OldNYJim

How did you like the Volo museum? It's not super far from me, but far enough that I didn't make it there quite yet. I should get there this summer!

That's the one! I love that build! That's been in the back of my head as a 'must build' for a while...I should get to that one sooner rather than later Thanks for the refresher, Tim!

Ahhhh, I see the illustration of it it on the instruction sheet posted above - thank you! Now I REALLY want a Ding a Ling! ?

I'd like a few of these if only for the cool early-twenties Oldmobile body - can make me some Oldsmobile T-Buckets! I forget exactly when, but I seem to remember @tim boyd built a cool little hot rod in Scale Auto using the body from one of these. I seem to recall it was blue, and had some kind of cool blower setup on it...anyone remember that one?

This seems like a dangerous question to ask...but what IS a Ding-a-Ling? I'm scared to google Ding A Lings (especially at work...)

Awww awesome! Nice work Round 2! I'll be in for at least a coupla three!

These are crazy crazy cool - makes me wanna build a couple of my own! WAY cool builds!!! Thanks for sharing!

I had no idea that museum existed - and it’s not far from me! Looks interesting…thanks for the heads up! (sorry for the thread hijack)

I didn’t technically GET these today - but any VW fans might be interested in this deal on Amazon…1:24 Revell ‘68 Beetle kits for $12 and change each… https://a.co/d/fcsJIJ8 I ordered a few, knowing at some point I’ll find a use for them… No affiliation with the seller, just sharing a good deal I found…

Something I’ve been (very) casually working on for a few weeks:

I’ve always struggled with getting realistic metal finishes, and still do…but I’m starting to figure out some tricks. Thank you!! Some more progress today. Took a shot at polishing out that Createx acrylic clear, and it was OKKKKKK, kinda, but not mindblowing. Luckily, I have more stages of paint to go anyway, so no harm no foul. I found some cool pics when I was researching this build of 70s late models with some cool chrome vinyl (I think?) and holographic vinyl numbers so I’m stealing that idea for this one too. Designed and cut out some numbers: To make them actually look thought-out and finished though, I’ll be laying down a painted black shadow behind them, so that was the next job… Now, I won’t get to see the finished effect until right at the end of the paint process because clearing over that vinyl somewhat ruins the effect of it, so I’ll need to be patient… Meantime, added some decals, and the state identifiers on the side with some old (possibly era correct) Letraset dry transfers: Letraset has a very thin clear backer that shows up at this stage, but it disappears with just a mist of clear over top so don’t be alarmed if you ever use this stuff… Meanwhile, shot some paint on the rear brake drums and attached the front disks and calipers to each other, and made a start on some brake lines: And that’s about the progress for today. These cars didn’t typically run a bunch of sponsor decals - compare a 70s era car… …to the busier look of typical 80s Modified… …and you’ll see that these earlier cars were relatively light on sponsors and decals, but I do have one more thing I wanna get painting on there before laying down some clear…more on that tomorrow, hopefully! Thanks for looking, more soon!

I used to think NYC drivers were dangerous and aggressive…but now I drive around Chicago semi-regularly. I also hate tailgaters - no one here in rural Indiana seems to realize my Mustang will definitely stop sooner than your old rusted out 90s Chevy truck if I have to brake suddenly for some reason, and if you sit 3ft off my back bumper with your lights on you’ll be blinding me into the bargain. There should be stronger penalties for driving dangerously close to the car in front - I consider that MUCH more worthy of a ticket than speeding a little on a clear empty road

I love seeing your work Kurt - your steering wheel particularly caught my eye! Nice job, keep going!!!

If that was my build, I’d drop the nose to where the top of the wheel arch just meets the top of the wheel, like it does at the rear. But…it’s not my build, so as you were! ?

That color is great, and that 30+ year old design looks fresh as a daisy with some new wheels! Nice work!

