Mooneyzs

John... vert nice work in the trailer. You have been a busy bee for sure on it. Great seeing your progress On this. I cant wait to see it painted. You gonna have it match the boat?

Dave... thank you for your input. Bob... you are so correct about that. Race cars change race to race. I am gonna go with what I got and cal it good...lol Steve... thank you for your input and you are right that I am trying to shoot for a moving target that I will never be able to hit. I will go with what I have got and call it good. I was able to get the straps painted and weathered last night. tonight I hope to get the main body of the blanket painted. I am just gonna go with what I got and call it good at this point.

Brad... You are a true craftsman my friend. That thing is Gorgeous and you Knocked it out of the park. Totally cool and I am digging at it. Glad to see you getting sometime at the bench. I haven't made it to the bench at all today. Trying to force myself to get there.

Ray... this is looking nice my friend. keep up the great work. I do like the color

Bob... Thank you. I appreciate it very much. It feels good to have it as close as I can. I don't think I will ever get it 100% correct.

Ray... Thank you. Manfred... Thank you. I think the colors are much closer and better now. You wouldn't happen to know where you can get a tighter weave of medical tape do you by chance? Bob... Thank you. Bob which mix you talking about?? the last shot is showing all the mixes on the 3x5 cards... lol. I am ready to call the blanket good and get this thing assembled so I can move on to the next part of this build...lol Paul... Thank you for chiming in. I knew that you would know considering you work worked at Lenco. I really wish that TDR had the CS1 case so they can be used on older builds like these. Its crazy how different coatings can change the look of materials.

I am digging this build and love the weathering.

Clayton... I have to agree with you on that. That is the one I was sorta leaning towards. I can add a little more weathering to it because I did go a little lighter with the weathering on that one. I was afraid to go to much. Plus I wish that I had more pics of the blanket. This is the only one which don't get me wrong, I am thankful I even have this to go by, definitely better than nothing...lol

Now I wanted to place the test pieces on the actual model to get an idea of how it looks, Here is Mix #3: Actual car, put this here so you can see between the two mixes: And this is Mix #2: This is the bulk of colors mixed...LOL... Trial and Error: [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Mooneyzs/media/Plastic%20Models/1974%20Vega%20Army%20Funny%20Car/DP-Army-Vega%206843-1_zps3d3helmo.jpg.html][/url I am not even sure if I am close at the moment. Been debating if I should try to do some more testing or just say the heck with it and choose one to go with. Let me know your guy's honest thoughts on the colors. I know its tuff because taking a picture of the colors they may not look quite the same as in person.

Ok Fellas this evening I have been playing around with more colors for the Transmission blanket. I think I am totally close and at a point I may just call it good. To be honest I am almost tired of trying to mix colors to match. I will show you a few different colors and you all can let me know what you think and which one you guys think looks close. I will number them so you know. Alright I will show you some pics now and not bore you with my typing. So Here is Mix #1 both colors have been weathered a little with tamiya's weathering stuff: This is Mix #2 and same goes here for the weathering: And here is Mix #3: Here is a shot of the colors. You can see the paint and how I was mixing them on a piece of aluminum foil (a trick I learned from my Big Brother John Teresi ): Here are the colors next to my previous attempt of the blanket:

Bob... Thank you my Friend. I am trying on the color and accuracy of this build. don't think I am completely near it and it will have to do. I gotta tell you I should be able to start assembling the tranny tomorrow. I can't wait to basically get the engine assembled and start getting some lines hooked up. Few things I still need to work some details out since I need certain things done in a specific order before I install it in the chassis and I have to make sure I have it all covered...lol

This is gonna be a great build. Looking forward to seeing updates on this. You can't go wrong with Scotts parts. Cute little guy you got there.

Allen... You are correct that in those shots I didn't put any of the hardware in. I am hoping that soon I will have them installed for good...lol Thank you.

Dave... Thank you. I am hoping to have some updates later tonight when I get some bench time later this evening. Scott... You make a great point and I have to be honest. I am not sure what they were made from back then. I was jus going by the only pic that showed the reverser section. Allen... Thank you very much. As far as the mock ups go on this build. Most is done by hardware that I have used. I have a bunch of parts that are put togethe with threaded bolts. Now the lenco tranny has a plastic tube that runs down the center that all the pieces slide onto. I can take some pics of how it it's put togeterr if you would like. There have been other times where I will mock things up with white glue. My go to white glue is MicroScales Krystal Klear. Or sometimes I will just parts on the engine or chassis just to take pics real quick

Ok that is so freaking Cool!!! I love it. Nice job on this build.

