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Love the look. Very nice custom.

Well built. The under carriage shows all the components well.

What a great looking Shop Truck.

Very nice. Still shows well.

Looks great, like something the factory should or could have done.

Just noticed your build. I also have one of these in my stash from long long ago. Now that you have shown how it can all be corrected I might also try building this rather poorly done kit.

Are you going to make a showroom stock Z-28 or IROC, or something a little more contemporary ?

I agree with everyone else on the effect from the Holomatic Chrome. This could be used for an appearance on select parts that you may have never considered before.

If you are not going to use the kit for parts, then one repair others have used on damaged bodies involves putting the body in a baggie and leaving it in the freezer. This is used to get the glue to release the glued parts. I've never tried it but there are many here who use it with great success.

I had to use Amazon when I ran out of polish over a year ago. It may take a couple of days but that's they way I'd go.

Great that your brother saved these models. They look well built for the first time around. Now with a better skill set you get to do them over again. The picture of them in the box made me think you should of taken at least one of them and sprayed it with flat clear so you could display at least one as a barn find.

Great color, sham about the hood.

You might want to consider a top mounted GMC super charger. This was fairly common with those that could afford it. The Latham super charger is impressive looking and would clear the hood if you stay that way. If you went with the GMC blower you could do away with the hood, or create a hole in the hood. If you went without the hood you could just make radiator supports from the firewall to the radiator shroud. This would help support the radiator and frame the blower.

Had the same problem a few years ago. I found a '61 Valiant that I built back then. Wanted to strip it and redo the paint. The body had the same reaction. This was a regular AMT model. I think any model more than say 20 years old you just have to sand it by hand. I was left with a body that was more like a potato chip than anything else.

Most if not all of the bleed thru an be eliminated with a very light coat of clear before spraying the secondary color.

Can be done rather easily with plastic or aluminum tubing, the center section is the only rear challenge.

Nice build, I like the Mexican blanket seat cover.

Thanks for the heads up on the tail lights and the wheels. The part #48 I think are for stock height spindles and the #49 look like a lowered height. I'm using the #49's since I usually lower my builds anyway. As for the air cleaners, I think that there is an overlap between the Ventura and the upcoming Catalina. This may explain the unmentioned part #49 and #93 air cleaners. If Moebius stays true to form we will see a NASCAR edition at some point. I can see where they could get as many or more sales out of this kit and various versions of it than they saw with their Hudsons.

Great looking build. I like the way you blended the color together.

Looks great. I'm in the middle of the same kit now, appreciate the inspiration.

Like the grill treatment.

I have to agree with you about the music these people play with the video. We each have our preferences about music and it should never be loud enough to give someone a head ache.

The wheels you are looking at are all steel with a polished trim ring and dust cover. I was in the retail end of car dealership management for many years starting in the early '70's. Thru '83 one of my duties was ordering new Chevrolets for inventory. The wheel you are looking at was a popular option and or standard on the high performance models. IE: Chevelles, Camaros, El Caminos. but not Monte Carlos. They where all "15 diameter and 7" wide. They where very heavy and in fact the bare wheel could weight almost as much as the same 15" X 7" Rally wheel and tire. OEM they where usually shades of silver and usually body colored on the Z-28 when reintroduced in '77. There was a "polyformed" wheel that was an option for the Camaro Berlinettas but they where a 14" X 7" wheel and also very heavy. I was not ordering in '72, but I do remember a few SS454 Monte Carlos with raised letter tires with the Rally wheel. I think what may have happened in the case of the sales brochure the print lead time to have them in the dealerships before the vehicle is available. In the time from when GM would give the pictures a print for the brochure to the printer the production side drops an option because of supplier or design issues. At that time it would happen more than you would think. I hope that helps on the wheel. But the model would look good with these wheels.

The windshield on the top left may have come from the original AMT '57 Chevrolet. The kit had the option of a chopped roof at one time. The underside of the roof was scored to show where you would cut the top posts and the top its self into four pieces. The raised portion of the "glass" was to fell in the roof so that the posts would lineup. You would have to mask off the windshield and rear window before painting. The top right looks like the same part with the vent windows removed. The bottom left looks like one of the hood scopes from an early 3 in 1 kit. The hood with the FORD lettering on it looks like it maybe for a truck model. The blue hood maybe for a mid to late sixties Dodge or Plymouth, but I'm guessing on that. The last hood is for a Cougar, a '68 I think.

Everything Snake said plus the windshield is smaller than the opening. Just make your own window moldings around the windshield and it should be alright.