Silvercreeker

So much fire a quick easy build…tonight was adding bolts to the mounting plates on the rear end. (Raiding my model train stash). Actually a productive evening. Everything sanded one last time to 2000 and ready for base colors. I’m also building a completely box stock Sidewinder right now too so they will show beside each other.

Getting the headlights worked out and these are going to be it. Woodlites from Iceman Collections. Crazy cool looking lights that were on a bunch of the Barris builds!

She made her show debut at NNL Buffalo a couple weeks ago. Lots of comments and some still like show rods. She will make it to an IPMS show this weekend in Rochester.

I’m on the fence if I’m keeping that wing. Might use a top fuel one I have. Might go smooth roof too

This afternoon’s project, upgrade the weird curved wheelie bars. I think it’s time for some pizza and wings!

Looks like the one on the left. MCW color shift red/gold over gloss black

Progress tonight but not much visually. The silly little plastic driveshaft had to go, so a VCG resins universal joint and aluminum driveshaft was fabricated. As it will show sitting so high in the back. Kinda neat.

Those boots are from Pro-tech

First coat of primer on and sanded to 2000. Another coat tomorrow. I was worried about the fenders clearing those tires but looks like it’s ok. However I will be adding some brass rods for support. Just look way too weak. Enough for today.

Bodywork being done, super tedious. I glue the body parts together before paint. Then get all the seams smoothed out so there are no seams. Doing the interior is like building a ship in a bottle after, but worth it. Added seams so the rear doors so they look like they function. First mock up for ride height. Down super low, as some this evil slithering down the road should be!

From the show today in Buffalo NY

My Milner car won Best Engine at the NNL show today in Buffalo!

Less than 48 to the Buffalo NNL! Cars all all polished up and detailed. Ready to be packed up!

Tires and wheels all sanded and true, ready for paint. Fitting the block is going very tedious but making progress.

It’s a fantasy of the Mopar Slant 6, in a “what if”. It’s from VCG Resins. Very cool

Gaia Star bright brass over Tamiya metallic black.

Getting some color on the block and headers. Really love the Revell Chrome. Worth every penny. Happy Labor Day everyone!

The Drag City body had that exact profile and the quality was amazing. The Model Car Garage chopped grill added that extra accuracy needed.

The American Graffiti Coupe is done so I thought about taking a break, but I had this mad scientist vision! The Tom Daniel Sidewinder/Rattler, some Rom Olsen crazy 60’s wide tires and the insane VCG Resins Slant 8 “Warplane” motor. And, in this vision I saw the new bottles of MCW Finishes Chameleon Red/Gold color shift paint. Here we go with another crazy Show Rod. 😂

Easily my favorite movie ever. Saw it in the theaters when it came out with my parents. My dad was a motor head too.

The American Graffiti Milner Tribute is done. (3 months to complete this build) This is a tribute to the Milner Chopped 32 Ford 5 window coupe in American Graffiti. It’s a Drag City Castings Chopped 32 body, firewall and windshield on a Revell 32 Roadster frame with the Revell SBC block and headers. It features a Model Car Garage chopped 32 Ford Grill. The motor is the kit block and has a VCG Resins hotrod manifold, carburetors, air scoops fan, distributor and coil. ProTech sparkplug wires, looms and boots. Wheels and tires are from Jay’s Resin with Iceman Collections valve stems. Other items are a rear leaf spring from the AMT Fruit Wagon kit, front wishbone was part ’29 Revel pickup and part scratch built. Ladder bars are from Atlantis Yellow Fever kit. Correct master cylinder is from ’60 AMT Chevy pickup, and upper firewall was made from .020 aluminum. Fuel lines are Larva Lace fly tying tubing. Color is 10 coats of decanted Testors Yellow Enamel. All chrome was stripped and repainted with Alclad. Other details are VCG Resins steering wheel and piston shifter and Detail Masters fittings. All other details were scratch built, or parts box related. Best Model Car Parts American Graffiti correct license plates (THX 138). One of the coolest Hot Rods ever. This will debut at the Buffalo NNL show September 6th. Enjoy.

All done!!! Full write up in the Under Glass section! Enjoy and thanks for following along!!!

Everything in the front of the coupe is done. Enough for today. Tomorrow I will attack the rear bumper. Closer

Brake lines from master cylinder done, coil done, Steering shaft installed and grill in and all squared up. Grill supports and radiator hoses tomorrow night

Milner’s coupe had a pretty unique fuel block and fuel lines, but after 2 nights work on just that part, pretty happy with the results. The fuel lines are from my fly tying stuff and I’d rubber midge fly hollow tubing. The amber was spot on. Finished the throttle linkage too. Still a few nights of detail work and the unique Fiat rear bumper. Enjoy.