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That impala is gorgeous 🤩 🤩 🤩 Nick

Wow Keith that is a stunning restoration. I can understand your feelings about a doing it but IMHO you have ended up with a model both you and your dad should be proud of. Nick

That's a cracking little mini John. Really like the colour! Nick

Lovely bit of detailing work going on there. That will make all the difference to the finished build. Nick

Thank you everyone! 🙂 🙏. Really appreciate all the comments. Nick

You could replace them with some sprue glued from ceiling to the inside of the door on both sides. That way you are still supporting those rather fragile looking A pillars! I did something similar on my Aventador build. My two cents worth! 🙂 Nick

Ooh an American muscle car. I'm in! Nick

That is very well done! That bottle of wine is very well deserved! Just not in one go! 😄 Nick

I wouldn't get too excited if I were you... At 1/24 scale ...

Thank you so much all! ☺️. That is something I might do at one point. Hopefully should make pics more interesting than the blurry back of my garden! Nope good old fashioned styrene sheet. I think I used two different thicknesses. I don't have a 3d printer and anyway I quite enjoyed the challenge of making this using basic materials. Thank you Ross and Neddy re boot comments. I hope what I'm going to say doesn't come across as me blowing my own 🎺 (not meant to! 🙂) but it actually wasnt overly difficult. Fiddly yes and it did take me a few attemptsbtobgwt the hinge right. The modelmuse video explaining how to make the hinge was a godsend. Once I finish the 911 my next car is going to be a ford Mustang boss. I am planning to do the boot and the doors as well on that one. Hopefully thaving done this build will help me. Nick

Afternoon all Link to the RFI can be found here. Nick

Hi all Welcome to the Chevy 396 RFI! 🙂 I had two main goals for this build (apart from actually finishing it!) was to a) get some practise in getting a decent finish with black paint and b) start pushing myself to do more moding/improvements to the kit. For those who you are interested here is a link to the WIP. The car was painted using Mr Colour GX2 gloss black followed by Mr Colour super clear III for the clear coat. All chrome work was done with Greenstuffworld chrome both airbrush and paint versions. One of the mods I did was to replace the front grill. Unfortunately due to the very tight fit the light fittings ended up dropping slightly which is why they are not aligned with the front bumper. Not a lot I can do about that now... Live and learn! Another mod was opening the boot. That was good fun to do! Another mod was replacing the louvres using small bits of photo etch. A big thank you to Gollum for doing this for me. A few wires and pipes were added to the engine bay. Now the interior. That was taken with my phone as the camera just couldn't focus that close up! Close up of one of the wheels. And finally my feeble attempt at trying to create a vignette black and white pic! Thank you again to everyone who offered comments, advice and encouragement. Such a great source of motivation to try and do the best I can. Thanks for looking, Nick

What a great way to save a model! 👏👏👏 Nick

Just stumbled across this. Wow! 😲. The sheen on the red is perfect! Nick

Unlucky with the masking... Is it worth gently sanding the interior bits where blue has crept in before painting white? That should hopefully make the blue fade enough to make it easier to disappear under a coat of white. Nick

Morning all Yes another update... 😄 I used greenstuffworld chrome to paint the louvres surrounds. Have to admit that was pretty stressful. I couldn't/didn't want to mask and any spills/ paint seepages would be quite tricky to clean up. So I was very glad when that was over! The result Phew! I also sorted out the gap in the decal top right. Next up was painting the rubber on the windscreen wipers. And then before I knew it... Yep all done! 😃😄😃😃😃😃😃...😃 All that was left to do was to glue the wipers, door handles and mirrors on, a quick polish using tamiya wax and tada! A few more shots. I'll try and get some more using the DSLR in the next few days. A big thank you to everyone who came along for the ride offering comments, suggestions and encouragements. Much appreciated as always. Nick

Evening all and thank you all for you kind comments. Finally... Just the surrounds to paint in Chrome and the bonnet is nearly done. Just need to fix that small hole in the decal. Nick

You're gonna need a bigger stick

Out of interest does anyone know what kind of weather the UK is built for?🤔 Nick

Another good song to do CPR to is Queen's "Another one bites the dust"...

Can't help myself! 😋 Nick

Haha very good! Now off you go... 🏝️

The next person to make a pudding joke will be banned to a dessert island.

Morning all As the kids have an inset day today they got up later which means I was able to have some morning modelling time. One down! One to go! Nick

Taken out of context that sentence could get you in soooooo much trouble! 😋