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“BUILDING THE COVERS “ VOL #46 DON GROTHEER’S 1971 PRO STOCK PLYMOUTH CUDA
Lobo2me replied to M W Elky's topic in Drag Racing
Great job on breathing new life into a classic from the glory days of drasg racing. Well done! -
Great to see the fruits of labor and love for the passion! I too really enjoy finding, duplicating, and trying to figure out how to reverse engineer one-of-a-kind classics in 1:25 scale. Well done!!!!
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Very clean machine! Niced job on mods, particularly qtr windows, and good pics too. Well done!
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Sweet! Great paint and super details. Like the carbon hood, racing harness and engine plumbing. Well done!!!!
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While shopping online for scale model parts and accessories, I recently stumbled across a very cool 1:24 scale 3-D printed Pro Mod body. I had never built one of those or worked with a resin body before. I’ve always loved anything Willys and was inspired by the flowing lines and wide, low-slung stance of the ’41. I ordered the body but now had to figure out how to build it and develop a paint scheme. Turning to the internet again, I came across the Batman Tribute Pro Mod created by Coast Chassis Design and downloaded dozens of images showing Pro Mod frames, engines, and suspensions. That’s it! I was now ready to attempt to build my version. During the weeks it took for the body to arrive, I found a suitable resin 572 Supercharged Chevy motor, fat slicks and Zoomie headers. They arrived in less than a week, so I built the engine first. When the body showed up, I was impressed by the shape and its relatively smooth surfaces but also quickly discovered the warnings about the material's brittleness were accurate. I snapped a window frame repeatedly, trying to cut open the doors. Finally, success! And I made the front-end bodywork detachable. Next, I scratch-built the chassis, front and rear suspensions, roll cage, interior, and the items below, from styrene rod, tube, sheet, diamond plate, wire, and a few PE bits. To hold things together, I used two types of epoxies, two types of styrene cement, and three types of cyanoacrylate glues. While phases of the project were curing, I smoothed out the body and applied a slightly simplified version of a Tribute to Batman paint scheme using Tamiya rattle can spray paints and bottles of Testors, other finishes, and made custom inkjet decals. Scratch-Built Items, Mods & Finishes: · Rear Suspension w/Coil Overs · Posable Front Suspension w/ Coil Overs · Engine Plumbing (plug wires, injectors, oil lines, etc.) · Fuel Cell · Oil Tank · B&M Shifter · Digital Dash · 5 Point Racing Harness · Fire Extinguisher · Oxygen Bottle · Wheelie Bars · Dual Parachutes · Smoked Lexan Windshield and Side Windows Tamiya Spray Paints o Candy Lime Green o Silver Leaf o Metallic Blue o Titanium Gold o Titanium Silver o Black (gloss) o Semi-gloss Black o Gun Metal o Light Gun Metal Testors Paint o Flat Black o Gloss Black o Gloss Red o Gloss Yellow o Metallic Silver Misc. Paints & Finishes o Motlow Chrome Pen o Rust-Oleum Chrome Finish o Testors Dull Coat o Testors High Gloss Clear Thanks for looking and comments, please.
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Clean machine...and build and really like the sand show. Well done!
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Very nice! Excellent detail, paint and decal work. Exceptionally well done!
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Exceptional! Very clean highly detailed build. well done!!!!!
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Really nice...superb!
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Nice save! Looks cool. Well done!!
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Very nice! Grerat job on the interior and a cool color choice.
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Now that is classy! What kit?
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Kit bashed 1:32 Jungle Jim '74 Vega Funny Car
Lobo2me replied to magicmustang's topic in Drag Racing
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Very nice...sharp!
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Nicely done! Looks like it was and would be fun!!!!!
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Well done. Nice color. Clean build.
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Really nice clean build. Well done!
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Nice save! And great photography. Well done!!!!!
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Two days!!!! It would take me that long to string the plug wires through those little wire looms. Well done!
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Very cool! I remember going to Mid-America Raceway in '65, or maybe '66, to see Dyno Don. Always loved the altered wheelbase cars.
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Looks like a handful to drive and a lot of fun! Well done!!!
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Thank you. Sometimes I get a little carried away and in over my head. This one had a lot of challenges. But that is why I do it and keeps my interest in modeling going.
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Bring back Pontiac....please! Nicely done!!!