is pretty much the same as Regal. Looks like it's possible to modify from Revell kit. I'll start that project at some point, and there is an 1:1 scale car I want to replicate.

I'd be interested in modifying a Buick Grand National in Buick Regal, so the question is are there any resin conversion kits or even resin bodies? Especially the grille might be tough to scratchbuild... The best would be a 1984 model.