keviiin86

Pretty cool to see what you have going on here, considering I'm building a late 70s-80s era bracket car 57 corvette also. It'll be a race to see who finishes first haha. In all honesty though I work pretty slow and take plenty of breaks lol.

Paint is finished to my liking. Had to strip and repaint and clear the hood after having some reaction with the metallic in the paint and clear coat. Used rustoleum clear and lightly sanded and buffed a few spots.

Haha chips! I remember that episode.

Got some paint on it last night, came out fairly smooth, got a couple small pieces of lint/dirt in the paint that ill have to knock down with some fine grit paper then shoot some clear on it. Not bad though for a rattle can job. Paint is GM mystic teal automotive touch up that I had mixed up in a spray can.

I was curious which headers came in this kit but I guess you answered my question with that bag stating "dave strickler headers". I noticed in another mobius mopar kit they had those oddball super long primary headers, guessing this kit has the same ones.

Thanks! It's coming together..got the body in primer and had to do another mock up for motivation, cause why not lol.

Got the roll bar in place where I want it with the rear down bars, drilled through the convertible top deck lid for them to pass through and made sure the hard top will still fit. It will be a challenge to attach the rear bars and paint them once the rest is in paint though as it'll have to go together in a certain sequence.

Started fitting the roll bar and the convertible hard top.

I think I got those from iceman collections..I've seen a few 3D resin companies make them, but these looked the most accurate to me.

Yeah I was kinda surprised and happy with the result lol, it would work nicely for a "splatter paint" trunk floor also.

If you're looking for some solder/wire that's in scale for header primary tube diameter..try going to michaels in the jewelry section, they have several different diameters of aluminum wire..I bought the largest diameter stuff they have and I'd say it's close to 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" diameter in 1:1.

Thanks, I painted it flat black then misted some gray primer over it.

Little more progress, painted the chassis and floor pan. Also put together a resin/photo etched dominator from futur attraction and painted it..I think the dominator suits the engine better.

Got the engine painted and mostly put together, haven't decided if I'll use this carb or maybe a dominator.

After looking at the old completed model I realized the engine seems to sit way too far forward..in 1:1 scale it would be about 8-10" probably from the firewall to the back of the block which just looks goofy to me. So I added some mounts to move the engine back closer to the firewall. Also attached the scoop and did some seam filling on the body..about ready for primer.

Thank you!

Thanks! Just kind of winging it so far, I have a vision of how I want it to look but luckily don't have to replicate a specific car. Just going for a basic late 70s bracket car.

Eh not worried about it, I've read some posts about how it will chip easily from metal if not cured fully..but these won't be handled much at all. This stuff dries almost immediately..it was dry to the touch within a minute probably. I did a couple thin coats.

Painted the wheels with VHT high temp silver caliper paint, and detailed them a bit, pretty happy how they turned out. Then mocked up the car again and sat the grump lump scoop on the hood to see how it would look..so far I'm liking it.

Got the trans cut off and put on a resin th400..also played around with some other front tires I have that are a bit taller and fit better with these wheels..I really tend to over think everything which really drags out the build lol..oh well baby steps.

thanks! I'll probably re-shoot it or use another body I have to get rid of the parting lines and emblems I initially didn't bother removing. Still sticking with the green though as I love the color (actually GM mystic teal metallic).

Oh ok thanks..they just have that perfect size and sidewall that I usually look for lol

Extremely clean! It's got the prefect stance and look, love it!

really nice! Did you sand down the bel air trim on the sides? Always wanted to do a 210 build but that seems difficult to get rid of all that trim on the 1/4s.

Do you recall which ebay seller makes the tires?