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Thanks Trevor and Carl , I thought that yellow would be a little darker . Haven't decided yet but I might respray it with Brilliant Orange .

Before prepping the body for paint I pre-fit the trim items , bumpers , lights , etc . . . The grille and cowl vent required a little filing on the back edges to make them fit flush , as did the rear bumper . I also removed the molded in plate lamps from the rear bumper , opting to keep the ones on the license plate mounting bracket . This plate mount is actually too large for U.S. plates so I'll be making a new one later . Also cut and fit the glass using the clear sheet provided by C1 Models . They say to use the thick sheet but I used the thinner one to be sure there is no interference with the dashboard . With some careful trimming the glass literally pops into place and stays with no glue , of course I'll glue them in place after paint . After the body was prepped it was painted with Tamiya TS-34 Camel Yellow . Once it dries for a couple days I'll shoot some clear .

Thanks Eric !

That really is a sharp looking blue , going to look great when it's done ! Interesting solution to the BMF issue . I'm guessing that you brushed the thinned glue onto the body , then applied the foil and let it dry before trimming ? Looks like it worked !

I've got a MPC J-Car and an IMC GT40 both waiting to be built . It's been many years but I remember the IMC J-Car being much better , is that right ? Been looking for one and may get the one on ebay right now .

Great stuff Jim and your tires came out great , nice work ! The license plate idea is one that needs to be done , I'd take several sets !

Looking sharp Gerald ! That white paint came out beautiful !

Excellent work with all of your mods Rusty , raising the rear quarter is the best solution to this major complaint ! I agree that removing the wings from the bumpers make a much cleaner look , and the taillight mod is a simple no-brainer that makes a HUGE difference !

Great displays Rex ! I spy a J-Car near the top of the left case . . . nice ! And a belated welcome to the Sunshine State !

Thanks Ray , glad you like it ! It's not perfect but working so quickly I never expected it to be . Here's the finished interior .

Thanks much guys ! Hoping to get the interior finished this coming week and post some pics , then I can start prepping the body for paint .

Thanks Carl ! Started on the interior with some paint and embossing powder for the carpeting . There's a few small parts that need painting and I need to finish the dash and detail the sides . I made my own rub strips for the cargo area using flat stock and half round strip . They turned out better than I expected , should be interesting gluing them in place .

For the last month I've been watching for a set and finally found some . The seller's listing was wrong saying they were Gold Lettered tires so I messaged him and he confirmed they were the Deluxe Champions . They were in my mailbox yesterday !

Very nicely done , love the stance you've achieved ! Which El Camino kit has those wheels ?

Well done !! I met him at Daytona one year walking thru the garage area , great guy .

Very Kewl ! Great job and I think you nailed the look !

Great job an a beautiful Cougar , always been one of my favorites and I like your color choice ! I'm planning a similar build in the future , any hiccups using the Mustang as a donor ?

Man that's nice ! Beautiful color and excellent trim work !

Another great body style from the mid 60's , I'm sure some will nit-pick at the body in this kit but I like it ! Thanks for the photos !

Looks like a really nice kit , thanks for posting photos of the parts !

That Daytona Yellow is gonna look sharp ! I like that Revell tooled separate parts for the taillight surrounds and the front grille piece , nice .

Well done Dave , it's not goofy it's just different . . . I like it ! I agree that gold paint looks great and I also like that purple too , not surprised you had to decant it . Rustoleum has the worst nozzles ever so I avoid there paint whenever possible .

Thanks Ray ! Spent the weekend working on the chassis . From everything I can find it looks like MGB's had their chassis painted all black , very boring so this will be a little different . I started by patching the holes left by grinding on the chassis plate . Then it was sprayed with red oxide primer , masked and sprayed with gloss black . The suspension parts were also sprayed gloss black . The chassis was assembled out of the box and just picked out some details with paint . The front suspension is assembled but won't be glued to the chassis until later . Here's the finished chassis with the front suspension in place for the photos .

It turned out beautiful John , nice clean look and in my favorite color too ! Appears the hood clearance issues were resolved , congrats .

Great save Tim , the color and your trim work are beautiful ! AMC really did make some great looking body styles back then .