OldNYJim

Just following up on this one Claude - GTR posted their latest newsletter to their Facebook page with some info about the winners (including that coupe!)

Assuming I can make it, which I’m planning to, I’ll take some ??

Looks great from where I'm sitting - how do you like these kits? I didn't build one yet...waiting for the Mustang variant to arrive...

Great color! I always liked these NSXs!

Thanks fellas! I’ve been focused on prepping the body mostly this week - I’d like to get at least the base color down this coming long weekend…but got a couple more little bits done in the meantime. First up, designed some inner hood structure in CAD: I printed it a little thicker than I needed so I can hand-shape it to match the inner curves of the kit hood: Still need to sand it down - it’ll lose probably half it’s thickness one it’s fitted but it’ll sit on the underside of the hood like this and add a little realism there: Tweaked the design of my ‘stamped’ license plate design and got a couple of good prints of those: And whilst I’ve had the printer busy, I drew a period correct Autolite Sta-ful battery to replace the molded in part - came out pretty good I think! Almost done with prepping the body - and my paint order came today, so I’m about ready to turn this thing a pretty color! Thanks for looking - more soon!

I rinse well with water, then dunk the airbrush in a bowl with water and Dawn. If I’m using it again soon, it sits in there until I’m ready - and if not, I’ll use a q-tip to clean the bowl and tip, rinse again and call it good. I don’t find that Createx paint needs much more clean-up than that, assuming it doesn’t get chance to dry…

Oh AWESOME! Need a couple of these for sure! Way cool!

He should try building real ones! He might be good at that too! ?

Tom Daniel’s most famous design maybe? Tied with the Red Baron possibly - but I’d bet this is probably better known…

Huh, I never saw this kit before - I like how they censored the word 'Porsche' out of the name and decals They certainly used some nice thick plug wires on the box-art build too... Popcorn ready!

Great kit-bashing! That's a really nice looking project, and a fine tribute to the 1:1 that inspired it. Way cool!

Thanks brother! Todays project-snowball was getting this thing up on it’s wheels, now that I finished messing with the wheels. The front end wasn’t too hard - sliced off the stubs, and relocated them upwards a little to bring the wheels up in the arches: I actually moved them up even a touch more after this pic was taken - there’s a BUNCH of room above the tire to play with and they already sit kinda high… The rear was a little more work, because I also wanted to replace the kit axle which is molded open on top and has fairly soft detail… A look through my parts stash later and I found the 9” (I think?) from the Foose pickup kit, and it was an easy swap-in once I made some lowering blocks and notched the floor and frame a little so that the axle would actually be able to move up and down if this were a real build: Took a bunch more work to get this thing sitting how I imagined…main problem was that I wanted a taller tire in the rear to fill the aches some AND I wanted it much lower, so…but after an afternoon of messing with it I’ve got it almost where I want it now: I need to remove some material from the front stubs so that the front wheels would actually clear, and be able to steer, plus shave a little off the inside of the body at the rear (which, if scaled up would be made of 3” thick steel ?) so the tires wouldn’t rub, but I like how it sits now…just how I imagined! Not a very productive day, but worth the effort to get the look I had in mind - more soon!

Wow, that’s some good knowledge right there! Who would’ve known! I’ll keep it in my stash - someone might need ‘em someday…thanks for the insight!

Those both look amazing! I’ve been wanting to build one of these myself - I’ll be following!

Thanks fellas! I think the stance will change a LITTLE (so you’d actually be able to steer the thing…) but close as I can get it anyway… A little more progress…got the front and rear valances on the body. Took some fine tuning to get them to fit nicely, but there was no way I was gonna mess with gluing them on once painted like the directions show… Removed the emblems and door handles (which I’ll replace later, after paint) and started scribing the panel lines to add some depth to them. Ended up shooting some primer on the body so I could see what I was doing with the clean-up…much easier to spot where you’re coming up short with a coat of gray on there: Removed the molded in mesh detail from the core support, and opened up the grill too - will use a fine wire mesh in both of these after paint: And what I was MEANT to be doing today was getting the ride height set and adjusting whatever I needed to there to make it all work…but I got distracted by making some aluminum rims for the wheels: Ended up reprinting the wheels - but just the center sections as you can see above - they should look pretty sharp when they’re assembled, hopefully: I’m thinking a satin gunmetal for the centers to contrast against the polished rims. Oh, and whilst the printer was running, took a shot at some 3D licensed plates - I’ve been trying to master a technique for making these. The challenges are getting them scale thickness whilst still being printable and also having the copy and border sit proud enough that there’s a way to actually paint the things. This one isn’t perfect, but I’m getting closer… Thanks for looking - more soon!

I wanna download that car! Excited to see this one hit my mailbox -good work, everyone behind the scenes!

That’s a super-clean build! Nice work!

Awesome, thanks for the info Derrick! I should be there!

Great looking build - I love that Star Spangled Blue color!

I never really was crazy about Mustangs. They’re cool I guess, but I never wanted to build one. Then, I bought a 1:1, and suddenly I’m buying Mustang kits every time I see them. ?? Anyhoo, I figured I’d like to build a little collection of matching color Mustangs and see if I can start clearing down the stack of a dozen or so that I’ve got in the queue right now. First up, the Revell ‘66 Shelby: My idea was to do some subtle modifications to each, but nothing too period-incorrect or too crazy…just make it my own like I might if I had the resources to do it for real. First up, and almost breaking my own rule already, I really liked these retro-inspired Boyd wheels so I printed a set of them - I’m keeping the kit front tires, but used some Model Car Garage (I think?) resin rears: Those wider rear tires will require a little more space in the rear, so I sliced out the existing wheel arches… …and reassembled: Whilst the printer was printing the wheels, I ran off some seats that I’d been wanting to use on a build too - retro-looking enough to fit the car but a little different too: Next job was fixing the interior tub now that I made it not fit anymore - removed the little rear bench seat (because who drives a Shelby Mustang with three passengers in it?) and smoothed it all out and got enough clearance for everything to fit back together: Next jobs will be figuring out the suspension and getting the stance right - but I like the look already with my quick paper clip mock-up ? Local model show in October has a Mustang theme this year, so I need to not let this one drift off into the part-built-project-pile…more soon, soon as I’ve done more! Thanks for looking!

Looks awesome! I like the weathering, and the colorscheme is awesome! Are the stars and stripes all paint?

Got a $10 voucher for Michael’s that expired this weekend, so went hunting for a ‘51 Chevy kit. They didn’t have one, but a couple of Mustang kits caught my eye. This one won out…planning a series of Mustang builds for my collection…

I’ve come to realize that having a really nice build at the end of a project is much more down to my skills as a builder than the quality of the box of parts I started with. There’s probably VERY few kits that a suitably skilled builder couldn’t make a show-winning jaw-dropping build out of, as long as said builder is patient and determined enough…it’s just about accepting that YOU’RE the one responsible for the end result. Other people’s mileage (and opinion of AMT kits, or whatever else we’re proclaiming to be ‘junk’ this week) may vary…

I did a search of the forum but didn’t come up with much…does anyone know about the truck included in this release?: I assume it isn’t meant to represent anything that actually existed, and probably doesn’t include an engine or anything much in terms of suspension and drivetrain?

Looks like that's accurate - found pics of a '98 car and that has the cassette player too: https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1998-rover-mini-cooper