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Thanks Fellas! Your kind comments mean a lot to me. Yesterday I took One Step Forward and today Two Steps Back. I painted the firewall and it looked good when it was still wet. Once the paint dried, it cracked very badly. Now it's in paint stripping and all I can do is wait...

YeeHaw! That's a real Red Neck Pickup, great work with the weathering and I like the different color body panels, too. Only thing I'd change would be Steel Wheels on all four corners and a Rebel Flag on the back window . But very nice work, I like this one.

Good Job, Alan! That's really mean looking Firebird that would be a fun ride on both, a Street or Strip. You did a great job with paint, it looks smooth and I like the color choice, too. Nice work! It's not a Super Stock car, though. It wouldn't match the rules that are quite limited, but who cares, as you did a very fine job !

Thanks Everyone! Your kind comments do mean a lot to me and they keep me going. You all are very talented builders and it is so nice to hear that I did good work. Of course constructive criticism is highly appreciated, too. I got some more work done with the Impala. I re-did part of the chrome trims with BMF and they look much better now. Not perfect by any means, but I'm pretty happy with it now. I also painted the underside of the body with flat black. I'm hoping to install the windows soon. Then there was a little problem: The tail light panel should be silver with chrome trims, not fully plated as it comes in the kit. I had two opportunities with it, either paint it silver or flat clear it. The silver wouldn't stick very well on chrome plating, so I decided to use flat clear. Revell and Humbrol Clears turn yellow during the years, so I decided not to use them. I wanted to spray the flat clear on, but I couldn't mask that part so nicely that it would be possible. I had no Tamiya Acrylics, so the only way was to spray Maston flat clear into a cup and paint it with a brush. It turned out okay, though. That part was very hard to photograph, but I was able to get one shot which I can publish... There are also two pics of the body in better lightning and with the little fixes made.

Thanks for the tip, Jason! I will try that for sure, it sounds like a great idea. When I drill the exhaust ports, I can build the flanges from thinner styrene and then they of course look better than if I made them from too thick material. Thanks! I'll probably start building them tomorrow if I have time, so I'll try to post an update soon, too.

Thanks! I'm glad this thread could help, Sam. This kit will build up really nicely, and I bet your Nova will look great when finished. I haven't seen any of those pics actually, only the one Alan posted in this thread. It seems to be hard to find engine or interior shots of these old Drag Cars, but luckily I have the one. I will start the headers really soon. I will have to make header flanges first and then move to the actual headers. I'm going to try making them from plastic instead of solder I usually use. Let's see if it turns out okay.

Here are a couple of pictures of Larry Watson's flame paint jobs: I think Larry's flames are the most beautiful flames I've seen on Custom Cars. Today's True Flames paint jobs just don't look good. I hope these pictures give inspiration.

Thanks Chris, Gene and Michel! Your kind comments mean a lot to me. After a little break I was able to get something done. I was very busy on the last couple of weeks, but finally I was able to get the BMF done. It took some time, and I'm not completely happy with the result, as I've done better jobs too. It doesn't look that bad, though, when looking from further distance. Also the hood is clear coated. I will let it dry a couple of more days still so it's 100% dry when I start polishing it.

This thread has lots of good information about the engine: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83254 . You'll need some scratchbuilding to make it accurate, but I guess it's nothing impossible...

It's so nice to see that you're back building this one, Clay! Your work is impressive and that rear end is looking like an 1:1 scale part. Nice detailing, and I'm taking notes for my possibly upcoming Pro Mod build...

That's really fine work, Chris! The Body Cart is looking excellent, especially now when you installed the brackets on it. That's a great idea to use to display these Funny Cars, especially when you're doing so great work with this one, it'd be a shame to cover that chassis. But now that's not a problem. Excellent work as always.

Junior Stockers are my favorite subjects and I have a couple of them in progress, too. You did a great job here. Nice paint job and detailing, it has the look and feel that it actually could have been racing back in the day...Very nice work.

I wrapped a narrow slice of Tamiya Masking Tape around thin metal wire so that the metal wire comes out from the other "end" of the tape. Then I drilled a little hole on the parachute on a proper place of course, and the metal wire goes through that hole and then the tape looks like it comes out from the parachute. The Remove Before Flight-pin is printed on regular paper and it looks a lot worse on that first picture than it really is.

