M W Elky

That’s really neat who would’a thought

I agree they were way to dark the color change looks right on

I just got the body back from the paint shop. Chassis and interior are done there’s a little work left to do on the cammer.

A panel delivery is a fantastic idea but it should come with crager s/s wheels fender well headers and a set of slicks for a jr stock version

This looks really good with a great level of small details. May I ask what is shade and brand of blue is the chassis

Yeah I know what you mean as I’ve been wanting to build the don gay firebird for quite some time. I’ve done a few rattle can fades when it gets more than two colors it’s real tricky.

I’m pretty sure he drove just about every brand . I wish I had better photography equipment and the space to display everything as my model building room is pretty small about 7’x10’ lets just say shelf space is at a premium

They look a lot like the headers in the 32 Vicky kit turned upside down

It looks absolutely fabulous. I’m also a big fan of tamyia rattle cans . I’ll have to give that duplicolor clear a try I like the way yours came out with the pearl in it I think it makes the gold really pop . I can’t wait to build the 1965 version.

Man that clear yellow over the silver looks really sharp

It would make good business sense for them to reprint this sheet. The last sheet I used on the 68 charger and the big orange side pieces were really brittle.

I started this 35 years ago with altering the wheel base however no one made decals for it then so the body sat in primer until I was able to stumble over a set of decals for it. The body and interior are the amt parts the chassis and 392 hemi are from the revell miss deal kit . I used a piece of window screen and a paper clip to make the grill . The simple roll bar is made from.080 styrene rod . The paint is plain old testors orange enamel although now I think the tamyia bright orange would be a better match . Until next time thanks for looking, Mike

Thanks I’ve been really having fun building right now .The group shot would be kind of nearly impossible as there over 430 built cars wedged together on shelving in my 8 x 10 room . Maybe in nice weather I can set them up out side for a photo shoot. It would wood be pretty cool

I took this off my unfinished shelf of obscure projects and stayed with it to the finish line. A MC projects are much more challenging as the parts supply is limited to mostly old johan parts although there are some resin bodies out there to help us along. The decal selection is also kinda slim . At some point down the road I would really like to build the all red version of this car as I have a matching magazine cover for it . I’ll have to start accumulating parts for that . So here’s the parts breakdown smh resin : body mpc Charlie allen dart F/C : chassis johan : engine amt 63 impala : daisy rear wheels amt 71 mustang : wheelie bars polar lights barracuda F/C : interior tin ( cut apart and modified) , parachute with mounting plate , slicks mpc cougar funny cat : fuel tank scratch built parts : window glass, front spoiler slixx : decals Testors paint : white and dark red enamel, amc big bad blue lacquer , wet look clear this was a very satisfying build I’m really happy with the outcome. Until next time thanks for looking, mike

Yeah me too I like to build stuff not out of the same box . I also like the way one kit can supply parts for several projects

Finally finished up the decals on the platt / Payne cars

You may want to use this as a parts donor there available at hobby and it has a ladder bar suspension Dana rear lock out hurst shifter . The hood scoop and tunnel ram will also work on a plethora of duster / demon pro stocks

Beautiful paint finish and photography can’t wait to see those firebirds

It looks great I’ve also have one of these to build that’s been sitting on my shelf for years now. Thanks for the build tips and inspiration

The interior tin is done

I just got the spoiler done on the front bumper and couldn’t resist doing a mock up

Wow that is really different I can’t believe it all fits in there

I have the engine completed and most of the chassis . I still have some work to do on the interior tin

I don’t think so it looks more like mpc it came with some random funny car parts I bought on eBay quite some time ago

No it’s from smh . Speed city makes nice stuff but it’s all listed as out of stock at least last time I checked their website