Darin Bastedo

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I like the Front end, now we just combine it with the rear end treatment on mine and i think we have a winner!

Wow, that is quite the compliment. I thank you very much.

the Monogram 1982 Trans am has the best crossfire engine in scale, and can be picked up reasonably.

IIRC correctly the XP Firewall came body color, where as the firewall on 95, 98, and the 98SE were all painted flat black. On these though the inner fenders should still be body color. The ME (millenium edition) the firewalls were body color except on the two tone optioned ones. then they were painted the same color as the roof. and of course the radiator and it's support should always be flat black.

I'd be honored to. shoot me an email at darin.bastedo@gmail.com

Go right ahead george, I would be honored to have inspired a build. Thanks

More stuff... Here's a little something to send the Porsche guys up the wall...A Porsche Primer Rod... This might actually get built, but not by me. a modeler recently asked if he could duplicate this in scale, I said go for it... I've always had a fetish for the 4 door sport coupe variant of the 57 Chevy. Still don't know why, but this sketch gives me a clue... Purple haze all around, Dont know if Im comin up or down, Am I happy or in misery? What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me... This is actually a "Photoshop Sketch" I photographed a mocked up model kit and "painted" it in photoshop. This model is inprogress waiting for paint.... This is another one...this time an MPC 1932 Chevy done as a boat tail speedster... This is one I did for my boss at Office Depot for his 15th anniversery with the company. Yeah I'm a kiss up, so sue me! This one ended up as "Barely 'Cuda", yeah I actually finished one! Barely Cuda II Barely Cuda III Hope you like this stuff... I have more but this should tide us over. BTW if you guys want to download any of these (or any of the ones in my other post) to print out for your selves feel free. please do not post them anywhere with out asking my permission.

Some of these are full on finished works, some of these are sketches. You should be able to tell the difference (I hope) The finished stuff was usually drawn for a purpose, where the sketches are more of me thinking out loud with a pencil or colored pencils. I did this one because i had an Idea of dropping a Honda S2000 drivetrain in a Track roadster This one I did for Corvette fever magazine in 1995. I had peek at a 1997 Vette, but no camara. As you can see I came pretty close considering the prototype I saw was a year and a half from production. Here is a early concept drawing for a model I should have in progress soon. It will look almost nothing like this, but the attitude will be the same, as will the chrome side scoops. This is an Update of the "California Kid" I like to call it the "Carolina Kid" as I lived in NC at the time. This was painted in Photoshop from a pencil sketch. Someday I will build a model of this Prowler Woody... Just playing with stance... I must have a thing for pink custom Mopars... ...I'll end this post here so it will open sometime this year for dial up...stay tuned for part two...

I can tell you this, unless you need a lot of what you are going to cast, or unless those parts are from a rare or expensive kit, resin casting will be more expensive than buying a kit for the parts. usually I buy a kit specificly to part out, then i save the rest of it in case I need it. you would be suprised how many times I go to my stash of parted out kits looking for a dash board to cut up for it's gauge cluster or something like that. even old car bodies often get cut up so I can use a particular shape from them or a vent, grille or even just a side marker light. As far as casting in resin it's really not terribly difficult for small simple parts but bodies and large items take some experience, Micro Mark has a good book on it HOW TO CAST SMALL METAL AND RUBBER PARTS http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?M...ct&ID=80318

The reason the amt kit is so crappy is it was originally tooled in 1963 The revell one is excellent.

Ummm... Bill about that windshield wiper motor...

It sounds like a good idea, and if you can produce them affordably I think they would be rather popular. But keep in mind that there is more to marketing an aftermarket product than developing the product it's self. As seen in comments on this board and others there are many aftermarket compnies who make great products but drop the ball when it comes to taking care of the customer and in some cases delivering the product in a timely fashion or even delivering it at all. You being a family man with children, have to take into consideration that if after a burst of publicity, (like a mention in a magazine, or being featured in a build on one of the boards) you may have an overwhelming number of orders that have to be filled. your family has to be ok with your free time being taken up sometimes for weeks at a time while you catch up to demand. there is even a post in the rants and raves section here complaining of a two year wait for some parts. That kind of publicity can kill even an established aftermarket vendor much less a new one. my advice is possibly find out how long it will take to make all the parts for one garage, multiply that by the number of units you need to produce to make a profit, then subtract the total time from your available free time. If you don't have enough time left over after all that to keep the wife and kids happy, Don't do it. You want to make sure that you don't bite off more than you can chew, and end up not delivering what you promise. Or worse yet, keeping your customers happy and end up with visitation rights, and an ex-wife.

Thanks Bill. The paint is Testors Lacquer Chrysler Yellow. I'm hoping to have the model done by the end of the week

This build is based on the Monogram 1978 Corvette indy pace Car kit with the side gills and bumpers of the Monogram 1980 4 door Corvette America. I was inspired by this picture 27 years ago and just now got around to building it.

I bought two and the sink marks are barely noticible in mine. but they are there.

In my opinion niether design is especially pleasing to the eye, but both are perfect snapshots of that era of custom auto design. I'm building my dream rod not because it is a design I particularly like but because it represents a significant part of the history of custom car building. I never really got into the early sixties asymetical designs, although some were more pleasing than others. Of the two, I prefer the dream rod.

This is sort of off the topic, But this is part of what makes this message board so cool. Here I am reading a first hand account of the development of one of my favorite kits, by a legend in the industry. Welcome Bob, it is an honor to have you amongst us.

I was loosly discussing with one of the resin casters the possibility of doing a trans kit to turn the tiger shark back into the dream rod, but, having seen the differences there are way too many parts that need to be changed. I'm currently working on a mint original dream rod, and I'm thinking your best bet would be to pick up an incomplete kit and use the Tiger shark to complete it.

I like it, but I would have done it a little different.

No sweat, I often do this so I can see it better, so I thought I'd post it so everyone else can see your work.

All fixed. Great build I love indy cars!

She gets a little squirrelly around 160MPH.

Actually particle board is the second worst wood product ever made. The first place goes to those flat wooden spoons you got with your ice cream in elementary school that never failed to deposit a splinter in your lip.

Thanks. the backdrop is particle board painted black. I thought the texture was pretty cool