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Man - when the sun hits that paint just wow. Nice Vette! Steve
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Very cool. Copper engine for the win! Just cool. Steve
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Beautiful build. Love the flat aluminum look on the engine! Steve
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That is sweet! Digging the finish for sure. Steve
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Ahh the good old days. Smokey and the Bandit! I got on a kick to do a couple of cars from my childhood that were foundational to my love of the internal combustion automobile! The Revell Monogram Bandit kit goes together pretty well but suffers from two major shortcomings - no Trans Am decals and no front Georgia license plate. I was able to locate the Trans Am decals off a certain auction website, but I am still working on a Georgia plate to complete the movie car. Also, I needed to scratch build a CB antenna. All in all a fun build that brings back good memories of simpler and funner times. "For the good old American life. For the money, the glory, and for the fun! Mostly for the money."
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Some silver sharpie and a dab of superglue... And our customer is back on the road east bound and down. It looks like an improvement.
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For today, the black Trans Am. Our supplies include 32 gauge stainless wire (dead soft unfortunately - easily bendable but easily bent), some 0.030 OD wire (about 1/2 inch), silver sharpie and super glue. Pull the wire core out of the black insulation and feed our stainless wire through in its place. Straighten as best we can, lop off the old antenna (leaving a bit to use as the new antenna base) and drill a 0.5mm hole into the remaining base... New on the left (.007" stainless) vs old on the right (.015" stretched sprue).
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And while we're at it, The Old Shop is a full service shop - paint, fabrication, mechanical, overhaul - and today, auto electronics! A couple of customers who wish to remain anonymous called ahead for some CB antennas - in 1/24 scale?? Yikes! The Trans Am currently sports a scale 0.380 inch diameter antenna - Firestick perhaps? He wants to go with something a little thinner for less wind resistance. The two boys with the orange car said their antenna got tore off when someone chased them through the old barn by the Boars Nest. We'll see what we can do.
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The shop is unchanged to date but it is Lamborghini Day in the shop. Some old work and some new. Muira is in to have its tailights refreshed and North American (California) personalized plates put on. a Liberty Walk Murcielago is being prepped for paint.
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Very clean styling. Awesome idea and beautiful work! Steve
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1/16 MPC 1973 Petty Charger
Coyote_6 replied to Dan Cooper's topic in WIP: Stock Cars (NASCAR, Super Stock, Late Model, etc.)
The valve covers look great - looks like a nice crinkle black finish to me. Very cool! Steve -
@stavanzer Thanks! Love the old school NASCAR!! Steve
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Dale Sr.'s 1998 Daytona Winner
Coyote_6 replied to Coyote_6's topic in Stock Cars (NASCAR, Super Stock, Late Model, etc.)
And I gotta say it was hard to bring oneself to cover up all that beautiful black paint. Ouch! Steve -
Dale Sr.'s 1998 Daytona Winner
Coyote_6 replied to Coyote_6's topic in Stock Cars (NASCAR, Super Stock, Late Model, etc.)
Thanks for the kind words guys. It was a labor of love and a fun build. Dale was NASCAR as far as I was concerned back then. Steve -
That's a whole lotta engine! Very nice machine. Steve
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Awesome. That front clip fit is impressive!! Steve
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Who doesn't love a mock-up? Let's see yours!
Coyote_6 replied to Belairconvertable's topic in WIP: Model Cars
@tooltime-fan. Nice stance on the Chevelle - nice paint too!! -
Who doesn't love a mock-up? Let's see yours!
Coyote_6 replied to Belairconvertable's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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Classic. Nice work!! Steve