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So much fun! Those scarabs would make for some groovy taillight surrounds, just some red styrene in the opening and done!

The '61 Sunliner alone is cool enough to be worth more than you gave for all. Congrats on a good score!

Very nice build; one to be proud of. Love that color!

Gorgeous! These mid-fifties Fords just seem to wear yellow better than most. My dad owned a yellow/white '58 Ford way back, and I thought it was beautiful. This reminds me of that, and proves I was right! Excellent build.

It was fun following this one, and the end result is simply stunning. What a great looking model and car. I gotta find a bucket of that color!

Love that color. Good build. These are actually very well done kits; we need to see more built.

Very eye-catching color for a street rod! Well done.

Very sharp treatment of this old kit!

I don't see any need for a single aftermarket part for the project you describe; everything you need is available in kits. Don't worry about using the AMT '68 body, it can be made to look very good. How important are chassis details to you? The '68 is workable, but finding a Revell '69 chassis is simple. They are newer tooled parts, accurately detailed, and are plentiful. It fits the AMT body with just a little work. Big block engines are everywhere: Revell Camaros, Chevelles from AMT, Revell (stock and pro-street versions), AMT '70 Monte Carlo, AMT and Revell Corvettes, and on and on... Much depends on a specific plan.

You have a nice stance already! This kit has a notoriously ill-fitting hood, so take your time fitting it. The chrome strip on the sides (especially the sides of the hood) is somewhat soft and indistinct. You may want to file it away and replace with a strip of half-round, or, since it's a drag car, file it off and leave the body "shaved" of superfluous trim. Let the paint job show off the body. It's an old kit, but still seems to be one of those perennial favorites that charms us model car guys; it's still one of my favorites in spite of minor shortcomings. Looking forward to seeing how you handle this one.

Very cool builds! Hard to pick a favorite, both are perfect hot rods. Nicely done.

Neat little kits. Thanks for the preview! Those side decals look like they might work just fine on a 1/25 body for a custom build.

Can't help you with any other modelling sites specifically, but feel free to post here! Under the main headings of "On the workbench" and "Under glass", there is a category of "All the rest" for your works in progress and finished builds, respectively. There, people post a wide variety of subjects,styles, and media that don't fit the "model cars" groove, but are still interesting to some of us. Modelers learn from modelers, regardless of subject and medium. Welcome to the forum!

Excellent custom work, and the silver has a perfect show-car-flake look. Very well done model.

A fun kit always. Nice re-do, it looks like you took the picture just as it launched off the line!

Super fun project!

+1 on the super glue and baking soda to fill the lines. Using plastic and solvent type glue can cause the line to reappear because of the solvent softening the thin plastic, letting them "ghost" in as the solvent eventually completely dries out. I'd use a gel super glue, sprinkle full of baking soda, and have a good small file ready to rough down the filled area. Important to level the soda/glue filler as soon as possible, because it will become so hard that it's difficult to file or sand without removing too much surrounding plastic. You'll be filing down in about a minute or less.

Nice finishes on the armor.

What a tasteful shade of green; I love it! Very attractive big Poncho.

Very nicely done, and have to agree with all on the color; it's just right!

This one is smaller than the typical land yacht, but just as cool. This is one body style where I actually favor the convertible over the hardtop; it just looks cleaner somehow. Very cool model, and a nice save!

Nice. I want that head on the front of a roadster now!

Looking very nice. That interior is just snazzy!

Another big beautiful gal! This is the best I've seen anyone do with the Revell kit. I really love the color; it's perfect for an Imperial.

Gorgeous and subtle two-tone colors, beautifully applied. Very well done.