mustang1989

I can't begin to express my gratitude for all of the outpouring of support we are getting from everyone to include here. Last night was fairly rough as she was all over the bed all at once. I swear if she had the strength to get up she would have left the bed. NOT a good thing . The staff here got things calmed down fairly quick though. Right now it's a 10 day wiring game to see how she fares through this part.

Got back from the show Saturday night and had a good morning and a decent midday on Sunday. Had my son dropped off at a youth event at church and my wife and I were just kicking back and recapping the show , her day here when my son and I were gon Saturday and all was good. Then about 30 minutes later is when things took a drastic change........for the worse . She had a seizure out of the blue. After calling 911 the paramedics showed up and rushed her to the heart center her in town. It was all a blur as information was being thrown everywhere and I found out that she had a brain aneurism that burst. She was Halo flighted to San Antonio where I am now with her in intensive care after her surgery. I don't know what the coming days will bring but I will continue to pray and take each moment as it comes. Life is a funny thing. We all get shown just how little control we actually have. Stay thankful and grateful in all things because you never know what's around the corner.

Easy fix for a guy with your skills. A drop in the bucket..........

Wood grain on that door panel is award winnin' !!! Hate to hear your luck on the wheels...... On the bright side it looks like you've got it figured out.

That looks way better than my first attempts too Gord. Good goin'!! Thanks for that Ray!! I know the ol' standard 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 firing order but I didn't know where the starting point was on the distributor. I'm wiring a 427 Chevrolet up right now and that was a big help.

Good grief! Note to self..."Gotta remember to read the black thingy's on the white page" Sorry 'bout dat JC.

I look forward to the updates on this one Kevin. Man that car body is just shinin'!!!

I'm a member of that club! I've got stuff everywhere from all kinds of kits. LOL . Great lookin' build so far Dan!!! It was great talking to you this weekend. I'll be seeing you at the Houston show pal.

Nice , crisp detail there JC!! Man that looks like the real thing!! Decals I presume?

Got the carburetors underway. I used some throttle linkage from my Model Car Garage linkage PE set for the the throttle pivot lever and needles for the fuel inlet lines. I'll end up cutting the pointed portion of the "lines" off and routing fuel lines to them. I've got to finish the distributor and mount it into place with the ignition wires before I start on the rest of the throttle linkage but here's the start of that.

Chris: Thanks bud! Fire away with those pictures! If it helps any, I tend to forget more than I remember! lol. It gets me in a lot of trouble with the Mrs. at times..... echo: Thank you for the link. I'm probably gonna order that resin frame and related goodies. Will have to wait till after me and my wife's anniversary but it'll get done. I appreciate your help.

This is a really good lookin' build. I like what you've done with the engine. Great attention to detail.

Okee dokee folks. This one is going to go back into the box for the time being. First off I don't have enough information on this one to pull it all the way together like it's supposed to look which brings me to point #2. I have never seen a kit that is this inaccurate and has such poor fit. The wheel base is WAY off and the engine is too far forward. There's gonna be a lot of fit issues and a lot of visible errors to contend with that's going to call on skills I don't have at the moment. I've never "put one on the shelf" but this one is going to require ALOT of patience and ALOT of attention to the point that I see this one taking longer than a year to correct and I'm not prepared to spend that long on it right now. I'm still gathering parts for it in order to put the correct suspension under it and am still working on ideas to properly relocate the engine and have everything that is visible under the glass to look "correct". I didn't want to leave this thread with a dead end so I'm giving a temporary closure to this build right now. When I get my bearings straight with this build I'll come back around to it because I do want to build this one. It really eats at me when I'm wanting to and can't for whatever reason. I'll definitely be revisiting this build. I do thank all who have encouraged me along the way with this one. Just know I'll jump back to it at some point.

..............and its RIGHT there on the BOXTOP ladies and gentlemen how big it is!!! 60cm x 54 cm. Sometimes we miss the very basics folks........

It's been a while since I've had any kind of an update here. Just tryin' to spend more time buildin' and less time postin' ! lol I've got the front and rear suspensions set up.....finally!!! All the tires are test fitted into place. I have to order some replacement front tires. I trimmed 'em a little too much on the inner ring so the rim would fit properly.........dangit! A little closer in there to show the front springs and the brake calipers that I robbed from a Dodge Viper kit. I did a skeleton assembly of this kit the way it's supposed to look OOB. Good greif................ another view.......... A recap photo to show the difference...... Then the direct comparison shots.... Man am I ever glad I changed it up......Jeez!!

Man the details are all there on this one JC!! Keep givin' it hell!!

That's a nice lookin' Challenger there so far Randy.

Still givin' it hell aren't ya Rich? That interior is lookin' great man!

Wow!!! That would be a cool build to see! Can't imagine the work that would have to go into something like that! Just how big is that 1/144 scale Dora anyways?

First off , welcome aboard Kevin!! Secondly , you're doing fine. Cant wait to see the rest of the build!!

Yeah she'll most likely be keepin' that one for a long time after you're done with it. Way to go....dad!! .

This is heading in a direction that greatly interests me. Great ideas so far Rick.

Engine detail looks good! I like the wash on the air cleaner to bring out the detail of the filter element. I also like the upgrades to the suspension. Nice touch with the shocks and springs. Mister I couldn't have worded that better myself. Over engineered....................a lot!! Ten parts to build something that normally would only require around 2 or 3 maybe.

Nice work so far Randy! I built....er...rebuilt one of these last year and enjoyed every minute of it. Monogram left a lot out in the underhood detail department but they turn into pretty neat little builds still.

Man that's a slick paint job!