Quiet Eric

Spotted this one yesterday around the corner from work

Enjoyed looking through this thread so far, really nice modification work! Looking forward to more.

Thanks a bunch everyone! This was originally going to be two tone Nassau blue and Racing White, then decided to use the blue on my nova so went with this green. It’s a little more brown in person, planning to build a photo booth today so I can take better pictures. Got the rest of the parts in and fit to the car. Have to sort out the rear bumper but I should be finishing it up this weekend.

Can't wait to see more of this one Dennis!

I beg to differ on that. https://public.fotki.com/quiet-eric/nhra-1953-rulebook/img-0299.html

Great build, I'm working on one of these myself. Pretty nice kit.

Thanks! One thing I did was trim the lower front fender corners. It looked to me from pictures of the 1:1 that they had been radiused slightly. When assembling the thing, the front end looked way too high to me so I ripped the spindles back out and flipped them over and side to side to get the front end down. In retrospect...looking at old pictures of the car, it does look like the front end did sat pretty high and I probably should have left it. However I was using reference pictures of the restored car which appears to have a slight nose-down rake. As far as the wheelbase...this kit took a good bit of work fitting the interior and chassis to the body to line up correctly. I bet there are a lot of these built out of the box with the fit issues left as is.

Neat little buggy!

Looks like a fun project!

Both look great, the '32 gets my vote.

Thanks for the kind words! It is Model Master Nassau Blue.

Thanks folks! Nope, that is just the molded in texture with some chrome silver paint.

That looks great and genius work on the marker lights

This is the first new kit I put together after starting building again. Built 95% box stock save for a couple minor accuracy changes. First Moebius kit I'd ever done and was mostly impressed with the quality.

Love seeing variations on this kit!

Pretty killer scratch building here, can't wait to see more!

This one is almost finished but here's a little background on it. Should have the parts to wrap it up this week. AMT Bel Air sedan kit. Converted to a 210, raised the rear wheelwells, used a 9" Ford rear end and made some lift shackles. Added the lips back onto the rear openings, trimmed the front bumper filler, first coat of primer. Installed a big block from a Revell '66 El Camino, modified tunnel ram from the Old Pro Nova, grafted in the firewall from a Revell tri-5, converted the radiator to the 6 cylinder position, and made some Lakewood traction bars. Made my best efforts to remove the molded in exhaust, got rid of the stock bellhousing mounts and made a new trans crossmember and added a saddle style engine crossmember. Also moved the rear springs in line with the framerails and got rid of the factory spring mounts (only the rears are gone in these pictures). Wheels are the Cragars from an AMT '65 El Camino. The tires will be changing. Firewall blended in and holes in the cowl for the old hood 'hinge' filled. Shaved the molded in wipers and door handles to install chrome ones later. Correct fender separation lines also scribed. Color is Tamiya British Green from the can, sanded and polished. Mostly box stock interior except for some parts box high back buckets (might be mopar...I had to fill the backs of them in and did a little putty work to make them more of a horse-shoe style than with a separate head rest), added a different steering wheel, detailed the dash and added an under dash gauge panel which is just one of the numbered areas cut off of a chrome tree with gauge decals on it. Started on foiling and assembly. Since these shots as mentioned it is mostly finished. When the new rubber gets here it'll go together pretty quickly and you'll see it in a finished post! Valve covers came from Calnaga Castings (copy of Revell pro-stock pieces). Headers are also from the Old Pro. Distributor is Connkur and while it was exspensive, is really really nice and closely resembles a Mallory dual point. Steering box is also from a Revell '66 El Camino.

Getting the ball rolling, here's my most recent completion. AMT Old Pro kit...nothing too crazy. Just a few extra pieces from the parts box, flared the rear wheel openings, and added a resin L88 hood. Most of the effort on this one was spent in body and paint work. Not perfect but I'm still relearning some forgotten skills/techniques. It needs more detail paint work but good enough for now. Thanks for looking!

Hey all, thanks for having me. Long story short I used to build quite a lot then took about a 10 year break with small spurts of building in between. Recently I've gotten back into the hobby full force and am steadily finding my way to some of the online forums for inspiration and to share as I don't frequent social media any more. I mostly build hot rods and muscle cars form the '20's to the '70's with a little bit of other stuff thrown in. Don't typically build box stock unless it's a drag car replica or something similar. I have a solid background in 1:1 car building and customizing both as a hobby and professionally. I've seen a lot of really great builds here and like the way the forum is sorted and look forward to being involved! Eric Anderson Arlington, Tx