CabDriver

You’ve been busy with the primer lately huh? ?. Can’t wait to see paint on this one ???

A little more progress this morning - I wanted to use the stock radiator, but the support didn’t line up nicely with the new inner wings that I had made - I wanted it all to be level and even and nice and clean looking. I sliced the edges of the stock support off, leaving just the rad itself, and make a new support assembly from styrene strip and square bar: I spotted these little split-pins (intended for scrapbooking, I think) in the clearance rack in Michael’s last weekend, and for a quarter I figured I’d find a use for them - I think if I strip the anodizing off they’ll make a nice looking metal cap for radiators, oil tanks, gas tanks etc. Not sure what will strip the coating off just yet - tried some industrial bleach which doesn’t seem to be touching them, and the Purple Pond didn’t make an impact either...any ideas anyone? Anyhoo, bright red radiator cap aside I’m pleased with how this looks in the newly cleaned-up engine bay: Next job is to tackle the windshield, seeing as I chopped that frame up and messed with it ??. More soon!

Thanks buddy!

According to the various cat age calculators I found online he’s between 13 and 25 in human years - I guess he’s old enough to start building! How about a Jaguar? ?

Wait - will this be an Impa-loader? ?

The thread was titled PET peeves ?‍♂️?

I hate when Mr Chips questions my styling choices. The box clearly says ages 6 or over and he’s only 2, so I’m not listening to any of his nonsense about I shouldn’t have frenched the headlights and how a Winfield fade would look better than what I had in mind

Haha - I was thinking of what to do with one of these today...and all I could think of all day was how cool an ImpaLOW would be! I figured that name was probably taken though... I’ll be watching!

I really should have a look in the box - I’ve been working on these few little bits for a couple of weeks and haven’t even opened the box since new year ? I’m pleased with how the engine bay is going to look though - I won’t be using the kit radiator but it’ll look roughly like this, all together: Super clean! ?

Looks like these will be around the $25-a-piece mark from the couple of places listing them for pre-order, for anyone else who’d been wondering

Amazing - I wasn’t sure of the rough schedules that they run on, so your knowledge is appreciated! Thanks Tim!

Speaking of the grill, I removed the top and bottom bars and recessed it inside the opening - I wanted to keep that big center bullet but simplify the design to fit the theme I’m doing with here: Ive really gotta put some primer on this thing, it’s driving me nuts seeing all those different colors ? Continuing backwards, I wanted to clean up these inner arches: I wanted to retain the general shape of them but have them extend to meet the firewall and cover some of those lumps and bumps and whatever that hose is on the drivers side there (fresh air intake?), so I used some K & S aluminum sheet to make some pieces to level all that out: I’m not sure if they’ll be painted or polished yet...can’t quite decide! I think the next thing to tackle is a matching firewall too, and then I can get the radiator in there and blend THAT into these arches. More soon!

Wow! That’s really different! Very imaginative!

Good tip! Thank you! I actually had an idea on how to modify the stock one...removed the top and bottom bars and attached it to the radiator support with some hidden locating pins to make it look like it’s floating (kinda)...just messing with it now - I’ll post pics in a sec here!

Oh wow, that looks killer! Is it going to stay in primer or do you have a body color in mind? The extra detail that you’ve added makes a big difference!

Did a search but didn’t find a topic specifically about this... Im building a 60s (ish) Shoebox Ford from an AMT kit and I’d like to add some nicely detailed windshield wipers...anyone got any suggestions of any kits (or aftermarket sources) where I can find some nice ones? Thanks in advance!

This build is one of my favorites on the site right now - so clean and nicely detailed! Keep up with the updates! ???

As another showrod guy, me too! Long live Round 2! I’m excited to see what the ‘gone forever’ kits are!

Any Coke decals? ?? Jokes aside, I’ll be picking one up - I’m glad to see any of these rod kits get reissued!

⬆️ That’s a cool looking build! I like it!

What a GREAT start! I’ll be following!

I’m excited to see it in color! Bring it on!

Thanks so much Tim! Can’t wait to get my hands on these! How soon is soon? ??

OUTSTANDING!

Got mine today! Thanks Tom! ?