slowbird

Probably a longshot but here goes. Thought these would look neat on a lead sled or something, but I only have three. Looked up what they're from and I think it's a 62-ish Dart. I found Revell and Johan kits but would hate to buy a whole car just for one wheel. Also not sure if this is the Johan or Revell one (they might have minute differences only visible when next to each other) I could try making a mold and copying one but never worked with resin before. And I'm not in a rush, have no idea what I will use them for yet.

Now that I think about it, I'm also working on another inline six build. (I can't stay focused on one build at a time. Or two, or three even.) Some time ago, I picked up the XR6/1927 T double kit. Lots of neat parts in there, it's a shame that it's never come back. (I assume the tooling for the XR6 no longer exists.) I don't love the styling of the XR6 but it's got fancy suspension (for the time) and a low-slung body with a hopped-up slant-six. I got to thinking about the old sports car "specials" of the 50s and 60s, when they would throw an American engine in some sporty chassis or another. So, what if the XR6 had been a race car instead of a show car? So, I'm hacking out some of that asymmetric styling and fancy stuff and making it look kind of like a no-nonsense sports car. But with that hint of Model T roadster styling still in there. Unfortunately the tires were in a bag with other loose parts when I got it so there are some mangled and melted spots to fix on the body, engine and transmission among other things. I have started on these (hack off the lumpy bits that stick up, jam styrene into the melty holes in between, glue, sand, repeat) and also took a swing at removing the raised hump/vent thing behind the cockpit. Need to get some paint that would pass for the red/orange these had on them from the factory, as my backstory would be a Chrysler/Dodge engineer plucking one off the assembly line for his skunkworks racing program. Aaaaaand now that I think about it, the last *completed* build I did would fit right in here too. Started it early this year, finished it in July for a group that I'm in that was doing "European cars" as their theme. Not something I do a lot of, so I had to go hunting for subject matter. I ended up going with a BMW 635csi from Monogram. (I'm not sure if this is really a 635csi or some other 6-series, but that's what the box said. It looks like an early car based on the bumpers and only having one side mirror. The engine looks to be US-spec and probably less powerful than the versions for Europe etc.) Testors rattle can, one of those fancy metallic ones. Painting the trim by hand was a nightmare and there are lots of places I didn't get it smooth. Added some custom 80s style wheels from a parts pack, I think maybe made by Fujimi but I forget. It came with a really big rear spoiler but I left that off, so the rear has no badges because those were molded into the spoiler. The ride height is a little tall but overall I was satisfied with it when all is said and done.

The VCG Resins straight six is really nice, but I thought the distributor angle looked a little odd. Some googling and looking at engines suggests there should be a raised area of sorts there and the distributor is a bit more vertical. Then I discovered that Iceman Collections has a 300 now too. Theirs has a nicer looking distributor mount. (I went ahead and ordered one because I can't help myself but I'll use that for some other project.) So I hacked up some plastic to serve as a rudimentary approximation of this because otherwise I do really like this engine. I guess I need to buy some smaller drill bits because I don't have one that will work for this yet. It's interesting the differences between the two 3d printed 300 engine blocks and I'm not sure which one is more accurate overall. I think either one would look convincing enough to most people.

No deadline eh, that's good news for me...I just bought this resin Ford 300 with ideas of putting it in a "parts box" hot rod made up of a spare Revell 29 roadster pickup cab and whatever else I can throw together. Kind of a T-bucket but with it being a Model A it's an A-bucket I suppose. The frame was bought in a parts lot but turned out to also be a Revell 29 pickup frame. The body was notched so it can sit down on the frame lower. The axle is Revell with an AMT T-bucket leaf spring grafted onto it, to sit lower than the tall Revell spring that was originally there. Now the hard parts: assembling this engine with no instructions just by looking at reference pictures...weathering it without going overboard...and trying to figure out an interior...

Very nice! I built that same two-pack a couple of years ago; the decals were very involved to say the least. Yours came out really well; I messed up the paint on my Mini and sort of salvaged it by covering it in mud ?

I don't think there's a kit of this, but the Wartburg 311. My friend built this gasser out of one. It's got some nice 50s-type styling that could maybe be kitbashed out of various American cars.

That's super clean and nice. I love the wheels, glad you didn't cover them up. I wish I had like, 20 sets of those wheels just to put on every kit I build.

That is awesome. I love this type of car and this Mustang looks good with a big wing on it.

Good old Grabber Green...one of my favorite colors of all time, especially on a Boss Mustang. I like the engine too.

Fantastic build. I really like it, makes me wish I could build with that kind of detail and complex painting.

cool, never thought I'd see someone build the revised version of the Mustang. I have some pictures of it, if you don't have these already. http://s907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/slowflyingbird/IMSA%20Ford%20Motorsport%20Mustang/ That has pictures of both the older and newer versions.

That looks really good, the wheels look nice too.

Wow, nice! I have one sitting half-finished...really it just needs painted because I messed up the first attempt. That looks excellent. I have a resin IMSA Cougar body sitting around that I bought a while ago. Not sure if I'll be able to do anything with it, it's got a broken A-pillar and part of the spoiler is missing. But it's my favorite of all the IMSA cars.

That's neat! Are you going to make it nice and shiny, or beat-up and broken like the ones in the game? I vote for shiny.

looks good! I have a set of those wheels, I don't know what car to put them on yet. I kinda like the Suzuki Alto. Or maybe the Midget II, which is even smaller.

Looks real nice, one of my favorite Mustangs. I know the transkit is expensive, but it looks like it's worth it, with the quality and detail included.

Awesome! I have the #25 version of that kit, along with a couple of the IMSA ones that used the same basic tooling. I have a Penngwen resin Merkur body waiting to be built with a Camaro donor chassis, as well as a resin IMSA Cougar body that needs some repairs made before it can get built. Sigh, if only I had the ability to do them right.

these are pretty rough, there's a long way to go...but it's something. F150 extended cab: F150 flatbed:

oh boy...I agree on the chrome parts attached in bad spots. also, clear parts can suffer from bad sprue design. engine halves that don't line up no matter what you do, and tires that have severe marks on the tread from the mold, or got misaligned completely. also, radiator hoses are a pain in the butt no matter what you do but my biggest pet peeve is when I screw up and don't notice until it's too late. glue on a body panel, scratches on the windshield, cutting a part too deep, sanding too much from a body panel, or having the whole darn thing put together before I realize I missed a bunch of mold lines.

This is a great tutorial. It's really amazing how much more goes into it than just gluing and painting...that's probably why my models look so primitive

That's interesting...I did not know that. Pretty cool though.

I stumbled upon these pictures a while ago, and I was just thinking someone could find them useful. I didn't know before seeing these, but there's actually two versions of this car, one that differs quite a bit from the version that Monogram made available as a kit. So if you have one of these on your shelf and are looking for something interesting to do with it, you could try scratchbuilding the one with the updated aerodynamic bits. (I can't scratchbuild much, especially since I have no sheet styrene. ) The 16 car looks just like the kit, and the 6 car has strange wheel openings, new wing, and the doors stick out to match the fenders. There are some other slight changes also. There's also a few pics of a red one that is slightly different from the Miller version of the kit, with more red on the hood and fenders. http://s907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/s...port%20Mustang/

Nice job on the sprint car. My dad had that kit, but he never finished it. It's amazing how much they re-used from the 80's IMSA Mustang kit for the Camaro.

Nice! I love the IMSA cars. You really made this one shine.

Ooh, neato. I am interested in this for sure. The more Fords the better