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this build reminds me of an old hot wheels car that was one of my favorites: the A Truckin' hot rod dump truck

Black and tan, black, tan and cream, brown and dark tan, white with black trim or white with brown. I'm sure there are a lot of other colors that go well with brown, but those are the ones that appeal to me.

That's one heckuva spray booth! Does it work well? Just curious because I was just planning on a range hood turned up on its back and some cheap paneling for top/sides and floor. I love your work so far. I wish I had the ambition to tackle such a task.

68 charger. uhhh XXX kit?

Do you have that set up as a pull through carb system? I am a little confused with the intake

Just between you and me, I have an unbuilt one and it's cousin the Revell Integra type-R. Both are indeed great kits, just unbuilt.

Very nice! If you want to try some different flame patterns and not pay for them, bring up flame patterns on your smart phone, zoom in/out to get the size you desire, then lay a piece of clear plastic over your phone and trace with a fine tip sharpie or what ever brand fine tip permanent pen you have. Then you lay some white masking tape (that you can trace through) on the plastic with the flames, cut out the design with a new hobby blade and go to town with your free mask. I have to say, the Crazy Modeler masks are superb in that you get nice crisp lines and professional finish.

here's some more pics like I said I was going to get. No cats distracting me this time...at least not while I'm taking the pictures. Here you can see the flares and the power bump. The hood needs more work, but overall, I think it's ok. There's no other reference out there to say otherwise, so neener neener. The bumper was actually found in a Honda Civic SI Coupe kit that was donated by a friend (Lord knows I'd never buy a honda! lol) I shaved the top and did some reshaping to make it fit the grill and headlights a little better and it will be going through a few more changes to make it look a little more mustang front and a lot less Civic rear. and a side shot for fun

looks like AMT corvette

As I promised, here's an update. I was looking to make some fender flares but wanted to NOT spend hours sanding putty, so I was looking for some in the parts box or maybe cannibalizing a new kit when I spotted the perfect fender flair! Nope, I didn't put the wrong picture in there! Just look at the gorgeous shape of those inner fenders from an AMT 49 Mercury. I must be daft, right? Just wait, it's going to blow your mind! Cut the entire fender well with part of the frame out of the chassis. After sanding the paint off of the part to reveal the original gray plastic so as to make marking it more visible, I position the wheel well into the body and tape, clamp or just simply hold with your hands and mark the wheel opening shape on the part. The reason I left the frame parts is for location references. I used the Mercury right rear well on the left front and vise versa since the frame matched the difference in height of the body in front and behind the wheel opening. Then I marked the shape of the desired flare. I was going with a simple "ZG" flare so I kept it small. I could go with a huge flare by simply marking my cut line further back. I got distracted by my cat: After grinding off the stock flares, I glued the new flare in place, then trimmed out the marked wheel opening with my various tools and a piece of sand paper wrapped around a pill bottle. while I was at it, I went ahead and thinned the body into the flare so as to actually make more room for tires, which is why you put flares on in the first place. These turned out less desirable than I had hoped, so I started over and modified my techniques, but each car is going to be different, so that's up to you to figure out. I really hope this tip helps you guys. I just get excited when I can come up with a new technique, idea or tool. Since I took all these pics, I finished the rear flares and will have pics up soon enough. Thanks for watching!

I just love how you are using all sorts of around the house supplies, techniques that most people would never be able to conceive, and low tech ingenuity that is hard to match. This is how I build things as well. I would LOVE to build something using a lathe or mill or 3d printer or any of the technologically advanced tools, but with bills to pay and vehicles to keep on the road, not much funding for expensive hobby tools.

But they only had a budget of like $3000 or something like that. Even back in the early to mid 70's a Shelby GT500 cost more than their entire budget.

Well, I made progress, but didn't get any pics yet. The flares for the rear are done. Elenore "power bump" hood mocked up, but still in the "maybe" stages. I'll have a nice write up on how I did the flares. I bet most of you will be amazed at how easy it is. You won't even need any putty to build them! For now I need some sleep and a GT500 front bumper.

@ Custom Mike. Thanks for the offer for the wheels, but I happened to have a set in a pre-painted kit that has been in the closet for about 13 years. I really wish I could get an Elenore kit to take parts from like the front bumper, the side skirts and pipes, the hood bulge and wheels, but looks like I'll end up

Looking for some reference I found a REAL Elenore II. They called it LIL LNR So now I have some MORE inspiration and something to look at to draw from. I'm pretty motivated. Guess I'm going to have to duplicate some T-Tops too.

I hadn't even thought of the Series 1. I have one in the closet. I will have to take a look. I'm sure the engine will need to be moved considerably forward to accommodate the layout of the pinto-stang.

