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Man I appreciate that Ray!
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my grandsons first, with a little help from grandpa
mustang1989 replied to uncle potts's topic in Model Cars
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Way to go Ludwig!! That's some good work right there!
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B6N2 Jill
mustang1989 replied to Drag Monster's topic in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
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Ok fellas. I'm at a junction here with the fuel delivery set up. I've got this far off of good research photos and am at a stopping point. I've seen one photo of a fuel rail type set up for dual Hollies but the details are lacking outside of the basic fuel rail. The idea is to plumb a neat and tidy fuel inlet to the back of the rail and route it down behind the engine. This is one of those points where you get a good feeling when you're putting it all together only to feel not-so-sure about it after looking at it for a while. I've used a piece of .062 solder, primed in black and then shot with a coat of chrome alclad for the rail. Ideas or thoughts would be appreciated right now. My only reservation about taking this thing apart to possibly correct this would be damaging all of what I've done with the carburetors and linkage. Thanks for any input....
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What to do when frustration strikes?
mustang1989 replied to b-body fan's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
LOL. I've been a mechanic in Corpus Christi for close to 16 years now. The salt in the air here will rust the buttons off of your jeans if your not careful. lol. I hear you on the rush to get folks back their transportation on the recreational and business sides. Recreational is a lot easier to deal with than a guy loosing money every day you have his / her vehicle. That kind of pressure sucks. I have a good time building models though and try to leave myself enough time to make it to the next show. -
What to do when frustration strikes?
mustang1989 replied to b-body fan's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I usually take a step away from the trouble and work on another part of the build that I'm on or just take a short break. -
Carl: Thanks buddy! Rob: Thank you kindly sir!
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Now that's a neat build. Great work Mattias!
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'50 Ford F-1
mustang1989 replied to Arctic_Frost's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Looks great so far Ty and welcome aboard! -
Good lookin' Fox Body there Tim! Welcome aboard!
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Looks pretty cleanly built to me! Nice job!!!
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Thank you there Andy!
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Thanks a million fellas! You know when I posted the finished pics I didn't foresee as much response as this ol' build has gotten. Wow! Thanks again you guys.
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Well I took the glamour shots this morning and am content with how this all turned out. Lot's of touch up and some parts replacements along the way helped out some. The paint is all original with only clean up and a polishing with Novus to bring out the shine. On the original build I never installed any glass or headlamps so right off the bat there was an improvement there. Wheels and tires are all replacements (front tires from the Revell Motorcraft T-Bird Pro Stock kit, front wheels and rear tires from newer boxing of AMT's 37 Chevy and rear wheels from the Barris T Buggy kit) with some tricks that I've learned here and there to enhance those items. All exterior chrome was replaced and the hood was added as well. I'm not just real happy with the hood but I'll work around that for now. Interior is all original with no upgrades other than cleaning up. The engine is terrible and if it weren't for the fact that the headers were visible all the way up to it I would have left it out. All in all this has been some good fun with little frustration and I've even got to try out a few tricks and ideas in what was unchartered waters before this build. Is this my best model or will this win in any shows?? No. It does, however, have it's place inside a good display case to pay tribute to some of my earlier days 30+ years ago. With any luck it will last another 30+ years............ Thank you to all who encouraged me on the WIP as well as those who stopped by to look in. Now.....I focus all my efforts on the F-100. To recap. Beginning shots: (Take note: The front tires have melted away from the wheels....the heat was terrible in that back room!) Finishing shots:
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30 year old AMT 37 Chevy Gasser--Moved to Under Glass 08/16
mustang1989 replied to mustang1989's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Finished up with this little guy this morning and took some "glamour shots". I shot this one over to the "Under Glass" section just a few minutes ago. Thanks to all who encouraged me on this build as well as those who stopped by to look in. -
Gremlin Street Freak / Gasser - Done!! 8/31
mustang1989 replied to Impalow's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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The first thing that came to my mind was the terrific color choices you have going on here. Man that looks really clean! Great work there Steve!!!
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The Great MPC '67 Charger WIP Workbench Thread
mustang1989 replied to Snake45's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Man I've got high respects for folks that do this just simply because I know there's a ton of work to pull something like this off. I've actually got one of these sitting on a separate enclosed shelf and if I didn't have two builds going right now I'd join in here. I will, however, follow along with this because sooner or later down the road I've got plans to bring mine back to life. -
Li'L Roll Back " C "
mustang1989 replied to Mopar - D's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
x 2 !!!!!!!