Modelbuilder Mark

Wow, a few days behind on this one. I am not sure how I missed you startnig another garage....well, I am ready to follow along now! Great stuff so far

Very unique, I like it.

Nice, good thing you added the winch!

Nice and clean!

I really enjoy looking at this

Looks great. I love how you diorama builders know just what colors, like on the fence, to use so that it looks real and not monochromatic. My fencs would not doubt just look like all rust, or all silver, but you start off that way, then end up ith something that looks that real. I would love to learn more about that.

Nice!

Some very cool stuff for sure.

Turned out great

I would love to find a score like that. My wife found a sale the other day that had about 30 kits, but all of them were over priced, so no go for me.

bummer, that was a cool logo for sure.

Despite the added size/weight, the MPG did improve. 1970 Dodge Challenger average mpg was around 10-12 mpg for the 318, of course getting better if all highway miles, like on a trip Todays Challenger gets around 22 mpg on average. I just cannot get over how much bigger ALL vehicles seem to be getting, despite the government requirements for achieving certain levels of fuel effeciency. The Tundra for example, is a HUGE truck. Even the Tacoma is way larger than it's namesake from 10-15 years ago. Camry, same thing. It used to be the size of a Corolla, but now the Corolla is as big as the Camry once was but is still considered a compact. I can tell you there is a lot of developement going into hydrogene fuel cells, electric options, alternative fuels etc here at Toyota. One of the biggest hurdles is still the infrastructure. What good does it do me to buy a pure electric vehicle if I can not make a trip and be confident I can stop somewhere for a quick charge if I need to like I do for gas. Same with the Hydrogene. Simply put, gas is simpler for most people involved.......for now. I think you will be seeing a quickening in the pace of change in the not too distant future.

That looks great!

Very cool. I really like that particular body style.

Thanks for sharing that picture. I do recall seeing him, but sad to say I never met him. Based on everyone's feelings for him, it was an honor last year to get the plaque that was attributed to him. His widow was very nice and I enjoy speaking with her. She had mixed emotions about selling his stuff, but felt that other builders needed to have it. I picked up a lot of bits and pieces from the parts bins that will be going onto projects for many years into the future. Danno, I am thinking of possibly Beatnik Bandit or other Roth wheels, or Chrome Steelies. Something flashy, but not modern. Thanks everyone. It has been a hard summer to get things done in the model room, but I keep trying to plug away a little at a time. I get these ideas sometimes, but I am not always technical enough to carry them off, then I get frustrated at myself for not being able to get it to turn out like I see in my mind. I have more interest in some of my subjects than I have knowledge about them (IE:I am NO mechanic). Often, that causes me to take longer at something that might be simple for someone else. For example, I know the carb linkage is not scale accurate, so I just want it to "look right" from a distance.

Finally the motor is coming along, but not completed. I do have the color on the body, shot over silver. It has been cleared but not yet buffed out. The headers will either be chromed with Alclad or flat white, I am not sure yet, and I am still stuck on a wheel choice. Very likely piecrust slicks at the rear, with either chrome steelies...

The gas tank will be fashioned from the square tube that the touch N flow superglue applicators come in.

While I never really knew Chuck Granger, the people in the local clubs made it clear he was something special to them. So when I picked up an old AMT Parts Pack hot rod frame still in the pack from his widows booth, I found myself wanting to build something in an older style. Possibly Chuck himself might have built had he still been here to build it. Now, I am not 100% certain of his taste, but from his stash it was clear he liked Hot Rods. Once home I started digging through may parts trying to come up with something appropriate. I found that I had some pieces from the 3N1 25 T kit, and decided to go with the bucket. I even decided to keep that Lincoln motor, again to keep it more of a period hot rod rather than a modern build. Digging through my stash of paints I have had for years, I came across some Ultracolor Spearmint toner, and so decided to name it either Mint T or Spearmint T. Turns out Dave Mikrut here on the forum already had a Mint T, so Spearmin-T it is. I have moved a bit along in the build before posting, so I will get you up to speed a bit here all at once. In these first pics you can see that I cut up the straight front axle, to have a little more of a dropped axle. I am going to try and have working steering, but I am not 100% certain I am capable of making it happen. I do mean working, not pose-able.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc&feature=player_detailpage#t=1

I really like the color you achieved on that blower on the Willy's.

Fractional bands,,,like Kiss?

Very saddened by this for sure.

With bands that have members coming and going, it always made me wonder how a label kept track of who to send residual/royalty checks to.

Nice

I canNOT see this without hearnig "Holiday Roads"