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I'm somewhat familiar with the "popup" style sun roof you mention. You are correct in that the seal was between the roof panel and the metal frame for the top with a thick rubber gasket in-between. The ones that I saw that leaked were usually victims of poor installation or the gasket dried out and cracked with age. The models overhead type sun roof in the shell appears to be recessed in the roof in a fixed position as if mounted from the inside and the shell surrounding it would form a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH effect about the thickness of the shell that would hold moisture and in time would start to leak on a 1:1 application. Remember were talking about a shell based on a product from long ago and I'm not sure just how accurate this is in that area.

Again a great looking build. The Hemi will get this going a lot better than the old flat head 6 cylinder.

This is a really nice looking little Hot Rod. All the right elements with just enough off the top.

Great looking paint work.

You have a big undertaking here. I have walked away from model bodies with the issues you have described. A thought on the drivetrain. Ford offered a K Code 271/289 4 speed package on these just like the early Mustangs. Just an idea, or a more standard 289 and Automatic. I like the Thunder Bolt chassis idea as that would give you a much better detailed chassis to work with.

I would have to agree with you on the sky roof option, even with just a normal rain the seals would start to leak real soon since the design has no natural water runoff that I can see. The side window that requires removal of part of the bed rail would also compromise the integrity of the bed rail. While it probably looked good at the time I don't think that it would age well.

Instead of a backup camera you would need a forward camera. I can see that this could be a fun weekend party bus.

Great looking build of an Icon truck. These were used by the military through out the world and are still almost un stoppable. I like the roll bars and the wheel and tire combination. Has that got a Hemi ??

As everyone else has pointed out the paint work is beautiful and the smooth body lines and bumpers and grill all flow perfectly together..

Amazing level of detail on the engine. In this scale that area can get pretty cluttered running all the hoses and wiring.

Beautiful looking paint and interior. I like the way the dash is done also.

I have wanted one of those booths from Harbor Freight for a long time. Since I don't have any project cars I'm working on and I'm not doing as much as I used to it is hard to justify the expense. I also have wanted one of their parts cleaner tubs also.

I think that while the gray kits body is the most accurate it still isn't 100 %. Look at the shape of the back of the roof in the C pillar area and you can see how it is shorter and drops off faster than the picture of the real car. The good news is it has the 1:1's character line that is between the rear wheel opening and the bottom edge of the body trim. There is a small difference in the chrome body moldings in this area between the Belevidere and the Fury had a slightly different trim layout in this area.

I had a customer who ordered a '66 Impala four door hardtop with the 396/325 engine and a close ratio , RPO M21, 4 speed. This was his family car and his wife drove it usually. Mine was an Impala SS with the same setup. I remember seeing a couple of wagons with a four speed but they were few and far between. As far back as the '59 model year Chevrolet built at least one 348 tri-power hydraulic cam and 4 speed. I'm pretty sure it was all OEM based on talking to the second owner who had just bought it around 1963. The car had the correct spaghetti shifter and the steering column had no sign of a previous shifter being present. The correct OEM shifter for the '67 Supernatural can be found in the Revell '66 Chevelle Wagon kit. This has the reverse lockout trigger and the correct curve of the shift lever that cleared the bench seat. Most 4 speeds were in bucket seat cars and the shifters were almost straight in design. In '68 Chevrolet went cheep on the shifter that looked like a Hurst unit but was mounted to the frame cross member instead of the transmission tail shaft so if you're hurrying thru the gears the engine torqued over and the linkage would bind making fast shifting a touchy thing to do.

That's just cool. I thought it might be a sand blasting cabinet.

Nice clean looking pickup. The two tone paint and the way you did your engine look good also.

I like the color and the paint finish. This may not be exactly what you were looking for but it sure looks good. The extra effort in the engine room shows.

Great looking conversion on this build. Pretty color for the Caddy and the paint finish looks great also. Nice attention to all of the fine trim and moldings plus the Parade Cover.

Very impressive looking A pillars. The picture of your 1:1 car looks like the vinyl roof and the side moldings may have been dealer installed. At least you had the Rally Wheels.

An alternative to the Q-Tip you use to clean your ears is the firmer pointed type that can be found at most hobby shops.

This is the manor in which I have always built a models body anyway. Many good adhesives out there that will not discolor the paint finish as long as it's only where the two parts make contact. My go to is MM Liquid Cement. I like the applicator for getting into the hard to reach places. There are many others that will give similar results.

Not having a hobby shop in your area can really put a damper on your builds. I haven't used the #2756 MM red before, but if you're having to order your supplies on the net anyway a good alternative if the MM isn't available consider the Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. I know it works so if the MM can't be found you do have a fall back to consider.

I wasn't sure 100 % what Mustang kit had the offset duel fours. The original builder might have thought about doing something like that and then changed their minds and all ready had the holes in the hood. The Weber's are a far more unique setup anyway.

I'm enjoying all the different opinions on the best and worst looking year models. I would have liked to have a '67 instead of the '68, but again this is just me. I like the instrument panel in the '67 better than the '68 I owned and the '68 even had the optional full instrument option including the Tach. I just like the way the '67 gauges were laid out. Rbray47 mentioned the tri 5 Chevy models. I don't know if it is because my father had a '56 but that is the one I would want. I have had a '57 and it was a great experience, but owning a '57 is kind of like a belly button, everyone has one. Carmak posted a picture of a '68 with the hideaway headlights. The car in that picture also has two fairly unusual options. The first is the SS didn't often show up with the hideaway headlight option. The second is looking at the cornering lights at the ends of the front fender. This was part of some of the optional lighting groups that Chevrolet offered. These would be on whenever the headlights were in use. The '67 model used in the series also has this option, if it were standard the area would have a design somewhat like the grill with a flat black finish in between the ribs and that is haw a majority of them were built unless someone was doing a special ordered car. Ranma noticed a close resemblance between the '65 Impala and the '68 in the photo. The solid thin bumper going across the front was sort of a Chevrolet styling Q and if you looked at all of the year models in that era you would see the resemblance between them all in that area. I don't dislike any of them really, I just prefer some over the other. I still can't wait to get my hands on this new Impala more door model.

I agree with Alexis on the shape of the Shell. The only part that seems the least bit unusual is the rear side window that extends below the bed rail. I don't recall ever seeing one but that doesn't mean that they didn't have them. I also remember some that had a complete plexiglass rear wind and tail gait in one. Either way this should be a good blank canvas to work with.