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[Platerpants]

Just got this in the mail today. Its the AMT Johnny Lightning Ford GT. I want to do it as retro as i can. Its gonna be a member of the shelby blue crew although its just an svt. For my birthday (14 days from now) my moms getting me amazon gift cards and im gonna buy the revell 1/25 Ford GT40 thats been on amazon waiting for a year or more. As always this will be a quick build.

[Platerpants]

painted the engine racing blue ( a boyd rattle can color) progress pictures start saturday

[cobraman]

I will be watching how this one turns out. BTW Happy Birthday early !!!

[Platerpants]

I will be watching how this one turns out. BTW Happy Birthday early !!!

thanks i hope it turns out good.

[Platerpants]

Got some work done in the past 2 days. painted the chassis, engine, firewall, wheels(supposed to be gunmetal silver) and axle. forgot a picture of the supercharger but its all black to give you an idea. For some reason the transmission didn't wanna play nice.

[dimebolt]

Good progress so far Jake.
Keep it up.
Corey

[Platerpants]

got the chassis done today for the most part

[Platerpants]

Chassis with my 1/25 428 cobra

[Platerpants]

interior detailing today

[Platerpants]

chassis is done body is in bad shape never paint a base of krylon then rustolium then repeat. then throwing the body and trying to scrape paint off. oh and polys doesnt remove krylon but it will pick on rustoleum a little.

[bryan_m]

rustoleum is horrible paint! if im using rattle cans i always use krylon, it dries fast, sands an polishes easy and i rarely have a problem with it.....rustoleum takes too long to dry....... you can fix it tho, we have confidence in ya!

the interior is lookin nice!

cheers
bryan

[Platerpants]

rustoleum is horrible paint! if im using rattle cans i always use krylon, it dries fast, sands an polishes easy and i rarely have a problem with it.....rustoleum takes too long to dry....... you can fix it tho, we have confidence in ya!

the interior is lookin nice!

cheers
bryan

thanks. but now i have like 10 ounches of rustolium which doesnt even like the plastic. any idea how to get rid of it? ive heard purple power. What is it?

[bryan_m]

use castrol super clean degreaser..........wal mart like 9 bucks a gallon. it works great, and will strip almost anything, and wont hurt the plastic.

cheers
bryan

[Platerpants]

thanks

[Platerpants]

well bad news for me, the rustoleum melted scars into the body. and days of removing the paint left the body weak and handling it cracked the roof. So i said scrap the body. if you have a body and willing to give it to me ive learned my lesson about rustoleum its getting testors. My birthday is the 18th (4 days from now) so think of it as a birthday present. I know thats called begging butthis body is to badly hurt for me to fix it.

Edited by Platerpants, 14 October 2012 - 05:31 AM.

[Platerpants]

well its my birthday and i got 100 dollars in amazon giftcards bought me this kit. Is it any good?

[dimebolt]

Too bad on the other body Jake.
I don't know about that kit, never seen it before.
Let us know.
Good progress so far man.
Just hang in there, it'll all work out.
Corey

[Platerpants]

Too bad on the other body Jake.
I don't know about that kit, never seen it before.
Let us know.
Good progress so far man.
Just hang in there, it'll all work out.
Corey

thanks aparently it an old aurora kit but i cant even find instructions or parts pictures of it online.

[dimebolt]

You should build a rat rod from the bad body, lol!
I think it'd be cool.
Corey

[ThomasR]

You should build a rat rod from the bad body, lol!
I think it'd be cool.
Corey

RatRod GT would be pretty wicked if you could pull it off.

-Thomas 8)