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Added a few extras to this one. Duplicolor Med.Maui blue w/ pegasus wheels and added a bit to the engine bay. Weathered the under carrage & engine bay since this is supposed to be a daily driver. BMF on this was a nightmare.

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Nice job , looks great. I like how you did the door panels. nice engine detail and the weathering on the chassis.

And the Glass looks real.

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Very nice, I really dig the color. What brand of foil did you use? Also, one suggestion, use a smaller guage wire for the ignition wires, they are a bit over scale, but very very nice work!

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I hope you don't mind what's intended to be a little constructive criticism, and I apologize in advance if I come across sounding like a jerk... The two things that get me are the spark plug wires being too fat like Lee already mentioned, and the carbon fiber covers you have on top there are supposed to fit an LS1. The Impala has an LT1, which is an entirely different engine, so to me they look odd on there (I may be the only one to notice that, I dunno...). For the plug wires, 30 gauge wire works well and is about the right size. Try it on your next one, and it'll look great.

Now, I like the color a lot- GM should've offered the 1:1s in a little brighter color. Dodge sells a ton of bright colored big Chargers, I think it would've worked for the Impala too if they'd had the guts to offer it. I also like the weathering on the bottom. The exhaust has a good color to it, and the floorboards look convincing to me, especially compared to a pic of the bottom of a daily driver Mustang I saw last nite while hunting around. You nailed the grime on the bottom. Overall, I like it! :lol:

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I hope you don't mind what's intended to be a little constructive criticism, and I apologize in advance if I come across sounding like a jerk... The two things that get me are the spark plug wires being too fat like Lee already mentioned, and the carbon fiber covers you have on top there are supposed to fit an LS1. The Impala has an LT1, which is an entirely different engine, so to me they look odd on there (I may be the only one to notice that, I dunno...). For the plug wires, 30 gauge wire works well and is about the right size. Try it on your next one, and it'll look great.

Now, I like the color a lot- GM should've offered the 1:1s in a little brighter color. Dodge sells a ton of bright colored big Chargers, I think it would've worked for the Impala too if they'd had the guts to offer it. I also like the weathering on the bottom. The exhaust has a good color to it, and the floorboards look convincing to me, especially compared to a pic of the bottom of a daily driver Mustang I saw last nite while hunting around. You nailed the grime on the bottom. Overall, I like it! ;)

Trust me I appreciate constructive criticism! Looking at it now, the plugs are a bit large for the size of the motor. I always use random electrical wires that I have taken from random electronics for my plugs. As for The CF covers, I guess I was getting the LT & LS confused when I was looking at ref pics.

As for the BMF, It was an old sheet of "ultra bright chrome" which sucks out loud compared to the regular BMF that I usually use. This car is not my best work and has a few imperfections, but overall im happy with it. Thanks everyone for your comments!

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