RadRidesByDan

WOW! I swear you had adjusted the heigth.....I dont remember the kit suspension being set for the 2500 series. Either way my friend.....excellent conversion build....truck looks sharpe

Very nice color choice set the car really nice, subtle and classy. Excellent build

Thanks George53

Nice clean build....how many scale inches did you have to raise the suspension from the to get it to the right ridng heigth?

Nice clean reproduction or the 1:1 excellent attention to the detail.

When I get back from holidays I will get the interior pics for you. As for the wires. I left them pf to be able to display the model like the real car was at one point in time with the body on a rotissorie and the frame beside it. thanks for looking

This is a build that was based on a real 55 Nomad that was pictured in SuperRod magazine years ago. It took me 14 months to complete this build. The chassis is scratchbuilt from 63 pieces of plastic rod rectangular and round and 2 pieces of aluminum rod. The suspension was donated from late corvette and the motor and tranny from the 39 WagonRod kit. All aluminum pullies and the brackets for the A/C and alternator were all scratchbuilt. The 15 inch brakes are from MCG and the 20 wheel & tires from hoppin hydro's. The chassis took me 110 hours to build not counting paint and drivetrain. The interior is also all scratchbuilt including full width floor board to fit the new chassis. The windshield has been raked back by grafting the rear glass from a 67 Nova II including the posts and cowl. The rear tail lights were laid forwrd and were made out of a 93 cent clear red toothbrush handle that was cut, carved and polished. Paint is PPG Cobalt Blue Pearl and Base white for the roof. The last picture shows the real car from the magazine with the model chassis sitting on top. Thanks for looking

The detailing and scratchbuilding is just NUTS....WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!

Not that I want to pick just one but that Blue Angel NASCAR is my favorite out of the ones you have posted. 2Thumbs up

Nothing wrong with that.....it looks like it came right out of the box that way. Nice work

Excellent build my friend, what a way to make an entrance. Thew detail is very well executed. Top notch.

Welcome aboard to a great place of plastic fenoms, They even have a section for devoted to NASCAR builds of all era's. Hope to see some of your builds soon. RadRidesByDan

Very nice, nice work on merging old body with new drive train. What wheels do you have on the Stang? great job

As my Brutha in Plastic and Paint already has said....Welcome to the plastic sanitarium. Keep on posting .....most of us cant read.... ....we'z all like to look at pictures

You are going to love that CityLiner....Lots of parts and lots pf potential. That was my last purchase for this month as well......And Oh Yeah....That box is HUGE

HO HO HO Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years and Happy Holidays to one and all on the forum and thier families. may all the wishes come true (especially the FUN wish) and may you all be safe. Please .... no drinking and driving, Im sure as a forum, we'd all hate to lose a member(friend). Enjoy

Here ia a link to a long list of resin companies that may have something Hope this helps http://www.rocketfin.com/model_car_links.html Bear

I get paid $37,853 for teaching and undoing what most parents have screwed up and cant get a grip on these days. Which is far less than what the job is worth....and guess what Im unionized. the same twits that f***ed me over in my contract so that they can get the collective agreement bonus they were promised by the board. So dont even go there. The Auto factory worker salary is what....average $43,000.00 year....if you want to argue about states..... here is a link.... http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search...o+Manufacturing Bailout for Automakers The folks looking for the money are pinning their failures upon the "credit industry failures". Yet in 2007, the CEOs of the US Automobile Manufacturers earned upwards of $12 million in bonuses above their salaries. Bonuses for failure - and the Credit Industry is to blame? There is no indication of change or admission that they have been and continue to squander what money they have. Before one cent of my children's and grandchildren's income is mortgaged for the billions necessary to help the auto industry our lawmakers should make certain that a restructuring of salaries and retirement benefits is in the hands of the People. That would be the prerequisite. These folks should not be on the breadline with their hands out to retire in a way that the folks who are bailing them out cannot be. They must be willing to give it back, take living salaries, not excessive ones, and forego the bonuses for executives. Instead we hear how the "Average hourly salary of a UAW worker is $74. vs. the average hourly salary of a Japaness Auto Manufacturer in the US at $48". Are our lawmakers serious? Not only will the bailout come from the sweat of the American worker, but they want the ones who are making the least to GIVE BACK? By the way. Those AVERAGE hourly wage rates are meaningless. They are top heavy. The average UAW worker on the assembly line makes about $57,000 a year, with any available overtime and before taxes. Are the folks that represent us going to sell our futures to help an industry who refuses to be restructured before one cent is loaned to them or worse, granted to them? Chrysler is on the breadline for the second time. The first time, the bonds were all paid back. But Chrysler also "paid back" the US citizens who bailed them out by building the then largest automobile manufacturing plant in the world in Mexico and closing plants nationwide in the US. Did they think we'd forgotten? So you know what We cut the UAW out along with the CEOs and executives and lower the cost down....guess what...the big 3 may get the heads out of thier full moos and make a profit.....You want to be greedy ...I dont feel soory for you. If the average is$57000 a year, thats almost $20000 more than what I make with a university degree and the s**t I have to fix

Thats why I said earlier on in this topic....Let them go sink and go bankrupt, get rid of all these snot nose, greedy CEOs and thier right hands who only care about whats in thier pockets, get rid of the UAW, let new management takes over with a brand new plan with the plant workers, to get the companies back on the road to success with the bailout from the government This way here its not a band-aid fix, let people who actually care about the auto industry take over. If I was part of the government and I had some whiney *** CEO threaten me, give me or else....you know how fast that CEO would be told to &&&& off Unbelievable to have stones that big, to actually give an altimatum.

I just spoke with the almighty and he told me as long as I dont add my 2 cents, ill be okay ....but for the rest of you that has put thiers in....youre #$%^&* (as the movie of William wallace and the IRISH) the horse is fine....hes just ducking out of the way so that the rest of the stoogies get hit.

Mine set me back $130.00CAD. ill tell ya...there is lots of parts in that box.....you will have a great gift form your GrandDaughter....lots of potential my friend.

I finally got it today after a long enough wait....now comes the scratchbuilding. Excellent platform for luxury RV's

Thats why the government should of let the 3 sink to the bottom, let them declare bankruptsy and then offer the bail out to the new management to bring the 3 back up, this bailout loan is nothing short but to fill the wrong pockets again. The next year is going to be be what? another $14,000,000,000 or more cause the smae management still couldnt get their heads out of their full moons. I DONT AGREE WITH THIS BAIL OUT LOAN. IT SHOULD OF BEEN GIVEN OUT AFTER THEY WENT UNDER....ALL NEW MANAGEMENT AND NO UAW. BETTER PAY AND BETTER PLANS TO THE ACTUAL WORKERS, BUT NO UNIONS AND NO GREEDY EXECUTIVES WHO CARE ABOUT NOTHING BUT TO LINE THIER POCKETS.

Must be one of the few manufacture defects Im just kidding.....its rare to see one around for that long especially if it has never been cracked open. Nice ride..... should be worth a fortune Bear

WELL SAID HARRYPRI......... I being a newer kid on the block(forum) I was keeping my opinions more politically correct so that I didnt get band form the club Those are some of the same reasons for how I feel. The companies have dug thier own graves....they can lie in them Bear