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yup, basically straight out of the box... spray on a test piece to make sure the pattern is okay, then on to the model. I have shot urethane clear, nail polish and base coat out of it with no issues. As for distance, that depends on the material being sprayed really... but about the same as a rattle can. This was painted with it... nail polish base, and clear. (obviously it was wet sanded and buffed... but not as much as you would think) Straight out of the gun.

I know you said no spray equipment... but this is my personal favorite harbor freight item. http://www.harborfreight.com/air-tools/paint/adjustable-detail-spray-gun-92126.html I use this for all my overall finishes... and clears.. Larger spray pattern than an airbrush, and smaller than a rattle can... perfect for 1/24-1/25 scale stuff. in my opinion. you can get them for 10.00 with a coupon

Amazing Job Geoff, very nice, crisp and clean model.... I had the pleasure of working on a 1:1 on of these a few years back, very interesting cars.

awesome build!!!

Thanks guys!! At this time, im not going to try and sell them, the consistency isn't quite there yet. I have to print 4 or 5 pieces to get a good one(at about an hour print time), and even that good one still requires a lot of hand work to be up to my standards. Once i get past this project, I may circle back and refine my 3d model enough to put up on shapeways to help out my fellow neon and turbo dodge guys. That wont be till the summer tho, up until march 20th all my modeling energy is going into this bad boy. Totally redid the airdam/splitter last night... squared it off some more, and didnt try to follow the curved valence like the first attempt. Much better in my opinion. Oh and i filled the hood to make it a flat piece... turbo nostril still on the way. Then I started in on the engine compartment, and tube front section... need to work out the upper control arm, coil-over and radiator mounts as well as tying it all together.

Thanks guys! Actually as of now... I'm going to use a transparent blue on the rings and a gun metal silver on the centers... at least that's the plan for right now now. Made some progress on the chassis, and aero elements over the past weekend.. Im trying to get all this body work roughed out before I start painting anything. Finalized the mounting points for the lower IRS, and created the base plate for the diffuser. Once I had that base plate, i drew up all the pieces in illustrator and sent them to the cutter. some minor modifications here and there and I had a diffuser... Filled/primed and test fit Then i started on the front end, intercooler mounting. Mounting posts for the splitter. Splitter installed Then finally filling in the area with some sytrene.... It still looks a bit funky, but the bones are there, going to add some other elements to fill it out some.

Thank you all for the positive feed back and following along! hahaha.. You got it right now... probably doesn't help that we are both building Cudas Thank you Tim! I'm a huge fan of what you are doing on that henryJ, hopefully I can pull off a fraction of that coolness on this build. Thank you for the inspiration. Much more success last night in the workshop! All 4 wheels done!

Outstanding! it looks great, cant wait to see this in person.. for what its worth, my vote is for the middle paint scheme

oh man... how can this keep getting better every time I look? Great work Tim! Thanks for bringing us on this crazy ride.

Outstanding work!

Thanks Joe, Richard , Andy and Robert... its getting there... Nice to see the vision come to life. Started on the custom wheels last night, had some lathe issues.... Well, I had some issues the lathe is quite fine. Just realized I need some more cutters and tools to do this efficiently. But after ruining lots of things, I think i know what went wrong and I was able to salvage one rear rim..

Thank you jeff! Made some weekend progress.. Made the tubes for the intake, and then made the fuel injectors out of some brass tube and piano wire. Then I made the fuel rail, as well as the rest of the timing belt drive system. Finally I got all four flares shaped and permanently attached to the body... then ground out the backside to make room for the tires. The tires are from the tamiya Porsche 959 and the wheels are Aoshima ones..I will be making custom lips out of aluminum.

Thank you all for the comments and following along... This build is definitely a learning process for me, between the 3d printer, the cutter, and now the lathe I am trying something new every time I venture into my model shop. Which makes this one extra exciting for me. Over the last couple days I made a ton of metal shavings and scraps, 2 wastegates (first one was too big) , and the timing belt drive. I can honestly say at this point i love having the lathe...I went "cheap" on this with the harbor freight one, while granted its not as nice as the Sherlines, its getting the job done.. and for how often its used I could better justify the harbor freight price. Still need to get some other tools and bits for it, but its more accurate than I expected, time will tell on the durability side. Wastegates: Next up was the intake, I wanted something like this.. So i modeled it up in the 3d program, and sent it off to the printer. To me, shapes like this play more into the 3d printers strengths, something that would take a long time to accurately scratch build.. or carve out of a block of styrene. I then scratchbuilt the intake runners and plate.. The intake runners in the photo are the position posts, they will get some sleeves overthem to increase the diameter, and provide a location for the injectors. Intake and belt drive mocked up in place: Aluminum is on the way for the wheels...excited to get some paint on this engine soon.

