mustang1989

I appreciate the great comments there Carl, Gordon and Mark. I'm backin' off on the F-100 a little as I'm finding myself rushing to meet the Austin show deadline next Saturday. It just aint gonna make it there this go round. I'll have it done for the Houston show coming up in April of '16. I'm not going to hurry through this thing after 7 months of throwing god knows what effort into it only to foul it up in the final stages. I'm going to be slowing down on it and taking my time to ensure the best wrap up. I'll be on this one here and there and picking up parts for it along the way.

Thanks Gary. Here's another view that shows the whole front clip with flames. I was going for a really subtle look going for the "Ghost of Street Demons" look to pay tribute to the Street Demons series of this truck released back in 1983. Just gotta smooth it a little and go for another coat of gloss clear. We're off to the races now. lol

Thanks Gary! I decanted some Dark Red from a Testors Model Master spray can that was just a tad darker than the Tamiya X-7 I used for the body color.

Thanks Carl. Right now I'm pretty happy with the flames as this is exactly the look I was after. Kind of like a ghost flame of sorts. I like it! Gotta let it cure out and wet sand the roughness off of it but its perfect.

Dang that's a clean build Randy!

Man I hope so Dan. I'm really trying hard but am not going to get in a rush with it and foul it all up after all I've been through with this thing.

Just pokin' through the threads in this section tells me I've got my dang work cut out for me in keeping up with this groups standard. I look around and see nuthin' but the best at almost every turn here. I'll be giving my best to this one and probably asking a lot of questions a long the way.

Man..........that sure is a purdy truck Aaron!!!

I think I've got the right combination right now with the tires. Here's the rear slicks before.... Which looking back now they look a little too big. And here is what I have now that got sent to me from good ol' Hugh (thank you a million Hugh!) and I don't have to cut any out of the rear wheel openings. I think they are gonna work...........very well. Yeah.....I think THAT'S more like it!

Went out to HL and picked this one up on clearance. In addition to having a spare 427 in the spares bin it had the PERFECT size front runners for what I was looking for in this build. The score: The previous look ..... and the updated look with the replacement tires..... Yeah......I'm definitely feelin' better about that part. Now for re-sizing the rear tires........

Thanks Dave!! I've about got the truck bed done. I've installed the "mini tubs" and got the wood bed all painted up (top and bottom), got the tail gate and hinges on and now I'm working on the tail lights and license plate. Pics soon hopefully............

Yeeeeeeesh! I'm gonna be building mine here in this group and lookin' at stuff like this tells me that I just go into learning mode. Wow! You're settin' the bar waaaay high Tyrone!

Thanks a lot Brian! I'll try not to disappoint. Ok folks. Initially I was going to use a set of slicks that I found from the Revell 68 Hemi Dart boxing. They were a tad too large and I would have ended up shaving some from the wheel openings to make 'em work. The front tires I robbed from another gasser kit I had. It looked ok but at this point I still needed to acquire some better fitting slicks and smaller front tires. Here's a couple of mock up shots of where I was at though-----more coming....... This is where the over sized tire really shows. Will be obtaining smaller ones soon........

Man that's a clean build Norbert! Looks great!!

Way lookin' forward to more on this one!!

This is just a brilliant build! The detail is just out of this world Tyrone!

I just dropped in on this build and I just cant belie...........

Thanks Jim! Okeedokee folks. Here are the kit decals............ and here's the AM ones..... Quite a bit of difference I'd say............

Thanks Ed! LOL

Justin: Thanks a lot man! Tom: LOL! Thank you for your comments. I think it's now bordering on going koo-koo! So far so good here. It's been a bit since my last update but I've been painting body parts now for the last two weeks. Here's a quick test fit. I need to raise the front end just a tad but I'm likin' it so far. Flames came in last night so I hope to get started on that pretty quick.

I'll be finishing up with my 56 Ford F-100 in the coming 30 days (hopefully it'll be before the show on 10 October) and was pondering my next project. I've been really itchin' to do an aircraft build but this Barracuda keeps calling my name so I'm going to go for it after my F-100. I thought I'd go ahead and lock myself into a build thread so that I'll commit myself to building this cool a$$ car. A pic of the 1:1 version I'll be using for the build........ and a pic of the kit............ I looked in the box and wasn't all that impressed but with a little TLC I feel like it can be brought around to a decent looking build. I've got a complete "correct" AM decal sheet from Slixx to replace the whole two decals that come with the kit and have just ordered a Ross Gibson 426 Hemi and I was lucky to get it because all Ross Gibson engines are disappearing from all vendors due to the fact that Ross died last year. I'm also looking for the correct size drag slicks for the back which is proving to be a pain in tha............. !! Any ways, gimme a few weeks and I'll be on this one.

Thanks Dave! Things are crawlin' along with this build. Nothing to post pics about yet. I mean all I'd be posting is a tail gate painted, then maybe some steps and the hood scoop. I will say this , the next update will be a big one so just know that I am in fact still progressing with this truck. 12 more days to go..............

This is awesome!! Which kit is this? My dad had one of these but it was definitely not in that good of shape.lol

Don't laugh.......I've had some adult mechanics that would have argued the point that the filter belonged there! lol Great progress BTW.

I'll need a slick about 1.1" tall and around .6-.7" wide. Thanks Hugh!