Jo-Han Maverick Dyno Dons Ride-One Year Project-Complete!

Well isn't this coming along nicely.

Up at the top of the page you have a pic of the real car and your kit, just red body perched on the chasis. I looked at it and initially thought the same thing as bigjim, the tires look too big, but they also look too big on the actual car. I figured once your body got all decaled up, the ratio would look the same.

It seems that is exactly what happened.

I knew you'd do this thing proud, you're not letting us down.

Well, I'm looking for your "flaw" and I'm not seeing it so I'll have to give you a pass on this one. It looks fantastic.

BK

Lew: No problem buddy. I really want to get that Fairmont body but I'm going to have to wait just a bit till I get some more funds to score that along with the chassis for it. I feel your pain on missed opportunities like that bro. 

Greg: Thanks for dropping in. I guess I had a vision early on in regards to the tire/ body fit. lol. I appreciate the good word.

Brandon: I thank you for your comments as well. The "flaw" is right above the wheel openings. You'll see that there is a jagged border on the bottom of the white decal above the wheel openings. In person it's quite noticeable. 

This build has been going a lot slower than a lot of my other ones just because of parts....and the money to get them. Used to I would buy everything I needed BEFORE a build. Now I'm having to spread everything out as I can afford it. Things are slowly coming together now. Sometimes it's a "one step forward and two steps backwards" gig. Like today for instance, I saw that one of the rear wheels that I shot with Molotow has cracking in the chrome finish. Dunno what happened there as the other rear wheel is ok. Guess it's a bath in oven cleaner and a re-shoot for that one though. The other thing that I've noticed was the rear bumper. There are two HUGE sink marks on the outside of the bumper where the two mounting tabs are located on the inside of the bumper. Looks like that's gonna get stripped and some body work is coming down the pike. One thing after another with this kit...………...BUT......that's modeling.

The other thing that has been hampering me is myself. Like....forgetting to paint the roof white for instance. And just yesterday I saw where I forgot to paint the tail light panel black. No biggie....just masked off and shot it semi gloss black this morning and it turned out ok.

Updated Mock up shots:

It's coming along very nicely. Looks like you are closer to the end than the beginning now.

BK

Bad Ass!!!!!! Love those big meats.  I want to drive it :)

Thanks Brandon and John. I've still got a ways to go with this. The interior in this car needs ALOT of help and there's plenty to do out under the hood.

Got my carburetors yesterday from Scott at Futureattractions. These are hands down the best Holley Dominator carburetors out there. 

A little clean up and prep work is all that's needed.

I <3 this thread. Great work! Although, I think the carbs are grossly inaccurate. They appear to be running #84 jets, when they should be #87. Other than that, it's terrific.

You all got some good stuff going on here Bro. I think those slicks are absolutely boss looking. In other words.."Nailed It!". Those carbs are really sharp looking. Those will definitely add to the overall look once you done your work on tham. You're doing fabulous work my friend, keep it up.

Thanks PG and Joe. I appreciate you guys dropping in and commenting.Finished up the hood this morning. Applying white over red was NOT an easy job to do. Fought the color bleed through thing all the way BUT....I got it! 

Glad to see you won the battle of painting the white over red. It turned out magnifico!

Thanks Joe. 'Preciate that bud.

White over any color is nearly impossible. I try to go white first where I can. You did a great job on it, I can't tell it's the top color.

BK

Thanks Brandon! 

I'm getting pretty close to being done with the dash. I took a couple of liberties with it just to have at least a little fun. I still have the foot pedals to construct and put under it and to install a tachometer on the dash but it's pretty much where I want it. I took Macro shots against my better judgement. With that being said, the blems that show up in this pic won't be seen by the naked eye. 

Absolutely marvelous dashboard Bro. The dials are exceptional. Even with the macro shot it is difficult to see any glaring blemishes. And that my friend, is the sign of a true arteest. You all dat!

Coming along brilliantly.

First I've seen of an itsy-bitsy carburator like that. Zowie!

Thanks Joe and Greg. 

Greg: I hear what you're sayin'. These are some of the best Dominator carburetors out there.

After a weekend, I've made some progress on this bad boy.

After robbing the foot pedal assemblies from the AMT 1967 Mustang kit, I cut the grossly over scale levers from the back of each pedal.

Then I formed up the levers and made some mounts on the back side of the dash in which to "swing" the pedals with...

I finished this part up this morning by painting the swing levers and pedals. I also darkened the steering wheel wood areas just a tad.....

Nice little improvement you've done there. You always have the eye for the smallest detail and it always shows in your builds.

Thanks Joe. I appreciate the comments pal. 

Stunning realistic looking dash 

Nice save on the hood!  The dash looks great, and now I really need a set of those carbs.  Keep it up!

Thanks Nick and Lew!! 

Well I got some more done on her this week. I cut the rear and two side windows out of thin clear styrene and decaled the side windows up with racing stickers. Just waiting on those to dry so I can dunk 'em in some Future so I should be going in with those tomorrow it looks like.

Then came the moment I've been waiting for at the rear of the car. Upon close inspection of the deck lid you can see some lock studs, quick release pins and cables at the rear most corners of the lid. I received my lock pin set two days ago so I was able to get some progress done on that.

Reference shot:



Progress so far. Still have to dot the 4 spots on each plate to simulate screws with some Molotow and add the cables later but here we are for now:

Those pins look fantastic. Certainly adds a touch more realism. Very nice.

BK

Thanks Brandon. It was another after thought. I just happened to look a little closer after I missed the black tail light panel to see those pins back there. I quickly placed an order for the pins and once I received them I went straight to work.

Those are really nice!  Clean install too

BrandonK

Those pins look fantastic. Certainly adds a touch more realism. Very nice.

Indeed they do.

Re the brake/clutch/gas pedal levers, you don't miss a thing.

Looking at the reference shot, it looks like zero clearance between those rear tires and the fender/wheel well/whatever. I'm sure it's an optical illusion, but yikes!

Thanks Greg and John. 

Yeah I may raise it up one scale inch which is entirely do-able. Just enough for a small amount of clearance.

Those deck pins are as sharp as can be. Nice addition. 

What have you got planned for the wheelie bar?

Thanks Joe. I've got a set from the Jo-Han boxing that aint bad but I may opt for something better. So in short.....I dunno yet. Will see about that a little further down the line here.

You know fellas.....every once in a while you have to negotiate a TRUE hurdle in modeling. Sometimes it's paint, sometimes it's fit and sometimes it's things like I've been going through for the past week.....the assembly process. I've been building models for a long time and lemme tell ya.....nothing....I mean NOTHING has tested my patience and my abilities as a modeler as much as this aftermarket Liberty shifter from Futureattraction. To put it lightly...this shifter looks absolutely fantastic after it's all been put together. But therein lies the hurdle.....the assembly. At 26 pieces it is one of the most intricate PE items that I have taken on yet. I kid you not....I've got every bit of 7 hours wrapped up in this thing. I had half of it pieced together one morning after spending an hour + on it and the very next day upon picking it up to continue......it all came apart. Yeah....stuff like that and then being under the optivisor the whole time. Eyes hurt...got a headache...got pissed off......contemplated throwing stuff and I think I made up new curse words along the way . Feel free to contact me for the updated curse word list.

I've still got to cut that one long pin off ( I'm leaving it in place to be able to work with it for shift rods install) and have just a little clean up left to go as far as glue smears but a little thinner and that'll go away. I felt a TRUE sense of accomplishment when I got up from the bench this morning and wanted to show that to you all.

The Liberty Shifter:





and to show you just how small this is