OldNYJim

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!

BEAUTIFUL! Were the brushed aluminum parts routed, or hand-shaped? Either way, beautiful work (unsurprisingly). We make a lot of products that require a brushed aluminum finish like that where I work - we use this product a lot: https://www.wensco.com/itemdetail/MP6BA Comes pre-brushed, and it's a composite of aluminum front and back with a polyethylene core. It works well for a lot of our projects because it's significantly lighter than the equivalent 1/8" aluminum sheet, can still be welded, it has a perfect uniform brushed finish already and it's faster and easier on our CNC router than aluminum sheet. Oh, and it's outdoor rated, which is useful for some products. Just thought that might be a product of interest to you, if you hadn't heard of it. Love seeing your 'big car' work Bill - thanks for sharing! I particularly love the little 'Deloreon-with-it's-wings-up' door-open light!

Nice paint! Is that 2k clear?

I know the price thing has been beaten to death…but $38 for a snap kit?! I did pick up one of these though, to almost-complete my collection of this series - $15 out the door seemed pretty fair:

Huh! Who woulda thought! Looks weird to me like that…but yep, that’s how it’s meant to be - thanks for confirming!

That looks super clean - nice work! Also, that Quickchange is YUGE!

Just build two of these ?‍♂️?

I’ve seen so many pics of these two on Instagram this weekend ? VERY well deserved dude - I’m so pleased for you!! Looks like next year’s themes are rods, customs and 49 Mercs…it’s clear-the-bench time! You’ll probably only get 12 months to finish, this time around (although you did build two killer 1:1s in the last three years too, in fairness ?)

I’ve been following that build on your Insta (now I found your second page anyway) and it’s looking gorgeous…super clean!

Another one for my Atlantis collection… I’m caught up with all their 1/24th and 1/25th kits now - got a few of the 1/32nd that I want to pick up and then the next thing I’m excited for is their Midget release…gonna need a bunch of those I think…plus the Tom Daniel Sidewinder and Poison Pinto re-pops.

An excellent video on the subject:

Thanks Bob! Today was pretty productive - nothing got FINISHED but I got a lot done… Did a bunch of work on the engine - 3D printed a distributor and wired it, made some A/N type fittings so I could plumb the carb and added some photoetch and some threaded bar for the air filter to spin onto: Then painted the oil pan, added a printed drain plug and a little drop of Future around the plug to make it look like it has a little oil around there: It’s actually almost done, apart from the starter and throttle cable and anything else I think of. Apparently a lot of these cars ran a large well-charged battery and no alternator, so that allowed me to keep it fairly ‘clean’ (but still dirty…) I finally got around to gluing all those individual lugnuts to the wheels, and got them assembled, complete with valve stems…they need some very light weathering but they’re close to being ready to install… Next up, a light wash on the frame to give it a little life. I’m not going for super-dirty on this build, but I wanted to add a little bit of wear and tear at least… The underside got a little more weathering than the top, but not a bunch…dry brushed some Vallejo steel on the edges of the frame, added a couple of little scuffs and some very minor rust and called it good…I figure these things run low and they probably scrape and grind the tracks a LITTLE anyway: And next up was a straight three hours of assembling - most of which was adding photoetch and printed fasteners…I didn’t finish yet so I’ll post better pics when I have, but something I’m pretty pleased with is how good the disk brakes look on my quick mock-up here…love that my printer managed to print the vent holes to where they’re actually visible: Oh, and from earlier in the day, a quick motivational mock-up of how some of these (semi) finished pieces will look all together: Still a LOT to do, but it’s coming together slowly…next jobs will be making shocks for the front, finishing up the hardware and fasteners and then detailing the radiator. Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Was Donn at NNL East yesterday? Hope he’s doing ok!

True dat…

One question tho - isn’t that roll bar mounted backwards?

I was already excited about the Atlantis Sidewinder and the Midget kits - but they surprised me with Pinto…AWESOME!! Those guys are nailing it!! Round 2, too…I’m not even much of a pickup guy, but those F100s are a must-buy for me ?

That one has actually been out for a while (in case you weren’t aware…) - I’m not enough of a Mack fan to know the difference between this kit and the 1918 variation…what changes would you need to make, do you think?

Love the Alumacoupe! What’s the plan with this one? The droptop version is cool too, nice idea!

Looks like you nailed that shine! Nice work!!! ?

Thanks Pierre! A little more progress this past working week…had a super busy week but got a little done… Masked up some lines on the body: Then shot Createx bright green: Shot some Createx intercoat over that, left overnight and then remasked: Then shot a darker Wicked Colors green over top… (That green shade really messed with my camera…) Then, removed the masking and tada…a nice basis for the rest of the paint on this I think: Plenty left to do, but this took a few days to handle so I’m doing a photo-dump whilst I can still find the pics in my camera roll…more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

Told you my wife wasn’t a great photographer ?? In fairness, she did get this one too…but it’s not much better ?

I’ve been considering a dashcam too - do most of these things turn themselves on and off or do you need to remember to do it? Id love one that somehow syncs to my phone too so I don’t have to mess with pulling video off a memory card…interested to hear if either of those types posted can handle that too…

Spotted on the early morning commute yesterday. He beat me in the stoplight drags, but I can probably think of a good excuse… And a detour due to construction the last couple of days has been routing me past this…can’t quite figure out what it is? Excuse the poor photography, my wife has been relieved of her camera duties until next time I see something interesting whilst driving ?

Actually, I need to pick up a third…because I want to build one box-stock-ish, the gasser version on the Atlantis box art AND something inspired by that Revell lowrider art too. * sigh - heads to Amazon *