mrmike

I foiled the body tonight. The interior is next. More to come...

I like it Jim! SHINY!!!!!

Thanks guys! I know I've got to continue working on this Duster, but the colors and the stance and the wheels...oh boy! I need a trans mount since I lost the one that came with the kit. A fellow Classic Plastic Model Club member has one so I'll meet up with him at the LHS. Tonight I took the rear wheels apart and shorten the hubs. Even though the mod was small, it made a big difference in how the rear wheels look within the fenders. They do not look like they are being pushed out of the rear fenders anymore. Bryan, I don't understand why you haven't built a Mopar yet? Dude...you've got the goodies including the RG 426 Hemi! Start building and make it SHINY!!!!! I know you can do it! Just place it all in a box addressed to me at...LOL Bryan, I am happy to be an inspiration to you or anyone who wants to build a Mopar, Ford, Chevy, Aston Martin or any model! I look forward to your Mopar project!

Thanks guys! The more I look at the Duster, the more I like the tu-tone paint scheme! Combined with the the body colored spoiler and the wheels with the painted centers and I think I have hit upon a perfect combination. I had to rebuild the rear suspension yesterday when I noticed that the axle had separated from the spring. Now, with the suspension rebuilt, the stance is a little more to what I had envisioned. The rear wheels are too close to the edges of the fenders so I will remove them and trim the hub so it is flush with the wheel back. This should bring in the rear wheels about 1/16th of an inch on each side and get them away from the fenders.

Thank you Brandon. While you may consider me a master builder, I don't think of myself as one. I am just another model builder trying to build a better model. I do thank you for your kind words.

Bryan, I am reluctant to use BMF as a masking agent due to the price and how little I have left for chrome trim. I chose to use 3M blue masking tape in pieces which worked out OK for the most part. I just have to clean up some parts of it. Thanks for the tip of the BMF!

Thanks Bryan and Mike. Mike, I like what you did with your door hinges! I wished I had done that with mine so I could remove the doors and detail the inner panels easily. Is there a reason why you stopped working on it?

Thanks Rickey! I did a mockup to check the stance and engine placement. I tried the hood with the air cleaner on and the hood is almost closed. I'll trim the underside of the air cleaner for a better fit. I really like the stance with the inverted spindles. More to come...

I mounted the doors again, but this time they are more to my liking. More to come...

Masking is not something that I am good at. This afternoon I masked off the Duster so I could apply the secondary color of Light Gunmetal. It came out fairly good, but I have to clean up the edge around the top of the windows. I started working on the front suspension. When I got to the spindles, I noticed the offset on them. Instead of installing them per the instructions, I inverted them to see if I can lower the nose of the Duster. I'll do a mockup later and see what the stance looks like. More to come...

The correct link is this... http://thetutuproject.com/

I actually forgot about ALL racing yesterday. I gave up on NASCAR years ago, I lost interest in the Indy 500 several years ago, and I watch F1 if I remember that there is a race to watch. Sometimes I think there is better racing watching my DVDs of Grand Prix or LeMans. But then, that's just me...

Thanks Shawn, James, and John! John, sometimes it's good to buck tradition! I like how your engine compartment looks with the splash of red (ignition, wires, and battery), silver (engine and radiator), and blue (sheet metal and air cleaner cover). Looks great!

I decided to remove the doors from the body and will try to get them to fit within the door frame better. Having the doors and the internal mounts out allowed me to add the new hinge pin. This is where I'll be focusing my attention...the cutouts for the hinges on the body. I need to deepen the cutouts more so I can get the doors fitted better. More to come...

Thank you Andy! It's been a while since I worked on the A100, so I started with installing the tailgate and the doors. Getting the hinges installed wasn't as bad as I had been lead to believe. Then I went and broke one of the tiny pins on the lower right hinge. I drilled out the hinge and will use a piece of a nail epoxied into the lower hinge. At this point I hate the doors themselves. There are fairly wide gaps by the windshield. I am having second thoughts about building this truck for my Club Challenge, but I am too far along to stop and start another truck. I'll think about my next move on this before progressing. More to come...

Thanks Mike and John! Mike, I'm happy to be an influence on your future project. Good luck on your project and be sure to post it! John, for this build I didn't want the flat black treatment that was so commonly done on the Duster. Since this is a street machine of sorts, the Light Gunmetal secondary color with the Bright Orange primary color really appealed to me. As far as the engine block color and the air cleaner color are concerned, that was my mistake. I painted the engine block and the air cleaner at the same time not thinking about the different shades of orange for each. Since this is a street machine and not factory stock, I think the same shade of orange is OK.

Thanks Bryan! I'm getting excited about the secondary color. It going to look great!

I gotta get the Foose '67 Coronet!

I polished the body and just as I expected, I rubbed through the paint in a few spots. No big deal since it was just a few light coats of paint...not a wet coat. Another wet coat or two and the body will be golden! A mock up of the rear spoiler. I like it painted in the body color so it doesn't look like a tacked on accessory. The hood painted in Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal. Once the body paint is to my liking, I'll mask it off for the secondary color to be applied to the front fender and door tops and around the side windows. More to come...

That's what happens when you put a high speed car into the hands of someone with a low speed brain!

Thanks guys! I wish I had time to work on the Duster this weekend, but that really didn't happen. I have spent most of the weekend out of doors taking advantage of the nice weather to get yard work and other household things done. I spent about 20 minutes Saturday night rubbing out the body and applying the 6 Pack decal to the air cleaner. After that, I went to bed so I could be fresh for all I had on my plate for Mothers Day and taking the dog to the dog park for 2 hours in the morning. I even printed up a card for the dog to give to my wife! It said "Happy Mothers Day" with a picture of the dog lying on her back and "Can I Have A Belly Rub?" on the bottom of the card. Really cute and my wife loved it! Monday starts a new week and hopefully more time for the Duster. We shall see...

When I saw this topic, I immediately thought of that commercial from who-knows-when. It would be interesting to see if other model manufacturers had made any TV ads.

Revell had a commercial showing a Corvette in a parking garage. The car in the background starts up and backs out of its parking spot and into clear view showing the scale aspect of the model versus the real car. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs2mq_revell-model-cars-ad-corvette-sting_shortfilms

The engine is complete except for decals. The wheel centers have been painted and lug nuts detailed with chrome silver paint. More to come...

Even though I don't have a build currently on here, I do stop in and look around and I like what I am seeing. The "Old Crow" looks fantastic! Jon, your Mustang is looking good as well as Niko's build.