mustang1989

'Preciate that JC! Thanks Carl!! We now have ........................body color:

x 2!!!! Watching.......................

Man JC! This build is taking such good shape that it's blowin' me away bud!! Dang this thing is lookin' good.

Thanks Carl. Well guys since I couldn't use the wheels that I wanted I decided to use my favorites which are the Weld Draglites. The only problem with those are that 99.9999% of the rear wheels that I've seen whether they are resin or kit supplied have the bead locks on the wheel.......................which I do NOT want for a streetable vehicle. Here's where we start. A set of resin Draglites from Competition Resins: After some research I found what I want to coat the wheels with. This months issue of Scale Auto has a whole 5 page article devoted to the different methods of chrome coating and clearing. After reading through it I'll be going with the Molotow chrome with Spaz Stix Ultimate Clear both of which I ordered last night. Here's after removing the bead locks and drilling out all the wheel holes, center hole and the unused lug stud holes and cleaning it up a bit as compared to the untouched one on the right. I found a block of time last night to work on the interior so I could finish it up this morning:

Gonna have to do something about that radio. I aint likin' THAT at all. Dang macro shots!!!!

Thanks Jeremy! Thanks Curtis. I know ...........right??!!! Something about the "carpet" and the way I did it just did NOT agree with me. I textured the flooring by spraying some Rustoleum Textured paint from a spray can and then coated the textured paint with a coat of flat black. The more I looked at it the more I caught myself thinking that if I had flocked the flooring in black it would've had a slight semi gloss and some depth to it. The way I had it painted there was neither quality there. Just ..................................flat bland black was it. So I thought a minute...... and decided to apply some Tamiya Clear in a light coating. The results turned out better to me. To recap. Before: and after. Just a tad bit more depth and more correct finish IMO: I've also got the dash finished. I really don't consider this to be one of the better dashes I've done for two reasons. 1.) I think I could've done better and 2.) when I was done with this dash I had and still have the feeling of .......................that's it????!!!! Any ways here's the dash:

Man!!!!!!!!! You're doing a great job with this one Phil. The only thing I would watch is the scale depth of the scratches but it's definitely not a deal breaker with this build. Keep up the good work buddy.

Coming along nicely Scott.

This looks really good Eric. I'm a big fan of re-do's like this one here and you've definitely added some nice touches. As a hint for battery cables, I've used the wire that can be obtained from the old landline telephone cable. I think there's even a red strand in those to make it a little easier.

You're gonna knock 'em dead at that show Darren! This is no longer a model dude. This ...........................is a masterpiece in the makin's.

Got some more done on the interior yesterday morning. I'll be coming up with an idea for the black carpet and install a PE accelerator and brake pedal and maybe throw a couple of items in the front seat. The dash panel I just test fitted into place and still have to do a lot of detail painting and apply a good gloss coat over the dash pad. I did away with the Foose decal on the medallion in the center of the seat and chromed it. I put an "embroidered" demon decal just under the medallion for a little interior snazz. These seat and interior decals were a little tricky to me and it seems like I may have needed a little stronger setting solution for them besides Microsol. I'm thinking something like Solvaset would have done a better job of settling them into the crevices but they didn't turn out too awful bad with around 8-10 coats of Microsol. Just for kicks I added a Hot Rod Magazine and tossed a set of PE keys attached to a scratchbuilt key ring in the seat. I also added a set of PE foot pedals and gave 'em a quick wash to spice things up in the interior a bit.

Progress on this one?

He's right..................there aint nuthin' to laugh at here. Impressive work.

Nice start and great ideas in motion. Looking forward to more.

Wow!!!!!!!!!! Knocked that one right out of the park Warren! Beeeautiful build man!

Thanks Carl. I'm workin' on it but can't post any photos till the weekend. Thanks Anders.

Thanks Brad! I'll watch this later on tonight bud.

Thanks Jeremy. Ok fellas. First off, I shot my usual shot of flat black on followed by a coat of Tamiya German Grey. I finished it all off with a coat of Tamiya X-22 clear so I could apply all the decals on the seat, door panels and dash. I'll probably go with an embroidered demon head in the middle of the seat back cushion just for a little character as well. After the decals have set I'll go with a coat of satin clear for the seat and door panels and then it'll be off to painting the details.

Dave: We'll see what happens. No Bonsai for me either. Like you said, waaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive. Bruce: Thanks! LOL Brad: That is very convincing. You may have to go into a little more detail so I can see the particulars of it. Brian: Thanks bud.

Working on the outside of this bad boy right now. I've put together at planter for the outside of the window with some plants . I'll be using smaller portions of these in it. lol

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got some more progress done with the addition of the throttle linkage (still need to add the linkage from the foot pedal up to the motor) and the completion of the radiator and fans. You know that was a really crappy design with the radiator. The fans are MOLDED into the radiator which made the masking off a real PIA!! But I managed to finagle a decent mask for it and paint it all up. Additionally I'm kind of bummed out about the wheels. I can't use them on this build because the brake calipers are too big for them and that stupid ring at the center of the front spindles would show through on them. I'll be going with the Weld Draglites that I was originally going to use which is a good lookin' wheel and all but I was really looking forward to using the other ones. No worries................you'll see those again in the future on another build. Todays progress:

Wow!!!!!!!!! Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful truck man!

This thing just keeps getting better and better Darren!

Now that's much better!!!!!! Lookin' good.