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Happy New Years! (2021)

New model. It will be HotRod.

The color will be from the SEAT LEON III palette -  Dakota Red.
The engine will be a V8 - from a Ford Torino.
Wheels and brakes - will have from Ferrari Italia (Revell), those I have left.
All the chromes will go away and be sprayed.

 

I played today. There was enough time, so I composed it.
I had to put the chassis together to see how I had to redesign the chassis to look like a model.
I have to adjust the wheels so I can put on the car.

 

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Thanks.

The old chassis and The new chassis.

Car after adjustment. I can't release the car below because there are big wheels. The car is now 5 mm lower.

The engine is almost in place, but I have to playing with 2 mm.

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Very nice start to a build.  Unique to see Ford power in a Chevy, usually it is the other way around, but I like this.

Kit, that is one beautiful truck.

I have the same one in my stash, I plan to build a low buck driver in the vein of my dad's 1:1 46 Ford truck.

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On 2/5/2021 at 10:13 PM, Zoltan said:

We here in the EU are just looking at the fact that there is a small gate in the US to build custom cars.


First of all, great build! I will be following! 

Here in Sweden we have quite generous laws towards custom cars. You can build your on chassis, with your own design. Slap a fiberglass body resemble an old car and then it can be registrered as a new but old car and does not need to be inspected ever again! We also can take a junk body without papers and build it up with parts and register it as an built up car. LS sWaps are also common. 

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Hi everybody, 
the process of sculpture is still going on.P1240529.thumb.JPG.0ca440c9cadb4c0167be1535bfa560c9.JPG

I cut the floor in the cabin, made place for the transmission.
I finally put it together.This is a first look.

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... and here is a Ford "Cobra" engine

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Really a fine looking build, also love the idea of a "real motor" being used. One suggestion for the bed inner fenders is to use the front inner fenders from an older late model chassis.  They could be cut to fit - at least I think they would work.

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On 3/20/2021 at 1:50 PM, Zoltan said:

Hi everybody, 
the process of sculpture is still going on.P1240529.thumb.JPG.0ca440c9cadb4c0167be1535bfa560c9.JPG

I cut the floor in the cabin, made place for the transmission.
I finally put it together.This is a first look.

P1240526.thumb.JPG.b7ee73c8fa290ef121f20c39adefb1fb.JPG

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... and here is a Ford "Cobra" engine

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Friendly suggestion, you might consider pulling those plug wires down out of the clouds for a more realistic look:)

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