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  1. Looking good. A few weeks back I decided to make the monogram 70 challenger one of my winter builds and with the same color LOL. Found a PE kit and awaiting it's arrival to see if the badging will work. If interested I'll update when I get it.
  2. That is top notch work on the engine there.
  3. I have the newer 57 chevy kit (California wheels)... I used it for the wheels on the nomad LOL. Was thinking to build that with my son after I finish my next project. Tooling is definitely a step up and the decal flames are very nice albeit only for the sides.
  4. Thank you for the nice words. I think next time I'll just source some decals but most of what I build wouldn't look right in flames. I suppose if I get a desire to build the other donor kit I would definitely go the decal route.
  5. Cool stories there. Thanks for sharing. I too had the nomad as a young teenager (mid 80s release) and loved that car although I really just slapped it together in raw form as was my modus operandi back then:D It met it's demise sitting on the rear deck of my Uncle's car on a hot sunny day while we were at the zoo.
  6. Hmmm, I didn't notice that. With the different grill and it painted black that may create a bigger look on mine. Is the 73 issue the root beer colored plastic? I believe it was re-issued in 78 which is what is on the box of the donor kit I wound up purchasing. I'd actually hoped to use the body from it but when it got to me some of the pillars were cracked. Those are very tricky to keep together once glued from all the flexing and manhandling I tend to do so I just stuck with my original body. Interestingly there was a casting issue with the dash where on the left side of the cluster there is hole. Same issue on both the 78 and 85 version. Have you started on your nomad yet?
  7. Well, I got busy with other things as happens when it gets warm then forgot about the nomad till a few weeks ago. Was bothering me that I had a box with an almost built car. One of the reasons I walked away for a bit is that I got a bit frustrated with re-chroming some of the bigger parts. The alclad base coat just wouldn't cure and even a year later was still tacky. Either I got a bad batch of the base coat or I did something wrong. So I went back to ebay to see if I could find a parts kit with chrome in good/decent condition and eventually found what I wanted. When I got the parts kit the chrome still had issues but not nearly as bad as what was in my original kit. Masking and painting flames was a bad idea. Very difficult to smooth out the ridges and if one looks closely you can still see them in the finished product. Next time it's decals. Lastly I learned that foil gets dull if you gloss coat over it. Usually it's the last thing I put down but I also have issues with the foil lifting over time from handling so I thought I'd use the gloss to help keep it in place especially given the large amount of chrome trim unlike every other build I've done since I was a teenager. Anyways here is the final product. Pardon the dust but it's near impossible to get it all off for pics... believe me I tried.
  8. Just an update. Paint finish is pretty raw as I scrubbed it with 12000 grit pads and have a few more foil/paint touch-ups before I apply the clear coat. I'm on the fence as to whether I did the right thing with the flames. I really liked the charcoal finish all the way around and the blue flames/front end isn't quite what I was hoping for. Maybe a few more weeks of staring at it and I'll come to like it. A little nervous about final assembly. The frame is twisted and going to take a few glue sessions to get it aligned. I think the first best step is to glue the rear inside panels to the body so that the tailgate is aligned. Then once that is dried/set align, glue and clamp the front of the frame to the body and finally the rocker panels to the pan. The molotow chrome I applied to the bumpers and other plastic trim pieces did not work out well. After 1 month of drying they still dulled to the touch so I've stripped those and am going to try the alclad method.
  9. Yeah, lotus is not known to cater to us larger folk. I did have an elise for a while and almost wore my shoulders out trying to get in and out of that thing. Thank goodness the top came off though... I had to stretch and loosen up to get in it when the top was on although after a while I could ingress/egress with some dignity. I can imagine the europa was about the same.
  10. Nice job Hugh. I really like that green finish. I built one but did it in white and now wish I'd done like you. I still have another sans windshield and decals (I bought it because I buggered up the windshield and decals from the original). Maybe I'll build this one and copy you.
  11. Thank you everyone for the nice words. David, I have a 1mm molotow pen but it's still too big for that emblem job. Some of the lettering almost blends into the body where it is only bumps. I've foiled the area and dropped paint over it to see if it will darken up the valleys and it looks a little better but still not great. Need to head to the art store to see if I can find a super fine paint brush to help with that. Ruben, I saw a couple of the skip fiesta versions come up on ebay while I was looking for mine. None there at the moment but I'm sure one will pop up eventually.
  12. A little more work done. Underside is pretty much done. I took liberties with the fuel line since it's a custom build. Final base coat on the hood. Two weeks it and the body should be ready for the flames. Wrapped up the shifter and found a better brake pedal from my leftover metal etched parts. Experimented with foil on the tailgate and super pleased with the result. The only downside is the nomad emblem like a lot of the other emblems wasn't molded well. I wish someone made metal transfers... google search proved fruitless for me. I can save the V but the nomad part may be more effort than it's worth. So now on to painting the seat insets, and fabbing up some floor mats.
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