MeatMan

Hey Charlie, welcome to the fold! I'm a Cleveland area guy myself. I NCM still active?

A size for the lamp diameter might help.

Nice!

Beautiful build!!

Cool, glad to know he's still out there, or back, whatever.

Yes! Very nice!

Good stuff! Welcome!

Beautifully done!

Cool!

Got most of the design work done on my Vega. I didn't like the chassis. It was a street chassis that they just cut to clear the racing slicks. Initially I was just going to back half it but didn't like the fact that there was no frame there. The black part showing on the chassis is a prototype and not a final piece. The engine is from Texas 3D Customs with my designed & printed rocker covers and air cleaner. The hood is SMH. The rear spoiler is altered from a Skyline, and the chin spoiler is from the 70 1/2 Camaro kit. That orange is a dead giveaway. I cut the ends off and the rest lined up pretty well. I just need to fill the gaps and mud it up. I designed & printed a new grille and split bumpers. I'm reprinting the bumpers because I goofed chroming them. Not shown is the dash. I cut out the gauge section and am going to print a replacement section with the Vega GT look. Tach & speedo in the center and two smaller gauges flanking each. I'm printing some door panels but not sure if I'll use them because I'll have to cut the old ones from the interior tub and I'm not sure how that will work, but the kit ones are poorly detailed. Thanks for looking.

I guess I'm just different. I think customs are just expressions of people's imagination. Don't get me wrong, I don't like this style at all, but I'm not gonna bash someone for making a custom I don't care for. Heck, there are George Barris & Gene Winfield customs I don't like, but I respect their imagination and the work they put into them. I don't think customs should have a limit, or a "formula". I say do what excites you.

Don't know the specifics of the origin of this car, but Chad typically starts with junk, so I'm not sure "good car" would apply.

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum. There is an Information link on their page with the owners name and a link to contact him. Did you try that?

You're most welcome. Glad they can help you.

Absolutely. My daughter works for a transcription service and their work has gone down tremendously. I don't know how long she plans to hang in there with it.

Okay, so I asked it to give me a fuel pump for a 1970 454 Chevrolet engine and here is what it whipped up. LOL

I just read where there is an AI company whose goal is to replace human workers. It's an impossible goal but it begs the question of; "Who will have jobs in the future that pay enough to buy products from companies that don't use humans?" In this instance I see a lot of game coders out of work.

Hey Gang. I seem to be snakebitten with my Monza build and challenged in getting back on track, so I've decided to add another entry in tandem with the Monza. I'll be entering the 1973 Grumpy's Toy Vega. I'm not sure what I want to do with it but I won't be doing the level of mods I'm doing on the Monza. I want to have an entry done early this year (for me).

No I didn't check it but it did stand out as a possible issue. Thanks.

Well I got the interior done so I decided to check the fit of the body with most everything in place. But in spite of doing it multiple times to get to this point, things aren't lining up. I tried to pull the body apart a bit but only wound up separating the front end from the body. I hate adding body parts after painting but it looks like what I'll need to do. To get to that point, I'll need to refine the surfaces of both, and add tabs to the front end to glue to. There's no way around it because I have to be able to open the body up in the front to get around the wheel wells. Ditto the firewall. I'll have to add it to the body after paint because I can't get the body around it. Also, there is interference in the back where the interior tub sits against the rear of the body. You can see it in the 4th pic. I think some grinding there is in order. I just hope I don't grind through the body somehow. Aaargh!

Cloudcraft is a site for farming out printing. I've had mixes success with it tho. A part like that can be printed on an FDM printer like at many libraries, but you've got to use ABS filament, which shrinks a bit during the printing process.

Beautiful!

Quick update on the Monza. I flocked the interior floor and painted the panels (not shown) but I have to give them a coat of satin varnish or matte. Got the chassis mostly done but have some detailing to do. I'm pondering the rear window louver but won't decide until I paint the body. I designed the wheels to look like the stock 4 bolt wheels but they look more like Cragers. Gives it that 70's rake.

1/12 scale free on Cults3D. I downloaded it and It can be scaled down to 1/25 by reducing it to 48%. You'll have to find someone to print it, and you'll have to fabricate a platform, etc. There are others on cults but they are mostly for Warhammer, etc. and small scale. Some can scale up but detail may be lost. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/minigun-jbanderas

3D Scale Parts have different semi-style wheels you may like. https://www.3dscaleparts.com/1-25