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more progress today. i did a final mock up of the suspension and this will be my finished ride height. while my 1:1 will have A/C, there just wasnt enough room for it with the turbo and custom headers on the model. since this kit has a very well detailed A/C system, i had to remove to box from the firewall. i used the heater box from the '67 chevelle kit to replace it and still look correct. i got the pass. side header done today also. im going to redesign my collectors to look a little more realistic using some styrene tube and shrink tube. heres a little tip i figured out. i needed to drill a very tiny hole in the heads to attach the plug wires. i didnt have a drill bit small enough, so i put a thumb tack in my drill and driled holes that will work perfectly.

got a little more done today. i got one header done using .062 solder and heat shrink tube for a collector. i decided to scrap the idea of using the thumb nuts for the turbo. i was having trouble with the paint sticking to the brass and then theres the joining metal to plastic mess. so after looking at some ideas in the tips section, i went with .100" styrene rod bent around a small screwdriver. the spacers i made for inbetween the brakes and the wheels arent looking right either. they are too big in diameter. so tomorrow i'll get some styrene rod to make spacers out of.

i got my Pegasus 1272 19" Chrome T wheel spokes painted. i will most likely go a shade darker on the spokes. i took the four wheel disc brakes from a revell '67 chevelle kit. the brakes sat right up against the wheels and looked stupid so i used some 3/8" nylon bushings cut in half and drilled out to fit over the wheel center as spacers. the picture doesnt show the drilled rotor decal that goes on the brakes. i think i will need to trim down the spacers diameter as they look a little big. the last shot is a mock up of the rolling stock under the car. the ride height will be a little bit higher, but not much.

heres a couple of picts of my 1:1. one is the condition its currently in. i just got done putting in a new drivers side floor board and next up is a new quarter. the other picture is of my dad with the car the day he bought it. thanks for all the comments. so for ive got all these parts at lowes. i spent alot of time looking for things that are just close to the right shape and i figure i can take it from there. the fab part is easy, its the painting that i lack the skill on. ive got an airbrush that i cant figure out, so im stuck with using a rattle can. let me know what you think of my paint idea. im going to make the real car all black with flat black W-30 stripes. ive never seen anybody do that with an olds before and i always like the way it looks on the mopars. i dont get a whole lot of time to work on this but i'll keep you all updated as i go.

i found a site to order the keith marks decals. thanks, but im not sure ive got the right thing. the decal sheet is only $.09! is that right?

i am new to this site and just getting back into scale modeling. the new '72 olds model is a kit ive been waiting for for a long, long time. i have a 1:1 1971 cutlass supreme convertable and this model will represent what i want my car to look like when its done. the car will have a pro touring vibe and have a turbo charged 468 olds. so heres what ive done so for with this kit: im scratch building a turbo from some 6/32" threaded rod and two 6/32" thumb nuts. i put the nuts on the rod and into a drill. with the drill running in a vise, i used a dremel with a grinding disc to remove the thumb grips and shape the nuts. i used a utility knife to carve out the funnel of the turbo air intake in the same manner. for a carb hat, i used a right angle lag bolt. i cut just the elbow out of the bolt. very little needs to be done to change from a '72 to a '71. the grills and the taillights are the main differences. i had an old '71 resin kit that i never built. i decided to cut out the proper 442 grills and add them to the '72's bumper/grill piece. i could have used the resin bumper assembly, but the chrome didnt look very good and the headlights were molded in. the grills in the revell kit are right for the H/O car, but they are not right for a 442. they are cutlass supreme grills. im using 442 grills on my 1:1 so they had to be changed. http://img36.imageshack.us/i/a1001q.jpg/ thats all for now. tell me what you think. some thing i really need to complete this that i dont have is a set of factory w-30 stripes in black. does anybody have any i could buy?