Ok Fellas.... so little bit after I got home I decided to re-paint the Lenco pieces to try and see if I could get it a little darker shade. I think it is a tad darker. I probably should have mixed up two different Alclad colors for a better shade. Here are some pics of what it looks like now.... Here is the individual pieces after they were painted with Alclad ALC-116 Semi Matte Aluminum: Here they are somewhat put together: Mounted to the engine: Mocked up in the Chassis:

Bob... Thank you. Yeah I have a few different colors from Vallejo to work with. these 2 different blues & greens plus a black and off white then I have 2 other military colored sets with olive drab and colors like that. Scott... Thank you.. Yeah my custom mixing skills need a little work...haha I am sure with some experimentation I will figure it out. Hopefully it won't take me too long tonight...haha Joe... I couldn't agree with you more. I picked colors that were the closest I could find now I need to darken and change them up a little. It's hard because I only have one pic that shows the tranny blanket and its not the best pic but it will have to do. Clayton... You are correct that I am almost there but still feel far away on the color. the only part that will be covered is the center section so some of the detail will still be seen. Hans... I went back and repainted the tranny with a Semi-Matt Aluminum this time. it was a tad darker than before. Ray... This build will be there at the DSC and hoping to get as much done as I can in the next month and half. I would love to have the engine installed well it will be but when I say that meaning completely in for good but I have to think of some of the items I haven't thought about yet. well I have most of it though out but one big thing is the blower belt. I haven't quite nailed that one down what I will do for it. I have 2 or 3 cool ideas that I need to get moving on...lol Randy... Thank you. I have to say that it starts to get exciting when you get to see more of it come together. I am so stoked to have the tranny painted. Now I need to just start assembling so I can move onto the next part of the build. Gotta get as much as I can done for when you guys see it in person next month.

Danno... thank you buddy Brad... thank you my friend. I cant wait to have the tranny blanket colors finalized and done. I will add some blue to the lighter green color. What do you think of the main portion of the blanket color? Does it lool close at all? I will be messing with these colors when I get home from work. I feel I am super close to having the tranny done. Here is my little list of things thay need to be done: -solder the nut to the shifter plunger. -paint shifter plunger black -paint shifter linkage alclad -glue lenco pieces together -add scale hardware bolts to lenco pieces -bolt lenco pieces to bell housing -glue inspection plates and hardware to bell housing -bolt up clutch pedal and linkage -paint trans blanket -install trans blanket -glue shifter pkunger in done...lol

Alright here are some pics of the tranny mocked up. Hopefully tomorrow I will start to actually glue some of it together: Here is a shot of the bell tranny installed. I was hoping that it would be noticeable that the bell housing and the inspection plates were different colors: here is a closer shot but it is a little blurry: SO I started messing with the tranny blanket colors again since I received the colors I ordered, Here they are right out of the bottle: Here is the same colors but what I did here was I took some Tamiya weathering dust: Here they are again on a 3x5 card: I think I still need to mix a few different shades to see if I can get closer to the colors

John... Thanks brother!!! Aaron... Thank you. I am really happy I went with that color for the can. The two inspection plates are a tad different color and I was trying to get some sort of contrast with them. Hopefully it shows in the following pics

Ok So here is a quick sneak peak of what I was up to this afternoon after work. I will post some more pics later...

Joe... The show is sure getting closer... which means I need to bust my but some more so I can have a lot done to it by then. Don't think I will have it completed 100% but will have it done as much as I can. Mark... Thank you for the words of encouragement. I really do appreciate it since I have been having a lot of moments where I am just burnt out on this build. But I am continuing to press on with it...lol Scott... Thank you. I am really happy with it so far just want to have the tranny done and assembled now... Dave... Thank you. Hey I was finally able to make out to the hanger and it was a really nice job that your company did there.

Oh Johnny boy... someone needs to untie you... lol did your minions lock you in your room.. haha

Now that is Bitchin'. Love the stance, colors and wheels with white walls. Nice job

Dave... thank you. I am happy with how irs looking but it will be much better when its finally painted...lol Bob... thank you. I want to get in a big roll and make some good progress on this hoping i will get to tomorrow and through. the weekend. Brad... thank you. You know Ibam shooting for DSC but i honetly dont think i will be able to get it done by then. I need to get some measurements for you on the decals for the bell housing Now that I have the 2nd cover plate done and spacing set on it. I still owe ya a few more too.... lol oil pressure gage and mallory ignition box. Bob... thank you very much sir. I am super happy with it so far and once I get it painted. I dont think there will be much more work left other than getting it assembled.