mrmike

I have been reminded as to why I don't like resin hoods. This resin hood has gone soft on me and flattened out. If there is a way to stiffen it and get it back into shape again, I'll give it a try. Otherwise, I'm going to use the stock kit hood with a scoop. I really liked that hood since it had a sort of "factory" look to it. My alternative is to use the stock kit hood with a scoop or get the Arnie Beswick Drag kit just for the hood, but that seems to be a waste of money. More to come...

Thanks Gene!

Thank you Don! I appreciate the kind words! I am amazed at the number of people who enjoy my stories over the years, even if they are rather short. My goal for writing the stories has always been to keep them clean especially if they are read by younger eyes and to keep them short enough so they don't over power the build.

I couldn't come up with a spoiler that I liked and I guess I'll have to use the wing spoiler. The Story The Police and an Ambulance arrive after McNally had called 9-1-1. Det. Massett and Rowe had separated McNally and Calvin to get their statements and then they compared notes to see if the stories from each man was matching. While they were talking, paramedics from Boston EMS took Artie on a stretcher to Mass. General Hospital for treatment. "You guys will have to come down to the Station in the morning to sign your statements after we type them up." McNally and Calvin said yes and then the detectives left for the Station. The following morning, McNally and Calvin arrived at Boston Police Headquaters to see Det. Masett and Rowe so they could sign their statements. They wait in the Detective's Squad Room for the detectives to bring them the statements and McNally decided to see if his old passwords would still work on the computer and they didn't work. The detectives return to the Squad Room just as Lt. Det. Adam Troy walks by and he stops in when he saw McNally in there. He is introduced to Calvin as McNally signed his statement and then Calvin signed his. The Build I got some Testors Icy Blue Lacquer paint on the Mustang. The first thing I painted was the hood and then I placed it on top of the paint booth so I could paint the body. After I painted to body, I reached up without looking and I knocked the hood off the top of the booth and onto the floor. Now the hood is in a container with some Easy-Off Oven Cleaner. More to come...

I started working on the chassis last night. The Comet in now coated with Dupli-Color Sandable Primer in prep for the Scalefinishes Highland Green Metallic. More to come...

Quite the brawler, Chris! I found a Parts By Parks distributor for the 289 CI engine. My holes are drilled and all I have to do is finish wiring the engine and maybe I'll plumb it, too. A light coating of white primer to check my work and then a coating of dark grey primer and then paint. More to come...

The Story Several nights later, McNally couldn't sleep and he got up around 12:30 AM, grabbed a bottle of water and went outside and sat in the Adrondack chairthat's on the front porch that his father built many years ago. With all the lights off in the house, no one knows that he awake and he sits there drinking his water and enjoying the quiet. He hears a car coming down the street and he sees a blue Mustang idling past the house and rolling down the street. He hears the car turn the corner and takes another right on the next street up from his and the Mustang runs up the hill. The Mustang takes another two rights and then it stops near the top of Dardenvale St. He quickly goes into the house and gets his SIG Sauer P227 from the gun safe, loads it and runs outside. He looks up the street and doesn't see anyone and he runs to the back of the houses and he doesn't see anyone there either. He walks back to the front of the houses and he hears his neighbor Calvin yelling, "Get out of here" and then a clang! He races into Calvin's house yelling Calvin's name and Calvin calls from the kitchen. In the kitchen is Calvin holding a large cast iron frying pan and a person lying unconcious on the floor. McNally rolls the person over and it is Artie Johansen. The Build The chassis is nearly finished and I did a mockup to check my work. I painted the roll cage and the engine compartment with Testors Icy Blue. McNally will return...

Thank you Larry!

Thank you Steve! Yeah, the van looks new, but it is not shiny in a few spots. After helping to prep vans for DirecTV technicians for 6 years, they are only new until the tech drives out from the warehouse for the first time. Then, I consider them junk!

Thank you Jim, Michael, and Carl!

My pleasure David! I have questioned a couple of assembly quirks with Moebius kits over the years. This is just another one of those quirks...