Flathead with a duesenberg supercharger mounted on the front. And a fuelie hemi.

So big update here... I realized I am shooting for a march deadline on this bad boy, so i better get moving. Finally had some success printing ABS on my printer, this material sands/drills so much cleaner and easier... it also printed much "crisper" once I got things dialed in. again... not perfect but definitely workable... these are the prints straight off the printer. once i had a good block and head for mockup, I started working out the mounting and accessories. MAD resin 6-speed transmission mates up pretty nice, Im still going to make an adapter plate for this because the 1:1 engine would not bolt up to the T-56 Scratched the turbo manifold and turbo. 3/32 aluminum rod wrapped around some tube used a tyco HO slot car pinon as a turbo impeller Added some more detail to the turbo, band clamps and flanges.. turned cam gears on the lathe, and cut the exhaust manifold flange on the cutter. Picked up an Aoshima Liberty Walk Skyline and pilfered the flares off it. This kit:http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-No-04-Works-Hakosuka-Aoshima/dp/B00Z8G1QWW/ref=sr_1_5?srs=7759734011&ie=UTF8&qid=1451916066&sr=8-5&keywords=works Finally I decided on color the option... Pearl gray with gunmetal/candy blue wheels similar to whats below. Still a fair amount of carbon fiber, but keeping with modern mopar blue/gray color scheme just feels right.

Looks great bud! Cant wait to see it in person.

Look... I understand the apprehension to this brand due to their clientele, some builds, and general brand image. However, they are a major player in the automotive aftermarket industry... If you have seen their presence at SEMA its all about education, they have stations set up so you can work with their employees to airbrush, upholster, fit body-kits, check tire fitment... Take that attitude, mix it with desirable mainstream "celebrity" vehicles for the younger crowd, add in some plastic... and I think revell could be onto something pretty decent to draw a younger demographic. Sadly, 13-18 year olds dont know who barris, watson, windfield or roth are anymore... they know kardasian, beiber, drake and 50cent... and these guys make their cars... At the heart of it all its just nice to see a model company partnering with true car guys and company's again... and yeah no real body mods other than it being a 2 door charger...

very nice jim! the metal flake is perfect! great work!

amazing work! your weathering is exceptional.

So cool to see the 3d model of this.. Thank you Dave for yet another great kit. I know I asked Santa for a few of these, I see lots of 60's customs in our future.

hello terry! welcome! There is a show in your area next year. I came down last year and it was a very good show, and a very good time. Definitely worth checking out. Here is some info.. http://scaledworld.net/event/6th-annual-buckeye-classic

Thanks James! That is my next section to tackle. I want to extend it a bit, then make an area for a diffuser with dual center exit exhaust. At least that is the plan for now thank you wayne! im trying to keep it clean.. minimal filler

Thanks guys! so far im happy with the proportions.. should be a unique vehicle when complete. I agree on this, its not really my thing either... probably why I haven't even mocked them up yet. From some angles they make the 1:1 car look like a blimp/foot... not flattering. I asked Santa for a lathe so I can start making some wheels, and if that happens the last thing I will want to do is cover those up.. At some point ill probably try something a bit different up front so I can try to keep the "streamliner" look.. but if its doesn't work.. we may just have a custom here.

Thank you guys for the interest! The spoon is an old trick I picked up in school.. I had a professor that was obsessed with using them for different things on prototypes. To the point we did a study on the different brands and shapes... The Wendy's ones are a great shape, more elongated and my particular favorite.. here is a peek at my weekend progress... Got the hood/grille and hood sides complete.. Lots of cutting and splicing. But it's all connected.

So here is my next one... I saw the Rob Ida 1939 Mercury custom at SEMA and I was completely amazed by it. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/11/06/rob-ida-built-1940-merc-takes-sema-best-of-show-trophy-from-ford/ To the point of spending quite awhile drooling over all the details, then instagram stalking the build photos. The style, engineering and innovation on this thing amazed me. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, please do... a piece of art work, that just happens to be a car. My plan is to build a vehicle inspired by this one... taking the performance up a notch while still having that art deco / streamliner style. Starting with the revell 40 ford 5-window and giving it a laid back chop... im going to keep this a 5 window unlike the inspiration car.. (think matranga 40 merc or hirohata merc) once the chop was flushed out i started on the fenders, i like the profile and style of the 37 ford fenders... plus the peak on the top plays perfectly into the vision in my head. So i adapted the 1/24 37 ford sedan front fenders, the extra width from the scale difference was a help. This is going to have nice fat tires with wide whites all around, a little trick I have in store later. Then the rear fender work started... using the 40 fenders as a base, cut down, then extended with my favorite scratch building tool Wendy's Spoons! Here it sits as of last night with some rough mockup skirts... lots of work to go.. but it feels like a solid start.