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Nice Willys and awesome paintjob! Much better than mine.

I got idea for rat rod when i was building models with my friend. So body is from Revell's kit. I chopped windshield frame and i lovered grille. I painted body matt black and when the paint was still wet i putted Mig's rust pigment on it. I made a hole to back of the body. I haven't good frame to this, because frame what was in the box i used it to other '29 Ford. I scratchbuilt the frame and painted it by silver and rust pigment. Rear axle is from Revell's kit but front axle is from '56 Ford but i had to narrow it because it was so wide. Tires are first good ones i found and wheels are from Amt '51 Chevy. Brakes are from Revell's kit. Engine is Ford Flathead with speedparts and rust of course . Plug wires are Detail Master's and intake tubes and headers are cotton stick. Water hoses are some electric wire wich i painted by silver. Seats were too low ones so i putted pieces of matchstick under them. Steering wheel is from unknown fifties car and gearstick is a pin with mooneyes logo. Driveshaft is ''a bit'' dangerous place. Driver must be careful. There's no luxury like windshield, shocks, front spring or lights.

Awesome paint job and fantastic build! I like '49 Mercurys. I have one, it's old amt kit with original height top.

This is one of Lindberg's best kits. Parts fit nicely and there is enough parts to get it looking good. I started in christmas 2008 from engine. I glued cylinder heads, water pump, manifold and then i did mistake because i glued with superglue valve covers. I painted all those parts orange. Then i rezoned that valve covers are black in Hemi. So they didn't come off and i planned to paint them in place. In the box there were two kinds of air cleaners. The first ones were good looking but they needed paint. The second ones were chromed but they didn't look like air cleaners so i putted the first ones. I psinted them gloss black. I didn't have aftermarket plug wires and i didn't change them when i get aftermarket wires because the engine and all details were installed. To chassis i sprayed flat black and all axles and control arms. Again i did a mistake: i used superglue to put front frame's rear member upside down. Because of that i had to shorten front springs. I had very little pics from interior so i decided to paint floor gloss black and seats, dashboard and door panels red. Roll cage wasn't easy to glue but i used much superglue and it was there. On the dashboard needed to glue tachometer. It was easy to glue... After that i painted body with Biltema white. It went quite goodly. I decided that i spray one coat of clear and after that decals and then another coat of clear. But the first coat of clear went wrinkle. Project stayed a side for a long time. I test fitted body to interior and tachometer came out of the wingscreen. After all i moved it back about six times . Someday i decided to sand the body for a primer. This time i used Maston sprays. They worked fine, now there is no clear sprayed. Again little break because i didn't have Micro Sol. When i get it one bottle i putted decals and they fitted quite well. I din't foil body because it looks better without it.

Yes, i know that plug wires were wrongly installed. I have putted more wires to Chevy big blocks so now i installed them wrong by mistake. I'll try to continue this build soon!

I've forgotten to post this update here. So here you go! I test fitted body interior and chassis together. Chassis was too wide from rear because there are those pieces of plastic behing fender skirts. I must sand a bit of plastic from interior, now it doesn't fit very well... Grille is from '57 Fairlane (Custom part) and I'll glue bit of styrene to side. I have sanded body, the other side isn't still ready... It's just so boring..

I ordered from Model Car Import some spark plug wires from detail master. So i took these off. I must put those aftermarket wires now to place. I have built sway bar to rear axle photo comes when it's ready. I'm building brackets now. I'll make sway bar to front too. There is a good pics about 60's Stock Car Chevy: http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/books/1957ChevyStockCarCompGuide/index.htm

Nice job on the Ford. Where is that air cleaner from?

Is this built from Jo-Han kit? Nice looking AMX.

WOW!! Avesome paintjob and details!

Sometime i'll by '60 Impala Pro Mod resin body. Your Nova is very nice! Where is that engine, blower, scoop from?

Yeah, looking good. I have on the bench '61 Don Nicholson's Impala and my dad built '62 Bel Air ''old reliable''. What color interior will be?

I found a good website about Black Widow. I must do some modifications because model hasn't got sway bar, and pipes come out after rear wheel (picture of real car: http://www.57chevyblackwidow.com/602.jpg )and there is crossmember front part of frame model hasn't that...

Some update. I painted valve cover text with toothpick. After done that i noticed that text was also available as decals... I put some bondo to front seat seam.

Black and white Email colour whith paint brush.

I'm trying to do this model well as i can. The kit is good, there is lots of parts and they fit each others well. You can also build original or Black widow version... I drilled holes to the floor for roll bar. I also started engine. Next i must paint all parts and some bolts to engine. Body: Engine: Floor holes:

Hi Tommy! Black Widow pics are coming later today...

Color is spray paint from local car parts dealer (Biltema) hobbypaint blue.

It's amt's kit. Engine is 283'' small block where i did some wirings. Hood doesn't fit well and chrome parts arent good shape and those doors... I think it's looking pretty good.

Air cleaner was in the box.

Built from Revell HT kit. It's changed from HT to 2D sedan. Car is Z11 with 396'' and 4 speed. And some project pics... Interior before gluing to body. Chassis work in progress...

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It's built from Revell's kit. I didn't put grille to car.

Sidemouldings were included allready in the kit as chrome parts. Window trims are foiled with BMF.

Yes the kit has the hinges, i just didn't use them. Colour is from local car parts dealer (Biltema) blue hobbypaint.