Modelbuilder Mark

Much more beach ready now.

Nice collection

Cool

Looking good

I am liking it.

Interested to see where this one goes. I have always liked this body style, and had the 2+2 with a V8 back in 1987, great car.

You know, that is a possibility. I have a lot of stuff that I really do not even recall when and where I picked it all up over the years. I believe these steel rims are from the AMT Starliner kit, and I think they are GREAT looking rims. I made a mold of them so when I run out of the kits I have (bought a bunch for motors and other bits) I will still have rims :-} Thanks Dennis!

Nice conversions

Thanks Tim. I am pretty sure it will be the Ardun, saving the Paxton for another project that will be less traditional than this. Would like to see your 31, as I enjoy seeing you're work.

True blue! Very nice!

Nice design

Kewl klassic

I like it!

A very practical Phantom! When these cars came out, my father owned the body shop of the local Dodge/Chrysler dealership. I can just image seeing a few of these ripping around town.

Tulio , great model. You are such a consistently clean builder. T., build on! You can't have Tulio's on YOUR shelf.

I was able to get a little more work done at the bench this week. I wanted to share the quickie way I drill out the carbs so the hole is centered. Especially since these are at an angle, it will need to be held straight. I find a piece of aluminum tubing that just goes around the outside of the stack, then I find one smaller, and yet one more so that I get down to where the starting drill bit just fits inside. Once I get that hole going, I remove the smallest tube, grab a larger bit that fits into that, and progress up until the last bit nearly completes. (I used this same method for opening exhaust pipes as well) Then I clean up the edges with an Xacto. I painted the inside red (soon to be followed by a black wash), seconds before snapping these shots, so they are not fully cleaned up. But first, I painted the entire units Metalizer aluminum buffing, then taped off the stacks and shot with gunmetal buffing. This way the stacks get a high shine, and when I buf the carbs, the edges on the carb give off a realistic metal finish. My photography does not show as well as it looks in person, but it is pretty convincing. I have the frame mostly done, added a cross member, and relocated the engine mounts. Not picture is the new driveshaft I made, so once engine is complete it will be ready for brake lines and wheels. Still trying to decide on which grill I am going to use. Thoughts?

You should be pleased, nice work

Cool!

Looking good!

Nice!

Nice model, looking good!

Count me as a fan!

Looking period correct to me!

VERY nice, I like it. I had one back in the 70s, but not since.

I like this a lot