charliechaindrive

Coool,,I like the twin turbo small block!

Thanks for the tip miles! I'll have to browse craigslist for a real '56 to see where rust realistically forms on one. Minnesota is notorious for overuse of road salt in the winter, so it's not difficult to get an idea of where the rust would form.

Mint! I've been following your roadkill replica builds, you do top notch work Jesse. A replica of the muscle truck and the general mayhem will look awesome on a shelf together!

After a battle with my kindle to get my photos to upload, here's a few pictures. I did some kit bashing between the GTX and the challenger, I traded engines, tires and decals to make the GTX close to my dad's car (he swapped a mild built 360 in opposed to the stock 440) so I put the 340-6 pack in the GTX, and the 426 HEMI in the challenger. Easy transplant, only problem is that the 340 is taller than the 426, so I couldn't get the air filter body on and still have the hood close. I wired both the 340 and the 426, I think I wired the 426 correctly to full scale, but the 340 I might've done wrong I used decals out of the GTX kit and my 78 trans am to make the challenger pop a bit more. And here's my '50 olds which I chopped a scale 3 or 4 inches out of. It was a half-as$ chop, I just cut a section of roof out and layed the windshield frame and rear window down to meet, then cemented them back together and filled with bondo. I'd like to get a new kit and redo it with a better and more severe chop, but I'm happy with the way this one looks. Here's the GTX, and for this one I built it as a stock(ish) car. Full exhaust, hemi H pipe on a small block, and I traded the tires with the challenger as well. If I could find a pair of hood scoops like my dad's GTX has, I'd love to put them on. I want to get better at painting trim before I add the side trim, and I need to find one of the door handles I lost on the floor... And finally, here's the trans am done up as the Smokey and the bandit car. I'm a big mopar fan, but I'd call the trans am one of the few GM products I'd like to own. This kit went together nice, except for the fact that the shaker scoop sits too low to the hood that it doesn't even actually protrude. Oh well, it's good enough for me. And that's about all I've done for the last three months. I'm buying a '56 ford pickup kit from a friend, And I'm looking forward to doing my first truck kit. I don't have very many paint colors though, just black,red, silver, yellow and white. I think the ford would look cool patina'd and rat-rodded, but I haven't ever done a rust paint job before. So hopefully after I read through a few tutorials on here I'll be Able to get a decent rust job going. Charlie

Thanks for the welcome! Steven, you're not too far down the road from me, hour or two's drive. I'll take some pictures of my models and upload them in about 15 minutes. I'm still amazed at how you more skilled individuals get your window trim painted on without getting paint on the body..

Very nice work! This same kit was the first one I did; although with a significant amount less of detail.. good job

Hey my name is Charlie. I'm 17 and from Minnesota, which means during the winter months I've got lots of time to work on my models I've been building kits for about 3or 4 months now. I found this forum last week and I've been lurking around looking at the amazing build quality of some of the other members, and I can tell I've got a long way to go. So far I've built the revell '50 olds, Revell '70 dodge challenger T/A, and the revell '78 Pontiac trans am. I also built a Sox and Martin '67 GTX as a stock muscle car, and painted it exactly like my dad's full size '67. I'll take some more pictures and post them. For now all I think I've got is one picture of the trans am. Sorry about the messy background, I'll set up my shelf to take pictures on soon. Charlie