danman6677 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Beastly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Hey guys. Still not a lot of action on this.. But I was wondering and hopefully some of you can help me on this. I am new to scratch building and really would like to replicate the Fast and furious front end on this car. Any ideas on on how go about this? Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I'm going to be honest. If you are new to scratcbuilding you may want. To wait on tackling a project like that. My advice, start small, like an air cleaner, nitrous tanks, shifter boots and shifter levers. Then ease into body mods. I'm not trying to discourage you, just want you to happy with the results. And the best way to do that is to start small. I remember my first scratchbuilt part. It was a very simple seT delete for a Shelby gt350. I was so proud of it. Now I'm building parts I could only dream of just a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Heya Justin. Ben's right on the money IMO. We all crawled before we walked so take 'er slow with stuff like that and you'll have a lot fewer headaches this early on. Good to see you back on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbike-shaun Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 You jutt w/a.name like jutt,I knew you were involved w the fire industry, I think you should take some advice from these,dudes,and start w/ the small stuff,Thanks for helping,the forest,service!,superbike-shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 Well my thinking was if I build the front grill and I do a bad job of it I won't bother with the body work that goes with it. I still have the front grill from the kit to slap on the front end if all goes south. I do understand the crawl before I walk aspect. When I look and this kit is on the shelf I'll be able to say I tried. By no means am I disregarding your advice. I just want to try it and if it doesn't fit or it looks like an eyesore, it just won't go on. thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemified71 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I'm with you Jutt... Give it a shot... It IS just a model... If you stuff it up... Try again ? Best/easiest way to replicate the grill... Cut out the entire centre section & replace it with ( scale ) mesh ?... You can get the mesh on-line from just about any good on-line hobby retailer ( try bnamodelworld.com ) ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Thanks for the tip Rod. Will definitely check this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happykillmore63 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I'm fairly new but hopefully i can help. I have recently worked on the cars from the movies as well. Grilles were resin (modelhaus) but hacked up pretty good. The mesh, if looking for budget materials, check local dollar store for a pan strainer. Could get 30 grilles easy, and only a dollar. These are the only pics I have handy right now and weren't finished at that time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thank you Jacob. Will be looking into this as well!! Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Well it's been a while but a lot has been going on.. Work got super busy.. Then on top of that we moved across town. So now being in our new place I have a finished basement. So kinda harder to find a work space. But here are a few pics. I've been trying a few different custom grilles and have come up with nothing but a lot of goofy looking things that would never belong on a car. Oh well, still new at this so I have lots of time to learn how some of you guys do such a great job. So I painted up the stock one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks for looking guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Well seems like forever but I'm finally back at it. Got the interior started tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks for looking!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Well this is coming along nicely. Lots of scattered progress. Just picking away but here is another small update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 I must say silver sharpies are awesome. Thanks for looking guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Moparman Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I don't think you'll ever hit the nail on the head in terms to the true 1970 front-end that is on Dom's Charger unless Revell makes a kit, but you could get close with a grille from a 1968 kit. Unlike the '69 grill, the '68 doesn't have the center divider in the middle of grille. It's just mesh all the way across. Brandon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted September 5, 2015 Author Share Posted September 5, 2015 Thanks for the tip Brandon. Kit should be done in a couple days, so I think I'll just keep it as is. Thanks for lookin!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Well guys thanks to all who followed along and gave input along the way. Had a few issues I'm not happy with. But I'm happy with it. Still new to this and I think this is the best one yet! Thanks again guys for encouragement! Will be posting in under glass tomorrow when I can get brighter pictures. But here are a few I got tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGL Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Looks good Justin, You say your new to this but your putting out nice work, keep at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Thanks Mark!! I built a few in high school. But nothing since then. I've really only been at this for about 2-2.5 years. Thanks for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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