JTalmage

Well done!

Well, I finally got around to foiling the door handles on this thing. Also hit it with about 2 coats of clear. Looks great. Some small imperfections that were amplified with the addition of the clearcoat. Some smudging caused by the Q-tips while buffing the foil, and some lint/dust that just didnt want to go away no matter how much I wiped it off or blew air on it. Oh well. Over all it looks fantastic I think. I'm really glad I brought this kit back from the dead. now on to the pics! One thing I forgot to do was paint the turn signal amber in the front markers before I cleared it. I think it will be ok uncleared once I paint them on. I still have yet to paint any of my detail parts such as suspension or chassis detail. Still have to paint the front seats as well.

Thats awesome!

I find that no stickers/graphics on the body is even better. I'm not even really a fan of pinstripes. All of my cars are either 1 single color or two toned at the bottom. Well.. unless you count my truck.... which has a different colored truck cap lol

Very nice build and I really dig the realistic "field dust" weathering

I feel like its going to need some sort of 2 lever operating system vs. a steering wheel, for its forward/backward motioning. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

His response w/ that video was in regards to the title of the thread... in Back to the Future, the Doc says "Roads, where we're going we dont need roads!" and then the wheels of the DeLorean fold in and turn in to rocket boosters... And that video he posted, the car has some serious camber that almost looks as if its about to take off like the back to the future time machine... so no, nothing to do with tanks... but the thread title however.... pretty close.

That looks fantastic

Thats awesome!!!!

Glad to see it finished. What a beautiful build.

Hmm a fairly fresh 80's Ford Flathead for your hot rod? That would be neat.

Thanks for the tip. I'm on the hunt now.

The crown vic would be killer to have!!! I'd love to have one. Price depending. Your fox tbird looks like it could be great too! can't wait to see it. I'd LOVE to see a '96 Lincoln Mark Viii LSC created...

A pen for the panel lines... thats brilliant

Wonderful chrome work

I have the older re release of the AMT 289 Cobra... thought about making it in to one of these. Also have the Baldwin Motion 427 Cobra... considered making it one as well... but I robbed it of too many parts. I need some rear wheels to it.

Thank you Greg. I was getting rather frustrated around the cozy wings though! I watched Dr. Cranky's video's before I even attempted on my barracuda it last year. Here's more pics Still have a few things to do to the body before I clear it. Hopefully the weather cooperates.

Thanks fellas. And Mike, it's the kit is the old Monogram 55 Chevy Street machine kit. Which is basically the Tom Daniel's Badman kit.

What a wicked looking machine!

Thanks! I finished all the bmf tonight. The cozy wings were driving me crazy. I forgot to bmf the door handles. Oops. A few more details on the outside and it's ready for clear. I also detailed the interior too. Except I didn't use bmf. I used chrome silver paint. Didn't even want to try to do that dash haha! Pics tomorrow....

Thanks but it's temporary. I just wanted to see what it would look like in contrast to the wheels. I kinda regret hitting them w/ flat clear. This thing will sit up high in a gasser/street machine stance.

Couple shots from each side Started on the BMF yesterday morning. Not rushing it so I dont screw it up. Going well so far. Hoping to finish the BMF tonight.... stay tuned.. This one will actually get done!

So I didn't want to make yet another workbench thread since I havent finished anything I've started lately, but I felt this one is close enough to completion that I'd feel ok about it. I think that's my problem... I like to start workbench threads more than I like actually finishing things. I'm working on that. I'm going to try and not post as many build threads until most of my work is finished. I've now told myself I have to finish all my unfinished business before starting ANY new kits. So, first order of business is a kit I started when I was a teen. I screwed the paint up pretty bad. I wanted to paint it black but testors nozzles are junk. Needless to say I was young and didnt have a clue about the purple pond trick. I ordered a new body and then lost interest. Fast forward to now. I saw a member's thread recently w/ the green 56 tow car, and the red primer 55 gasser. Really inspired me to finish this one. I wanted to make mine something similar. Primered paint and slicks but felt that would be copying his a little too much. Also I didnt want to get caught up in trying to make different wheels and tires fit this car. Wanted something simple and straight forward. So thats what I did. So here's the body as it was in the parts box. I was going to make it like the box art but had a heck of a time w/ the interior getting it red and not showing the black back thru (before I understood how primer worked!) I used the wheels and tires that this kit came for another car so that left me with no wheels... luckily I had enough foresight to buy a gluebomb off ebay with good wheels and tires... So I used them and shot them with a little flat clear to make them look aluminum Shot the body in filler primer and then worked out any bad spots (there was a pretty bad one by the gas door!) Colors to be... Hit it with a base of Tamiya Racing white.. which is beautiful but takes MANY coats over gray primer Taped it off and shot it with Tamiya Coral Blue... which is just gorgeous in the sun but not so much indoors. Shot the interior in white then masked off the areas to stay white, followed it with coral blue, then flat clear. Also showing the flat chrome wheels. Brought it in and pulled the tape off. Looks pretty good!

I like where this is heading

Hey, the old bronco! good to see it again. I dig what you've done so far. Always wanted to make a dio... never had the space