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Thank you everyone for the kind comments

This project is done and in the under glass section

Finished this up today. I took different trends from different decades that I liked and threw in some other details as a nod to famous Willys of the past to come up with this final product. The front radius on both front and rear wheel opening were opened slightly, the hood hole filled and a peak carried entire length of hood. Grill from Big John kit. Kit supplied motor with parts box supplied blower scoop & accessory belt. Chassis was narrowed more and parts box supplied the strange rear. Lowered the front approximately 1.5 scale inches. Motor was lowered significantly to clear hood. Wheels from Texas 3d with parts box tires. Reworked kit exhaust. Interior consists of KS Pittman door panels, roll bar and dash. 3d printed shifter. Arm rests from parts box. Duplicolor light blue exterior with 1K clear. Mopar burnt orange interior paint from Herb’s parts for interior. There are more pics in the W.I.P section. Any questions or comments always welcome

I can’t identify what car that is but looks like a lot of work went into it

I checked out that site and wow… it definitely got me thinking for future builds. Absolutely loved it. Thank you for the recommendation!!

I love hearing about racing stories of that era as it was an amazing time for drag racing. The early 60’s through early 70’s in my opinion was the absolute best of the decades. I wasn’t born until mid 70’s so I missed much of it but flipping through my fathers old magazines and listening to he and his friends stories sure did paint a picture. Do you have any pics of the car or cars you ran back then?

It’s the hemi that came with the kit with a few small tweaks. With this build I tried to pay homage to the history of the great willys of the past mixed with some of my favorite trends of hot rodding throughout the decades . For example the blue is a nod to the SWC car, the mild monochromatic look and weld rodlites a nod to the 80’s/90’s. The grill will be the one out of the Big John kit . Then the little touches to the body like opening up the front radius of both front and rear wheel openings and carrying the peak all the way up the hood to clean up and accentuate the lines, a nod to designers I admire like Troy Trepanier or Chip Foose.

Looking good so far. I agree with you on GM’s butternut yellow. A method I use to minimize the ghosting effect of factory relief cuts underneath is to fill the relief with superglue first. A little sanding, maybe an extra coat of primer and block sanding and the ghosting effect is non existent.

I DEFINITELY want one of these when available!!!

Starting to look like something. Paint is as shot, no polishing yet. Still need to install rear suspension, exhaust, windows and other odds and ends.

Thank you everyone

I’ve got this one in the paint and assembly stage. Here’s a quick pic of the progress

Exactly!

Audi spoken for

The CLK DTM and Astra have been spoken for. Audi possibly

I got to see the car race at Limerock which prompted me to buy the kit. It’s a nice kit but I’ve got so many other ones I want to get to that I just don’t see myself getting to it

Hey Dan reply sent

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I’m looking for johan stuff, early fox body mustang stuff ( Mpc or monogram) and below are some screen shots of other stuff I’m interested in. Im also open to other stuff too.

I went through a phase where these kits interested me but I’m coming to the reality that I will likely never get around to building them. They’re all still factory sealed except the Revell kit that I opened when new. I’m willing to bundle multiple or all of the kits for the right kit/kits. I’ll list with some screen shots in the next post what I’m looking for.

These are duplicates that I have and am looking to trade for other vintage mags. (60’s -70’s ) similar, drag or even custom van magazines are what I’m looking for. If interested let me know what you’ve got and maybe we can get it done.

Decided to dig into this one. Not really deviating too much from the kit but I did also take some liberties. I narrowed it an additional 4.5mm to fit even wider meats out back. Reconfigured the rear suspension and used a Strange rearend from my parts box. K.S. Pittman kit has donated the door panels, roll bar and steering wheel. Wheels are from Texas 3D . Injector scoop, rear tires, arm rests, shifter and other little bits also sourced from my parts box. It’s going to be light-ish blue metallic ( Duplicolor GM light blue met. ) that in good light resembles Ford’s Brittany blue ( see spoon in photo ). The interior is going to be a slightly darker version of mopar burnt orange interior color. The project is still fluid so not all details are hammered out yet.

When I received a renewal notice a few months ago it said they were going quarterly but each issue will be “packed” with content…. We’ll see

Great job,it’s gorgeous!

Thanks Steve, this build is now finished and in the under glass category