THarrison351

I've been working on aircraft since 1983. I obtained my A&P in 2005 and gained employment in the aircraft manufacturing and testing around 2008. I'm one of the people who are an expert at drilling offset, square, tapered, snowman, or just plain buggered holes. I'm better at removal and replacement, inspection, testing and troubleshooting. I set back and awe at the masters of fabrication and their ability to smith aircraft.

I had this AMT 1971 Mach 1 that's really sad in comparison to the Revell version. What to do with it? I had leftover parts from an AMT Quaker State Thunderbird, mostly the chassis, cage, and suspension. Maybe. Turns out they have same wheelbase. Track is wider, but I can work around that. The cage and cowl were too tall too. I cut them down. I've had to cut the rear bit off the chassis, and cut down the rear wheel tubs. Body mods so for are only to the hood and radiused the front fenders. This idea came about last December. Then it went on hold for a new member in the house. We got a tiny kitten. She's great! But! She wants to be everywhere I am. She also wants to climb and play with everything. And she's grown huge! So, no model building until she matured or I came up with something. Well, I came up with something and she has sort of matured. Cries just a bit outside my jail. This is after about a weeks work a couple hours at a time. This Mustang really pales when compared to the Revell kit. The giant hood scoop has become a giant bulge for the planned Boss 429. Those wheels came from the AMT Malibu NASCAR from the seventies. Might exchange them for something else and need to narrow the track. Tires are PPP I'm planning a red and gold Coke scheme typical of Bobby's from the early seventies. The fantasy is after he had run the #49 Mustang Pony Car in the short lived Grand American series for car owner Melvin Joseph. He was contacted by Ford and given a newer Mustang body, a Boss 429 and Ford money to run this car from his shop in Alabama. Bobby's Grand American Mustang that he was finally given credit with a win at Bowman Gray Stadium after 53 years. I plan to use these Mercurys paint schemes as an example to paint the model and decal it. I always like this look. A frustrated Junebug. She's been a great kitty, but there's no way my hobby room is safe from her 12 pounds and still growing curiosity. This gate keeps me in jail as my wife calls it and the cat out. Yep, that's a dead spider in the corner. We have a zillion spiders in Kansas. I have traps everywhere and I need to do some good vacuuming in this room.

The 65 El Camino has them too

I built this decades ago. The box is from 1994 so some time around then. It suffered damage and lived in the box for many years, I pulled it back out and repaired it when I finished my hobby room a few years back. It's on display now along with this 51 Chevy that also suffered damage and was repaired.

Can't wait to see yours. I started on one twenty odd years ago and never finished

I hope you guys realize this is Paul "Lil Bud" Moore the driver, not the car owner with this Cougar. He was competing in the Grand Americans in NASCAR, the owner was Bob Wilson

I have too many unbuilts too want more, but I lean to getting releases from Moebius and Salvinos JR occasionally. Otherwise, it's the rerererereleased stuff that don't have from the domestics. I've built Tamiya and Hasegawa, but there's no real challenge from those.

I'm fortunate I have a whole room and capability to add some shelves. Those shelves in the middle are the majority of my built models.

How I built mine

Very nice! Great detail! I built these Testors Lincoln Mint Harleys many years ago. They're not well detailed, but big and look good on a shelf!

I use Krylon pewter gray color maxx. These are the same color, but different cameras

Nice Model! looking forward to the end result! Mike Alexander's Late Model Sportsman from Nashville 1978

I built my first model kit in 1970, and it was a Monogram Thunder Bug. I remember it being green. My mother has a picture of it in her home in one of he many albums. I'm wondering if the old molds might still be around and we might see it released from Atlantis one day.

1975 Ford Granada Ghia Four door, white with turquoise trim, vinyl top, and interior. 302, auto, power everything 105K. $500 in 1982 drove it for almost three years, rebuilt the transmission, and traded it in on a new Escort in 1985. Drove that for ten years. Looked like this with Turquoise top and trim

One of the first cars I ever rode in was a red 1960 Dart Phoenix 2 door. I was a baby. The 4 door Phoenix was created from a 2 door by some modeler in the past. Johan never made a 4 door Phoenix and Chrysler never made the Dart or Fury with this roof line in a 4 door.