Rusty Sierra

paint looks gorgeous... need pics of that engine to fully give you cred though man...

cool model! really dig the Ontario plates!

It looks like it was probably more work to do the dummy blower and scoop than it would have been to just cut a hole in the hood. Really unique, love it man.

Any info on your technique creating the deep dish wheels? This project looks awesome.

that's real nice man...what's the engine out of?

A small update although it took a lot of work... I wanted to try my hand at creating a Mexican blanket. I think I remember reading this technique in an old issue of scale auto. The seat The method I bought the hacky sack at the dollar store along with a wooden box I plan on using for the bed. I cut the hacky sack up for the coloured string and the placed each thread on a measured piece of masking tape then I glued it all to the painted seat.

Man the trunk is cool. Great idea and great build.

I'm planning on using a blown 396 for it that is if i can get the blower intake to fit... Joe, that's a gorgeous model, very similar to what I had originally envisioned before I found the big meaty tires in my parts bin.

This looks fantastic! I'm building the same kit currently however I'm going in a totally different direction. The bed looks amazing and has given me a few ideas for my own project.

I'm glad to finally say that this project is continuing.... I have found new inspiration for it and have done a bunch of stuff so far. I cut the entire front end off and will be discarding it in favour of and open engine look. I've added little bits of plastic the body so I could use the original firewall however I had to cut the firewall to get the body lower. I had to scratch build some door panels as well to get the interior to fit because I also had to cut it the interior tub down to get the body sitting lower... The frame and bed were both shortened... I glued it all together today but here it is being mocked up. I'm either going to go in this direction or this..... I'm thinking the latter. but am interested in some input. I've never done any cutting on a model so this is all very new to me but I'm having fun doing it.

This was done with the with the one coat lacquer out of the rattle can? Very impressive... I'd love to know how you did the darker colour around the edges using just the can.

I've seen the back seat of these a few times and can tell you this looks just like the 1:1

Love this

targa top turned out BEAUTIFUL!

very cool I'd love to try this but my mouse costs about $80.

TOO COOL!

I love these kinds of builds because I whenever I make a mistake or do something that didn't come out the way I'd hope I try to cover it up via a different method and usually I'm left with a beautiful model.

Looks awesome !!

I made some relief cuts where the blue line is and bent the stub back to where it will join up the roof. I am pretty happy with how the A pillars turned out. the drivers side is a little bit off but I think it's as close as I am going to get it. I've done a lot of sanding and they're shaping up nicely. In retrospect I probably should have done it the way you suggested though.

more progress

The glue has set now and It looks pretty good... does the surface have to perfect before I apply the putty or can it be somewhat rough? majority of the body lines are exactly where they should be however, I'm unease as to how I'll be able to shape the ones that aren't.

Haha love the engine choice... an LS9 was the last thing I expected....

Nevermind, I just went with my gut and used the tube glue... hope it will be alright

Also, I'm wondering what kind of glue I should be using to attach the roof back on. all I have is the testors tube glue right now but if anyone can tell me a specific brand that works well let me know!

Thanks for the tip tim, I created another thread in the how do I... section of the forum and was told regular old bondo will work well. More on this project soon.