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dino246gt

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  1. I have half a dozen scrap bins, and I use them all the time, they're a MUST HAVE for any scratching or kit improvements!
  2. Man that is some fine work, love the subtle design changes that could've, or should've been from the factory, or at least the design studio, love it! Never be afraid to try some new techniques when building, it's SO rewarding! (after all the swearing, LOL)
  3. Wow, you're going all in, back to the 30's!
  4. I'm still having fun with this Falcon build although it's almost finished, I keep finding things to add. I made a driveshaft hoop and some little ladder bars. Nothing special but I had the fun of scratch building them! Getting down to the short list now!
  5. I modified the header ends from the Mobius Nova gasser kit. Added cut outs for street with mufflers. Finally got her licensed, still need to make up a throttle linkage before I can cruise! Oh, and there's still a few more items I'll have attend too before it's ready.
  6. I had to remove the molded on voltage regulator, carefully now that I'm this far! Added a rad expansion/fill tank and hose. THEN, I installed the engine!
  7. I'm excited for a couple of these and future variants, BUT the grille isn't open, what???
  8. Cool project! Lookin' great already!
  9. Overhangs are still too long for a modern car in my opinion. All 4 wheels should be at all 4 corners, yeah man! Can't wait to see what you do with this kit though, should be interesting, given you design background! Cheers, I'm following.
  10. Looks like you're having so much fun with this build, it is impressive and fun IS the goal, isn't it? Awesome build, I love it!
  11. Incredible craftsmanship, stunning!
  12. We don't see many of the '66s built! This one's looking fantastic already! Cheers!
  13. Excellent conversion! I love this type of model building, very cool!
  14. Oh man this is looking fantastic already, nice work, really nice, I'll be following!
  15. Would one of these do for the Blues Bros?
  16. I built one as a period mild custom, it definitely IS a '61:
  17. I made a rad top from 2 pieces of scrap. I plan to modify and add a Ford expansion tank from the '64 Fairlane kit. I made headlight buckets from baby moons out of a '56 Ford kit, chrome stripped, wire holes drilled and painted gloss black. I wired 2 horns, 2 electric fans and those 2 headlights, the 6 sets of wires I twisted previously. I also made a pair of rad wall to firewall support tubes and painted those black.
  18. pic 1: People always ask me how I do those little wires, I use old speaker wire, the kind you can sort of see through, there's a million tiny wires in there! pic 2: Then I twist them together leaving a bit to paint in colour, in this case I wanted 6 sets of 2, so I twisted them together, length doesn't matter at this point. pic 3: I brush acrylic colours on the ends, whatever I have, not correct by any means, and the paint tends to bubble at first but brushing until semi-smooth is easy. pic 4: Then I paint the twisted part flat black to replicate old school tape. Modern cars have more sophisticated wire covers and connectors, this is for older cars.
  19. I've been on a rebuild kick lately too, I love saving old glue bombs! Here's a '62 I did, was already heavily customized so I had a rough time trying to make it stock, so............... I made a new customized version! Used the Foose Caddy chassis.
  20. Tim W. SoCal said: 1963 Plymouth Belvedere or Savoy I'd love to see that too! I combined a JoHan with a Mobius, wasn't as easy as I thought, window shapes are different on the real cars from the '63 to the '65. I always thought the bodies were the same and only the front was different! I was wrong.
  21. Foil and glass done. Still just a mock up though. Separate door handles installed.
  22. This is the best old picture I have of a friend's Pantera, showing that detail: This yellow one is waiting for replacement glass:
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