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You did an amazing job on this conversion. I like the Taxi livery on this. Great paint and I enjoyed watching you work out all of the Taxi details.

I guess at this point in time there is no problem storing it outside. Something about this car looks familiar, as if I had seen a picture of this same car. A lot of work to restore the 1:1 but I like the diorama idea.

Yes I forgot about the Pinto and there was the Chevrolet Vega also. They were both kind of neat little cars and they did sell well.

The blue prototype that Casey put up looks great to me. Aside from the aggressive front treatment, I think they blended the rear wagon portion well in the design. I realize that outside of the Chevrolet Nomad and the Pontiac Safari this style has never been a big seller but they still look good. Most people going for a wagon look for a four door because they're hauling big families and what not.

This is starting to make me consider servicing the snow blower for this winter.

Those "Heavy Duty" axels were what most model companies were using in that era. This meant a gapping hole in the center of the engine when they started offering an opening hood and an engine, and 64SS350 is correct, they're the same axels as the promos of the day. Aren't you glad they have made advancements ?

AMT used to offer a chassis mounted cab over camper kit. I think it used a Chevrolet cab and chassis. As to weather or not it was a Winnebago I'm not sure. The point is any pictures of built models might give you some ideas for your build. I know that in the last year more than one has shown up on the forum and they can be found in some of the pictures from different shows also on this forum. Someone here might even have an unbuilt or built model and they may be gracious enough to share some pictures that may help you.

Great looking build. I have used that very same color before and it just doesn't photograph well. I'll bet this one really pops when viewed in person. The chassis is very nice looking, and it's nice to see the Rally's done with the correct Argent color on the wheels.

Nice clean looking build. I like the ram air hood also.

I really like this Galaxy. The paint finish is nice and smooth and the black color gives it a great sinister look. The interior colors compliment the overall look.

Beautiful looking, finally. I have had this and a couple of the companion kits that were offered at that time. I just never got around to building any of them and didn't realize until now just how detailed they are.

Great looking conversion. I'm glad you pointed out what all you did since not being real knowledgeable of the difference I wouldn't of noticed the fine detail differences. The paint and trim look very good. I wonder about the rear spoiler, it looks like it might even be upside-down but not sure.

That's a very good looking conversion. The tail gate looks like they added the PONTIAC lettering. As for a 1/25th scale, look at my avatar, this is a picture of a model I built to represent a '67 El Camino I had. I used the Revell '66 El Camino and the front end and seats and door panels and the tail lights and rear bumper from a '67 Revell SS396 to complete. These two kits are not as compatible as they should be but it is doable. A model of the GTO - El Camino wouldn't be that hard really. The tail lights and tail gate might offer the biggest challenge depending on how much you want the rear to look like a Pontiac.

I have a light with an arm that allows it to be moved around as needed. The light it's self is a florescent tube that incircles a magnifying glass for fine detail work. The light can be moved around over the work area as needed for normal assembly work. MOst any office supply store would have it and it and others are easily found on line. Just a thought for the future.

I have often looked at a model I built years ago and wondered what I was thinking, it could be color or some other detail. Corvette offered some interesting colors at that time and Red was one of the more popular ones. I'm looking at the picture and I notice the front bumpers look rather thick, meaning they stick out from the body further than I would think. Could be the angle of the photo but something to look at anyway.

Well now you know why they were $10. Big challenge with this one. The overall appearance and shape of the body looks good. You can see the Mercury roots in this body just like the 1:1. This will be interesting to watch.

I agree the Sovereigns are your best bet for the lowrider look. Don't recall seeing many Corvettes done in this manor, but I have seen a few 1:1's done that way years ago.

All ways nice to have your own space. Your work desk looks nice and well organized. I don't know what type of overhead lighting you might have, but it looks like you're going to need additional lighting.

Some of the "tuner" style kits have small tires and the AMT Corvair kits had them also. the problem is that most of the small diameter tires usually only fit small diameter wheels.

We got a new '98 GMC Jimmy for my wife. This model had the memory seat option, so when ever she drove the car it would recognize her key and the seat would adjust to her setting. The problem was that she would be driving down the freeway and hit a bump or a big expansion crack in the roadway and the seat would start to pin her to the steering wheel. She's 5'10" so this becomes a real problem at 70 + MPR. After several trips to the dealer we got a Tech. who seemed to know what he was doing. When they car was built and they installed the seat wiring it was improperly routed under the seat frame and this would cause the seat to go to the full forward position under certain road conditions. He rerouted the wiring correctly and no more problems.

I like the shortened pick-up bed. Very nice paint finish. Did you use a Jag engine ?

This looks just like the 1:1 TV car. You got every little part hanging off this in a very realistic way. The finish is perfect.

Very clean looking build. I like the paint finish and the color goes well with the interior.

I enjoy looking at all of the little details everywhere you look in this.

I like the diorama setting. I question if the Intake Manifold would still be on the Engine with the Heads off. Great detailing of the engine parts and the front suspension. I'm interested in the tire tread design on the front tires. Were they from this kit ?