Raul_Perez

Very nice work!! I always liked that body style. Is there an engine, or is this a curbside kit? Can you get a close-up picture of the interior? Thanks for sharing,

Very nice!! Sometimes even the snap kits can look pretty good with a nice paint job and some exterior detail work. Later,

Yeah...design-wise, the air pump is too close to the exhaust pipe, (even after trimming the mounting flange a bit), and the air reservior tank rubs on the muffler. But, by the time I realized the problems, (which was after all of the parts were painted ), I decided to leave everything as designed. Ideally, the exhaust pipes and the mufflers could have been moved closer to the center of the chassis. Other than that, everything went together pretty well. Later,

Thanks, Bernard!! Hmmm...modern chassis, a killer ZR-1 engine, big 'n littles...what will it fit under? I don't know either, but I will tell you that the center-to-center measurement for the axles is 4.55 inches. Later,

GREAT pics!! Thanks for sharing, Gregg!!

It looks like you're off to another GREAT start, Jeff!! I had a '67 SS, maroon with a black vinyl top, black interior with white stripes around the seats. Keep up the awesome work!! Later.

Thanks, guys!! I finally got the engine and chassis painted and assembled. It's Testors Honduras Maroon spray can lacquer, (the same color I painted my '58 Impala a couple of years ago). The air pump, reservior and airbags for the suspension have been plumbed with black elastic cord from Michaels. The brake lines have also been plumbed with the same elastic cord, but to distinguish them from the air lines, I added small pieces of aluminum tubing where the line enters the frame to represent the fittings that attach the steel lines to the rubber hoses. With the chassis mostly complete, I can now focus on finishing the bodywork and paint. Later,

Those wheels are AWESOME!! It would be a shame to have to put those 2 piece tires on them!! What are the diameters and widths (front and rear) of what you need? Later,

Thanks, guys!! I painted all of the engine and chassis components today. I'll get some pics posted tomorrow of the assembled chassis. Later,

Steve, What parts are you looking for? Later,

It has been a while, but I finally got around to working on this one again. To better see the really nice interior panels and parts that come in this kit, I opened up the rear side windows. Then it was time to figure out what to do about the wheels. I was a bit surprised to find that the tires for the WagonRod are exactly the same one that come with AMT's Prowler. Though I really liked Jarius' artwork with the 3 spoke wheels from the Pontiac Banshee, I want to build my Banshee some day. With that, I decided to use the 5 spoke wheels from the Prowler. Though the tires are the same between the WagonRod and the Prowler, it took a bit a work to get the wheels from the Prowler mounted onto the axles from the WagonRod. For the rear, I also added larger, drilled rotors from Pegasus. The stock rotors from the kit looked way too small behind those big 5 spoke wheels. I was a bit disappointed to find that the Pegasus rotors were too big for the front wheels, so I stayed with the stock ones from the kit in the front. Here you can see the pieces of aluminum tubing that were added to the front and rear axles and front wheels that were needed to mount the Prowler wheels to the WagonRod axles. Tomorrow I'll figure out the tail lights (there are non in the kit) and start getting this one primed. From there the paint and assembly work should go pretty quick... Later,

Sounds good to me, Steve. I'm home today nursing a kidney stone or two "down the chute"...so I'm doing a bit of the same... Later,

Steve, Your mixing of the Model King Willys pickup with the Revell coupe reminds me of the one I built in '08. I squeezed all of the chassis and engine parts from the Revell Stone, Woods Cook Willys coupe under the Model King pickup body. Here's the links, if you're interested in looking at the other pics... Workbench: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9036 Under Glass: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10176 Yours is looking GREAT!! Later,

The yellow frame with the cream colored body looks GREAT!! The decal colors go well with the tinted glass and the seat. Keep up the GREAT work!! Later,

Thanks for the extra pics!! The detail work is awesome!! Thanks for sharing,

Thanks for the extra pics!! I would leave it as is...it looks GREAT!! Thanks for sharing,

Extremely realistic looking!! Another awesome build!! Later,

Very nice build!! Can we gat a better shot of the grille? Thanks,

Very nicely done!! All of the details really add to the realism of the build. Thanks for sharing,

Alyn, I would say that this one deserves a diorama base to set it on!! All the weathering you've done needs a good platform to showcase the build. Later,

You just can't beat the look of the 409 when it comes to vintage engines!! That unique head and valve cover shape just screams HOTROD!! Keep up the GREAT work, Neal!! Later,

Now I know you have elves helping you!! In the little bit of time it took you to get this one built since the NNL West, I've barely had time to sit back down at the bench and get back on track with either of my two builds!! I can't wait to see it tomorrow at the Stockton show!! It looks awesome!! Later,

That looks really good, my old friend!! I just may have to get me one of them there big scale kits and try my luck at building one, too!! Later,

Alyn, I'm glad to see that you're still working on this one!! The frame and suspension mods look GREAT!! Keep going!! Later,

Yeah...the tragedy!! But, I really do want the Salt Shaker. Oh well, I guess that I'll just have to keep looking... WOW!! I'm so old!! I remember Sherman, Mr. Peabody and the time machine like it was yesterday!! Later,