dino246gt

Patience pays off and your 288GTO looks fantastic!

Yes I agree, they look so good as is, difficult to customize, but a fewcustoms are great and this is one of them!

I opened up the cowl vent and did the best I could with that windshield frame! I de-chromed it and sanded and filed it, painted it body color (Tamiya TS-11), then glued thin clear plastic and attached it only at the top, leaving it open at the bottom. No A/C so we need all the fresh air we can get into that chopped sedan!

Yeah that woody looks fantastic, great modelling!

Thanks guys, now I'm working on the windshield and I have to use the one from the Orange Crate kit, but it "needs work" Cheers!

I managed to get a dashboard to fit, a Revell from their recent series, in the old Orange Crate body. I had to add to each side and sanded the top so it doesn't look like a padded top. I drilled the vent pulls and put small shirt pins in, added photo etch piece for the glove box knob. I used the clear gauges with a piece of a file folder for the background color, which I like more than white for a vintage style build. Pedals are junk box items modified with scrap styrene, made to fit. Progress is slow but it's patio and BBQ season!

Man that looks great, much better than I thought it would, but of course you've "massaged" it and it was totally worth it, sweet!

Ooooh, that looks very cool, very cool indeed!

Lookin' cooler already, nice mods so far!

It's looking great already, that roof is way better integrated after you worked on it! Love the attention to detail on the side chrome spear, these little things really pay off on the finished model. If your spare parts boxes are a little short, I have a ton of stuff, just ask, I'm only a cappuccino away from you!

Kit Karson, I'm really diggin' the ambitious project that you've taken on! You seem to have the main proportions together, I just LOVE such projects, nice job so far!

Well, after struggling a bit with the roof because I built up a bit of a crown, I think I've finally got it! Definitely not perfect but good enough for a hot rod! Color is more maroon than it looks in direct sun with green for a background, more like the last picture over gravel.

Lookin' good! It's such a great old kit!

I thought you wanted to remove that "thing" from the top of the hood. Otherwise I'd do what Mike Grover said. I think it's a very nice kit, other than some mold lines etc. nothing you can't rather easily fix! I opened up the doors and trunk on mine, never finished it due to broken A pillars, should get back to it! Cheers!

I'm sure you can get rid of that extra "bulge" on that hood, make it more like a '49 Merc hood. Just needs a little plastic surgery!

I know, I should've said, "They don't HAVE to be red" LOL

This is what I did to a '64, scratched console, Mercedes buckets and modified kit door cards.

I just made a simple flat piece of scrap styrene fit. One tip: IF you're jacking the Scout way up, you can mount the transfer case at an angle to reduce the angle of the front driveshaft.

I'm lovin' this custom, very cool and nicely integrated DeSoto bumper, I love it! Rear design is very smooth also. It's not easy making a radical custom look good, you've done it though, nice!

As a true Ferraristi, I LOVE the 288GTO! It IS one of the best looking cars ever, really. Go for it, I'll be watching with interest. They weren't ALL red! Ciao!

I sure do and those are what I'm using, 600, 1000, 1500 and 2500. I love those things!

Sand putty, sand, prime, sand, putty, sand, prime, sand, putty, sand, prime! Did I mention, wait in between, sand, putty, sand, prime, sand, putty....... LOL, still trying to get that roof right!

This is a very unlikely source of wheels but here I am, using 4 of the Hispano Suiza kit rims with 2 parts box tires on the front and the Heller tires on the rear! Just a mock up to verify the stance, I like it! Plan is for knock offs.

WOW! You are a great modeler! I love how you make kit parts into better parts, that's awesome. This will be a fine AMT built, better than AMT could've imagined! (there's no such person as AMT, but I hope you know what I mean)

Looks like a great project! I have an old rust-free door out in the barn if you need one? LOL