hotrodmatty

so fast forward a little, and here is the finished product;

Thank you very much. Ive been living out of Oz 10 years now. I had to ship a few bars over to get the colors correct..... and eat the bar of course

Much appreciated. Hard to resist building crazy headers on every build these days...

Appreciate it. The paint was one of the hardest parts but made such a big difference. Glad you enjoy it

Thank you. Appreciate that.

The car has been very well received, taking out Top Judged in the Gasser build-off competition it was built for!! Thanks for all the positive comments guys. I'm still very new to the custom modelling world, so its very encouraging

Alot of painting and detailing lately and some assembly progressing. Scratched out some lexan looking windows front and rear & removed the side windows for the smooth look. Detailed out the trunk with the filler now poking through the bodybetween the lights, and added Indycar spoiler uprights where the rear bumper used to be. Interior has come together nicely with the factory Mustang dash and steering wheel working in with the roll cage work

Alot of finessing the nose cone to smooth out the front end - this kit always seems to look odd when finished. As well as a few other areas of the body - planning not to use the front & rear bumpers

Lot of shaving to the guards and trimming of the chassis, and wanted to incorporate the Mustang dash and steering wheel around the roll cage etc of the NASCAR. Chassis got a textured grey finish, while i went with a red with red candy over it.

Alot of the paint and detailing on the chasis and driveline is done, with one of the first real dummy fitments giving a perspective on how it will sit and look

With the basic chassis lining up, some of the body mods started - cut the trunk out, removed the B pillar, built hood & trunk pin mounts, cut out the vents next to the headlights, cleaned up the front bumper openings, cleaned the rear roll pan up

Something for the purists to hate and custom modelers to enjoy; Combining a Revell Boss 429 Mustang with an AMT Terry Labonte Keloggs Monte Carlo NASCAR, with some inspiration from the Harbinger Mustang. Goal is to make this build NOT look like a NASCAR chassis stuffed into a Mustang shell, but more a modified Mustang by a NASCAR builder or workshop. First step was modifying & assembling the roll cage to work with the Mustang's A & C pillars, as well as the lower roof and slightly shorter nose & tail.

and then all wrapped and and showing off at the local drag meet

For a bit of fun, i built a new parachute mount, used an older school parachute, and wired an opened parachute , which could interchange on the parachute mount.

With the body now on, i quickly fell out of love with the headers, so used some styrene to build a new set of equal length fender pipes, painted in an off-white to suit the Gasser theme. Alot of work to plan the path of the pipes around steering, brakes, chassis, fuel lines etc, the same as a real car. Also added more fuel lines and details to the engine - bent a paper clip and painted with a bronze pen to look like copper etc