carl63_99

Nice work! This model makes me ask, when Mopar painted the rockers black, did they mask off the underside so the black didn't get on the bottom? Anybody know?

thanks all! Wheels came from AMT 40 Ford Sedan Delivery.

WOW! It's been a while since I checked in on this and your work/progress is amazing. I LOVE that color and the bed just kills it! As someone who has judged contests many,many times, something I see that they are going to catch is the mold lines on the sides of the seats. Fixing that would put you from 99% to an ace.

I do not get the time to build anymore. I could spend a lot more time making things perfect, or I could just enjoy it and build something I like. Even keeping it simple, I think this Corvair took me over a year. Enough of that, let me tell you what I did. The chrome headlights were drilled out and replaced with clear ones. I smoothed the door handles. I used my favorite trick, railroad fencing screen for the hood vents. Inside the engine bay I upgraded to 12 volt system, six single barrel carbs, custom built the air filters, spark plug wires, power lines and battery cables. Exhaust manifolds are cut down Viper V-10 units. Paint is some nail polish, got that so long ago i simply don't remember where.

I admire your grandson's work! That will turn out to be an interesting model. I do question an adult doing that to a $30K 1:1 car in the name of spectator sports.

Looks interesting. Shouldn't this be in the truck section though?

I've got several pics of my California Street Vette, picking one is a challenge!

Looks really nice, especially the slight weathering. Hope this thread doesn't get banned for the flag on the roof!

Looks good! Makes me want to finish mine!

That looks sweeeeeeet! I built large scale, did that Otaki Countach back in the 80's. They're neat, great to detail, but take up so much room so fast!

Looking forward to watching this build. I don't have time to work on my models these days, but here's mine in progress. I've got six single-barrel carb setup, redone belt and pulley's and late Camaro rims set up in addition to drilled out headlights and shaved handles. Mild custom. Carl

Not a great pic, from my cell phone. This Mustang started as just a practice session in using flame templates, but came out so good I had to build the car around it.

WOW! Very nice work on a subject you don't see every day! Think about driving that around Texas on a hot August afternoon!

Looks nice. What is that yellow rear sway bar going to mount to?

Love the subject, nice clean work! Only one question, is that thread for spark plug wires? If you can't find a hobby shop that has some, try old electronics, ie a mouse. The wire inside the cord is just about right for 7mm spark plug wire, very flexible, and the outer part can be heater hoses. Again, great work! -Carl

Nice build! My first car was a beat-up POS yellow Nova, always loved those cars. For fun, you should bend the antenna back, though.

I think some of those kits are very good in their base-kit form. this is my 1969 Jeepster, essentially the same kit as that jeep, just with safari parts instead of the go-fast stuff.

How about the "M" Mopar logo on each side?

Nice subject, looking forward to seeing how this comes out. I built the 71 superbird from the old MPC body and the AMT 71 Charger chassis and engine. Cutting out the inner fenders from the Charger allowed me to fully detail the engine on the kit bash. I don't remember where I got the 5 slots from.

Nice work! Mine is the Tamiya kit, which I chose not to add any PE stuff or CF decals. Not liking the colors available from the factory, I picked this Lexus color. I'll look forward to following this thread. C

Completed this Tamiya kit just in time for the Austin Show, which is next weekend. Again, automotive paints, Lexus blue for the body, metallic black for the bottom trim, same black mixed with silver for the rims. Box stock aside from front grills using aluminum screen.

I also built the original 71 MPC kit, using the new 72 Charger chassis. They went together very smootly and made for a very nice kit. Honestly, I wouldn't buy a repop of any old kit. I'd buy the parts or original issue when they come up and kitbash them with something new to make a more detailed product.

I like the street machine approach, did mine that way. It's got green-purple flip-flop paint, 97 vette seats, small block power and sits too low to drive over bumps!