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Update: I painted those Speaker Grilles and that little Floor Mat with black from the interior. Then I installed the Roll Cage on place. I have not test fitted it yet with the Body, but I guess it will fit fine. The Seats were not that simple... I found some seats from my Parts Box, but they had horrible looking Headrests molded in. And I really mean Horrible! Well I cut them away and with some sanding I got the seats smoothed out for paint. Now they are on place. I'm away for the weekend, so I can't get any Bench Time. I will be checking in for others' Updates, though. And here is the painted Dashboard waiting for detailing.

Thanks, I need to adjust the Blower boost screw to get maximum performance... Vipers look out! Here is Finnish Street Mustang that inspired me to build a Pro Charger engine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoT6-_1JuzI

Chevy Small Blocks look pretty much the same, so you can use a regular 350 or any other SBC and call it 406. For Example the Revell '69 Nova kit (Special Edition) has very nice SBC that could be used.

Very nice and unique build, Pat! Makes me speechless. The paint and overall detail is excellent... Truly Amazing.

Very Nice Ford, excellent color choice, and I agree that the black hood works very well with it. As I'm building the same kit now, I have a question regarding the Chromed Tail Light Panel. Did you mask the chrome part and paint the rest flat black? If you did, what did you use for the masking and did you paint it just over the chrome? Or did you do it different way?

It might be easier to use that Monogram body instead of AMT body as Jesse said above. But you said that the scales are different... Yes they are, but I personally think it doesn't matter if the scale is 1/24 or 1/25 as long as the parts fit together. I mean that parts from different kits can be different size, even if they were the same scale, so I have always just thrown the 1/25 and 1/24 parts into a same parts box. The fitment of that part is what matters, I guess. For wheel wells, the styrene and putty works great.

Thanks Casey! That is new information for me and makes perfectly sense. Here in Finland, you just pay the 8 Euros (Approximately) and hope the best, was it then a regular, cheap kit or an expensive resin kit or something. Well it's very rare that a package gets lost or broken during the transport, but sometimes it happens.

I have noticed that the shipping costs may vary a lot. Sometimes when surfing in eBay, I find some Models and shipping cost to Finland....$50!!! Then I just placed an order to Teds Modeling Marketplace and from there, shipping to Finland was $ 10,40 which is very cheap price. I just wonder, how some of those can be $50 and then some are $10, even if the size of that package would be different...

I see nothing wrong with it! Nice paint work and I think that stripe really fits into this one. A bit different, but cool. Nothing wrong with the tires, either. The contrast of Red/Silver has always worked nicely on my eye, I really like this one. Only thing I'd suggest...More photos, please.

Me Too. That's where I learn the best and possibly remember to do something different next time. The main points have been said already and I don't have much to add. You said that you liked chrome, which is always great, but in Model car it doesn't work that well in the engine. There is nothing wrong with the engine, but it would look even better with some of the chromed parts painted different shades of silver or flat clear (Which gives a very nice shade of silver). Not saying that there is something wrong, but it would look even better with those little things. It sure is a nice build with great paint and finishing. Excellent work, and yeah, there was only one seat in the kit (Had to go and check it from my build ). Great Work!

This is going to be cool build! Nice work with the Trunk Lid, it looks super but that grille just blows me away, as Richard said above. I'll be following this one for sure. Only thing that I was wondering, was that "Not Much Here" on the engine. I think these kits had pretty nice engines, even though there are not that much parts, but they can be built very nicely. The most important thing with those is that they are big enough, I mean that some engines in some kits are way too small, but these are just right sized. I agree, that the parts count isn't the highest, but they sure look good when built.

Thanks! Something that I have been working on the last couple of days. I installed the distributor to the engine, and put the Spark Plug Wires on place. They are Scale Dreams' stuff. First time ever when I'm using blue wires. Next I need to make a bracket for Alternator and then I'll make a belt for that too. Then the rest of the engine parts and all details... Interior is Flocked, too. Before Flocking I masked the little carpet on driver's area and speaker grilles away so they will be painted later. Then just regular Flat Black from Spray Can and Flocking on. Not my best effort on Flocking, but luckily this one is not Convertible. Dashboard was primered too after sanding a Mold Seam away.

