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Thanks! I kept the interior simple. The roll bar is just a piece of aluminum rod. I scraped the chrome off of the steering wheel rim, shifter ball, and the center of the dash panel. The blue piping is just a piece of .024 wrapping wire. Flat white primer covered the yellow plastic very well. The kit windscreen was too thick so I made one out of clear acetate. This build was a lot of fun as it went together without much fuss!

OK, I'm done with this one. I changed the roll bar to something more my liking and tried a half dozen wheel and tire combos. The paint is Tamiya French Blue giving it sort of a Blue Beetle goes drag racing vibe. Not real happy with the decals. Those may change once I get my laser printer set up.

Wow! I hope that I can build like that when I grow up! (I'm 63) Terrific work!

Great job on the weathering/deterioration! If you could get the tires to be flat, it would be perfect. WF

Not too sure about the roll bar. Might be a little too high. Next up....paint!

Nice job on the Nova! Extra points for the Cragars!

I found these cool megaphones in a craft store. They look cool as header collectors! Primered fenders on painted chassis:

You are putting a tremendous effort into this build! Keep it up! Personal builds are the best kind. WF

It's tough to make a collector that encloses all four tubes and does not look clunky. What I do is force a piece of drinking straw over the tubes, It's very thin and conforms to the creases between the pipes. If I heat the straw in boiling water it will slide right over the header tubes. I used that technique on these headers:

Engine and trans fit perfectly: Since I'm going for an early '60s vibe, I think three 2bbls should work. That Mopar 6bbl intake fits pretty good on a Caddy ! Kit front end will be used although I split the wishbones,

The rear suspension is just a about complete. Just needs shocks. The kit supplied transmission might hold up behind a four cylinder flathead but needs to be beefed up for the race motor! I used the trans and bell housing from a Dodge Challenger.

I like the choice of wheels. Why did you put Dodge lettering on what is obviously a Plymouth? I thank that in this case "Bad News" might be "Fake News" ! WF

Picked up a Monogram '29 roadster pick up for 2 bucks. Gonna make an early sixties racer out of it. I'll start by strengthening up the chassis and installing a beefier differential: Going with parallel leaf springs and something that looks like a generic '50s era diff. Made a driveshaft loop and some big, fat traction bars:

James! Are we working out of the same box or are we in a parallel universe ? Here is the start of my roadster pick up:

Best model of 2017! (Might even hold up for 364 days!) WF

I have a couple of those MCW bodies. Let me just say that it will be easier to get the results that I want using the Moebius body than dealing with repairing the resin, unwarping the hood, getting the grille to fit, etc.. Don't get me wrong, I've gotten some great MCW resin but the '65 Plymouth is not one of them. WF

The Hemi engine that I used is from the Melrose Missile kit. The Belvedere II kit has a wedge but also has some hemi parts on the parts trees. (valve covers and air cleaner) The air cleaner is cut right off the chrome tree. The Melrose Missile kit is terrific. Lots of great race parts to build an A 990 car, Super Stocker, or an a.w.b.. WF

You're right, but it's not a bad thing to have extra parts! Here is what I'm doing with the "left over" body: Oh wait! I just realized that I'll need another Belvedere II kit for the interior!

More than likely, that car would be wearing it's original paint, Roman Red.( Ditzler paint code 70961. Model Car World #6309 ) Stocker guys would rarely spend time and money repainting what was essentially a new car. WF

My only completion for 2016 but at least it got me back to the bench. I have some great projects planned for next year. This is a replica of a factory built A990 sedan built by Chrysler specifically for Super Stock competition in "as delivered" condition. For construction photos see the Drag Racing section.

For finished pics see the "Under Glass" section!

Flat black primer base for the gloss top coats. Tamiya TS 14 gloss black. Nice paint but very thin and easy to rub through. No matter how careful I was (including taping off high spots) I rubbed through a few spots when polishing. Notice that I taped off the area where the windshield is to be installed. Keep this are clean so that the windshield will fit easily.

The engine and transmission came from the Melrose Missile kit. The only modification was to add the pre wired distributor and spark plug boots. I considered detailing the carbs, adding fuel lines and filters but they would not be seen with the air cleaner in place. I have touched up the paint on the alternator since the photos were taken.

I knew that a black engine compartment would hide a lot of detail so I tried something new. I chiseled off the molded in wiring harnesses and made my own out of 30 ga. wire. I think that I got some positive results and will try it again. ( I just ordered five spools of 30 ga. wire!) I left the fender mounted harness unpainted so you can see how I did it. Wind the wires together so that when painted black it will look like a taped harness.

The Moebius sedan kit comes with the correct (Belvedere) interior for an A 990 car. Research indicates that gold vinyl interiors were the only choice on both Plymouth and Dodge versions of A 990 models although there may have been at least one car that slipped through with a red interior. Tamiya TS-75 Champagne is about perfect to replicate the factory vinyl. I used a light sand color for the carpeting just to give some contrast. Some of the restored cars that I studied had tan carpeting and headliner but that may not be accurate. The seat mounting assemblies were resin pieces replicating the ones that the factory used. The seats were also resin repros of the Bostrom seats that were standard in Dodge A-100 vans. I mounted the tach in the hole that would be used for the 4 spd. shift lever and fabricated and automatic column shifter using wire.