So I saw the post Custom Mike made in my 57 Fairlane paint test thread which shows his custom 1975 Matador. I didn't know what kind of car it was, so I asked. He replied and sent a few extra pics to show me the whole car. Fan-dang-tastic build! He took a hideous car (sorry if that offends you Mopar guys, but the Matador is ugly) and built a gorgeous custom. I have a theory about cars...there really is no truely ugly car, just cars that don't have the right wheels, tires, stance and paint. Ok, the 70's yielded some rather atrocious specimens, but most if not all of them could have befitted from wheels, stance and removing the park bench bumpers. After seeing Mike's matador, I was inspired to grab an ugly car and make it outstanding. So I found what I considered to be one of the ugliest cars in my stash. AMT's 1977 Mustang II, which is the ugliest MUSTANG ever produced....ever! (ok the Mach III takes the ugliest mustang ever award, but it was never produced.) What is the most popular mustang ever? here's a hint It's in a film with all the earmarks of a classic Nick Cage film: yelling, explosions, speed, a hot chick, plus a certain Shelby GT500....You know her as Elenore. You've all seen the many renderings of people's takes on her from clones to convertibles to late model look-a-likes, but one I have never seen is the Mustang II. So I started drawing. This is just a sketch which incorperates the side scoops, the Shelby style rear spoiler, molded bumpers, the GT500 styled front end and the trademark Power Bubble on the hood. I added and left out only a few other Elenore characteristics to try and make it flow a little nicer. I never really cared for the little spider eye looking lights that were on the original so I left them out. The GT500 bumper mounted off-road lights had to be there because they're just awesome. The rear is going to be created using Shelby parts from probably the 69 or 70 model, which ever one that was that Monogram made with the chrome insert with the mesh and Shelby letters. Side pipes are either going to be stolen from a viper or fabbed from win and awesome. The wheels were drawn as just a simple 5 spoke design, but looking through the parts box, I found some old wheels from an AMT 64 mustang. I only found 2 so I may be hitting someone up for a kit or just some parts They were obviously not going to work to give it a very tough, modern look, so I grabbed some Pegasus 17" sleeves and re-hooped them. I have a vision of the car sitting on a tube chassis or something like that because the kit is just awful. I haven't even a clue where to begin looking for a chassis to go under this to make it even remotely close to original, so I think since it's a take on a shelby, why not a chassis based on the AC Cobra? I hope you all understand, this will probably never get done, but I really hope it inspires someone else to take on the ugly ducklings and turn them into the swans they deserve to be. Thank you for tuning in. -Ken

Glad to see you posting your work again, Antonio. The paint looks fantastic!

Blair, Fun is what it's all about. I don't build race cars because I don't want to hear people tell me it's not correct. that's not fun. I am really glad you saw the humor in it. Todd, I've not looked at the wet look clear. Is it part of the Lacquer line up? I've been very satisfied with the Boyd stuff and I know how to get a great shine from it. I guess it's time for me to try some new tricks. I think I'm going to set some pork ribs in some marinade for some delicious BBQ tonight.

What brand of nail polish is it? I would like to try some of that on a first gen RX7 race car turned bosozuko.

this thing looks crazy. The combination of bodies definitely grabs the style of the time. I agree that the side pipes stay away.

Thank you all for your replies! I will shoot some clear on it. Right now I have an abundance of Model Master Colors by Boyd Ultra High Gloss, I just don't think I want to shoot it on white (it tends to yellow a little bit). I may just go get some Sinful Clear. As for how much I reduced it. I mixed 50/50 and then a little more. The webbing wasn't bad and it cleaned up well enough. I am wondering if maybe my compressor is putting more moisture into my air than the dryer can remove. It has been quite humid lately. The blue is called Love Nails and the white.......Tokyo Pearl. I WILL be getting more of the pearl white. They also have a hardener which I may try out. I think there is also a leveling additive. As for having a Walgreens, they also sell it at Walmart. I think they're produced by Maybeline, so I'm sure you can find a source. I am also sure you can get it on ebay.

HAHA, Blair, he likes MINE BETTER!!! lol, I'm just kidding. I just want to THANK you, Blair, for giving me the idea of starting a thread for just paint jobs and other projects that will likely never be finished.

well, I just typed a boat load of words on this and that, posted a bunch of pictures, and some witty comentary. and for some reason it didn't post. so here's the short and sweet. Sinful Colors: some kind of weird name for pearl white and a lame stupid name for pearl blue from Walgreens for a buck a bottle Lacquer thinner krylon white primer The paint dries too fast with lacquer thinner, find something else and tell me about it. I shot it at 20 PSI and still got spider webbing, anything higher than that it dries before it hits the body and causes a very rough texture. this particular paint has a very nice reflective pearl. I didn't shoot clear, I might later, I just wanted to see how this paint sprays, now for what you all want to see These were on the table, so I figured I'd see what they looked like.

Your doing fine, they moved it for you. You're doing a great job on the truck too. I see you have a reference photo there. Are you going to be using black paint?