Thanks Ron! I was going to add embossing powder, but since this is a drag car, why add the extra weight?

Well David, you are correct that there seems to be a "brow" on the roof over the windshield. The windshield fits to the body from the outside and there is a ridge on it at the top. This must fit against the "brow" allowing it to "disappear". The box art below shows the "brow" as disappearing. I believe it is. I don't know and the fellow who gave me the hood doesn't know who made it, but the hood does fit perfectly.

The Story The following morning finds Calvin O'Donnell opening the backdoor of his house to let his Scottish Terrier Max out into the back yard when he hears McNally's Challenger SRT8 pull into the driveway. McNally has returned from the hardware store with a new lock for his rear sliding door. Cal lets his dog back into the house and goes over to McNally's to see what he is up to. They greet each other and Cal inquires to what he is doing and he tells Cal about Artie breaking into the house and McNally capturing him. He also tells Cal that it was a one-off incident and not to worry about a rash of break-ins happening. Artie is arraigned and bailed out of jail by his live-in girlfriend, Jessie Freller. He gets his Mustang out of the Police Impound lot and he spends the rest of the day tuning the car for a race tonight that could give him a big pay day if he wins. But, in his mind he just can't let go of the incident on Sunday that McNally had allowed him to be caught by the cops for racing in Chelsea and he wants to get him back for what Artie considers a bad deal. The Build Been working on the interior. I need to add the tach to the dash and paint the roll bar. Chassis is geting there. Still some assembly and touch ups and the exhaust system needs to be modified more to get a better fit. McNally will return...

Thanks LouO! I have built up the basic 289 CI engine to get it ready for a coat of gloss black or semi-gloss black paint. I really don't want gloss or semi-gloss, but in between the two colors. I used the AMT pad printed Goodyear F60-15 white lettered tires with the kit Cragar SS mags. The AMT tires are slightly smaller in diameter compared to the kit tires, but both fit well together. I cleaned up the body of mold lines (hardly found any) and will wash the body in prep for dark grey primer and then the Scalefinishes Highland Green Metallic paint. As I read the instructions, I am noticing many callout errors. Wrong names pointing to different parts. All part numbers seem correct for the part itself. More to come...

I have finshed my Ford Transit Mk2 Van and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

Another new project! This time it is the '65 Comet Cyclone with a resin dual scoop hood. I got the hood from a fellow Club member who was looking to get rid of it and he heard that I had just gotten the Cyclone kit. Thank you Mike Freitas! My paint will be the Scalefinishes Ford Highland Green Metallic paint over a dark grey primer with a Semi-Gloss Black interior and Cragar SS mags (my favorite). Not sure of what tire I'll use since pictures of the Cyclone that I have seen shows the car sitting high. I'll adjust the suspension accordingly so it sits a lot lower. I might swap the engine for a big block FE motor instead of the small 289 CI engine. We shall see... More to come...

This is my Italeri Ford Transit Mk 2 Van painted with Tamiya TS-10 French Blue and decaled as a British Gas Southern service van.

Thank you David and Andre!

Thank you Ron and Vince!

So far, I am finding this to be a really good kit. I am going to search for more of these next month when I go to NNL East.

More progress on the Ford Transit this afternoon. I got the body mounted to the chassis and installed the grille and bumpers. I need to clean up the windshield trim after I had messed it up earlier. The front doors are complete and now I have to install them which might be a bit tricky. More to come...

Ron, as I said earlier, I am on the fence in regards to the rear spoiler for the Mustang. That decision will come later as I move forward with this build. I will let you know my decision at that time. Thanks!

Thank you Terry, Jeremy, Carl and Chris!

Thanks Steve! I'm still on the fence about the rear spoiler. Yes, it gives the Mustang that racing vibe, but I really don't like it. I've always liked a ducktail spoiler better, but I don't seem to have one. I've used all the ducktail spoilers in my stash, so if I really want one, I have to make one from scratch.