skymnky721
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So,,the local drag car guy down the street{circa 1969 if you will} is drivin down a country road one day,,passes a farm or two,,and behind one of the barns he see's just the back tail shape of the 59' Impala,,so he drives up the driveway,,knocks on the door and asks if the Impala is for sale,,the farmer says yes,,but the motors blown,,needs brakes,,interior is shot,,but Ill let it go for 150$,,car guy pulls out 150$,,says thanks,,and rounds up a few buddies to tow back to shop in his garage,,and wants to build a open top drag car out of it,,,,,,,8 months later,, hes got the IMPALA "X". In reality,,this was a 5$ 1/2 built glue blob in a ziplock bag I got at the NNL Macomb county Mi a few years ago,,and decided to give it a whirrl. I have no idea what brand kit it is,,or what year it was mfg,,it was quite old though,,the glue on it was yellowed and just about dried out and cracked,,you could pull everything apart by hand. Custom cut the chassis to fit drag rear end/slicks,,installed straight front axle from x-tra parts bx,,installed a blown 409 from the x-tras bx,,everything else is from the leftovers parts boxes lying around the house. Hand dremmeled the windshield from leftovers stuff,,, rims + tires from the leftover parts bxs,, Drag headers installed also. made seat belts for it. Lookin forward to seeing "IMPALA X" some saturday night at the local strip! Cheers!
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4!!! ..LUV GULF?
skymnky721 replied to John Verkerk's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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Thanks so much,,so many greats builders on this site,,enjoy looking at all yours also. This is a different version from the stock kit,,fun to do versions other than bx stock. Build on !
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Thanks all,,yea its kindof a dark orange,,was hoping it would have been more 'orange" than it is. Thanks for looks.
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My gosh,,Im stuck on these late 60's Ford cars recently,,here I took the AMT Shelby GT500 kit and did a drag version,,additions not included in kit : Headrests,,seatbelts,,rollbar,,drag slicks,, cragar mags,,,opened up rear wheel wells,,drag headers instead of stock exhaust,,lower radiator hose,,decals from leftovers from my stash. Rattle can sprayed W/ Testors Mystic emerald green. Hand painted 2 tone interior w/custom mixed paints. Hand painted window trim{s} w/custom mixed paints. Dremmel cut+ removed engine bay wheel wells. {so drag headers would clear} I did have to dremmel the top of gearbox down to get interior bucket to lay level so the entire assembly w/body on chassis was level,,but other than that it went together well. It will make a nice addition to the shelf display next to the Lawton stang. Wishing all a happy spring and hope its warming up where you are!
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Thanks so much guys,,always a fun era of cars to do. Funny,,I was thinkin,,the $$ value of the cars from the 40's to say about 1980 or so all have gone way up,, I think its because they were so simple in design,,and much more unique body styles,,pretty much rolling "artwork"
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Thanks all,,enjoy yours as well,,Build on!
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wow,,awsome build,,I have the MT 1/16 FC from back when,,wish they would re-issue a bunch of these 1/16 FC's again. Those decal set you used looks great on there
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Thank you sir,,enjoy yours as well,,so many greats building on this site
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Love it!
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Thnx Shoopdog ,,I was lookin at Evlbay lookin for old Revell chopper kits 1/8th and such ,,man there getting expensive ,,some are 200$ and up.
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Why thank you sir
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Nice color and build!
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wow,,nice job!
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Hey its gettin warmer,,happy spring to all. Just finished the AMT 70 1/2 Camaro,,I wanted it orange,,similar to box art,,but I used flat black primer,, sprayed w/Testors quikdry "Flaming orange" it turned out "Rootbeer Brown metallic" ,,which is ok too I guess. I should have used red or orange primer to get a better orange effect. Changed out the kit tires with some larger /wider profile,,added some basic wiring in Ebay,,made some seat belts from x-tras bx ,,hand painted the trim work. I do use BMF at times but not all the time,,depends on how crisp the molding work is on the kit to begin with. `Fun kit to do,,now on to my 68' Shelby GT-500 in pearl green,with the drag pack version! Thanks for lookin,,and get out and enjoy the warmer weather! Cheers.
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Thanks guys,,you build some great stuff also! Thanks for looking
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awsome stangs to do builds of,,thanks!
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‘60 Apache
skymnky721 replied to BeakDoc's topic in Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
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Awsome,,like to get a 1:1 of these.great job
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That is nice,,I dig the red wheel backsets/drums,, looks good up against that blue,,I may have to get one of these.
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thats a rare kit,,havent seen those around,,nice job!
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3 wheels,,4 cylinders,,and loads of fun for all! My version of the infamous "TIKI TRIKE". Fun little kits to do,,although I did have to use the maginfier lens to assemble some of this. Sprayed w/Tamiya Mystic green,,custom mix paint for frame,,dechromed everything and sprayed w/Testors Diamond dust. Was thinkin how cool these series would be if they were 1 /8 th scale! I dig the Honda CB 750 mtr in these,,the 1:1 CB 750's make great choppers ,,Im lookin for a used one on Clist to make a chopper in my garage,,fun,fun,fun. Build on!
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Why thnx sir,,yea I did alot of off the wall stuff to it,,Im workin on AMT's 70 camaro Z28 just now,, I did do the Russ Davis 64 Thunderbolt Revell in red recently,,which I was going to post but Ill wait ,,I dont like to overpost. Thanks for the comments all.
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Thanks guys,,keep that glue flyin!
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thanks vamach1,,neat pics of those,,are those from hemmings motor news mag? Those caption boxes look familiar.
