Greg Pugh Posted March 13, 2017 Author Posted March 13, 2017 Well, the ol' stomach flu got ahold of me and really slowed down my progress. But, I'm feeling better now and I'm back at the desk. I've been doing alot of detail painting and there's nothing there that's quite photo-worthy yet so this is kind of a weak update but I chucked up my tires in the drill and worked 'em over to give them a more realistic look. I still have to spray the sidewalls with dullcote and do the white letters. Â
GoatGuy Posted March 18, 2017 Posted March 18, 2017 Mr Pugh, this is looking really good so far. I like the way you chucked your tires to rid them of the mold line. Looking forward to more updates. I know some of the cars back then had black interiors which I never understood because it seems like the sun would make them even hotter.
Greg Pugh Posted March 18, 2017 Author Posted March 18, 2017 Thank you! I was lucky to find someone's online photo album where they took almost 100 photos of the real car so I have excellent reference photos for my build. And you're right, the entire inside of the car is flat black. I assume it was to cut down on glare. Anyways, my model will be built the same way. Thank you for watching!
Greg Pugh Posted March 18, 2017 Author Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) And speaking of reference photos, the real car had this ignition module located on the dash panel. My kit of course did not have this piece so time to make one. I started with a single valve cover I had in my parts box. It was pretty close to the width I was wanting but more importantly, it had the raised fins you see on the real piece. After a bit of grinding and sanding, I got the width I was looking for. Edited March 18, 2017 by Greg Pugh
Greg Pugh Posted March 18, 2017 Author Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) After I had the desired overall shape I wanted, it took a quick swim in the whitewall cleaner to strip what was left of the chrome. Then, it was painted silver... ...followed by blue and some very light sanding on the raised fins to expose the silver paint underneath and this is what we ended up with. Still a couple of small things to do to it but I think it will work out great. Â Â Â Â Â Edited March 18, 2017 by Greg Pugh
Greg Pugh Posted March 19, 2017 Author Posted March 19, 2017 Got the white on the body. I'm going to let it cure out and then onto the red on the roof.
Greg Pugh Posted April 19, 2017 Author Posted April 19, 2017 Well, bad news is there was a couple of things on the painted body that I wasn't too happy with so, it's in the tank and we'll have to shoot it again. Good news is, I'm done with 95%Â of the detail painting. The little bit that I still have to do will be done while assembling.
Art Laski Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 I's looking good, Greg! Pretty sure this will be better than the first one.Â
John Teresi Posted May 9, 2017 Posted May 9, 2017 Hi Greg......was great hanging out with you at GSL this year......you got 2 years to get this build ready for GSL 2019.......looking good so farÂ
Greg Pugh Posted May 11, 2017 Author Posted May 11, 2017 I's looking good, Greg! Pretty sure this will be better than the first one. I sure hope so! Lol Hi Greg......was great hanging out with you at GSL this year......you got 2 years to get this build ready for GSL 2019.......looking good so far  I had a blast with you guys! Looking forward to doing it again! Thank you!
Greg Pugh Posted June 15, 2017 Author Posted June 15, 2017 Started pecking away at this one again. I got the wheels and tires assembled and ready to tear up the track last night.
Dave Van Posted June 15, 2017 Posted June 15, 2017 BEER given to a child!!!!! The horrors!! Nice work really......and I grew up in a racing house and wore jackets with beer, cigarettes and crew.....but grew up not wanting nay of them!!!Â
Greg Pugh Posted November 23, 2017 Author Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Holy Moley! Has it really been since June!?? Well, I needed a break from my Ranchero build so I rotated this one up. First things first, I had to scratch build this guy. I cut and sanded some sprue to get the desired shape I added a small piece of sheet styrene Then it was cut off and painted. I found a similar decal in my stash and added that. I also painted and added the compression fittings and plumbed it with braided fuel line.  Edited November 23, 2017 by Greg Pugh
Greg Pugh Posted November 23, 2017 Author Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Started running the braided fuel lines. Â Edited November 23, 2017 by Greg Pugh
Greg Pugh Posted November 23, 2017 Author Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) Then, I got the engine wrapped up last night as well. Â Edited November 23, 2017 by Greg Pugh
MarkJ Posted November 25, 2017 Posted November 25, 2017 This will be great. I'll be watching as this one comes together. I love w.i.p.s.
Greg Pugh Posted December 1, 2017 Author Posted December 1, 2017 You can see where I was working on the dash-mounted ignition module up above. This morning, I was able to get it mounted and wired up.Â
Greg Pugh Posted December 2, 2017 Author Posted December 2, 2017 (edited) I got the chassis finished up this morning. MAN, did this thing put up a fight...!! Edited December 2, 2017 by Greg Pugh
Super28 Posted December 3, 2017 Posted December 3, 2017 Nice build. I got some old kits from 80s and 90s I'm going to build. Following, taking notes and stealing ideas! Thanks
Greg Pugh Posted December 12, 2017 Author Posted December 12, 2017 I got the body painted white (again) last week. I didn't want to subject you to a picture of that again as I had already posted a picture of my first white paint job (that didn't work out). Lol. The second round of white went much better. Then, this morning, I masked off and painted the roof red.
CRANMAN1 Posted December 13, 2017 Posted December 13, 2017 Looking Good man. Have the decals to do both 11 & 12 cars. hopefully get around to them someday.
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