Fat Brian

Yes, its supposed to be.

Thanks for the update, I will certainly be one of your first customers.

I agree, the doors being on the left side also give it away.

I'm looking for the custom grille out of the AMT Xtasy or Sun Chaser kits. I've got plenty to trade.

That's better than that kit has any right to look, amazing work.

I slapped this together from leftover parts from an upcoming 67 Shelby GT500 build. Its built in "day 2" style, maybe somebody pulled some strings or was buddies with the local Ford dealer and got a 65 K-code engine installed in an early production 66 Fairlane. I filled the GT hood vents and added wheel lip moldings and ones behind the rear wheels to complete the 500XL trim. I also added a wood rim steering wheel. The 67 Shelby donated its 289 and Magstar wheels. I also raised the upper edge of the roof to look more correct. I cut 2.5mm out of the front edge of the roof the added a 1mm strip back and shaped it into the top window trim. It looks better but the windshield is pretty distorted in that area.

I second the white primer.

If you don't have any particular attachment to the AMT kit the Revell kit is superior in just about every way. There was an SS 396 version out very recently and should be relatively easy to find. That kit, the Yenko, COPO, and Baldwin Motion versions all have big blocks. Most of the difference is in the wheels and hoods though there are a few other things. Most if not every version of this comes with both grilles. Here is pic of the SS 396 box art.

You shouldn't even have to remove it, the stock grille just sits in front of it.

Can you try to heat that lower portion and use the stock grille insert to open the hole to where it needs to be? As long as the body isn't twisted lengthwise the grille area looks fixable.

This thread has what the distributor expects to have in the next few months for AMT/MPC. There should be something similar for Revell soon. https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/203358-round-2-announcements-as-of-91225-from-stevens-intl/

I'm looking for the front and rear spoilers from the Revell 71 Boss Mustang kit. I've got plenty to trade.

I understand not wanting to lose control of your designs. Charles would be a great custodian of you're work until you find something permanent, everything I've gotten from him is of the highest quality.

Based on the 69 Cougar it will have all the normal parts plus some big wheels and maybe some Hotwheels style engine dress up parts. It probably won't have any stock decals though.

That's a good kit to learn on, plenty of foil work and odd shapes. If you can make that one look good there aren't many others that will give you trouble.

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I noticed that too, along with the Stranger Things Camaro not having chrome. I hope this isn't cost cutting from Revell.

I might be mistaken but don't those kits have the V903 in them?

I would go with the lighter shade of yellow, Camel Yellow is almost orange. There's another color, I want to say TS16 maybe, thats closer. This is the lighter color.

For the tin work the easiest way is CAD, cardboard aided design. Not actually cardboard at our scale but thick card stock can be trimmed to fit and the shaped traced onto Evergreen sheet. For the windows, if you have a lady in your life buy her a decent size makeup palette and it will come with a crystal clear, paper thin sheet of plastic big enough for several kits.

I've got a couple. 1981 Cobra from the birth year Cannonball This one is from the turn a race car into a street car Cannonball

I've heard that a Saleen spoiler is in the Monogram 88 convertible kit with the red car on a blue box, I don't know if there are any other parts out there though. The side skirts look close to what is in the 93 Cobra R.

I tried the hairspray thing but even with three coats the top layer of paint is firmly attached. I had shot some rust colored paint over the red primer and it had a bit too much texture and I think the green had enough to bite to that it wasn't going to budget. Yeah, I don't know what is going on with the windows, its not as noticeable as long as you aren't looking through both at the same time.

One of the Issues you're going to have is getting the front low enough. If you look at how the front axles are laid out in some of the pics Greg posted you can see how the leaf spring isn't over the axle but between the front radius rods. I don't know of any kit or aftermarket parts with this layout. When I built this type of front end I used the front spring and axle from the 30 kit but made the cross bar the spring perch mounts on taller, this effectively lowered the front end to what is possible with the spring mounted behind the axle.

This is loosely based on a truck I've driven passed at work for years. The color is the same but I took some liberties with the engine and wheels since the actual wheels are boring and I don't know what the engine is. This engine is a mix of parts from the Revell 60 and 62 Impalas with the truck transmission. The air cleaners are from the USA-1 monster truck. The wheels and tires are from a recent release of the Revell 57 Chevy with some parts box adapters. The suspension is lowered 4mm in the front and 2 in the rear. I rebuilt the bed top rails with Evergreen since the ones in the kit were very warped and uneven. The engine swap was more difficult than I expected considering the W block came in this body style of truck. The engine doesn't play nice with the motor mounts on the frame and the exhaust manifolds point right at the lower control arms.