Brudda

Forgot, I put the electric fan on the front . Will need a lot of air thru the radiator to keep that monster cool.

Making the best out of the hole where the battery was. Cold air intake from the Shelby. Heated it up and bent it into place. Just might work.

Thank you TransAmMike

Thank you Zippii

Thank you Ray, yes I just kept looking at the gold for the wheels , and it did not look right. Black just looked better on this car.,

Mock up of the Shelby supercharged engine. Tight fit. Had to remove the battery. Left a hole in the apron. But it will be perfect for the cold air intake. Hood on and the engine clears.

Thank you gman. The paint is tamiya primer, tamiya ts 14 black, multi tone base, with a automotive urethane clear.

Thank you espo, here is a pic of the Shelby engine in the bay. Mock up. Tight fit

Thank you Slotto.

Resting on the big and complex kits. Need a little break. So am doing a revell 49 merc. 40 fords are not my cup of tea, but I thought I would try it. I thought I would try old custom with new. 49 merc with a 2007 Shelby supercharged engine, trans and rear end. Modern tires and wheels. Had to mini tub the floor pan and modify the frame to have the tires and wheels fit. I thought it would be a simple easy build then my brain got in the way. So far it’s a very fun kit. Here is what I have so far.

Thank you very much Claude

Thank you Bill, it has been years since I bought these. I have a tire/ wheel drawer full of tires and wheels and cannot remember. Oh wait a minute, Kevin at Strada sports. Was good on his word but it took awhile.

Hello Dpate, I experimented with some colors. Used a tamiya primer, then sprayed a tamiya black, then sprayed a BASF color changing paint and urethane clear. The last two are automotive paints. Did not know how it was going to react. But worked out well. I had these rims for years, and I cannot remember who or where they came from. I do remember that they took so long to get that I forgot about them. It was around a year later they came in the mail from Germany. I just figured I got scammed and that was it.

I will find out. Going to see him soon. The cheaper clears do not have UV protection and are extremely thin which is great for models. And models do not need UV protection. But I do remember it was very inexpensive compared to the other clears. Cannot go wrong with PPG. Great paint! I shoot my models with a sata mini jet for the base and use a iwatta lph 400 for my clear. Seems to work out good. Here are some results,

Sanded , rubbed and polished. The finish came out good.

Sanded and rubbed and polished. My paint supplier just let me try this new very inexpensive urethane clear. Dries fast and seems to polish great. Funny thing is he put some in a pint can so I don’t know what I used. Came out nice.

Hey Claude, I went black on the wheels. The gold was ok but it did not set right in my mind. Looks meaner with the black wheels. I bought these from a guy in Florida. Bought them several years ago. Should have bought more. I do remember it took 9 months to get them. I actually forgot about them , then they arrived. Thought I would try new custom and put them together on old custom. Just might work.

Thank you Ray. I went black on the wheels. Looks better to me. Looks more mean

The gold wheels did not do it for me. So I went black and it looks better to me.

Painted my 49 merc

Thank you Claude. Here is a mock up.

A 49 merc custom. A revell kit. First custom for me. Seems like a cool kit. Mystic cobra color. Had some left over from a mustang cobra I painted a few years ago.

Minilites

Didn’t James May and a bunch of kids make a full sized spitfire? Pretty cool but where would you put it ? They were lucky and had a aircraft museum display it for them. LOL.