Cale Yarbourogh mercury cyclone - wip

Must have either renamed them or moved.

$%^#@**&^%%  I hate it when the photo's are no longer available!!

I love how you casually say, "I made a helmet to go on the seat," like it's no big deal. Some of us are lucky to end up with something resembling a seat.

This is some incredible attention to detail.

I made a helmet to place on the seat

Looks great! One of my favorites.

today I added the chrome foil. glued on the windows and made a gas cap

James, you're KILLIN' me. man!! WOW!

Those light covers are the bomb!!

added some detail on the tail panel.

light covers made from "tea light" candle aluminum.

a few more engine bits added.

Absolutely sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Great looking finish James,nicely done Sir!

no problem

forgot to show the exhaust pipes.

theres just a few more parts to go on the underside.the fuel cell, rear end cooler, and drive shaft hoop thing

James, that's G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!

Thanks for the tips on the Clear and the red color! I'll have to get me some of that paint.

Really a stunning example of the car here! BEAUTIFUL!!!

Very nice James.  You've done an outstanding job on this one.  Makes me wish that Polar Lights was still marketing this kit.  And thanks for the tip about Krylon "Clear"....I'll have to pick up a can.

quick mock-up to check ride height

the doog

James, that looks positively stunning!

Can I bug you again to answer a couple of questions?

The Krylon "Clear"--you can put that safely over decals and not have it craze or krinkle them? IS there anything you do to assure that that doesn't happen?

And that "red" you used looks the same as David Pearson's "Purolator" car #21 that I want to build--what did you use for that color?

I never had any problems with this clear thats why i use it for everything!  I always do 2 really mist coats first and leave it alone.  then come back with normal coat ,

for the red I used, Honda claret red from dupli color.

James, that looks positively stunning!

Can I bug you again to answer a couple of questions?

The Krylon "Clear"--you can put that safely over decals and not have it craze or krinkle them? IS there anything you do to assure that that doesn't happen?

And that "red" you used looks the same as David Pearson's "Purolator" car #21 that I want to build--what did you use for that color?

man I love the krylon clear, I sprayed it about 2 hours ago and its nice and hard now. so I wet sanded and polished the body.

I use 2000 grit then the two compounds in the pic.



hard to show glossiness on white paint lol hopefully the reflections show up.

got it decaled today, and I laid on a few coats of clear to. 
it still needs to be wet sanded and polished out in a few days.

got a few more parts glued on the chassis

got the red painted today
I just put one light clearcoat on so far.  I'll decal it up then clear it a few times and sand and polish

Scary-good work going on here, JT--your parts look like 1:1 scale!

EXCELLENT!!

hood painted, I drilled out the hood pins to use the ones from the 80's monogram kits and just added a loop of wire to them

tires/wheels finished

Griffin

 

the doog:

That's looking awesome, James--I Love the weathering you're effecting on the chassis and engine!

 

I agree! What do you use to get the shading? Wash? Or multiple layers of colour?

I use oil washes.to make the dust effects

the doog

That's looking awesome, James--I Love the weathering you're effecting on the chassis and engine!

I agree! What do you use to get the shading? Wash? Or multiple layers of colour?

got the seat finished

satch_ip

Is that the kit engine, aftermarket, or some scratch built details?

its all box stock other than adding plug wires.

James-as always, your work is top notch.  Looking forward to more progress pics.

That's looking awesome, James--I Love the weathering you're effecting on the chassis and engine!

Is that the kit engine, aftermarket, or some scratch built details?

ahhh, I see why your's fit so well,,,,,,,,we have different suspensions in our models

Your's has the '65 Ford based suspension actually used for a couple of decades after 1965

Mine has the stock street based shock tower suspension that was used on street cars until the '73 Cougars, and then discontinued

Rex