BDSchindler

Duly noted I test fitted the radiator I had planned on using only to find out I had to make some changes... AGAIN! Took the radiator from the Foose Ford pick up and opened the radiator header under the hood. Scratch built a pair of brackets so it will fit as far forward in the engine bay as possible. Then altered the bottom of the radiator just enough so the hood would close. Still needs Final sanding, paint and appropriate plumbing but the pics are below (the engine is not permanently mounted yet)

Got some more done on this. I used the custom nose piece on this and puttied the resulting seam. Disliked the custom bumper/grill so I cut some mesh to fit, made a custom frame and epoxied the giant “V” in the grill. Added some trim to the inner door panels and flocked the lower portion... This was my first attempt at doing BMF. Pretty frustrating at first but it got easier as I got going with it. Still a lot of screw ups but it’ll work... still lots more to do. Stay tuned!

Unfortunately, I didn't get photos of the process so I'll try to explain what I did... This was the original issue Crown Vic and as such, the body was fairly thick. Using a dremel under slow speed to not melt the plastic, I ground down the inside of the fender-wells to see if I could gain whatever room I needed. Right idea but still needed more room. Z wheels are basically 3 pieces, an outer rim, the resin wheel and an inner rim. So I tried sanding down the inner and outer rims and offsetting the tire a bit but STILL not enough. So, I had to reinvent the wheel (eh...so to speak) I took a piece of paper and traced the flared part of the front and rear fenders, cut it out and traced it to a 0.030 sheet plastic. Next, opened the wheel well on the body just enough to let the outside dimension of the wheel/tire to fir...almost there. Glued the section of sheet plastic to the body just a tick lower than the original fender flair (going a tick lower gives the impression of the suspension being lowered without really lowering it) Sanded the sharp edges down of the extended fenders, filled and sanded smooth and contoured the new fenders into the original so it looked stock. Finally, got out the dremel and again removed plastic from the inside of the new fender-well. Sanded and primed as needed. Here's a diagram...the red line was what I removed from the original fender to let the tire fit. Primed

Something I’ve been working on for a bit and was inspired by an article in Street Rodder magazine. Steet Rodder Its been a work in progress with each modification being followed up with one or more. 1st order of the day was to remove the floor pans from the frame...which evolved into a change in the front and rear suspensions. Front was adapted from a nascar Ford while the rear came from the Foose pick up I planned on a set of Z wheels and soon realized it was going to be a tight fit. I had made all the changes I could in the suspension so the next step was to widen the the quarter panels just a bit. The end result looked pretty darned good to me as in this mock up i didn’t like the bench seat idea so looking at various kits/kit parts on the shelf, a 2014 Mustang appeared with a gleaming halo around it. I adopted the rear seats and front buckets then scratch built a center console... Basically, a stock dash... Then something hit me, I really disliked the inner door panels and since this will be an opening door model, I grafted in the centers of the mustang interior panels to the crown Vic’s The dash and console work well together... Still have a long way to go but it’s finally shaping up! Stay tuned!

I was going to title this "I need a little head" but thought better. I digress. Any Resin Casters or 3d printed by chance?

got mine today in Clarksville MD...gee, just down the road from jason!

reminds me of the fantasy 57 Chevy El Camino that Rick Hanmore did when he was with Danbury Mint...

I have 8 of them for the very same reason!

Nothing here in Maryland yet. Gregg...have you considered Amazon? You could prolly send them a bunch of copies and let them fulfill it straight from Amazon (not sure how all of that works but I bought a bunch of back issues of Model Car Builder from them...hard copies that were fulfilled by Amazon Digital Services). Just a thought

Hi Randy...no suggestion one way or another but a question, what ever happen to your GT-40...

Best Model Car Parts (Michael Hanson) email: info@bestmodelcarparts.com I actually contacted him today and he replied fairly quickly

Here's another option...Mighty Sight. My brother picked up 2 pairs and gave me one. Much nicer than the Optimizer. 2 for $19.95 and they work great even if you wear glasses (I wear graduated Bifocals). Rechargeable via USB with 2 very bright LED's. https://www.buymightysight.com/

Excellent! Love it!

Long story short, after personal dealings with them combined with other horror stories, I have formed my own personal opinion... They suck

gravity Colors is out so who is a decent company to deal with for airbrush paints? Looking for Monterey Red

They changed their product line-up to "Close is good enough" diecast cars (George Bojaciuk will understand that reference)

Well, the good news is that the resin caster was very good about and refunded the entire purchase, not just the one engine as I requested. That was pretty up front of the guy to do that, in my opinion.

I actually ordered 2 Coyote engines. One was the one that ended up being flexible and uncured but the other one was rock hard. So I started cleaning up what I thought was the one good casting and realized 2 things... These were not pressure cast as there are pinholes galore Definitely cast from a plastic kit engine. There is a hole in the block just above the where the oil pan mounts (although poorly filled with resin) that on a plastic kit would allow a metal axle to pass through and there are mounting tabs on the block for the parts to mount to but the same void is not there on the part to be mounted. I emailed the Resin Caster and told him not to send me the replacement Coyote engine but instead just refund the money for it.

Thanks guys. The good news is that the resin caster did not bat an eye and is sending a replacement as soon as they can. Although it would have been better to have double checked the quality before shipping, I am happy with the fact that he is going to replace it without questioning.

question for those that know more about resin than I do...I rec'd some parts that I ordered and one of them (an engine) is quite rubbery and flexible. All of the pieces of this engine are. The rest of the resin parts I ordered are rock hard, as I am used to working with. So whats the deal when resin is delivered rubbery and flexible? This isn't normal, is it? Was it not given enough time to cure? Will it cure hard if I leave it out and/or put it in a paint dryer under low heat? Will it still hold paint and will the CA glue still hold it together? I emailed the resin caster about it and waiting on a reply but wanted to gather some info from the resin experts out here. Thanks!

I appreciate the offer but I already ordered from Ken. Thanks again, scott

I went to his site but it wasn't shown. Found him on Facebook but none of his pictures show the coyote engine either. I'd rather have it 3D printed over resin unless the detail is really good.

thanks...I just sent Ken an PM

I thought I remembered someone doing one but might have been mistaken.

yep...bought from this scu....er, ah person. Rec'd 2 Corvette engines. Poorly cast. On both engines, some of the parts went from hard cast resin to to something flexible and bendable. I took s video of bendable portions for proof. He recast the parts and while recast parts were not bendable, they were pretty poorly cast. Sent it back, petitioned PayPal for refund. He never responded to them so PayPal refunded the money to me. Blocked him on eBay.