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Hi Roger, the bead roll looks great! Small detail that makes a big impact. Also, congrats on the new job!

Dang, that sucks Bob! I was really looking forward to this one. Well, we've all been there. I have several in boxes that I know I will never try to rescue (but yet I keep them!). I'm sure your next build will make up for this one.

Awesome job! Super clean build and the paint looks great. I haven't done one of the 1/16th kits since I was a kid, you may be inspiring me to add it to the queue. I have the California Charger dragster sitting in the cabinet next to my bench.

That is way cool! Love an old Mercury sled, especially an iconic one like this. Great job!

Absolutely awesome build! Initially I thought the first picture was the real car you were using for inspiration. Great color and love the subtle changes you made. The wheels, spoiler and splitter are outstanding.

Quick update. Complete re-do of the rear suspension. Actually had to use a new chassis from a second kit (guess that's why I have two of a lot of models, LOL). For some reason the paint was lifting off of the original and requiring a purple bath. I'll clean that up and build the second kit stock someday. Anyway, got the shackles and shocks sorted out and redone. Added an electric fuel pump and brake/fuel lines. Will also be adding some old school Lakewood traction bars. Now on to the front suspension. Below is what comes in the kit. Plan is to make some springs/shocks. Not going overboard on it, but just couldn't leave these. With Christmas this week and all I've got to do around the house for family coming over, I will probably not be getting much modeling done the rest of the week. Merry Christmas everyone! Hopefully Santa brings you some new kits or supplies.

Making some good progress Roger!

Thanks DW! Yeah the mounts are flipped in the picture. They’re not glued on. Was rushing and just didn’t think when I was setting them in place. The shackles are something I have been stressing about. Built the bottom mounts based on the kit location, then realized later, with dropping the leaf spring down that they should come forward. Will probably redo them. What’s a build without having to change/redo things. LOL.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!

Very cool subject Brock! Awesome that you are making it a gasser with a tilt front end.

Couple small updates. Mocked up what I have done on the chassis. Added a drive shaft loop and lots of detail nuts/bolts (26 so far). Nothing glued yet, still need to add the fuel pump/lines and break lines before I glue it together and then move to the front end. Also did some on the interior. Made the roll cage and had to grind a lot off of the seats to get them to fit. They still need a little more sanding, but look okay. Trying to decide if they are going to be just black or have the white striping that was available in the RS/SS. Not sure what the real car had, but I like the look with the white and it would add some interest to the interior. Well, I was hoping to get the body sanded and in primer this weekend, but with the holidays, I didn't even get close to enough time for that. Progress may be slow(er) for the next couple of weeks.

Early mock up of the engine. 3D printed parts in the picture are from VCG Resins (great products). Had to get backdraft headers to clear the suspension without cutting everything up (they fit great).. Will be adding a distributor and super coil from Morgan Automotive Detail. There will need to be some scratchbuilding for alternator brackets, fuel rail and I'm sure other things. Also started cleaning up the body. Had to remove the extra heavy line for the bottom trim. This will be covered by decals so I need it nice and smooth. Then removed the Wipers. Hope to get the body in primer this weekend, but we shall see, I have been bouncing all around on this thing. LOL. Below pic is proof, switched gears and removed the back seat.

This is my newest project. Just wanted to do a simple "old school" drag car from the 70's. Got the decals first and then picked up the AMT 67 Camaro. I don't have a lot of reference for this car, so this is not going to be an exact replica, I am just going to wing it and do it how I want to. Here is a little snipet of an article on the start of the Super Modified class in the mid 70's. "Back in the 1970s, long before any of the Super class racing existed, sportsman drag racers sought an affordable style of racing where they could race heads-up, with no breakout and do so on a pounds-per-cubic inch basis similar to their class racing. Their wants eventually led to the creation of Super Modified, the original 10.5 tire form of racing." First thing I did was start working with the chassis to get the right stance. (Thanks to Roger S. for the slicks!). I had to enlarge the rear wheel openings and fabricate some shackles and brackets for the rear end. With help from my wife and her Cricut machine, we cut some brackets and pieces to make the shackles to raise the rear end. I always hate kit shocks, so I made some from aluminum tubing. This gave it a decent stance. I haven't had a lot of time to work on it, so I will post updates as I can. I have mocked up the engine with some 3D parts and am working on the interior so hope to have those pics posted this week.

What a cool subject! The Cobra makes a bad little altered. Love the rivet detail, really adds to the look. Great job.

It may not be what you started out to do, but man is it cool! Great detail and looks the part. Awesome work!

Wow, just wow! I am blown away with every update you provide.

Quite a bit of progress. Bodywork came out nice Roger. Rear fenders look awesome. I'm going to try to get a post started on my Camaro, maybe this weekend. It's going very slow, just not a lot of bench time lately.

Very cool build. Paint looks great. I always thought this was one of the best looking of all the Vega pro stocks from that period.

Hi Roger, glad to see you got this started. I'll enjoy watching what you do with this.

Super nice build. The finish and interior are outstanding, great job!

I use Tamiya tape and have had really good luck with it.

Super cool build Scott! 60's stock and super stock classes are some of my favorite drag cars. Excellent build.

Great looking build Jay! I know what you mean with the decals, I had the same issue with the Buick GSX. Those long stripes can be tricky. I now make sure to brush on extra water and not use the setting solution until I get the decal in place.

Great looking Camaro! Everything looks great together with the blue exterior and white hounds tooth interior riding on a perfect tire wheel combination.

Thanks Jeff, the inner fenders are part of the interior tub so I had to mask them off as well as the interior.