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No. They're really not that glossy in real life, for some reason the camera makes 'em look like glass. Next time I'll plan a little better and get all the airbrushing done before winter sets in... airbrushing would give a better sheen, I think.

Sweet job!

Ooooohhhhhhhhh, I like that! Very nicely done! Love those oddball Mopar combinations.

My version of a life-long strip warrior... a car that made it to the track early in it's life and stayed there. A nice kit to build, this one had a lot of scratches on the windows and the chrome was completely trashed, like someone had sprayed it with Windex. Detailing the grill and rear taillight panel was tricky - had to cover the Alclad with Future before anything else could be done. No wash on this one... Duplicolor Gold covered with over-thinned ProSpray real car clear. I put the stripes on top of the clear, wish I'd put them under but they weren't part of the original plan. This is the most detail I've ever put into a model and most of it was fun. Pinned the wipers, mirror and door handles, another first for me. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Never could find the hood ornament...

Ready for final detailing and a better camera... Should be Under Glass tomorrow.

Two seconds after you apply the CA glue to that small part, the butter oozes out of your fingertips and you drop the part. The likelihood of this increases in direct proportion to either a): how small the part is, or b): how close to a painted surface/clear plastic you are...

My ivory and copper interior... wish I'd planned this a little better - brush painting two coats of ivory and three coats of copper finger nail polish isn't fun. Some better planning could have enabled me to airbrush when the weather was warmer. But it's as good as it's going to get and the interior should go in tomorrow.

Very, very nice!

Looking real good!

The front inner fender aprons will be custom built, so no problems there... I like your idea of extending the front frame... that takes care of several minor issues and if I slide the engine back a bit I should have ample room for rad clearance, I can get away with the stock driveshaft and the the tunnel and firewall won't need drastic work. Thanks. I've got two more built Nascar cars - one Ford and one Pontiac - and a '57 Cameo that is dying for some chassis work.

That's a possibility too... I'm limited on forward engine clearance though and no matter where I seem to place the body, it looks as if i'll have to either alter the wheel openings and/or move the suspension OR lengthen the frame as you say and slide the engine rearward. I like that idea... 1/8" on the rear is about as much as I planned. The tires are fairly tight against the fender skirts, so they'd need to be thinned quite a bit. Thanks for the comments!

This might work... I'll need to either move the front wheel openings rearward or move the chassis' front suspension forward to get the wheels in a good place. Moving the wheel openings is much easier and that will give me enough room on the chassis for the radiator. Relocating the suspension might interfere with the rad space, but it would keep the stock-ish body look I'm going for... Decisions, decisions, decisions... Have to narrow the chassis to fit inside the body so I think I'll try to just section the floorpan lengthwise and move the outer frame rails in. That still leaves enough interior space for the Corvette bucket seats I found. Splicing the Nascar firewall into the Lincoln's should gain me transmission clearance. The rear axle will need to be narrowed slightly. The wheels fit inside the body now, but there is no sidewall clearance. I thought about widening the rear fenders a touch but I want to be able to keep the stock chrome rear bumper. I'm worried those Goodyear Racing Eagles are going to look HUGE on this car, so getting it to sit low is a must...

Your work on this is fantastic! Lovin' the stance you've got on this car.

I think this is going to be pretty cool!

Yeah, the more I look at it, the more I think I could shorten and narrow the Nascar chassis to fit under there... that would certainly be less work.

I'll go as far as adding a wired distributor or maybe a fuel line to a carb, but that's the extent of it for me. More than that and the fun factor drops out of sight for me. I'll maybe spend some time trying to make the car appear a little bit more realistic- like side windows when none are included or my new favourite, tire and head light detailing. I'm too cheap to spend much money so I like to try and figure out how to do the extra without spending extra... I've been a body and paint guy for over 30 years, so exterior appeal does it for me. Kudos to those that go the extra mile. There are some truly talented folks here!

I bought a couple built Nascar racers a while back and have been wondering what to do with them. They're 1/24 scale, most every other kit i have is 1/25... I've got this '48 Lincoln in my stash. Possibly big enough to not look like Baby Hughie in a diaper... I'd like to use the whole Nascar front clip, engine and drivetrain and rear suspension. Think I'll have to build a frame from the cowl back or come up with some bastardization of both car's chassis'. I'm thinking along the lines of an interior that looks like a race car, yet has some luxury to it. The interior in the Lindberg kit is pretty iffy. Maybe a single roll bar, not a cage as I'd like to try and keep the Lincoln-look as much as possible. Maybe even keep the skirts... ? Comments?

Slow progress, but still progress... Had a tough time getting the interior tub to fit nicely - the side glass and windshield added to much bulk, keeping the tub from fitting properly. Instead of pitching the whole thing against the wall in frustration, I put it aside for a week. Popped the glass out, trimmed the bottom edges quite a bit and got things better... Then found the chassis is malformed a bit, requiring an added member to hold the rear in place while the front was clamped and glued into place. Knocked the tach off of the dash while the clamping was going on... going to be tough getting it back into place. The stance looks just about perfect to me. Just what a strip warrior should sit like.

Foiled again!

The T/A looks fantastic, as does the Swinger on the spit. I've been in the resto end of bodywork for close to 30 years and the underside of that A bod is simply beautiful!

I made template and tried a few different things but I kind of had my heart set on a floating center bar. I thought about using the filter cloth out of a paint strainer, but it was pretty floppy and I would need to build some kind of frame for it - like the surround you mention - so I bailed on that plan. Largely because the body was all ready painted. Next time I'll plan everything out first, before rushing to pick up the spray gun. I'm not sure what a smaller opening would look like. The Ford is so block-ish looking from the front, i think the large opening is almost a requisite. Thank you for the comments. I enjoy your custom work and ideas! I've got another of the same kit... maybe it'll end up as a custom as well.

A Super Nice job!

Probably because I glued them shut... I fiddled with them and looked at some built versions and didn't like what I saw, so I went the Bo and Luke Duke way...

Craig, that was my first plan, but it looked REALLY big, and, well... it looked like door screen.

Sydney. Sydney Forks, to more precise. Years ago, back home we had some neighbours from Windsor. Skelhorn was the last name... super people!