Speedpro Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Started building this project awhile back and was sidelined due to a failed paint job. Got the body back to point A and is ready for paint once again. When I first started working on this, the idea was to build a simple pro street car out of it since this kit is lacking the detail to do anything else with it. Here's the kit that I am working on........... The first step on this was to get some rubber under it in the rear. What was thought to be an easy "throw the tires under it" turned into a little more work than originally thought even though it has a metal axle (which is being used). The rear end from the kit is being used. The exhaust was cut off and the rear housing figured out and narrowed......... Then the frame rails had to be moved inboard. After figuring out where to move what, the frame was modified so the tires would fit. Here you can see the mount for the metal axle. The top hole is the new hole for the axle........ Now the tires will fit, but the wheelwell opening will have to be worked on. The tires are hitting the body and pushing it outwards around the lower part of the wheel opening. Next up: Stretching the wheel openings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.camaro Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Very nice work so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bad55 stan Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I love pro street cars,your off to a good start,i'll be watching your progress.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 nice !! btw i did a yellow molded kit ounce .. i dont know why but i hate anything else then white .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedpro Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 Thanks for the thoughts everyone. Much appreciated nice !! btw i did a yellow molded kit ounce .. i dont know why but i hate anything else then white .. I know what your saying richard! The yellow this kit is molded in is like really soft and parts flex real easy. Here's a update on stretching the wheel openings. First thing I did was find center of the opening. Then I taped off the area that was going to be cut out of the quarter panel. After checking things twice, the quarter panel was cut. Once the piece was removed it was cut in half and each piece was trimmed on the ends then attached back on the quarter panel with some tape. You can see buy the gap how much the opening is stretched. A gap was purposely left on top as that is the thickness of the blade when the panel was cut. This gap will be filled with sheet plastic and super glue. And here is the panel back together and ready for some fin tuning. It's close to where I want it even at this point. Here's the other side being done........... Just a couple more..... More to come............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skypower Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Thanks for showing how that's done I'm new to all this and love learning how to create these one of kind pieces of art. Thanks I'm following and learning. Bob Edited March 11, 2014 by Skypower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoparWoman Jamie Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 You got my attention as I'm a Charger fan. You are doing some very great work so far. Keep the updates coming please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bad55 stan Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 nicely done X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemopar70 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Great work, i like the wheel openings you've done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Very nice!!! Thanks for showing how to do he wheel openings!!! I have to give that a try on my next build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbs Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 nice job. it's going well. love stretched wheel wells. haven't done them on a mopar yet, the new cuda may be the first for me. important thing is figuring out where to cut. nice job. big mopar fan and even a bigger pro street fan!! I will be watching... hope you don't mind, this is a chassis of the AMT GTX which I did the same modifications to it that you did. can I suggest that next time you do it, cut the whole rear frame rail out and move it inboard. then you will not have the staggered frame. you can fill in the sides with sheet styrene. these are old pictures so they are not the best quality. I need to get a picture of the final product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Great work, it's gonna be nice when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 whouw thats cool !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modeljunkie Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 looks really good, where did you get those big boots(tires) from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 looks really good, where did you get those big boots(tires) from? x2? Those are some boomers indeed. And nice work. Lots of info in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedpro Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Thanks for following along, Have another update, but first............... Tubbs, Thanks for sharing that with me. Might have to give it a try sometime. looks really good, where did you get those big boots(tires) from? The rear tires came in revell kits like dobbertons j2000, max rat chevelle, matt hay's t-bird and others from around 1987-90. I'v scrapped alot of kits for these tires. After figuring out what to do next, I decided to work on the engine bay. The detail (what there was of it) was terrible. The idea was to make new panels for the firewall and inner fenders. But first I had to work on the front suspension (again, what there is of it). I made up a couple lower control arms and bent a paper clip to make the sway bar with. Can you see how poor this kit is yet! Next I started work on the inner fenders. The panels where cut off. Take a close look at the detail in that panel. Paper templates were made up and transferred to some sheet plastic. The firewall was next. All I did was cut it in half, saved the bottom, made a new top and trimmed to fit. Still more work to do in this area. After cutting the new inner panels out, they where fit and glued in place along with adding the top pieces to finish it off. I think it looks tons better. Also got a start on the roll bar.................... More to come................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Great work and progress.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red rocket 10 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Paul your doing a great job , like what your doing , I'll be watching this one......... Leonard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 yes awsome work !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nice job. Looking forward to more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette1955 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Love seeing the progress. You are doing great, will be keeping an eye on this one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Great work so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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