R. Thorne

Sanded off the rear tires, then put some Tamiya putty on as there was some pretty deep gouges. While that was drying, I put some ink over the Tamiya panel wash. Looks better.

Sweet headers. One of my least favorite things to do. What did you paint the carbs with? I like the TS30 for afb’s.

Sometimes, inexplicable things can be attributed to the Green Eyed Monster.

Thanks, Chris. Forgot to post some pics of Norm’s car.

Thank you, gentlemen. Both are viable options. I am going to check tomorrow with Greg Wann on his Facebook group. As of a year ago, he supplied the correct hood and scoops in 1/24 scale. Thanks again. I do appreciate your replies.

Well, Christmas came a couple of days late. Got the kit and missing link hood today. I assume this hood is for a 1/25 kit as it is considerably narrower and shorter. SMH also sells a resin hood, but I don’t know the size of it. Undecided now whether to modify it or try the Southern Motorsports Hobby hood. Anyone have any suggestions?

Made a tire holder out of a gundam marker and some masking tape, shot some primer to show how awful they look, then some Mr. Dissolved putty. Painted the backing plates, traction bars, and bumper extension.

Due to my crummy casting job, considerable clean up required on one side of the tires. I use this expandable rubber plug most of the time. I noticed the Tamiya wash was extremely thin, so stirred it up with a piece of wood and gave it a turn on my paint shaker. Much better.

After a 6 month hiatus from this build, spent some time reorienting myself with what needs to be done. Fender well headers should be here soon. Got the 7” slicks out that I cast a while back. They will require some cleanup and painting.

Back on this one. I have to spend a fair amount of time in my son’s room. He is bedridden with serious TBI, hemiplegic, tube fed, doesn’t talk, etc. I have taken care of him for 20 years (since he was 17). Any way, this is my portable work shop that I place on my rolling shelf so I can work in his room. It is amazing how many tools I can cram on this apparatus. Took the shifter from the 62 Pontiac kit I just finished, drilled a hole with my drill bit set, blackened the shifter boot with the brush type end on my new acrylic marker (how did I survive without those?). Put one coat of Tamiya black wash on the grill. Will let that dry, then give it another coat.

Thanks, guys. Tach came from MCV Products

Nice Poncho and a stick shift, too.

Thanks, guys. Merry Christmas!

I will use the Revell kit and an aftermarket hood with the dual formula type scoops.

Built this to approximate Norm Warling’s car. Added tach, roll bar, shifter, turbo 200 trans, 68 Firebird headers, aftermarket AFB carbs, hood scoop, reinforced rear control arms, side windows, no primer just Tamiya TS black paint, aftermarket wheels sprayed with Revell chrome paint, cast scratch built front tires and Hasegawa chrome trim. Further details are in the WIP thread. Comments, questions, criticisms are always welcomed and encouraged.

Needs a good dust off and maybe a polishing, but you gotta stop sometimes. Assembled with the usual quirks that comes from changing even minor stuff. CA gold stuff and accelerator are my friends. More pics in the finished section. Learned a little, now on to the next one.

Ordered the kit and hood yesterday. Scott Burton’s car will be used as a guide. Not a replica of his, however. I am thinking candyapple red for the color. Unsure of wheels.

Finally got the numbers/letters on the side windows. On individual decals like these, I had forgotten to soak each one on a paper towel to remove excess liquid, until I was about halfway through. Keeps the decal more stabil on the window to position it easier.

Looks similar to the real thing.

Cut some .010”x.030” pieces, stuck them side by side onto a piece of double back tape. Tried a couple types of foil on them, but ended up with some Flysea instead and “taped” them on to the windows. Now, it is on to some class designations.

Another burnout. Had to gather some sanity and built a quickie and cheap P-51 airplane for diversion. Shot some ts30 Tamiya on it and used the new acrylic markers for all other painting. Now I am back on the 62 Pontiac.

Thank you, Tony. I keep plugging. Gonna use some .010”x.030” for the posts after installing the windows. Taped the windows in, then applied super glue. Used Gold super glue, kicker, and the Glue Loopers to put the windows on. So far, so good. Gonna let it dry and came up with a different way to mount the separators. Tackle that tomorrow.

Got her shined up and some windows cut out. Done for the day.

Finished roll bar, installed scratch built head rest, used some novus to remove some spots on body. Succeeded in knocking off rear view mirror, one front fender chrome spear, and removing chrome from door handles (sigh…).

I am on the fence right now on that issue. If I do the vent windows, I will do the front and rear windows also, and make a chrome window separator, too. This would also allow placement of the class designations. Got a little more done today. Tailights and parking lights, radiator hoses,white acrylic marker on the dome light, battery, aftermarket dual master cylinder, silver acrylic marker touched up with black acrylic marker on door handles. Next to last pic shows the flatness of the marker on the radiator support. Finally, installed the chassis to set the roll bar height and super glued in place. Installed the master cylinder with super glue on the firewall and kicker on the master cylinder, making for an almost instant bond.