Modlbldr

I spent some time at the bench last night and got all the chrome but the rocker molding brushed with Molotow. I wanted to do BMF but my foil adhesive had gelled just enough to make it unusable. I'll get the rocker molding done.in the next day or two. I had been disappointed with myself that I had not wired the distributor. I had intended for this to be a quick build. Anywho, today I went back and wired the distributor. I feel much better now. I should have this completed in a couple more stints at the bench. Later-

Yeah, this is looking great! Nice work on that roof. Later-

Got some nice kits yesterday in a trade with Sam I Am. Thanks Buddy! It's a good thing both of us are reducing our stash! ? Later-

Beek poking at this one for a bit. Working in some taillights at the moment. Later-

Nice builds! I love the color on that Challenger T/A. What is it? Later-

Did a run to the only hobby shop besides HL within 2 hrs of my house. Nicely stocked place! After an hour and a half of ogling over a lot of stuff I walked out with just this. Yes, my wife was waiting in the car so it kept me in control.... Later-

That looks awesome! Low and wide. I also love the side by side comparison. Later-

Great work! Those seats are perfect in it. Later-

I think she will love the birthday gift! ? Later-

Nice pictures of how they used to be. Makes me want to start a CBP using a pic from this thread as your build. I think that would be fun. I see a few I'd like to do a build of. Later-

Cool video! A buddy of mine and I did a 3 min stop motion video similar to this about 30 yrs ago. Lots of work for such a short video. Great looking build though! Later-

Thanks guys! That sounds interesting. Not sure what route I am going to go yet. I was thinking of a shop rig with just bare steelies and narrow slicks in the rear. I'll have to give it some thought and do some mock ups to see what I like. I haven't seen that one. I did really dig this though when I saw it and thought the OB did a fairly decent job that should need little work (fixing the sunken roof and scribing rear hatch lines. Later-

Looking good! Nice smooth black paint. Should really pop with the chrome done. Later-

Thanks. Me too! Got the chrome glued on the hood this morning and I'm going to try to have it all finished by tomorrow night. Later-

Oooh, beautiful color! Later-

Beautiful color and vinyl top! That thing looks slick! I just finished polishing the body on my 67 Impala. Can't wait to see this one put together. Later-

Nice, subtle.flames. I bet it shines in the sun! I'd love to see your other builds too. Later-

I got this rebuilder quite a while ago and liked the looks of it. Since I am getting close to finishing my 67 Impala lowrider I figured I would get some things started on it. The roof has a slight hump in it where the OB molded the roofs in. It can be seen pretty good from the side view. I think the easiest way to fix this is a skim coat of putty on the front section of the roof. After running a sanding stick over the roof the low spot was much easier to see. I put a coat of putty in that area and I'm waiting for it to set. I'm thinking I'll do a bit of detail to the bed floor with runners made of styrene and I'll pull the seats to carpet the floor with some embossing powder. Later-

I got the body and hood polished out today. Nothing left but to chrome the window frames, etc and slap it all together. I'm headed to the finish line! Later-

Nicely done! What a classic auto! Later-

Stunning! Very nicely done mild custom. I enjoyed watching your work on this one and I hope that mine comes out half as nice. Later-

Got my order of bits and a drill from Micro-Mark today. The last sets of drill bits I got off-line were from China and couldn't drill their way out of a wet paper sack! I know these work since I still have a few from 30 years ago. Later-

My story for the build was that this guy drag raced his years back and then updated to a newer ride. Shortly after, his buddy ran his Willys down the wall in a drag race, tearing up the front sheet metal. Being the good friend he was he gave his buddy the nose from his old ride. Years later, and a few more pulled parts, here it sits, neglected. Later-

This is looking great! I'll be watching too. I found one more way to deal with the poor fit of the hood and fenders when I built mine. Lol! Later-

Thanks! I've been keeping a close eye on your Beretta build. You're doing amazing work on it. I had thought about doing the door framework in styrene but wanted to try brass for a couple reasons. I have a ton of it from my buddy's supply and I want to teach myself to solder. I thought the door and trunk framework would be a relatively straightforward project to start with since it is mainly just straight bars and wouldn't require anything to be totally accurate and plumb. I think I need to try a smaller diameter wire though and try incorporating more bends (make the perimeter in one piece) rather than so many individual bars with many solder joints. It's all a learning experience! BTW- I got a bit more time to work on the chassis last night but nothing photo-worthy. Later-