nate47

Cool build! That turbo plumbing is pretty killer!

I've got some purple power in the garage I'll have to try that tonight! Thanks!

I also opened up the body lines a little bit, and I'm wondering what the correct way to detail those out would be? I was thinking about painting them black before spraying the body and seeing if the lines looked darker?

I've been working nights this week but I did manage to get a little work done when the kids would cooperate! First I seperated all the parts, trimmed and sanded all the flashing. There were some pretty ugly mold lines on the body so I got rid of those. I've got most of the drive train installed. I'm wanting to get to a hobby shop to get some flocking for the carpet, and I need to get some flat red paint for the engine covers. I would really like to prep, paint, and polish this body out very well as my dad prides himself on the condition of his paint so I'll be reading any tech articles I can find. If you have any suggestions please let me know! I've got to strip the chrome off the wheels, I was thinking oven cleaner? Anyway thanks for looking!

Bryan plasti dip is a product designed to be used to coat tool handles, its a liquid product that you can dip something in and let it hang dry and it turns into a rubber/plastic coating. Over the last few years I have noticed its available in spray can form. I ran accros some youtube videos and realized its huge among the import and tuner crowd, because its available in multiple colors, and you can spray it directly on paint, chrome, steel, plastic, etc. and if you don't like it or want to change a year later you can just peel it back off with no damage to the surface below. These guys are using it to black out their wheels, and spray stripes and graphics cars. I used it on my 1:1 hot rod on a few items and I've been pleased with the results. Its available at most hardware and auto parts stores. I'd think it would make a good masking as well. I'm going to try to use it to black out the edges of my windows in the Z06. Check out the link below. http://www.usplastic...CFexFMgodggcAIg Duntov Love the avatar, I've got my dads C5 at my disposal he only lives about 5 min. away so I've got all the upclose detail looks I need!

Wow...thats impressive! I love the graphics!

Sorry to hijack your thread but do you have a build thread or some pics of that 944. I've been wanting to build a replica of the 85 944 non turbo my dad bought for my mom last year, I have a can of the paint already mixed up, but I can't find a non turbo (which isn't that big of a deal) but I do need to find a kit that has the rubber pads on the front and rear bumpers.

Nice work...this is a gonna be a nice build!

Cool thanks...I've been looking at a couple different tubes I've seen at work that I may be able to salvage for this project! The plug wires will probably be salvagable though!

Where did you get the 62 body from I've been looking for one for a long time!

At least your making it right! After the detail on that interior it deservest that body work!

Classy looking merc! I dig the color combo!

I have a 1/2 finished kit of the same era...I don't even remember what car it was! I had intentions of making custom lettering. I really like the NASCAR's from that time frame! I'll be watching to see how your gonna save this one!

Well with a few hours of work I was able to get the engine disassembled with minimal breakage, but I was very dissapointed to find that the hoses and wires in the kit are very dry rotted and hard. I'm going to try and soak them in armorall, and try to use some heat to make them flexible. I was able to get most all of the engine re-assembled. I painted the headers in flat black, but wasn't too pleased in the out come so I used plastidip spray on them and really liked the look! So here is what I have accomplished so far. This project will likely get shelved for while as I have a couple other projects I'm working on, and planning! I still wish I had the a because I really believe I could save this kit! I don't have the belt on the pulleys on yet because the blower assembly is still drying! This is my first real work in over 10 years, and Its fun to get back into the swing of it! My 2 year old son sits at the table with me the whole time and he loves it! Thanks for looking and feedback is always wanted, and welcome!

You guys have been inspiring me to get back in the game so I dug out the box of pieces I purchased at a garage sale for a buck last year. It was an old Revell Mongoose kit It was never completely assembled and alot of it is broken and the box is gone but it did have the instructions. I'm going to try to bring the remaining pieces back to life. I think this was a really cool kit, and I wish the body was still there! These pics were all taken last Sunday, I'll update here in a few minutes with the work done this week!

This will be my first build in a long time. I'm building this as a replica of my dads 2002 Z. I'm using the Monagram 1:25 Dream Rides car. I'll need to have the 2 year only electron blue paint mixed for me at the local Car Paint store. Its been obsoleted at the dealerships. The car will be a chrismas gift, so I'd like to go a little over the top on the quality of the build. I've been learning a ton here on the board and look foreward to learning more from you guys. I doubt there will be too much custom work on this build other than some work on the hood, but I've got a few other builds in the planning stages that might be a little more entertaining. I was also wondering if you guys have used Plasti Dip on your kits before? It leaves a really nice finish that I think might be cool for chassis and maybe interior parts? I used the search function looking for another C5 Z06 build and didn't see any...if you have any tips I'm all ears! I'll try to attach a couple pictures of the inspiration for this build!