I couldn't do that for '60 or '62 Chevy ! Thanks for the kind words. Here's another one I just created. A '58 Caddy Concept. I have always thought that '58 Cadillac could look better. Well I'm not sure if this would be the best concept, but at least I like it more than the original '58 Cadillac. The Front Bumber and rear end are from '58 Pontiac.

After a little break, I decided to try if I still can do this... I found nice side picture of '62 Bel Air and then I decided to make a Concept with '60 Impala rear end on '62 Chevy Body. Far away from the quality that some of you guys do, but I think it came out decent. The bodies look so different, that it wasn't an easy task to get it look like this.

Thanks, yeah, it is a great place, only time when I need to put the bench light on is when it's dark, and now I haven't used it on whole summer, because Finnish nights are not that dark. The little door is for a fresh air from outside. Better to keep it shut in the winter so I don't freeze...

Your builds just keep amazing me. This one is another incredible, Factory Stock Ford Pickup. Very nice paint job and those Tailgate chains caught my eye too.

Very nice build of a unique looking Truck. I have seen pictures of these, but can't remember seeing any of these in person. You did fantastic job with this one. If photographed in outside without a background, it would make a great Real or Model.

That turned out great! All the extra work you did to this paid off, it looks really good. These cars are hard to Chop, because it's very easy to lower the top too much and then the car will look bad. But you nailed the Top Chop, it's perfect height right now. Also the Custom Grille looks very good to me. Those, together with nice paint and detail, make really nice Model Car, just like in here. Oh and the pictures are top notch too.

Heh, it's actually not from the Doctor. It says Rust Racing Support on it, a Finnish Drag Race team that races with '26 Ford T and a HD Dragbike which runs 9,1 ETs, if it doesn't do a giant wheelstand at the start. Last year, they had also '28 Ford Funny Car. On 2013 Finals, they organized a Pork Barbecue-party for all Team Members and Drivers in the pits. Here's a picture (Not mine) http://kuvia.1g.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat+2013/FHRA/FhraEdra+Finals/MOP_4364.jpg Oh, and here is their Tow Vehicle for the bike: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8u4_o_58dA

Just changed to a new Workbench. It's a bit bigger and a lot nicer than my old one was. And guys, this bench is Never going to be this clean, the picture was taken right after I put the bench on place. (I try to keep it as clean as possible, but....... )

Very nice job everyone! It has been great to follow this thread. Especially Nick's Bel Air turned out very nice! Finally I'm making progress with my '69 Torino Talladega since I just changed to a new bench. I got the ProCharger belt installed. It is made from paper that I painted black and it's not perfect, because it has no "Fins" that Blower belt should, but I had no styrene that I could have used for them... Well next time. Also the Roll Cage is pretty much done, just needs paint on it. When I get these modifications done, I guess this thing will come pretty fast. Sorry for the bad picture, there wasn't much light so I had to use the flash and it makes that engine look horrible.

I knew this one straight away when I saw it, but couldn't remember the year. Well luckily my guess was close enough and finally I got one of these right. Can't wait for the next one!

Really?! Yeah, I gotta get one of those!

What I do is that I tape a big white poster on a chair. Then I put that outside and take my Camera Stand with me and take the pics without Macro with pretty much zoom. I think that gives the best results, at least for me and it's very simple. My camera is this: And this is how my pictures look like: For closeups, like the engine or interior, I use the same camera without that camera stand with Macro setting on. I think it gives sharp enough pictures.

Air Trax kits are very nice. I've bought a couple of bodies that were damaged during the molding process when AirTrax was selling them at a local Model Car Show. I can't even notice how some of them are damaged. Juha has built one of these. These pictures certainly won't do the justice to Juha's work. That, and all of his builds are spectacular in person.