johnyrotten

Very interesting build, looks good. You never see grand cherokee's done this way in 1:1. That chassis fits really well, and the engine placement looks right. Was that a "happy accident " or planned? The only thought I have is maybe open the very front of the hood in front the bulges.

I've learned with sheetmetal, controlling the amount of heat soaked into the panel goes a long way to saving work later. Hammer/dolly work is just about a lost art, something I made sure i learned and practiced, I've even done old school "lead" filling, though the stuff eastwood sells is not exactly like the old stuff.

I hate falling. I'm in the same boat, at least 1 time a year, no matter the season, it happens.

Seems like you can't count on anyplace having what you need , let alone a shipping company actually getting it to you. And IF it shows up, it's junk out of the box. I'm my case, this is a cheap 3 handle set up, I'd be better off changing the whole unit, but of course, old house, water shut off doesn't work so I have to kill the water at the well and that's not happening on a Tuesday in winter. Funny thing is we planned renovating the bathroom this spring. Murphy's law.

The shower broke when I got home from work, and naturally the orange big box store did not have the cartridge to repair the issue. Pulled it apart and flipped the cartridge upside down, shower works now, I can live without the tub spout till the weekend. Plumbing work in winter. Yay.

That's a cool looking truck. I like the choice with the rear fenders and the headers. The wheels/tires suits well, too.

Great job on this. I like the way way the bmf is wrinkled to look like bent and missing chrome , the paint wear, especially the roof, and the rot the looks like everything I see here in NY. Cool look with the diorama, too.

You might be in for some fun work, kawasaki didn't really "keep" paint codes, and being a government vehicle the were most likely specifically ordered. Your best bet like stated above is research that site, and look up actual surviving bikes. The kz1000 is a very popular platform, so you'll have some luck.

This is the way. Some forget to de-burr and clean the back side as well. I would have tigged it, but that's just me. And Beverly shears are awesome, I love mine.

Nice "field repair".

Very clean looking build, awesome engine compartment.

Thanks, this is one fun build.

With the last of the motor trend money.

I've got 3 L60-15 if that helps. One is untouched, the other two have the "webbing" cut out. Not horrible, not perfect. Let me know.

Did you post it here?

Thanks, the stock wheel/tire really bugged me, another member here was building the same kit around the time I joined and started, the pulled off a perfect look with the stock set. I wanted something something I'd see as a kid in the late 80's-90's.

I made the fuel lines, hobby wire and the insulation from some very small electronics wire. Part of the linkage is photo-etch, the rest is again hobby wire. The exhaust tips are from the kit, hollowed out, and hit with molotow chrome. And a lot of clean up work. They were flash 3/4 of the way up. Thanks for asking.

Thanks.

Thats funny, I've got a scale version sitting on the shelf. The horrible mpc kit. That's gonna be fun. Thank you for the compliment, the pics I was going off of turned out to be a 421, so this is definitely a day 2 build

I've seen a tutorial somewhere on a similar idea.

I'll check those out. Thanks

Clever idea, I'll remember try that next time I need to do something like this. I was looking for a rough, hastily done look. I think a nice even bead would way more difficult to reproduce at this scale, not to mention color and shade. I'll have to give it a try

I tried not to go overboard, this whole build was a ton of first times. Airbrushing, wiring/detailing,bmf, ect. No better way to learn but to do it. Thank you for the compliment.

Thanks, that was lots of tedious fun. It's much easier at full scale.

What's the working time with this? Does it set up quickly or do you have time to shape or contour with it.