Venom

for dart championship

Andrew, thank you kindly?

Wearing human costume

gone full incognito

Well it looks great, especially with the high gloss applied over the top?

The monkey’s FBI

First time browsing through trucks here and came across this one..Amazing!... So fun to look at all the incredible detail.... Very clean, nicely done work. Can’t imagine how much time goes into some of these trucks..wow!

My first time on here looking at big trucks- I’m always in the cars. Man, this thing really is cool I must say! Great paint, and details...it looks very real, I love the careful balance of weathering and cleanness. Super!! -I am interested in knowing how you got the mottled wood effect on the dash and steering wheel ???

Thanks Rex...lovin’ the vibe of those vintage photos! As for the build, the parts have been fitting together beautifully so far except for the driveshaft was a bit too long, but that’s a simple fix with the x-acto. There was a problem with the four wheel axle ends... After all the parts were glued into place, I noticed that the four axle ends were clearly out of alignment (not parallel) with each other.? All the other parts were a perfect fit like puzzle pieces, so it wasn’t because I’d done something wrong. I tried to slightly bend two of them and each one snapped,?... it actually ended up being the perfect solution. I was able to fix them with 15 minute epoxy which gave me time to align them. They are now much closer to perfect. Let’s just hope it doesn’t somehow come back and bite me in the butt later in the build!

Hi all, So, after having to modify the cold air box and getting it installed, I re-cut the Venturi tubes and reinstalled the carbs and put some fuel injection lines in and made some throttle springs. I changed the oil filter from blue to white since blue ones don’t seem to exists in any of the old photos I’ve seen.. (I’m not really trying to be spot on accurate with this build, but I’d like to at least stay in the ballpark.) Looking at my own photos, made me want to clean things up a bit, so I removed the brushed on paint from the valve covers and sprayed them instead, and while I was at it I decided that black breather caps looked better than silver. I’m now happier with the overall appearance of the engine and, at some point, will also be installing plug wires. That’ll be exciting with the distributor half blocked and some fuel lines to negotiate. Yay! Im hoping to get some pics up later tonight of all these parts put together, except the wheels.

The days that I hate the most here are when it’s about 25F, but the wind is ripping along at about 45 mph with gusts of 60+. Happens all the time in the winter here!?

Hahaha..... you guys! Winter in Tennessee.... C’mon?

in nail salons

You really do some great work Kurt....Very inventive!

I know nothing...

Mums the word

It just is.

The tank looks much better now?

It is certainly a “glue bomb”. There are big globs holding the suspension parts together. I know I could make it awesome again, but I have way cooler things to work on at least for the next year or so, one of which is a fresh Revell Cobra.

to do but

My thought is ditch the mesh thing (it’s not noticeable in the real pic), respray the piece in matte black, add a bit more yellow to the color and dilute it down quite a bit and spray it over the black.

with a whole

they made themselves

Wow! Nice job!

First glue bomb I’ve ever purchased. I got it off eBay, and believe it or not, the only reason I got it was for an extra knock-off! That was before I realized there were more affordable ways of getting hold of such parts? ... I’m not sure if I will ever take the time to turn this into something respectable. But hey... it’s a Cobra!