M W Elky
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This spring’s projects
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The amt gremlin kit with a jimmy flintstone body , parts box wheels, painted in testors enamel , and topped off with the new slixx decals. Until next time thanks for looking ?,
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The lettering on old race cars wasn’t usually of as high gloss as the body . I’m right with you I don’t normally apply gloss over the decals either. I do find that light coats work better.
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I really like the decals on your Vega . This is such a nice building kit. Nice job
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This came out really nice great paint detail. Love the heavy metal flake.
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Nice restoration it came out superb those headers look just right and with a good fit
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This is truly amazing work with a incredible amount of detail. It makes me wish I had taken more time on the one I built to move the front wheels forward. That shade of custom mixed orange/red looks spot on as does the blue interior color. The injection on the big block is really well done, and you have the just right all important stance. A great example of the fastest Chevrolet on planet Earth in 1965
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This started out as the mpc Dyno don kit painted with tamyia white topped with their clear pearl . I found these decals from a eBay seller. The hemi , and wheels came from my parts box. This is a kit that builds into a nice replica, and the chassis lends itself to a lot of resin bodies. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike
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This is a rebuild of a kit that I originally built when I was about 16 you could still buy these great johan kits at your local hobby shop. I repainted the body and topped it with slixx decals. As for the interior, chassis, and engine I left it as it was even though the orange is the wrong engine color. It definitely looks better the second time around. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike Happy Memorial Day everyone
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It looks great ? just like an old gasser should. That’s a beautiful paint job by the way.
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That’s nice work on a great kit
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This is the fantastic polar lights kit with testors lacquer topped off with decals from the talented Chuck Bohner . The rear wheels are from my parts box. This is a nice replica of a east coast funny car . I guess you could call Englishtown NJ. Their home track.
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This started out with the johan Sox & Martin pro stock 71 cuda . I modified the grill with a leftover grill from the revell 70 cuda to try and make it look more like a 72 grill. I also drilled out the tail lights to make two round ones. The slotted wheels came from the amt Willy’s pick up coke kit. The paint is testors black enamel topped off with slixx decals . The hood is from comp. Resions. Thanks for looking ? , Mike
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Wow lots of great details in there . l love that photo etched grill the wheel detail is just amazing really nice 64 . Thanks for posting
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Ron Bizio '33 Willys Pickup gasser
M W Elky replied to magicmustang's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
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This is just a cool line up that I’ve spent a span of 30 years to build as I’m a huge Dyno don fan. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Mike
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This is another one of my amt Z-11 kit bash projects. This one is finished with testors white enamel topped with smp decals. Thanks for checking it out, mike
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This is a box stock revell kit with the front end raised and headers from amt’s 65 chevelle wagon. When I built this I didn’t have a good reference photo, and I totally missed the color choice as I used a light ivory instead of a light yellow. Unfortunately the decals were sourced from mcw resins which I believe are no longer available. Overall this is a really nice building kit that makes a convincing super stocker. Thanks for checking it out, mike
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This is a kit bash of the amt 1962 belair body, and some interior parts .Along the the revell soft seal 1957 Chevy pro mod . The paint is testors enamel with decals by slixx. I also used some 3-d printed wheels that I found on eBay. I had to cut the chassis plate apart to lengthen the wheel base , and there was a lot of trimming and filing to get it all to fit. This project was on my work bench way to long it’s definitely not my favorite era of drag cars to build. I really had to push through it. Overall it looks really good. Thanks for checking it out, mike
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Ron Bizio '33 Willys Pickup gasser
M W Elky replied to magicmustang's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
Let me know what shade / brand of blue you decide on . I have the same body and decals, but I can’t decide on the color blue as every photo looks like a different shade. -
These johan funny cars are very accurate replicas, and yours looks great. I like the metallic blue paint
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This is a box stock mpc grumpy’s toy Vega with keystone classic wheels from the johan Sox & Martin kit. The yellow and black paint is by testors, and the main decals are from smp they went on nice with no fuss . Other small decals are slixx , and from the kit . Although simplified this kit builds into a great looking pro stock , and is very enjoyable to build. The stance is just right. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike
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I always look forward to seeing the fantastic paint detailing on all of your builds. Another one well done ?
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Nice job on one of my favorite classic amt kits
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Thanks Dave the more oddball the better
