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Absolutely . But I would take it a step further and remove the entire radiator support and replace it with a fabbed piece and use a separate radiator . Thanks for the input Steve !

Wow that's really sharp Ken , both the Shelby and the trailer look great !

Beautiful paint and some really great photography !

Now that's some excellent work on the interior , very realistic ! And I really like that Ginger Bronze Poly paint !

Thanks Steve ! I don't think I've done a full detail build since my '71 Roadrunner so it's definitely time for one . . . but it won't be this one . Maybe the next one .

I've been collecting as many sets of clear headlight lenses as I can find so this morning I decided to tackle upgrading the molded in headlights . The front grille/bumper was successfully stripped a couple weeks ago so I start with the small round burr on the left . After I have the headlight removed I use the grinding stone to carefully shape the headlight bucket . The last step is to carefully ream the inside with the drill bit , this leaves a small step for the clear headlight lens to rest against . The white plastic is hard to see under bright lights so I used a Sharpie to highlight the rims , that way I could see what I was doing . The next photos shows the finished buckets and then the clear lens set in place . Time to start prepping for paint . Thanks for looking !

Thanks much David !

Check out this '32 built by Kruzn , he used a twill fabric from Hobby Lobby that looks very good . If you scroll down to the bottom of the first page he describes it .

One thing I always do is to pre-fit the windshield-dash-interior and chassis into the body , seems there is always some sort of interference that prevents the chassis from fitting into the body properly . In this case there was definitely a problem , turns out that by shortening the wheelbase a scale three inches some of those molded in bumps moved forward and were pushing the interior upward . After some selective grinding and a little trimming where the rear wheel housings were still hitting the bed everything slid into place . You can see in the photos that the windshield and dash fit nicely and the chassis now sits even with the rocker panels like it should . I probably messed with this for an hour or so but it was time well spent .

Thanks Ray ! Thanks David ! I hope it helps . Thanks you Al ! Thanks Carl ! I don't do it all of the time but the ones on this body were molded so poorly I figured it would be worth the effort .

That is super cool and realistic , very well done ! I can imagine something like this actually being built to be used as a farm truck .

Well done Greg , love that sleeper look !

Thanks Patrick ! Thanks very much Mike ! Thanks you Eric !

Nice work soldering the front arms Sergey , I'll definitely be following your progress ! I also have one of these from Motor City Resin and just pulled it out to check the parts , my hood fits perfect and the bumper is nice and straight . I'm really surprised they would ship a kit with warped parts like that , did you buy it directly from them or from a third party ? I also built my own El Camino from scratch and used the AMT '68 chassis and suspension , it worked great ! Here's the WIP for it , go to page 3 for the chassis .

Received my copy a couple of weeks ago and finally had a chance to sit down and really read it cover to cover . . . great job to everyone involved ! I enjoyed all of the articles and really appreciated the history of MPC's Streaker Vette , one of my favorites !

Just finishing up some little details before getting ready for paint , first item was to replace the molded on windshield wipers . Here's the ones I'll be using along with the tools needed to remove the molded on wipers . Using the pencil grinder I removed the wiper arms and then drilled mounting holes for the new wipers . Next I used the flat file to remove the wiper blades . Finally a small rolled up piece of sandpaper was used to clean up the cowl . Total time for the entire process was maybe 5 minutes , very simple . For the door handles I'm using the Mopar Late B Handles from Fireball Modelworks , they have a similar square shape as Ford handles . After cutting a pair loose I drilled and pinned them with some brass rod . I'll be adding a driver's side mirror from the AMT '67 Mustang GT kit , it was also drilled and pinned . The last item is an antenna . I used some hypodermic tubing and a #000 stainless insect pin to make one . I bought a 36" length of tubing several years ago and since then found a pack of 100 pins for $11.00 , should last me a life time . And here's the new parts installed on the body . Thanks again for looking !

Great looking trio ! I always liked the Surf Hearse version the best and it looks great in that light purple , but I have to agree that they do look better without the fenders .

Great looking Deuce Coupe , love the colors !

Beautifully done ! Well worth the effort getting all the little details right !

Well done Ray ! Those are some great colors !

That looks pretty cool , and easy ! Looking forward to seeing some test photos of a model using it .

Beautiful Mustang Ray ! Great color and it looks better without the Boss decals .

Well done Randy ! Great looking Dart in black and those wheels/tires look awesome !

Well done John ! Love the colors and those wheels look perfect on it !

Thanks much Carl !