Auto GB:Muscle cars and Hot rods

I'm loving the progress pictures from everyone. Paul's Vette looks great, Kevin is well on his way, Jim's smooth looking truck (totally not expecting the wing , Pinkranger's great Chevy.....man, I gotta get moving on mine.

platnium- did u get my email? and i agree the dust is everywhere on my models even on the ones i recently finnished! i wonder if this aersol thing i found called static off will keep some of it away...
i have to find a way to strip the paint off my bel air without ruining the plastic..(its acrylic) dont ask what came over me when i decided to handpaint a car... A CAR!!! *slaps head*

Hi guys,
thanks for the comments. Arki, I will have to try your tip abotu removing the orange peel effect. I am still getting to grips with the subtelties of air brushing. I think orange peel means I was spraying from too far away. I have some fine grain sanding cloth so I will try your idea. Thanks again.

Paul

No double d i did not . I went back to my e-mails and the spam folder and did not see it . if you would not mind oplease resend it.
Kevin

ok platnium, i sent it again thanks-DJ

Thanks DOUBLE D I will check to see if I get it.

Kevin

bump

DOUBLE D I have most of the parts for you, for some reason I have the blower plates(front and rear) but the actual blower box disapeared on me. I will search my hobby room today and try to find it. Sorry for that it should have been mailed all ready.

Again sorry for the inconienance.

Kevin

no inconveniance...if i had it today i probably wouldnt have done anything with it anyway....stupid summer essays... i dont need to know about dead people....washington?? who??

DOUBLE D you learn the past to better the future. I thought it was B S when I was going to school how wrong I was. Hang in there you will see what I am talking about.
Kevin

Hang in there with the essays.
Kevin

hey all,
Finally finished the 53 ford. First the ppicture:


the paint is purple metallic (picked by my daughter)and copper, the decals are from a vw kit my son built, and the bed is wood with copper slats. In the bed I installed a scratchbuilt fuel cell, fuel pump, wing and fuel lines. the cab was chopped about 3/8 inch, and it was chopped 3/8 inch in the lower body. it has a scratch window and windshield (barbie box), and everything is shaved off. the interior is OOB, except for the missing 3/8 inch and styrene floor. The nose was chopped 3/8 of an inch to match the body, and is prettymuch oob. the engine has fuel lines, plugwires, and throttlecable that are all scratch. underneath I lowered the suspension, and added brake lines.I also scratchbuilt a wheelie bar for the rear from a set of ladder bars, two small wheels and some styrene. also there is a scratchbuilt front engine cage.

comments are welcome, and I hope you all enjoy.

here is a picture of another truck I built right before this one. I dont usually build cars so this was a nice hange.



happy modeling

jim

really nice inpw1!!! i love the piant on both?
nothin to show on mine...but heres a SDKFZ 251 hotrod:

inpw1 that is one nice ride. It came out real nice. the wing and fuel cell are nice touches. now all I need to do is feel better so I can go work on my cars.
Kevin

Great looking truck Jim. The detail all around is really nice.

Love that orange and black paint scheme. well done on that one also.

Kevin

like the track double d.
thanks all, took a little time and was a nice change from what I normally do. I seem to be on this different kick, and in 20 years of modeling, the only thing I havnt built was a motorcycle. Well that has changed, I am currently working on a honda ponds race bike. Guess this is the year for new things.

jim

QUOTE: Originally posted by DOUBLE D really nice inpw1!!! i love the piant on both? nothin to show on mine...but heres a SDKFZ 251 hotrod:

Wow,talk about a drive-by car

Ok paknick, I went through all the threads of this build. What are you building???.
Kevin

Sorry I have not been around guys and gals, my father had a heart attack on friday, so I have been a little busy on that. Still not sure if he has to have open heart surgery or not. but he is in good hands. still not many pics of peoples builds yet!!!!!!!. Mmmmmm. arki30 how is yours going? I will try to get working on mine tonight, and upload some of the pics.
Kevin

QUOTE: Originally posted by platinumhw ... arki30 how is yours going? I will try to get working on mine tonight, and upload some of the pics. Kevin

Sssssloooooowwwwww

I've been focusing on other builds, the office has sucked up most of my modeling time along with weekend trips to various places, so my progress is virtually non-existent.

I'm coming fairly close to finishing the P-40E for the Warhawk build which will leave only the HemiCuda. I still have a lot of bodywork to do, Revell kits.

Anyway, I'm still here and still in the game.

platnium- sry to hear about your dad, hope he does better!
i temporarily lost my kit, but then again i cant find anything with all this clutter in my desk:
-Dj

arki30 I know the feeling hang in there. Thanks double d for the kind words it means alot to me. clean up that clutter and you will have a happy place to build. I know it is easy to let it go, I myself take one day just to clean up and put stuff away.

Kevin

platinum-Best Wishes to yo and your father
Also,im going to build the 1961 ford ranchero,would you gys consider that a muscle car?

does it have the famous paxton blower? I had a friend that had a 1959 ranchero with a 390 blown by paxton
Kevin

can you find the 6 phoenix missiles in my clutter???
platnium- were u able to send the engine yet? lookin forward to it!
-DJ

I could only find 3 : (

Sorry DOUBLE D, not yet been busy with my father, will get that out very soon. again sorry about that.

Kevin

nothing to report yet but I will work on them tonight.

Kevin

on suspension done still looking for my camara daughter borrowed it need to get pics up in here.
Kevin