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First off, your '82 Ford looks very clean and well kept. I find it interesting how manufactures alter their vehicles for other markets. It looks like they used the Mercury hood and grill , and the same thing on the rear. The interior looks like a far greater upgrade than what was sold in the US. You might see if there is a Mercury kit or Resin and combine it with the Galaxy police car kit. This might help you with the general shape of your car.

I am guilty of buying kits because I had enjoyed them in the past, hope that the new box art means that there is something new and improved in side. Some times I get an idea for a build while looking at what's on the shelf and buy it, get it home and then forget that I already had several of these. Now I find I have more kits than I will ever have time to build. Now Revell has this new Mercury "Woody" that I just have to have. Moebius has a '61 Catalina that I will have to have, and I just saw the "HOT ROD" version of the '51 Olds that I'll need to pick up also. I think I may have a substance abuse problem. It's called styrene and I'm not sure there is a cure.

Looks brand new. A couple of things I noticed in addition to the remote oil filter. I see a cover on the spare tire under the bed. Looks nice but I would think under normal usage it might fill up with dirt and mud.

Seeing the license plate, I just have to wonder if it had ever be underwater. I know that there was some inclement weather in your area a few years ago. If it has been off the road for some time you might want to look up under the dash and in the corners of the trunk. I have seen cars with low miles with fine silt under the dash and in little places in the trunk. Be sure to run a Carfax on it also. I know nothing of the value of a used car in your area, but that seems like a lot of money. Ask your self, why would a car with such low miles look like this at this point in time? Good luck.

Very cool recreation . I remember see old pictures of A's that had similar options from days of old. The "ageing" looks extra good.

That looks just great. I'm going to have build one of these now.

Very real looking. Looks like a well used old car.

Very nice build.

Please post your build. I would like to see how this one goes together. I think I have one that I used the chrome wheels out off years ago. It looked a little intimidating for my building skills at the time.

All of the above. The biggest thing for myself is to remember to clean and clean any and all resin parts before you bring them into your work area. If you are sanding to make the resin part fit with the plastic parts, and you will be sanding a lot, do it outside or far away from your normal work area. The resin part should be cleaned again and again. You will have problems with paint on anything that has resin "dust" on it. Use an automotive type primer for the resin bodies since normal plastic primers don't seem to adhere that well.

Looks great, very well done. I am a fan of the Chevy rally wheels, where did you get yours?

As for the options on the 1:1 Camaro, just about anything you can think of was available. I have seen tilt wheels, cruise control and power windows. They had at least two different style vinyl roof treatments and many more different body stripe and spoiler options. You could even order front and rear spoilers and the cowl induction hood even if it wasn't a Z-28 or SS. This was a time when the factories would build it about any way you wanted to order it. As for your model, I don't think anybody but you would notice if your model had a PG,350 or 400 transmission. Look forward to seeing you build. You have me thinking I need to build a model of my '69 Camaro.

The hub caps in David's picture are '56 Olds Fiestas. The earlier '53 thru '55 Fiestas had circular rings in back of the "spinner" with white painted rings in between. For '56 Oldsmobile made the back ground a little deeper and added the globe much like their hood or trunk emblem. To this day many after market '56 style caps are available but with a checkered pattern for 1:1 use. I don't think I've seen any of the early style hub caps in scale, but there is many sources for the '56 style.

On the transmission question, the selector on a P.G. will show D and L only. The 350 will show D,2.1. I purchased a '69 Camaro from the original owner many years ago. It had a base 307 (late build as early builds had a 327 2bbl.) Powerglide bucket seats with column shift. On auto. trans. Camaros GM required a console if the shifter was to be on the floor. Question 2. Camaros could be ordered with a front bench seat as well as a folding rear seat. The bench I think required the custom interior option. The seat was like two buckets with a folding arm rest in between. They were one unit somewhat like the Caprice, but much smaller of course. Hope this will help in your build.

Could you use the front seat from the '66 Chevelle wagon and split the seat back?

Looks very real. Love it.

I like it a lot. The grill idea is great for a custom. I may use that in the future.

Looks good so far. Just a FYI Chevrolet did in fact make a Bel Air tudoor post as well as the 210 and 150 series. The outside differences were to do with chrome trim. The model you are working with has the Bel Air trim in the proper place on the rear quarter but the front fender trim is very faint. The body line from the headlight going part way back on the front fenders had a chrome trim present on the Bel Air and not on the more common 210. There was also some very small additional chrome trim around the windows. Since your building a Gasser anyway, most of these got fiberglass fenders, hoods . and doors. Many even removed all of the exterior trim. It's like Burger King, build your way.

Very convincing four door. I'm looking forward to watching your build.

There may be a resin Neon out there from somebody. Revell made a '99 Chevrolet X-Cab pickup. You could try shortening the cab and frame or look for a resin conversion. MPC made a '79 10th Anniv. Trans Am. For the trailer you can check the many racing kits, or look for AMT's '79 Chevrolet Caprice. It had a two axle trailer in it. This kit is popular with Low Rider Modelers. and I bet they would be glad to help you on the trailer. Please keep posting your progress.

I enjoyed going to the Lions drag strip in Long Beach Ca. in the 60's. There is nothing like seeing these cars at night , sparks flying of the tail gate or rear bumper, flames standing out of the headers. Man, that would get your heart pumping.

Very sad to hear this. I had heard about Ford's leaving but not G.M's Holden. I see were someone suggested that Holden had some poor quality issues. I wouldn't really know about that. I can say this. I have a '05 Pontiac GTO that I purchased new. I believe that is sold down under as a Monero. I have driven mostly GM cars and trucks. Early to mid '50's Fords and late model Chrysler products. None including our '10 Dodge Charger RT with AWD can hold a candle to the GTO in fit or finish. As for performance, this is basically a Corvette (LS2 & 6 speed independent rear suspension) with a back seat. There are a lot of good cars for many different manufactures, but quality is not an issue with Holden.

Got to be a BIG BLOCK.

Great looking cruiser.

You wouldn't have trouble finding that in the parking lot. Very bright. Looking good !