Bucky

That's very cool! Did he do the weathering on the Mercury, too?

Wow! Hook that thing to a dyno, and let's see how many horses it has!

I saw this while searching for something else a few days ago. Pretty nice looking.

I added the flex attachment to mine a few years ago. Makes it sorta like holding a fat pencil. I found I have a little more control than trying to hold the bulky part of the Dremel.

One thing to consider when applying a rotary tool with a grinding bit to plastic....use a very light touch and go slow. You can always take off more...kinda hard to put it back, sometimes! Even setting my Dremel at the lowest RPM, I have to be careful about what I'm grinding on.

I really think you've outdone yourself, this time! If I wasn't such a MOPAR fan, I would have bought a '79 T-bird. As far as Thunderbirds go, this is my 3rd favorite body style, behind the '64-'66, and the '61-'63.

Maybe it hasn't had enuff time to cure! LOL

Thanks, Tom! Kinda crude, right now, but maybe I have enuff time to Git-R-Dun!! LOL

Blame it on "Spellcheck"?

Trial run................

That just helped me decide fully to grab one or two of these!

I have the interior tub pieced together: The black markings show where the inside dimensions were when I started. Much less gap around it, now. And....here's the blank after a few minutes work....

The most dangerous car I owned was a 1979 Pontiac Trans AM, similar to this one: Mine had no decals, and the wheels were trimmed in gold paint accents. It had the 403 OLDS engine. I bought it used, and shudda left it on the lot! The engine had been mildly hot rodded, and it was truly wicked, but it didn't like wet pavement, at all. The first thing that happened after I bought it, was the headliner fell down into my face on a nice little 70MPH drive down the highway one day. Pretty freaky. I ripped it all out and placed it in the nearest garbage receptacle. The heater fan quit, which didn't help defrosting chores any, the passenger door took about fifteen minutes to get it latched, which made me always leery that it might pop open on the highway. The water pump exploded one day on the way to work, and covered the windshield with brown water! Another pretty freaky! The most dangerous thing that happened was in big city driving, at about 45MPH, the master cylinder gave it up. I was coming to a traffic light that was red, and tried to stop, to no avail! I was about twenty feet from the newer Mercedes in front of me when the light turned green. The driver of that car must have seen me coming, because I've never seen a Mercedes burn rubber like that one did! I coasted to a stop, and called the tow truck! The last thing that happened before I traded it off, was the motor mount broke, the engine torque-jumped, pulling the gas line loose, spilling gas onto the exhaust! Pretty freaky! Another tow truck was involved in that! I traded the car off on a Friday....the dealer sold it the next morning....and that Sunday I saw it on a tow truck. The following Monday, I stopped in and inquired about it, and the dealer told me the new owner threw a rod through the block! Pretty freaky, again!! After six months of this adventure, I traded it for a Chevette, and I'm glad I did!! Remind me to tell you all about the other dangerous Pontiac I owned, someday!!

Wicked cool!!! Of course...the white tubes were making a statement!! LOL

No problem. Just like to know what I'm working with. LoL

Right now, I'm drawing a blank! (Yuck, yuck, yuck!!) Seriously, I'm having fun working on this. If I mess up this blank, I have more sheet styrene available! LoL One question I have is, what did you use for filler on the frame rails?

Thanks, fellas!

Thanks, Carl! I had a blast building it!

I cut this blank out of .040" sheet styrene: This will end up being part of the interior when I'm finished......I hope! LOL

This is the Viper interior shell assembled as it comes out of the Viper kit, sitting in the cab of the A-100: As you can see, there is some empty space all around between Viper parts and A-100 parts. I decided to spread things out a bit: I cut along each side of the console, separating into three pieces. Using strip and sheet styrene, I will expand the interior into a wider piece to take up some of the space in the cab: This is just an experimental mockup at the moment.

Plus the possibility that old photo links may be broken.

I like this. I have a couple in the stash, and was needing some ideas!

Well done, times two!!

I'm still here, looking in! LoL

Grille looks good!! Also, looks a bit tedious!! LOL