OldNYJim

Oh man, those look AWESOME! Release day can’t come soon enough!

That would be a HUGE help! I’ve been collecting everything I can find when it comes to the original version of the car (link here, for anyone who ever needs reference pics to build their own), and I’ve got a couple of Boyd books (with another on the way) and some old magazines - but any shots of anything interesting would be a big help! Thank you!

I’m a big fan of Boyd Coddington but never did a Boyd kit, so I’ve been slowly collecting the various Testors and AMT offerings the they did of his cars (some nicely done, some not so much…). I wanted to actually build one of them this year rather than have them sit on my shelf, so I’ve been picking up some old books and magazines for reference material and decided to start with the Chezoom: The car debuted at SEMA in October of ‘92, and was built for a guy named Joe ‘Mr Gasket’ Hrudka after Boyd showed him a sketch that Thom Taylor had done, and featured a LT1 Vette motor, Vette suspension, a custom tubular frame and about 10% of the bodywork of the 57 Chevy they used as a starting point. The Testors full detail kit is pretty well done - but the detail is lacking in a few key areas and there’s definitely room for improvement. On the flip side, they have some nice heart-warming words of encouragement in the manual to give you that warm fuzzy feeling if you screw something up… First thing I’m going to tackle is the engine, which should look like this: As a sidebar, researching this car for good reference pictures is hard - there’s plenty of photos out there, but the car was redone later and has some fairly substantial changes to about everything but the body. For instance, here’s the engine as the car is today: As such, I need to do some figuring out and make some assumptions when it comes to detailing this build…I suspect they just didn’t take a bunch of photos of this car as they were building it so they aren’t out there to find… Here’s the engine parts as they come: A good starting point, but there’s some little details missing that I’d like to add to make this thing a little more accurate: That hollow air filter was first thing that needed to go, so I scratchbuilt a replacement, then turned to that little catchcan that you see on LT1s that sits between the passenger side valve cover and the pulleys. Now, the Chezoom has a little cap atop that can that (somewhat) matches the one on the valve cover so I made a Silly Putty mould so I could replicate it: Actually, a bunch of them: And then after the first batch got smart and added some gray dye to the resin so I could actually see the finished piece properly. Next up, drilled the engine for hoses, added an alternator bracket and made some plug wire looms out of brass so I can route the plug leads nicely, then scratchbuilt that dipstick that you can see on the 1:1 that looks like it’s maybe for the trans fluid? Starting to look like the real thing a little more! I was surprised how little unpainted billet there is on this car considering Boyd’s reputation for using it for everything…won’t need the lathe as much as I thought for this build! That’s about where I’m at with this one so far - just getting rolling. If anyone has any good detail shots of the original version of this car please feel free to post them below…more soon!

Jaw-dropping craftsmanship! I love seeing work like this!

I would strongly recommend either putting prints up for sale, or putting the files on Shapeways - I bet you’d sell a bunch. GREAT work so far! Love it!

Saw this on eBay for under $5, so it ended up coming home with me: Might drop over a Revell 29 frame and running gear easily (or, more likely, end up with a scratchbuilt frame and all that entails) Plus, 50ft of wire for general detailing purposes:

I always enjoy your builds, and I've had a couple of Miatas (and want another) so I'll be watching! Are you going with a tan interior on your build too? It's definitely the most common combination, but I've seen BRG cars with a black interior too and they look pretty good!

It's worth checking those returned kits if you're interested in buying them for parts...Hobby Lobby staff don't generally know enough about what SHOULD be in the box to know what's missing. I picked up a Revell foxbody Mustang that was supposedly only missing the tires (no biggie, I have tires) and 3/4 of the kit was gone when I opened it...someone pillaged the box for stuff they wanted apparently and then returned it for a refund

A little more info on this kit, for anyone (like me) who wasn't familiar with it... https://finescale.com/product-info/kit-reviews/2000/01/polar-lights-1-24-scale-mr-norms-super-charger-funny-car

I'd be interested to see what all theyre stocking if anyone finds themselves in front of one of these displays... My local store in Indiana had one at Christmas - was a decent selection of stuff, and like Dave says, the prices weren't bad either...

Nice thing with their new deal, is at least when they put the kits on 40%-off every other week at least you can buy as many as you want, rather than getting one hit with the voucher. But yeah, it was cool when you could pick almost anything in the store and use the golden ticket on it…

That looks GREAT! Tamiya clear? And, more importantly…did you still get to eat lunch?

Foiling sucks - but you nailed it! Looks great dude!

Oh, that soon? Awesome! Where did you hear that?

I really like that ⬆️ Makes me think of a Shelby Daytona, but if Ferrari made it. Interesting story too!

Depends a LITTLE on which washes you’re planning on using - but almost always, no, you’ll be ok. Most of the off-the-shelf washes don’t contain anything that can hurt lacquer, and if you’re using India Ink or mixing your own with water and artist’s acrylics you’ll be in good shape there too. That said, depending on how grubby you’re trying to get something, a matte or semi-gloss clear will help because the washes will apply a little better to them versus a really shiny clearcoat, but that’s more down to the look you’re trying to achieve than any real requirement to do so…

Oh, nice! They have some cool stuff!

Amazon has them for $16 shipped: https://www.amazon.com/AMT-Street-Fury-1958-Plymouth/dp/B08FCML9WM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=PLYMOUTH+FURY+AMT&link_code=qs&qid=1626814685&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1

First issue did,second issue had a small block... Looking good Dennis! Is your next build going to be from the 70s?

Our very own @Impalow has a nice 3D printed set on his Shapeways store: https://www.shapeways.com/product/D88VAJFSF/woodlite-inspired-headlights-1-24-1-25-scale

Thank you so much! I just ordered some of their CURRENT teal color yesterday but I’m not sure how close it will match without seeing it. I’ll keep your kind offer in mind - much appreciated!!

I really enjoyed being a part of this contest - thanks to all you guys for arranging it! I enjoyed seeing all the great entries too, some really impressive building on display! As an aside, I like these virtual contests - it would be cool if they could be incorporated somehow when in-person shows get running again! I don’t have the opportunity to make some of these contests that are a distance away, but it’s fun to participate in them SOMEHOW at least!

Outside the local Dollar General today - nice and clean!

Another one of these today…really enjoying having a car meet every few weeks that’s a few minutes drive from our house! More pics here, starting with the white Porsche, and some highlights below - good mix of stuff to look at these events!

Jimmy Flintstone vintage modified. Just a simple curbside (trackside?) piece, but I’ve been wanting to build something like this for a while for my shelf…