Monty

Nailed it! Well done!

Very clean build, great interior / exterior color combo and nice detailing touches (carb linkage rocks!) I'd love to see what you could do with the Lindberg '67 442. Ever thought about it?

I love your choice of paint colors. Did you happen to buy the paint from scalefinishes.com? Mine will look similar to yours with the exception of the stripe color. If things go as planned, mine should look like this when it's done. My compliments on your chassis and underhood detail as well.

Thanks, Mark! Those look phenomenal (as usual).

I'm well aware that Testors makes a few "fabric" sprays, but AFAIK, they're limited to a couple colors & to my way of thinking, it would be a waste of money to buy their "paint" and spray over it if my theory works. Basically, I was wondering if I could create my own version by reducing a flat enamel, adding baking soda for "texture" and airbrushing it. Has anyone tried this?

I've got a project that I'd been planning to use this paint on because it was a standard GM color in the 1960s, but apparently it's been discontinued. If it looks good in scale I'll have to get busy and scrounge some up somewhere.

Fantastic concept! I have a thought for the paint: Shelby offered red or blue stripes over a silver body. I think this would look great if you used the stripe color as the main color and used silver for the stripes. I have yet to see a real Series 1 up close, but every picture makes the red/blue stripes look like a candy paint. Are they somewhat translucent?

I've got a '67 Impala street machine which I've relegated to its box for over a decade because I can't figure out how to finish it. The original plan was to build it like the picture on the box (blue body & interior) but in various forums and magazines I noticed that the majority of modelers building this kit were doing the exact same thing, so now I'm looking for a way to make mine different from theirs without being garish. The interior is already done in blue and white so I'd like to two-tone the body in those colors as well, but the body lines don't seem conducive to doing that. Has anyone figured out a tasteful way to do this? Important distinction: This will be a '70s-style street machine, not a donk or lowrider, so please keep that in mind with your recommendations.

For some reason I can't seem to find any info on this. Got a link?

Yea! One of my favorite old-school exotics! About 10 years ago you could buy a decent 1:1 (non-GT) for around $25,000, and I was extremely tempted to grab one. Mark, what kit is this?

Tyrone, I like where this is going! Couple questions: 1) What silver(s) did you use on the part of the dash surrounding the speedometer? (Testors enamel? ModelMaster Metalizers?) Looks like you nailed the look. 2) Did you do anything to enhance the door lines? (Rescribe? Darker primer?) They look very realistic. I look forward to seeing your next update.

Does anybody have pics of the "stock" engine from Len Carsner's board build? (I found the thread, but it looks like all the pictures have expired). I doubt if I'll ever buy the kit, but I'd like to see the engine so I can determine if the flaws plowboy mentioned are something I can fix.

Copyright issues might take a while...

I was surprised there was no Chappaquiddick kit. Maybe they'll cross that bridge when they come to it...

Can you elaborate on the holes in the block (pics?) and the other "issues"? I read several other reviews of this kit and followed Len Carsner's build-up on this site, and other than the technical glitch of putting a 1970-LT-1 engine in a 1969 model, I don't recall any of this. Are you perhaps thinking of the axle holes in AMT's 350 block?

Nice job on this. Mine is about 1/3 complete,so I was hoping you'd have some engine & chassis pics so I can see how it looks when assembled.

My compliments! The effort you put into the paint and assembly resulted in a beautiful build. Can we see the engine & chassis?

One of my all-time favorite sports cars. Lookin' good so far. I've never built a Hasegawa kit, so I'd appreciate your insights as the build proceeds.

I prefer to build the majority of my models in a mostly replica stock manner, so when I come across a kit with scribing cut into the underside of the hood for the use of a tunnel ram or blower setup, I want to find a way to "restore" the factory stock look to the hood, including the cross-bracing etc. Here are some solutions I've heard about but haven't tried yet. My follow-up questions are in blue. 1) Fill the gaps with Evergreen/Plastruct strips and Tenax/Pro-Weld. Obviously feasible, but will the melting properties of the glue seep through the thin surfaces of the scribed areas and mar the top surface of the hood? 2) Fill the gaps with Milliput (white). I've been told this stuff doesn't shrink & dries incredibly hard. If I use a glue like Tenax, will the thin strips of Evergreen cross-bracing strips adhere to it? 3) Fill the gaps with Tamiya putty (white). Never used this stuff before either, but heard lots of good things. If I use a glue like Tenax, will the thin strips of Evergreen cross-bracing strips adhere to it?

As I said on the Spotlight Hobbies board, I think this is your best work yet.

Did you ever run across any info as to why they decided to paint parts of the front pink? Was someone else running a gold Mark II there? Did you ever build any of the IMC/Testors kits? If so, I'd love to see those sometime too.

IIRC, your Holman-Moody car finished 3rd at Le Mans in 1966, while two Shelby American-built Mark II's took 1st and 2nd. If you had the time and inclination, this would make a killer diorama.

The Corvette I owned for 20 years gave me great handling and straight line performance. The downside was having to toe the line on the speed limit while every metallic beige Camry ever made could do 15 over with impunity.