Thank you! Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing! I love all these oval racing stories! Thank you for sharing!!! A few random little updates… Cleaned up the rollcage ready for assembly. I was all set to remake it from styrene rod rather than clean up all those awkward lines, then decided it would be character building to do it the harder way… Using the floorpan as a jig is a good idea when assembling these, and drilling out the mounting holes so it fits together nice. Still in progress here, but close to being done: I’ve been wanting to practice polishing out acrylic clear, and figured this would be a good one to try it on, plus I wanted to try the new Createx Super Gloss, which they compare to an acrylic version of a 2k clear. It has pretty particular recommendations for achieving the effect, but seeing as this one doesn’t NEED to be super glossy it won’t be the worst thing if my practice doesn’t work out. It did indeed lay down pretty shiny right out of the airbrush: They recommend three coats, 15 mins apart, and it worked pretty well - it leveled out that lumpiness in the pic above nicely by the time it had sat overnight: I’m provisionally impressed - we’ll see how it buffs up though after it’s sat for a couple of days… Next job, remove the molded-in seatbelts from the kit seat so I can add my own later. An original part sitting to the right, for comparison: Shot some primer on that today and used a little filler and it looks surprisingly good considering all the grinding I did on it ? Made an aluminum trunk floor, which the fuel tank will mount underneath: And got the rear axle installed, as you can see and started adding some detail there too (but plenty left to add still…) Next jobs will be that catchcan we were discussing above, plumbing and installing brakes and I’ve got some more painting to do on the body once I’ve got it polished out. Oh, and start painting some interior stuff. Plenty to do still! Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Great attitude! Sorry for your difficult time though! And congrats, Dave!

Apparently it was black in a couple of episodes (and GREEN in another): https://hazzardnet.com/forums/topic/216-when-was-the-general-lee-black/

Re-read this thread this evening and this quote really jumped out at me. I’ve never made a single model yet that I’m happy with. Some, I’m happier than others…but not one where I’m REALLY proud of it. I just haven’t hit that level yet (and maybe never will). BUT….every single one, I’ve been happy with the journey I took building it. I can live with that. ?‍♂️

My showrod-addled mind saw this topic and though the Depth Charger was coming back again ?

That’s really interesting - great info, thank you! I’ll be using that on a future build!! I love all these little tips and details that I’m learning on this one!! This is awesome info too - thank you for taking the time to share it!!! I was wondering what to do for a catch can - I was thinking of a little one in behind the radiator just between the inside of the frame and the engine maybe - but all those other solutions you mentioned got me thinking…. Sounds like I need to find those magazines too - they'd be invaluable reference material for future builds… Thanks for the nice comments and info everyone - I’ve been learning a lot on this one! Tonight's mini-update, seeing as I’m replying anyway…started detailing up the radiator with this nice photo etch mesh…I’m securing it with a little Future which seems to work fine and not ruin the look: And I made the front shocks and got those installed…printed the tops, the shaft is a silver pin, the shock body is brass tube painted and lightly weathered and I wound some springs out of jewelry wire. The outside spring (not that you can see it here) is wound tighter than the inside one, given these cars always lean the one way… SO MUCH left to do on this one still, but every part I add makes me glad I’m adding all this detail…I love how it looks so far! Thanks for looking - more soon!

No, the generic brands were MAT and Rebell Momogran ?

I too would like to see the streamliner kart make a reappearance! Even if it’s just the body parts that can be completed with the kart from the 60 Chev that would be just fine by me

Mannnn that pulley's huge Well, that's some AWESOME info for the next one, thank you so much! And appreciate the offer of help! I like that manifold too - that would be a cool detail to include in a build. Thank you again! Oh, and cool late model! Looks FUN! Now the season's getting started I wanna get to the track more regularly...

Really? Huh! Did not know that...is that specifically an oval trick? I struggled finding good reference pics so I went with how a street engine would be....minus the alternator obviously. GREAT insight on something I hadn't found out through research (it's really tough finding pics of this era of pavement car showing decent pics of the body and frame...) - THANK YOU!