Chuck Most

W-O-W.... I'd love to try something like this, but I'd go all out and end up with something that would take up an entire room in my house!

http://www.ford.com/electric/focuselectric/2012/?intcmp=fv-fv-a1b07c07d000647e00f00g05h09j12k30m1nvaluep20110110 Is it just me, or do I see a little Aston Martin in that front end?

That was easy enough- after I'd attached the Willys spring to the Ford axle, I simply took a piece of 2 x 4 mm Plastruct strip and bent it, and attached it to the front of the chassis.

Think I did the same thing to the El Camino when it was hauled off. Well, what was left of it anyway.

Yeah,but besides the price, the R&R stuff these days is pretty nasty sometimes, as far as molding quality goes!

The weathering on this one was a pretty basic technique. In a nutshell, here's what I did- I started off with a coat of Krylon Rust Tough "Ruddy Brown" primer, because it has a rust-like color. There are other, specific alternatives (such as the stuff from Floquil) that more closely resembles rust, but I usually go with the Krylon Ruddy Brown because it's readily available. I then sprayed over that with Krylon Olive Drab, and covered over that with the main color- Rustoleum Sage Green. Then I carefully wet-sanded the cab, to expose the layers of Olive drab and 'rust' beneath. I wasn't as concerned about burning thorough to bare plastic on this one as I'd normally be- the Orange Blossom kit's cab is molded in (wait for it...) orange plastic, if it were white or gray plastic, then you'd need to touch up the bare spots with rust-color brush paint. After I applied the Miller decals and BMF on the windsheild frame, I applied some Rustall which helped to 'tint' the Ruddy Brown primer and bare orange plastic. The cab was then hit with a light coat of Testors Dullcote.

Love seeing non-SS, non-V8 Novas. Especially in scale!

One more update for the evening... don't you love fast-dry paints? Here's the first test fit of the cab on the 'rolling chassis'. I'll have to play around with the stance a bit yet, but this is the basic look so far. I used the Orange Blossom kit's drag link, and some unknown plated hairpins. I'll cover up those big ugly slots in the backing plates with some scoops.

Good gawd! What did they do to that thing?

With the correct tunneled backlight, no less! Though I think I'd rather start with the Revell kit. One of these days I'd like to do a General Lee using the Revell kit as a base.

I approve this model!!!!

A bit more progress! I went with the unknown Ford axle, and added a spring from a Revell '41 Willys. I'll have to dig out a drag link and some radius rods, but that's the gist. I cobbled up the frame from Plastruct, and an AMT '29 Model A tranny crossmember.

$40,000 sounds more like it! Throw in a 427 Cammer and I'll give you another $500 on top of that.

"Falcon" and " 'only' $70,000". Wow. You don't often see those words in the same sentence!

DARN!

I don't know if I'd buy an '11 Charger kit, but I know lots of people would. I'm still not a fan of the late model Chargers (not because of the door count), but the newest version is at least an improvment over last year's model stying-wise.

The whole thing about the (real or alleged) JFK ambulance is one of the reasons I don't get into Barrett Jackson. It's like the 'Jersey Shore' of the collector car hobby! For me at least, not even Steve Magnante can save it now.

Bradley James?

Did a little weathering on the cab earlier today- Added the Miller beer logos cuz, well, intoxication is a HUGE influence on most of my models!

Skip- I agree with you! The difference between us is this- I never had any respect for Barrett-Jackson to begin with!

Oh, yeah, I've tossed around the 'Vista Van' idea a time or two myself!

Not a fan of Bumblebee or the new Camaro, but i have to confess, I do dig the model! Looks like your son has a bright future in this hobby.

I hear ya- cutting up the body is a project's death sentence. First thing I'd have tried was cutting the body down to the shorter wheelbase of the 1:1. Glad to see you aren't taking that jaded path, and choosing the path of progress instead!

The curve on the back windows to these is oh-so-subtle- just trim it right and it'll conform to the curve just fine.

Did a little hacking on the Chevy cab, just to see...