Camshaft

Gorgeous car...I have a 1:1 Cutlass in a similar hue. Very nice build.

That Coupelet is super cool, I kind of want one.

The Sven's World of Wheels site has a cool Courier built up into a pro mod pizza delivery truck.

Car looks absolutely fantastic, I love the colour, the subject, AND THOSE WHEELS! Anyone who thinks Torq-Thrusts are bling must have their lugnuts over-torqued or somethin'.

I'm looking for patterns.

Not sure if this has been said yet, but... To you and me, there's a billion different Camaro models. To the owner of a Camaro with an obscure graphics/body/interior/engine package that is, as of yet, unavailable in scale, there aren't nearly enough Camaro models.

Red and green are complementary colours. I think it looks great! My daily has a similar theme: candy green with red interior accents. When done subtly and tastefully as you have, it's positively striking!

I totally dig the '57 Chevy trim. Nice choice. I didn't see your vision right away but now that it's nearing completion I can see what you saw all along! Great build so far.

Nice job on the "sheetmetal surgery." The mild body channelling looks fantastic.

I remember that! The opening of that show always showed the son opening the butterflies on the blower scoop. Way cool!

This is a great thread, and, oddly, encouraging. It makes me feel like my builds are still worth posting, even if I'm not ready to wire a distributor or flock a carpet of chop a top yet. Just master the fundamentals and the rest will come with experience. Someone else also made a good point...about tools. The phrase "You don't need the Cadillac...the decked-out Caprice will do just fine" really stuck with me as well, and it's definitely influencing my purchase of tools and equipment in a positive, helpful way. I recently started on a Ford hot rod with what I thought was easy detailing. I hit a few snags, but I'm undeterred. Now I'm going "back to basics" and building an MPC Zinger! just to gain experiece and FINISH SOMETHING. It also helps to pass the time while the Easy-Off is doing its job. Love this thread! It should be a sticky in this forum and the noob forum.

The oxidaton/rust looks so realistic...I'm more and more impressed with this build every time I see it!

Here's what I picked up at the model show yesterday:

So, I wanted something quick to work on while I was waiting for the paint to strip on my '34 Ford project, so I picked up one of these at my LHS. The colour is a GM colour called Medium Sage Metallic, the same shade that graces my 1:1 '86 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. I had it mixed up in a spray can at a local paint shop a while back. I've made some decent progress so far; the body's painted and clearcoated, needing only minor details to finish. I've also gotten some of the chassis parts painted: I also got the blower assembly together; it just needs some finishing details and it'll be set...I'm still not sure what colour to paint my engine block. The last thing I have to show you guys is some detail painting. The parachute is ready to glue to the back of the body; I also painted the insides of the header collectors flat black to add some depth. That's all for now! All comments and advice are appreciated.

Just looked at this thing again...what's going on with the grille? I remember those Sables being "bottom feeders" with no grille, instead having a lighted center section.

I really dig this! I'm going to keep an eye on this build for sure.

I would love to build a Sable wagon. I learned to drive in that big beast, sadly ours was on its last legs and it was scrapped soon after I got my license. I still get a little nostalgic when I see one "in the wild."

All of these Olds kits are right up my alley...thanks for sharing!

This reminds me of a very mild two-tone Oldsmobile I've seen ( and admired) running around my hometown ever since I can remember. Nice job on the conversion, not every day you see a '32 that isn't a Ford.

Man, I can't wait to finish off my pickup and start on one of these! Thanks for posting those pictures, Dave!

Dang, that sucker is low! I read somewhere that this is a reissue of an old AMT kit.

Tonight's progress isn't really that impressive...I bought, hopefully, the last of the supplies I need for this at my LHS and I soaked my framerails in brake fluid. I also filled the seams and sinkholes in the engine, and the holes for the top & cowl lights in the body tub. I also had to fill a sinkhole in one of the wheel covers (not pictured). Already getting good use out of the putty I bought today...

Looks awesome! Is this the Lindberg 3-in-1 kit with the crane and all of that stuff?

Awesome build! I wish I could build something that good in three days. I love Cutlasses and your certainly did the model justice! Nice work.

I love the look of this kit, it's going to be one of my next builds for sure. It looks to have a lot of potential...if I choose to build my stock T as a coupe as well, where can I find a resin coupe body? EDIT: I just realized that there are two different issues of this kit. I'll be looking for the Tall T body from this kit if anyone has one...