Thanks, Charlie and Thomas! I'm pretty happy with the work I can do, but there is a lot to improve, too. I got a little work done with the engine. I painted all parts and glued some of them together, but the main thing was that I put the spark plug wires on. I also added that coil wire and the next thing will be fuel lines. I've been looking for lots of reference pics, as I don't know much about these Ford engines. I think I got the fuel lines figured out, though. That should be tomorrow's thing, if I have time. I also cut the kit's plastic fuel line away from Fuel Filter and painted it with silver. I made the connectors for fuel lines on that part and glued them on. I still have to paint them.

I own one Large Scale Model that I built years ago... AMT '57 Chevy Convertible that I got really cheap. I would like to try building another Large Scale Model, but the problem is that they need way too much space in my Display Cabinet once they are done. I also would need to buy the same aftermarket parts in two scales then, and that would be expensive. I like to follow those builds, though, and one of the reasons why I'd like to try building them is that there is a possibility to add much more details than in 1/24 or 1/25 scale.

If you want to build an accurate '73/'74 Javelin, ModelHaus makes replacement parts for that year model. I don't know if the bumbers and grille are different, but that taillight cover panel is different on those cars. I ordered one of them for mine and it looks really good. http://modelhaus.com/index.php?y=65&c=4016&pt=&part=1&Submit=Search

You did a great job with this one, Ray! I like the color combination a lot and those red Steelies are a perfect choice. I like the stance, too. The display is not bad, either, I might try that as well.

Not a big update, but I have started assembling the engine. I glued the oil pan, timing chain cover and heads on place. Intake Manifold was painted with Humbrol's Polished Aluminium paint. Valve Covers were one thing that I was wondering for a long time. Finally I decided to spray one coat of flat clear over the chrome plating and I think they turned out Okay. I'll need to paint more parts to be able to continue assembling the engine, but the Headers are on my To Do list as well.

Dang that was a fast one! I was going to post a comment on your WIP thread, but I didn't make it before it was already done. You did an excellent job with it. Especially that paint is super nice. Before you painted it, I thought it might look even better if it was Chopped, but these pics prove that I was wrong... It looks just perfect as it is. Nice work!

A friend of mine posted a link to HobbyEasy where this kit was listed with approximately 31 Euros price. That's twice cheaper than the regular U.S. price. Actually I might get one of these with that price... Well it makes the difference that I can't build it.

Very cool Diorama! You did a great job with the weathering and making the car look abandoned. The environment is looking really realistic, too. Nice build, Darryl!

I read every single topic as well, but I visit quite rarely in some of the sections. For example Other Models or Dioramas are sections where I don't visit that often, but I still read all of the threads in there. I don't like using the View New Content button. I like to see similar topics at once. The guys who don't read for example Drag Racing Models or NASCARS or Big Boys section sure miss a lot. Personally I think that the most talented builders on this forum are in Drag Racing Models section, and that is the place I enjoy the most.

Thanks Guys for the nice comments, they mean a lot! Stan: Yes, I'll detail the engine as nicely as I can. I'm not the best builder in the world, but I like to try detailing these things as nicely as possible.

Thanks Guys! Jason: No problem, It's just me and my bad English. Gene: I'm glad to hear my builds are inspirational. After watching the Drag Cars In Motion thread on The H.A.M.B, I had to start building something like this. Luckily a Finnish fellow modeler was selling a Fiat 500 with cheap price that time. He was wondering what I'll do with this, because Fiat 500 wasn't my style. Bob: I've been trying to scratchbuild a Hilborn Fuel Pump. I could order a set of them from Altered States Models, but I want to see if I can make one myself. I've done a couple of them already, but I'm not completely happy with them, so I'll have to build another one. Thanks for interest and following, everyone!

It reminds me of this one... Tomi Pellinen's '56 Chevy that ran in Super Pro Street last year. It had a Blown Methanol BBC in a chopped steel body. Unfortunately, he crashed this Bel Air last summer when the car lost traction on the 2nd gear. This is just for inspiration, keep going with the Cuda, it looks very good so far!