lowriderphil

trunk setup is done engine done belly stance

small update, modelhaus shipped my bumpers out on tuesday, clear coat has been applyed and polished. The only things left are the interior and some minor tidbits here and there before final assembly so I should be right on track to finish by the end of the month. I'll get some pics up soon as I clean of my workbench. Phil

well, I guess I in the same boat you are, This will be my first trip up there, and dangit I can't wait

that was my thought too

so here's my labor day update. foiled this yacht took nearly a half sheet, gonna clear it later today. I haven't decided if I want to add a lip or not to the rims, if I do they will be orange like the body phil

oncei sprayed the orange i had a change of heart on the two tone idea

thought I'd post these up before I go out for my birthday tonight. I decided to go with an engine driven compressor for a cleaner look

gotta basecoat of metalspeks silver layed down, hope to spray the orange by the end of the week

well, I have made some progress but my pc crashed and I can upload pics to my laptop so I'll try to get the pc fixed soon. Anyway, the hood and trunk are now hinged and working, I have built a set of airbags, and robbed an engine from a 69 torino for it. I will be ordering my bumppers over the weekend from modelhaus so that they will be here in time. Just need to do a little more wetsanding on the primer and I am finally ready for paint. Phil

new idea for rolling stock I'm really feeling the first set

###### I wish I could paint that good, I'm loving that 63 impala

I bought this as an unpainted built up along with a 63. I believe these to be old amt? annuals, I know Ron Hamilton is the man to ask, but I believe they made all of the ones from the 60s that had suicide doors

front bags mock up I was digging through my box of wheels and came across some 19" wires, so now I'm not sure which way I wanna go or I'm leaning towards either bahama blue over silver or a two tone black and metallic orange cut along the body line just below the door handles thanks for looking, Phil

Been awhile but I finally have some updates to show. trunk layout, will be flocked with black when completed custom made wheel wells to fit the bigger rims thinking about suiciding the trunk to flow with the hood

made some progress tonight. interior bucket has been modified to fit the catalina's chassis plate. the wheel wells will need modifications later on. scratch built an air tank. digging thru the parts bin I found an moon tank from an old 55 chevy kit. cut the ends off and added a length of 1/4" diameter tube and you get a scale 20 gallon tank, lets remember this is a big boat here, well that's all for tonight phil

Well here's my build, 67 Continental. I have new chrome on order from modelhaus. Gonna have a pair of compressors with a giant air tank. (does anyone remember who sells compressors?) I know this car was a unibody vehicle but it has so little detail I decided to go with a full frame from a 62 catalina 22's more to come as work progresses, this will be getting all of my focus over the next two months to make sure its done on time. Phil

Well, its actually a for a friend but I thought I'd check first. He already has it planned out if he needs to scratchbuild it. last year he built a 57 nomad replica that had a flip nose and was shortened 2 scale feet for a fellow car club member

does anyone make one? need one for a commission build. the real car has about a 4-6 inch cowl hood on it

looking good. Are you sure its not a 74?

yeah the one good thing about hanging it upside down is if you don't have a spray booth it keeps the dust off the wet paint

they'd work great. yeah I remember you, you used to have the 70 sumthing rivi right? Anything you might need so we could make it an even trade?

are using the kit with the two plastic bottles or the one with the spray can and small tin can? I have the later of the two but have had issues with it, mainly because it want's me to dilute part two (small tin can) with water

I'm sorry, their made by pegasus for thier wire wheels. Their designed to look like the old premium sportway 5.20 series the lowriders used to roll on in the 70s

they look dead on. If they will slip in a set of 5.20s I'm ready to rock. I'm using the revell donk. I think I'll be pulling the engine from a 78 elco kit