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Hey dudes I´ve started posting pics of this build in the WIP of my Duel truck and since it has caught quite some attention, I thought it´d be better to post it here instead of spamming a truck WIP with car stuff. Some information on this conversion can be found here: The Duel Project. Everything else will be posted in here from now. I´ve also found a few more pics of the earlier stages of this build. As mentioned in the other thread, this Valiant will be made from a Dart body that was mated with a Duster front end. While the Dart body is totally inappropriate to resemble a Valiant, it´s still a useful foundation for extensive bodywork. It actually helps a lot to have more than a chassis plate and two fenders with a hood to work with. I could already write a book about what has been done yet. But I´ll just add some minor information to the picture as the whole process is kinda self explanatory. If questions come up, don´t hesitate to ask and in case you find major inaccuracies, sport a pointer and provide some helpful critics, please. I don´t care when this will be finished. If I need to change something, I´ll gladly do it for the sake of self-flaggeration and accuracy... Well then...here´s all the pics I could find on my hard drive. I´ve marked what needed to be removed from the Dart´s c-pillars The trailing edge of the hood needed just some minor trimming to fit to the contours of the "thing" (whatever it is called...) between the hood and the windscreen. This is how the engine bay looks after the Duster´s and Dart´s parts were mated. After the body pieces were mated, this view made my toenails fold up. This was when I realized that I loaded myself with tons of work. This was when someone made me realize that the roof height was incorrect for a sedan. It looked kinda weird, just like a top chop. The roof was then cut off of the body and the roof height was adjusted. It also forced me to completely re-do the side window trim that I already did earlier. After the anti-top-chop was done, I´ve had an extremely fragile body to work with. The side window trim brings back a lot of the strength. I simply glued a full sheet of styrene into the hole and drew the trim with a pencil onto the sheet. Then I cut the windows out with an x-acto knife. The result is a lot stronger than just some posts out of strip styrene. And as a benefit there´s no messing around with alignment. There´s now a nice even surface for adding clear sheet for the windows. And that´s where I´m at right now. Still lots of unpredictable work. I´m actually curious which stick will be thrown between my legs next. I´m sure the Valiant has already planned something to make me curse the day I was born... As mentioned, critics are very welcome and most appreciated. Maybe I can get this body good enough to be casted in resin. But be patient, I´m not rushing this and slow progress is to be expected. Cheers Kevin