Quiet Eric

Progress. I decided to start over with a lot of stuff on the chassis. Grabbed a front axle setup from a Revell '32 Ford kit with a much narrower track and made a custom spring crossmember. I'll use the 4-link from that kit too. Cut out the transmission crossmember and added longitudinal bars to the frame. That gives me a place to mount the front of the rear ladder bars since the trans crossmember is gone. Did someone say engine setback? Because theres a lot of it now! Made a motor plate for the front of the engine and reused part of the original transmission crossmember. I cut the rear section of the interior tub away only using the floor and firewall, and shortened it a lot. Whipped up a roll hoop. I think it's pretty close to the original concept.

Everything looks great. Very nice foil work too.

Do you mean around the emblems and such? Admittedly there is a little more buildup around those than I'd like but everything is still plenty raised for foil and and a Molotow pen to bring to life.

Well kinda...I don't think I had as much of the kit to start with as you do. This was a long time ago.

Great save on those fenders! You're really making me want to pick up this version of that kit.

Got it re shot this morning. Still a couple minor issues that I think will disappear with a clear coat. Had to mock it up! Time to wrap up the chassis and start on the interior.

This probably doesn't fit into any actual class, it's more of a match racer. I was very inspired by a picture I saw of the Glendale Speed Center car. I tried a couple times to score an original but rough AMT convertible for this but failed. Next best thing was a reject/rough resin casting I found on ebay. Just what I needed. The chassis is from the current issue '65 Chevelle funny car. I have cut the interior tub up quite a bit to make it fit. I also cut off the front spring perches, moved them forward and shortened them as much as I could to get it lower. I also cheated some an drilled new locating holes in the springs to get the axle even more forward, but I'm not shooting for realism on this one anyway. I still needed to stretch the rear wheel openings to line up. Not sure if I'll keep them stretched or fill in the back area. Front tires are from the kit, wheels I believe are from a Little Red Wagon wheelstander with modified parts box wheel backs to really narrow the track width. Rear wheels are slightly modified from the kit, and the tires are from an AMT Model T kit.

Thanks for all the comments everyone and for following along! Paint has had 24 hours to cure some it was time for a mock up. I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out. Now I have to wrap up all the chassis and engine stuff (mostly just paint details and a couple rear suspension items). Also need to work on the interior, it'll just be some passing form of grey tweed, not going crazy with any major modifications there. I'm going to try out some 2k clear for the first time so the body will be waiting around a while until I have enough cars to paint at once.

Here it is. They have less expensive smaller versions, but this is the one I could get by the weekend and I really wanted to get moving on this paint work. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CKSJNP3?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Got a pretty cool spray booth setup to help control fumes and overspray. I had much better luck painting the Camaro this morning than I did with my GTO project, but at least one of them turned out well. First I sprayed it Daytona Yellow, then yellow pearl over that though its hard to see in the pictures. Paint from Scale Finishes. It might get the lightest of color sanding to remove a small amount of trash before clear. I thought it was going to be too light of a shade, and it's still lighter than I was planning on but I do like it.

I kept doing a bunch of little nit-picky fixes on this one and was excited to get it into paint but obviously didn't spend enough time wetsanding, and then got a bunch of trash on the decklid when I painted it. I'm not operating in the cleanest environment by far, but I painted my Camaro project before this one, and laid down some pearl on it after and didn't get any of that kind of trash in it. I probably screwed up cleaning the paint jar with a paper towel and didn't get all of the lint out of it. So I'll let this cure for a while then wet sand and shoot it again. The front clip and scoop turned out decent but I'll probably reshoot them too. I got this new spray booth set up that does a great job controlling the fumes and overspray. Nice lighting too.

Got two prepped for paint, and figured why not start another project?

My favorite wheel, hands down. Mid-'60's aluminum versions... Early magnesium... And then the more modern D's

Saw what I found out to be a Rosewood Hearse. They're built on latemodel GM truck chassis.

I've been putting a '65 corvette restoration together at work off and on the last few months so I'd say I'm pretty familiar with the details....and I am incredibly impressed at the lengths you have gone to get everything just right. Everything is perfect!

Got the fender to door gap tuned up pretty well. Bodywork on the front clip looks good. Added the seam lines on the top for the vinyl roof. Needs a little more work but might be in paint this weekend.

A little hard to photograph, but on the model is with, loose wheel is without. Realized the bumper would be a better example, picture added.

My first 3d printed kit, of course there will be some deviations.

It might not make them look aged, but I usually hit all kit supplied chrome pieces with a light coat of Tamiya Smoke. It gives them a deeper, more realistic look.

Looks great! Good color choice. I too recently got my first 3d printed model and am excited to see how it goes.

Great looking hot rod and you nailed it on the wheels.

Thanks for the info! I've been using Fusion 360 for a while and have plenty left to learn but this would be a good reason to do so.

Thank you for removing the bananas!

Got initial bodywork done on the front end using superglue as filler. Fit the headlight/grill assembly (they always fit horrible on this kit out of the box) and finished carving away the original hood scoop and filling in the front area, then added the base of the new scoop. Filled in the sides of the cowl and firewall, removed the molded in door handles, did some cleanup on the body and added trim for the vinyl top. The fender to door gap is going to need a lot more work. I also got the hinge adapted to the front clip and have it functional. First round of primer this morning. Gotta sort out the engine soon.

Very cool!! I built the Perat 3w years ago, but with steelies. I love that car so much. Very nice work on the Gary Meador Tudor.