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

With the monthly build-off won & done, the body was stripped back down and the necessary body work done to clean up some rough areas. The planned paint & overall theme was in mind from day 1 of the build. After several coats of a highly reflective silver, on went several coats of the transparent violet. the roof was then sanded back and 2 coats of gold flake added, followed by 2 coats of transparent violet again, and some purple pinstripe decals. Then, linking back to the original them after a chocolate bar "Violet Crumble", i hand lettered "Violent Rumble" on the sides. Like the bar, transparent violet over silver foil with honeycomb inside, the Gasser tried to keep the same color theme. And like all good Gassers, needed a cool Gasser name. This was my first candy paint job, and first time hand lettering. Not perfect, bud i thought it came out pretty good. Photo of the paints i used as a reference

Been a while since the last update but will try fill in the details. Since this last post, the chassis & interior were finished, and the car went on to win a Monthly build-off with just a primered body & silver roof (and a few small details) The interior was finished with a few more details than originally planned, but felt they were needed given the "stripped out" theme. Scratch built some window winder mechanisms, retracted side windows, racing belts and buckles, and wired a parachute cable to the rear. Also continued running the fuel lines up to a custom mounted Moon tank (flip front fouled on the original mounted tank). Body in primer was as submitted to the build-off

The blown 429 is not finished, but its getting there. A few more details to add - the belt, fuel lines etc Some progress made on the chassis including running fuel lines from the rear tank up to the Moon tank mounting area. Also made a small radiator and a trunk mounted battery tray, holder, and wiring. Interior progress next

Spent some time on the interior - went with a stripped out and drilled out concept. Made a template from the original pieces, used some imagination to plan out the panel openings and where holes would be drilled, and cut it out of styrene. For the trunk door interior, i cut the original piece. The side panels, dash and roll cage got a few coats of Rustoleum Gold Metallic and clear coats, the folded down rear storage area was painted a Satin Latte, and the floor was meant to get a Rustoleaum Marigold Yellow Gloss, but the spray head went haywire splattering paint all over like a thick dust. Some wet sanding knocked the heads off and gave it textured look like real carpet, so went with it. Dash detailed with a silver strip, the radio has been "drilled out", dashpad mounted tacho with wire, accessory under dash gauges, and a CB radio for keeping tabs on the Po-Po during street racing meets..... Also made up some window winder mechanisms (black). Ill add some winders and handles later from the parts box.

I managed to get the flip front working and everything seems to line up. Very happy for my first ever flip front. I went with some long holes on some styrene, which lets the front move forward and then tilt - tilting alone made the lower portion of the front fenders make contact with the firewall sides, even after narrowing the firewall. The front is held in place with 2 pins - a portion of a large paper clip which is bent at 90 degrees - so that i can remove them and the clip comes off completely. I'll clean up the ends later on. With the hood opening forwards as well, the engine gets presented nicely.

I'm sure many of you have done this many times before, but i tried my hand at testing some Candy Apply paint techniques. I think i've landed on a theme which will define the color. I found some Rustoleum paints locally and am thinking Bright Metallic silver as a base coat, red or purple tinted clear coat, then a clear coat. I tried waiting 10 mins between coats for the test and seems to work ok. If i feel optimistic, i may tape some flames or lace after the silver base coat, add a few layers of the tinted clear coat, then remove the tape and continue with the same color tinted clear coat, to create a ghost flame or ghost pattern look. Any tips about doing Candy Apply paints i should think about or watch out for?

awesome work

Hey all, As a new member, i thought i would document a build i've just started, and plan to finish in the next 3-4 weeks (business travel permitting). The base kit is the Revell '57 Ford Gasser, with some parts modifide, some parts scratch built, and some borrowed from other kits. 1 week in, i've chosen a wheel/tire combo - gasser inspired wheels from the Malco Gasser Mustang, front white walls from a '66 Fairlane MPC stock car kit, and rear Pie-crusts possibly from the Malco also, which are pre printed with detail. The front and rear suspension detailed and complete, to form an anchor point to work the rest of the car out from. I chopped the front clip off (first for me), built a new firewall out of styrene, and built the front engine plate for the Boss motor out of the Revell Motor-City Muscle '70 Boss Mustang kit. Engine has been painted a honeycomb color (will make more sense later in the build progress), added a scratch built intake, '90s funny car supercharger, Detail Master distributor, and parts box mechanical injection and bug catcher.

Hey all, I'm an aussie gear-head, been based in Dubai for work the last 10 years. I usually work on a few real cars i have, but during the desert summers here (52C or 120F temps + 80-90% humidity + sand...) i work on scale models. i try to add custom touches and make parts from scratch where possible, but try at least 1 new technique with every build. A few recently completed or WIPS right now;