THarrison351

Thanks! Yeah, the body's not so bad. It's all the rest that leaves little to be desired Thank you! Thanks1 Thank you! Thanks! To clarify, I rushed finishing it up. I started this at the end of last year, but a new kitten kept me out of my hobby room because she was needy and couldn't be stand to be separated. When I restarted back in August, I had only a few hours a week to work on it. For the most part, it went as planned, but a few times, I just wasn't sure about fitment and left it sitting. Paint issues also cropped up setting me back. Anyway, if I did another, I'd change a few things. Thank you! Thanks! Thank you!

I started buying in the early seventies. The military BX had a few and were a bit cheaper than the stores. Grocery stores, and Kmart were my go to otherwise when we lived in Vegas. When we moved to Virginia there was the Mall and Kay Bee toys, or Roses, JCPenney, Sears, Gibsons, Korvette, Murphy's Mart, and I'm sure others I can't remember. I know for the most part, they usually were less than five dollars.

It's finished. No, it's not my best work. I kinda rushed it just to get it off my desk. I at least have one built for the year. I added a front and rear spoiler from the parts bin. Not sure of the origins. The rear spoiler was cut down considerably. Anyway, I'm knocking two models off my incomplete list. Thanks for looking!

Windows in and straps made from friction tape cut as needed installed. Then I put the body on the chassis. Added the wheels and now I'm waiting for the epoxy to cure for the wheels. Almost there! thanks for looking!

My gauge decals came and all I can say is these are the best gauge decals I've ever seen. Anyway, the chassis is complete and ready to go in. The front grill is finished too. I cut the windows and installed the back glass. I'll come up with straps for the glass too. Likely friction tape cut to size. Now I'm working on the front and rear spoilers. More to come. Thanks for looking.

Chassis is essentially finished. I'm waiting on gauge decals from Mikes for the dash before I attach it and the steering wheel. I'll permanently attach the wheels once it's in the body. I also need to install the upper radiator hose, I'm thinking the flexing might make it pop off. I added some screen to the grill surround and will attach it and the headlight screen after the body is cleared. The windshield and back glass have to be modified. I'm planning to cut them to fit the openings. I did this once before for a NASCAR Cyclone Spoiler II back glass. I really liked how it turned out. Thanks for looking!

Real Quick! Some chassis work, interior, engine installation and test fitting. Thanks for looking! More to come!

So, decals are on and they look okay to me. I also did the foiling of the trim, added the hood pins, and painted the grill. I still need to add the clear coat. I had some fine mesh I was going to use in the grill, but I can't find it. Maybe the Hobby Lobby or Michael's has some. Added some roll bar padding using heat shrink tubing. I was hoping to get more finished, but had other things to do. Anyway thanks for looking, more to come.

Sanded the wrinkled gold finish and repainted those areas. It's not perfect, but better than it was, and I won't be stripping and starting over. Finished the engine, but I might add wires yet. Looks kinda naked. I mocked up the rear suspension and finished the tires. Hopefully I'll get decals on it this weekend and get the chassis together. More to come. Thanks for looking!

Sort of but really an unassembled promo. many years ago AMT had a three in one snap fit set with a purple ranger in it. All of those are really just unassembled promos, and technically they're 15 inch wheels for the 4X4 instead of the 14 inch on the rear drives, but you can't tell. You can see the wheels on the promo in the first picture with the mud tires that come with it. The regular tires will fit.

It's two cabs, sheet plastic, putty, and lots of sanding. I cut the cab of the one kit behind the door. The other kit was eyeballed, not calculated, just were it looked right and cut through the middleish part of the door to match. Sheet plastic reinforced the inside and top and lots of putty, scribing and sanding until I was happy. The cab wasn't that hard, neither was the interior. The chassis was the most difficult. I had to hack a section in and make it look like it was supposed to be there.

The scoop was more bulge because when I was originally conceiving this, I thought and it still may, the Boss 429 would be sitting up too high to fit under the hood. It's all just for fun anyway. The final coat of paint I think was too heavy and it started dissolving the paint in those areas. I'd put on two lighter coats and waited around twenty minutes before the next one. Most times when I'm spraying Tamiya, because it's like a lacquer, I only wait about five to ten minutes between coats. What I'll likely do is sand the wrinkles smooth, tape up the red, decant some gold, and spray the areas with my air brush lightly until its blended.

All major painting finished and I've started doing some detail painting. My usual reliable Tamiya paint let me down. I'm guessing i went a little to heavy on my last coat and it reacted to the Valspar paint I'd used for the red. It's only on a few surfaces, which is kinda confusing. I'm going to give it some time to cure then sand the areas and respray. Anyway, more to come.

Add Art Malone US-1 to that list

This would be cool! I customized a diecast of his car a long time ago.