The 2015 /16 Red Hot and Rollin Automotive Group Build--Ended

Will do Ken. She's a living miracle. I'll cover it in more detail tomorrow. Wore out....

mustang1989

Ken: Sorry for the delay bud. It's been hit or miss with me as of late. My wife had a stroke about 3 weeks ago and I've been on here quite a bit but it's here and there. I'm planning to extend this one until the end of this year. Get in here and I'll get you on the list.

 

Mustang - Am sorry to hear of your wifes stroke I'll keep her in my prayers.

Its only been a few hours since I put my post up.

I can't start on mine until May. I'll still do the cars (like I've wanted to do) I'll try to get as many as I can finished this year. The 65 Impala was my first car, and I'll have it painted the same color

Thanks

make my post raed as follows

COE Tractor and Revell Car Carrier Trailer and 1965 Chevrolet Impala.1/25 Scale

First off....Gordy: Man those all look great man!! I really like that Chevrolet truck but aint to take away from the other two. Nice work!!

Ken: Sorry for the delay bud. It's been hit or miss with me as of late. My wife had a stroke about 3 weeks ago and I've been on here quite a bit but it's here and there. I'm planning to extend this one until the end of this year. Get in here and I'll get you on the list.

Hi everyone, I was looking at everyones builds, they look great

Are there any plans for another auto group build? I'd like to see a staring date of June or July. hope this happens

For a number of years've been wanting to do a car carrir with the cars. they are all 1965 Chevrolets. the car carrier trailer and 1 of the impalas are on order now. I'll have a COE cab Probably the Chevy Titan. other ones will be 2 chevelle wagons, one other impala,  a couple of pick ups and a corvair

Hey fellas.  First off, I'm a little behind here but Joe -I hope all is well.  Good luck with all that. It's crazy how life can flip you upside down over night.  I'm sure by now it's all passed but it makes you pause and appreciate every person and every day.

No WIP pics but this is what I've been up to during the hiatus.

AMT USA-1 Monster Truck

I tried my hand at making my own decals. These turned out too thick as I coated the crap out of them.  Next time, finer print text for closer to scale appearance and just a light dusting of the decal spray should do the trick.  This is my hideous store logo and colours-I made this for my business partner's desk.  She hates it and it takes up some serious space.

Monogram "Badman" 55 Chevy gasser  

Nothing special to this kit, it went together fairly simple.  Painting yellow is a challenge for me and I've learned that gassers are really great slump busters. Such goofy cars that you can't take them all too seriously.  Goodtimes.

Tamiya BMW Z3 Roadster

This was just completed this past weekend.  I hope all Tamiya kits are this awesome with quality.  I've read others say "it fell together" now I know what they meant -so nice. I tried vallejo gun metal metallic paint with the ab and failed pretty badly at it so I went for a matte look with some dullcote.  Another first for me is the seatbelts and carpetting. 

I'm not sure what to build as the official GB2016 kit(s) yet.  I'll have to give that some thought and report back here with it.  Something from the stash, no new kits for 2016-work from the stash. lol  Anyway, I'm glad were back, I look forward to the updates.

Gordy

See the title has changed to 2015-2016! Good stuff - let's keep it red hot and start rolling!  

Big bike race this weekend, then a major trail run over Easter weekend, but I think after this weekend already normality will be returning. Was a bit hectic at the kids school as well with a huge workload increase this year, now in first proper test weeks before quarter ends. Whole house is learning! 

Will do crown.

Almost done with the 66 GTO some small stuff to do check it out in auto forum .

Do it!

You're added bubba.

mustang1989

Freekin' cool!! Whadaya waitin' for .....let's get crackin'. Looks like a beauty of a kit to work with.

You talking to me? LOL I'll jump on it soon.

Thanks Piers.

Freekin' cool!! Whadaya waitin' for .....let's get crackin'. Looks like a beauty of a kit to work with.

Mustang,

Im so sorry to here about your wife. I prey that she is doing better. I know that you are preoccupied but put me down for the 1/24 Monogram 65 Vette Street Machine. My palte is pretty full for the year but would like to get this on the assembly line at some point.

Thanks for the concerns and prayers Eric. They are working.

Let's rock tha house boyz! Get the kits and lets get going....

Thank you Seabe and crown.

I will also pray for you and your wife

Hey Joe, First off I share Tim's sentiment. All the best at home for this tough time.

I am easy either way, whether we separate it or continue on this thread. I'm still busy with the F310B from this thread and hardly started on the F2002...

Let's just start it off like this....

As some of you know I picked this kit up a few months back and was thinking of doing this one in typical "Gasser" fashion with the nose up in the air............




but lately I've had something else in mind..............

Different set of wheels and tires and a more wild stance...............

I think I'm gonna move forward with this one............

Thanks Tim..........alot man.

Let's roll forward guys. I may need a little help along the way at first but lets get round two started. New thread or you guys wanna keep this one?

Joe, 

We are praying for you, your wife and your family during this time.  Please keep us posted!!!

Tim

Glad this is still going fellas. I've been out of it now for a little over a week here. My wife suffered from a stroke last weekend due to a burst brain anuerism and is still in ICU in San Antonio. She underwent an operation Monday that repaired the damage but her recovery will be slow. She'll be in ICU for another 1 to 1-1/2 weeks. Keep posting and I'll keep droppin' in. I may throw my '54 Chevy Panel Wagon build in here as well. Take care and we'll see you at the bench, Joe

Hey guys still here almost done on 66 gto pics on auto forum been out touch my compressor is FUBR waiting on replacement  those are some nice cars on here and I'm still watching

Hey Guys!  I'm glad were still using this thread. lol  Everyone's stuff is looking good. 

I don't have any WIP pics since I wasn't building for the GB but I finally beat the 76 Gremlin.  It's a bit rough, even for me.  The kit seemed like it was very detailed on one side but not so much on the other.  The interior is horrid.  The engine is kind of wonky too.  It sits real low, so low you don't need the scooped hood for the ram intake.  The other weird thing is how low that low engine forces the headers to sit.  They almost scrape the ground, this wouldn't be a drivable vehicle.

Anyway, pics.  Still trying to get decent at this.

Slide show of a few more crappy cell phone pics - http://s293.photobucket.com/user/elass0wyp0/slideshow/Scale%20Models/AMT%201976%20Gremlin%20X

Thanks for looking,

Gord

Same here - limited time, even more limited through injury and illness. But onwards and upwards, both are healing and so is the building blues! 

I've just started with the F2002. I was warned that it's a dog and already found it's not easy to build. Even just the engine block was has gaps and... yes, it's going to be interesting. But also weird to be building a kit again where the engine block on it's own is almost the size of the other model I'm doing! (Well, bigger in size, smaller in lenth. Will take a pic of that once it's starting to look like something.

The F310B front wing is assembled and decals started. I have a dislike in doing the barge boards, but that will have to be done. Painted and ready... I'm just postponing! 

Thanks, Joe.  I am trying to find more time for builds, but its been very limited lately.  I'll slowly make progress on this one, but its progress none the less.  Thanks!

Tim

Dang Tim! First off, that 66 looks great!! I'm very familiar with these cars and the braking mods you've done so far is a vast improvement from stock. I always hated the factory front suspension and braking systems on those cars. Weak to say the least, particularly in the front suspension area. It was like they stapled a bunch of stuff together to get it to stop and steer and that was about it. Beautiful cars though as I owned 3 different 67's. I've got some old pics I may scan in later.

 That's a neat idea you've got going for that Firebird as well. Good to see you around again Tim. 

Hello everyone!