Lowlife ! !

Hmmm good ideas, thanks guys I appreciate it !

Quick update to start the year ! Stilll making disc brakes all round, but the front suspension and engine are in ! Made up new inner wings in plastic sheet now, which need painting ! Cant decide yet whether to paint the engine bay body colour, or maybe matt/satin black ?? Messing around with a smooth engine cover too so when thats done ill post up pics. Hopefully get some time to start messing around with this again now xmas is over ! !

Not too bad I suppose ! ! You know I'm a big fan of your work Dale, if you follow his builds its also amazing how much goes into each one ! I love the firebird DTM, channelled over a Mercedes race car chassis was it ?? And that purple Caddy is just gorgeous ! ! Looking forward to seeing more from you mate, great job on all of em !

Yes the wires are awkward, don't worry it looks fine as you had it before ! I had trouble too fitting the engine, I found it easier to slide it in from underneath the car its easier.... The front of your chassis looks good, I made up the front parts from scratch so there's no battery !

Looks great so far, good job ! Can I mention one little thing ? Not to criticize but if you look at the real engine above it has standard headers with heat shields to protect the HT leads. The 302 in the kit has aftermarket headers , it shows in the instructions to run the HT leads down behind the headers then under them . This would stop them melting ! ! Just thought I'd mention it , looking forward to more progress on this !

Thanks guys........ Been busy with Xmas but ive started the engine. The fan assembly is mocked up as is the hi rise intake. Needs wiring and the headers ends painting too. But a lot of this wont be seen anyway as im coming up with a design for a smooth engine cover, cant measure this up till the motor and inner fenders are in, so more soon ! !

Great stuff Ralph, really inspiring ! ! Your scratch built parts are amazing, glad this thread came up ! I'm building the same big scale camaro kit and its always good to nick ideas from someone else ! ! Shame mine won't be anywhere near this level but they sure are fun to build !

Also ive been pm`d by Blackbeard regarding bits on this build, heres a pic of the rear shock you asked for ! And there 54mm if that helps !

Thanks Guys.... Front suspension is together, had to hack it about a bit as I wanted this car Low ! Not going too detailed as the inner wings will hide a lot of detail. Also Im adding brake discs so the wheels are not glued in yet. But Ive got the sump resting on the floor !

This is a cool little rod, I like it ! How about a change of tyres, big on the back, little ones up front ??

And this is the idea for the inner wings. I wanted it in one piece so theres no joins, and i think this will work out ok. Ive put a hold on building them in plastic because i need to assemble the front suspension, headers etc and check for clearance before i can add this. Problem also is the 69 Camaro body sides slopes inwards so much you have to be careful when adding or removing the body. Im thinking the engine should first be finished, and added, then build up the inner wings and radiator etc around it. Heres the idea , more soon.....

Well more cutting.....I realised this was not going to sit that low, especially using the big inch wheels. So i chopped out the inner fenders, smoothing the bonnet opening near the hinges, and cleaned up under the front arches. The firewall is resting in place, it fits tighter than this ! I think i can get this thing resting on the sump now, hmmm might need air bags ! !

Simply stunning ! I've just started something similar myself, I hope it comes out half as good ! ! Love that interior, I really want those seats....

Very nice rework on that engine, almost seems a shame to cover it up ! ! How about a cut-a-way Lambo so you can see it all ! ?

So i spent the afternoon chopping up the firewall, removing every lump and bump, in order to smooth it out ! Didnt like the floating battery etc either, so i cut the top frame rails off and will add smooth ones. Firewall is now plated in plastic and is getting smoothed along the bottom where there was a gap. More soon.......

Theres a lot of things i like about this kit, and a few i dont ! The main thing is its supposed to be a FOOSE edition, except the only Foose stuff is the wheels, and the decals ! So the idea is to build a proper Foose car, using the majority of the kit supplied parts, and see if i can come up with something I can be pleased with ! First off is the engine bay, as standard and mocked up it looks like this.......

After taking a bit of a break from the modelling, i treated myself to this big Camaro recently !

And the floorpan is painted, with white flake details !

Interior is complete, but not glued as im painting the chassis......The carpet is Kens fuzzy fur with a green base...

Thanks guys, been experimenting with white metalflake again, hard to capture but you get the idea ! !

Looks great, you haven't lost your touch with the model building ! I'd like to know how the roof was done, looks very cool ! !

I keep getting in a slump with projects lately, but I can pick up a 64 Impala and I get inspired ! ! So I figured id build another one ! Every kit I build I try and improve from the last one, so I'm gonna try and beat my last 64, but I'm keeping this a little more subtle, just more detailed ! Interior was first, lots of smoothing out join lines then a coat of matt white, I removed the door handles, winders etc and replaced em with chrome parts from the spares box. I removed the SS logo and added a transfer then added p/e ring around the door light ! Lots of delicate BMF and paint and it look like this !

Great work on this GeeTee, always good to see someone making the best of Revells 64, such a good kit ! Great paint also, as DeeCee said that tape work is harder than people realise !

Wow, really impressed with this ! A LOT of little details make a big difference on this, the windows open, suicide doors, engine work, dash conversion, the list goes on ! Great job I'm sure Kindig would be proud ! !

Really like this, well thought out and the finished article is spot on ! !