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I built one of these far longer ago than I care to admit. I think Revell also offered a '56 Ford F100, a Chrysler Newport , a Buick and a Cadillac also in the same series. The bodies were all very well done especially compared to what you could get at the time.

The picture looks as if the area was rough sanded but not sanded smooth with a high # sand paper. I would use an old #11 blade and put a smooth layer of putty, just enough to fill the scratches. After it has dried go over the area with a sanding pad in the 1500 to 1800 range. I would try sanding at two different directions to help eliminate scratches and use very light pressure letting the sanding pads do the work. Another light coat of primer should tell you if you're getting to the finish you want.

Some of the senseless smog laws were a factor in our leaving California in the summer of '96. I had even moved from Santa Barbara county to San Luis Obispo County, less than 10 miles, at one time just to get away from their constant Smog Checks. The CHP would set up road blocks just like when their looking for drunks on a Friday night. They were even checking to see if your headlights were adjusted properly. I miss many friends and the beautiful countryside and the many things to do. Just got tired of the endless taxes and big brother looking over your shoulder day in and day out.

Beautiful showroom stock build. Nice timeless color scheme.

Thanks for the reminder about how time has gone by. I try not to think of such things. An old saying "I would have taken better care of myself if I had known I would live this long". Becomes truer every day.

Thanks guys, my bad. Mine is the Revell Street Burner '67 Chevelle. I didn't even realize that AMT had a Pro Street '67 Chevelle. I only knew of their stock version.

Great looking build. This is the perfect color for this and I actually like the Carbs. poking thru the hood.

Kowa Bunga that's cool. The paint finish look great and the color reminds me of the Lt. Blue Metallic that Chevrolet offered for ever. The wheels look perfect for this. Was the roof rack in the kit or did you add that ?

Great looking build. I like the color as it goes with the general theme of the build. Your must have been one of the earliest kits since you have the stock rear body and tail lights. I have a reissue I picked up and the stock rear end does not seem to be in the kit any longer.

Beautiful looking paint finish. I use that same "floor pattern" for my own photos since it reflects well and shows how smooth the paint is. The patteren also will throw enough contrast on the body to help show the body lines. This is one of the best showroom appearing builds in a long time.

I agree with the way you treated this find. Who ever built it did a great job.

I like how you setup the photo link for additional pictures. Considering the era that this build is set in this would be considered very understated. I agree with you on the appearance, this is a really great looking build. Great paint color and finish. The side stripes are just enough. Very cleanly detailed.

A little dab of black on the radio face should make it look good. Limited visibility after assembly anyway.

Great looking work on this conversion. In primer you would never know what all had been done. I like your idea of going a little further into the body to make your cuts, I can see where that would add a lot of much needed strength.

You have made a great save here getting this back up on it's wheels & tires. I notice that the super charger looks to be mounted backwards. Looking at your front belt drives you'll notice that the snout for the super charger drive is mounted to the passenger side where the generator would be. Just spin the super charger around and switch the positions between the generator and the drive for the super charger. Are you able to find the exhaust manifolds in your stash ? .

Now that's funny.

Great looking build. I like your color combination on this. The Dash looks very realistic.

I like the extent you're going to replicating the 1:1 truck.

First off I love your 1:1 pickup. I like the direction your going with your build also. You mention wanting to go with a 6 Cylinder engine. My suggestion would be to look at the engine from one of the Galaxie kits. I'm building the '48 Aerosedan right now and the engine option has all of the period goodies from Wayne Speed Equipment. This would give you a 3 - singles Carb. setup in chrome intake and carbs. and air cleaners. Also a finned aluminum valve caver and push rod side plate also in chrome. Even built stock this is a very well detailed stove bolt including the oil filter, road draft tube, even the floor mounted starter switch.

Those are good looking trim pieces. Looks like you have badges for the 427, 396. and 327 engines. The 325/396 was a pretty common option at that time for someone wanting a little, well OK, a lot more torque than the 327 had to offer.

These are very handsome looking trucks. The bed sides are fiberglass so you would want to be very carful loading and unloading from the side. I notice some interesting cars parked behind the truck. The first one looks like a Porsche with a Ski Rack on the back. The next one is a beautiful looking early Cadillac extended sedan. Then a '46 thru '48 Ford tudoor sedan, then a '57 Plymouth maybe ?

I'm surprised to hear about the problems that others have had with the Tamiya Putty. I normally use it for small corrections and body blending parts. A few years ago I built an '80's El Camino with the SS nose. I completely filled the license plate recess in the tail gate and you still would never know any work had been done on the tail gate at all. My only suggestion would be to primer the area to make sure it is smooth. This can sometimes require some additional filler, but the primer will show you any imperfections just like the rest of the body. When it's to your satisfaction just go to the final color coat.

I can't say enough good things about the items I have gotten from him.

I have used their normal dish soap with great results and no problems effecting the resin.

Depending on how it flows this may give you a lot more control on small trim items. I noticed your post of some future builds. I'm sure you already know about the gold trim on the Fairlane's and the Bel Airs, but the '57 Chevy Black Widow model is of a 150 series and while the box end shows a gold on the hood that is incorrect. The gold was used only on the Bel Airs and all others were the normal chrome finish. Of course you can trim them anyway you wish but on a showroom type build this is just the way it was. This should also work well on the Oldsmobile's globe portion of the hood and trunk emblem. This portion was a low metallic and low gloss finish. Your two Flintstone resin kits are really well done, I look forward to when you build those.