mrmike

Steve, I have known about the mis-leading instructions for some time now. I believe it was Fury3 who had told me about them and I am grateful for him to passed on that knowledge (well, some of it at least) to me. I looked at the instructions and said, "Oh yeah! He's right!" and corrected my mistake. I think that error also extends to the '70 Super Bee as well, but I'm not 100% sure. Now, I look over the instructions before building and if I see an error, I research it and make note of a correction on the sheet.

Thank you Carl!

This is my Foose FD100 Pickup painted with Testors De Ja Blue One Coat Lacquer with a Tamiya TS-48 Gunship Grey interior. The suspension has been modified to eliminate the two metal axles for a more realistic approach. The wheels were stripped of their chrome and painted with Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal and Molotow Liquid Chrome. The engine is wired with a MAD distributor.

Thanks Jeremy and Todd! I have finished my Foose FD100 and it is posted Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to comment and to view my WIP.

Thank you Jeremy!

I get my mesh from K&S Engineering at my local hobby shop. http://www.ksmetals.com/

Ok. I'll bite. BMF what? I have used Bare Metal Foil and Molotow Liquid Chrome on this '69 Road Runner. Thanks guys! I knew I could turn a '69 GTX body into a '69 Road Runner and it came out just as I had envisioned! drodg, Keith Marks doesn't offer a set of decals for the '69 Road Runner. But, I might be able to use some from the '68-'70 Road Runner decal sheet for the doors and the trunk lid. It's funny, I was looking through my decals for another project and found a set of decals for the doors of a '68 Road Runner. I cut them apart and installed the on the doors.

I spent part of my day wet sanding and polishing the Foose Ford. I decided to add some Testors Wet Look Clear to the interior bottom, the bed, and the running boards. Now it's on to final assembly! More to come...

Thanks Jeremy! My '69 Road Runner is finished and Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who took the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my AMT '69 Road Runner that was converted from an AMT '69 GTX kit. It is painted with Tamiya TS-20 Metallic Green with a Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black interior featuring embossing powder for carpet, under dash gauges and the steering column mounted tachometer. Magnum 500 wheels and a Hurst shifter with T-handle from my parts box. I scratch-built the radio antenna on the right front fender.

I am aware that Barrett-Jackson is providing their services of auctioning off the vehicle, and that they have standards for certain vehicles to be auctioned off, but I do wonder when I see a vehicle going across the block with straight panels and no wavering paint, if that car or truck is solid metal or half filled with filler? Prospective buyers do have the opportunity to view the vehicle that they are interested in. I would hope that vehicle is solid metal.

I've been watching off and on during the past week. It got me to wondering about those shows where the guy wants the super nice looking car he bought online without looking at it, the shop worked on it and when they tear down the car, it is loaded with Bondo!

My '69 Road Runner is nearing completion! More Mopar to come...

I got the Road Runner foiled this morning. I used a combination of Bare Metal Foil and my Molotow Liquid Chrome pen. More Mopar to come...

Detail Master only has one photo of their DM-3220 Tachometer Kit 5". The other tach they have listed, DM-3225 '60's Style Tachometer, has no picture. Maybe contact them for a description unless someone else has a picture?

I live with two dogs in my house and my Golden Retriever is always in a constant state of shedding. I am constantly vacuuming my house and still, the dog hair is everywhere. That dog hair was an errant hair that found its way onto the hood and fortunately, the paint was dry at that time. I think I'll finish building the '69 Road Runner and deal with the hood last.

I got the body ready for primer. I just need to wash it of all contaminants. I painted the engine block with Model Master Acryl French Blue. My friend Paul offered to drill out the distributor cap for plug wires. I removed the supports for the suspension and will replace them with coil springs offered by my friend Barry. Since the wheels from my parts box have more offset, I am modifying the wheels backs for a better fit. More to come...

The Story McNally drives over to the "chop shop" in Brighton, Ma. He parks his '09 Challenger SRT8 just down the block to observe what seems to be an active auto body shop with a couple of cars parked in the front of the shop with patches of primer and replacement body parts on them. He sits in his car for several hours watching and taking note of the vehicles that come and go from the shop and the people that work there. Now that he is completely bored, he drives from Brighton to South Boston to search out for the car theft gang that Lt. Macklin had told him about. The Build Another visit with my friend Barry got me another hood. The original hood wasn't put together to my liking and Barry offered me the hood for a second chance to get it put together correctly. I did a mockup of the truck and found that the wheels and tires fit the wheel wells too tightly. These are the inner fenders for the bed and I will cut out the fenders and add them to widen the rear inner fenders. McNally will return...

I never finished it. There was some trash on the hood that I had sanded out. I thought I had all the marks removed only to find them under the newly repainted stripes. Not sure what to do other than stripping and repainting the hood.

I know it's been a while since I worked on the Road Runner. I finally got around to painting the stripes on the fenders and the hood. There is some cleanup necessary and I'm not 100% happy with the hood, but time will tell. More Mopar to come...

I cleared the FD100 with Testors Wet Look Clear last week and I am truly liking this color! I now need to wet sand the clear and get it really smooth. More to come...

Seriously? That's not going to happen, Jeremy! McNally is in his early 40's and Starsky & Hutch are what-OLD!!!

Well guys, I do appreciate the suggestions on the wheels, but my mind is made up on the MPC wheels that I had found in my parts box and were displayed in the second picture I had posted in my original posting. To my eye, they have the right amount of offset and shine that I require for this build. They are not perfect nor are they correct, but they are close enough for what I want.

So true! TV shows usually have a smaller budget for cars with one or two set aside for "beauty" shots, where the series star would drive from where ever to where ever. One or two cars would be the stunt cars, doing all the hard action work like chase scenes. Movies operate with a much bigger budget and have more set aside for the "hero" cars and the stunt cars. Usually the stunt cars would be set up for any particular stunt with roll cages and specific suspension setups and other various components. This is where the bulk of the vehicle budget would go-the stunt cars. The wheels I found have been around for some time now. Having spent many, many years on a MPC Trans Am Firebird. That model is now in many pieces and the wheels and the tires I had for them were sitting in my parts box. I think those wheels will work well with the Striped Tomato. I am certain that this model will look great when I am done with it!

This kit has been in my stash for a couple of years now and I think its time to build it! The kit is Revell's Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino, kit #85-4023. Click the link for the video theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJ4pALlbEMThis As I unbox this kit and prep it for primer and paint, I am kind of curious about the car and the kit. I wonder if this is the TV car or the Movie car? A dual quad 351 CI Windsor with dual exhaust seems to be closer to what Movie car was, but some of the information I have come across points in both directions. I don't really know if this is the TV or the Movie car Torino and I vaguely recall watching a special on TV about the Starsky & Hutch Movie Cars and the subtle differences made. I seem to recall something about the stripe. Was it longer or shaped differently? Arrgh, I can't remember! Unless I can find something specific about about the S&H Ford Torino TV car, I am going to err on the Movie Car side for now. The body will be painted with Tamiya TS-49 Bright Red with a Tamiya Semi Gloss Black interior. The wheels have been in my parts box for some time now and they bare a resemblance to the wheels in the kit, but these have more offset to them, the holes have a slightly different shape, and the chrome has a more faded look now that mimics an aluminium wheel. More to come...