That is one sweet looking car, and your doing it justice so far. Great work Dave, nice to see your work again.
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Chip King's "Green Machine" Daytona Pro Mod
Started by David Thibodeau, May 23 2012 04:18 PM
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 02:30 AM
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 02:42 AM
I love it. The motor is really exceptional. The Pro Mods models being built currently are just awesome. I have to admit I do not like watching them run at the races but I do like looking at them and watching them being built here. Like I email back yesterday that is sure is GREEN. Years ago I had a friend with a 32 highboy he would not tell any of us the color it was going to be. Then he pulled into the Frog Follies with it painted that same green as your model. And yes it did not look good on a 32 Ford.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 02:44 AM
Man ! That thing is looking very good.
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 03:55 AM
Very Clean build ! Looks great !
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 04:02 AM
Oh man, AWESOME stuff comming up!!!!! I dig it Dave!!
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:25 AM
Dave this looks great. Can't wait to see more.
About the paint- love the color, but did I understand you to say that you put one coat of clear over the enamel to speed things along? Doesn't the clear dry faster than the enamel and cause problems? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I want to learn as much as I can.........
About the paint- love the color, but did I understand you to say that you put one coat of clear over the enamel to speed things along? Doesn't the clear dry faster than the enamel and cause problems? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I want to learn as much as I can.........
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:50 AM
No it does not cause problems. The green is an acrylic enamel that stays slightly tacky for a long period of time yet it cures enough to not interfere with a two part catalyst urethane. As long as I wait a week or so prior to polishing the clear I will have no "die back" or shrinkage issues with the clear since it is a high solids clearcoat.
Thanks for all the compliments!!!
DaveT
Thanks for all the compliments!!!
DaveT
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:57 AM
The Charger is looking sweet Dave!, the lime green really looks good & I've noticed over the years looking at a lot of cars painted in that color, it seems for some reason that only MoPars look good in it, can't wait to see more!
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Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:02 AM
Looks great Dave.
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 08:52 AM
This is just great!
Outstanding work!
Outstanding work!
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 10:19 AM
Man that is so wicked
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 06:17 PM
Man that green looks killer, really stands out!
Sorry if I missed it somewhere but, what scale is this build?
Steve
Sorry if I missed it somewhere but, what scale is this build?
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Posted 25 May 2012 - 07:17 PM
ONE BAD MOPAR!!!! Hooked on this thread for sure, will be following along and can't wait to see the finished product!!! Lookin' good Dave!!!
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:53 AM
Since Dave said he was using a Ross Gibson engine, the build is 1/24th-1/25th.Man that green looks killer, really stands out!
Sorry if I missed it somewhere but, what scale is this build?
Steve
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 02:34 PM
Very nice work.
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 03:02 PM
Looks Wicked Dave... the paint looks Awesome....
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 06:55 PM
Since Dave said he was using a Ross Gibson engine, the build is 1/24th-1/25th.
He also mentioned that the body was from Flashpoint resins and I thought that those were only large scale.
Then I thought, Gibson engines do not come in large scale that I am aware of so I thought I'd ask....
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 01:52 AM
Nice! I am watching.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 12:31 PM
This is very nice, love the colour, I'll be watching this one. How may one aquire the chassis blueprints as i have one of these Charger bodies but have not done anything with it as i don't know how to build a chassis.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 02:35 PM
Excellent work so far! You got my attention!
