Albie D

I love this kit. This is a great example of one super well done.

Man what a great build. Great style and amazing scratch building. Sits just right...

Nice sled! Love the BMF treatment.

The wheels are from Hoppin Hydros. O.G. Blvd.

Killer work! Lifes about the 3 B's. Bags, Bodydrops and B#!chs!!

Been a while since I last posted. Long story short my last project (mid 50's East Coast 32) was wrecked right before completion. Note to self; never try to finish a model drunk, tired, and fustrated. They end up in a thousand pieces after you huck them against the wall. Anyway, took a break for a few and recently the itch is back. Wanted something easy so I picked up AMT's 93 Issue of the venerable 64 Impala. Im going for mid 60's vibe with this one. A Bellflower kustom , built right before the time the Anglo and Chicano "lowriders" made thier split. Think the Beach Boys "409", rather than "Gin and Juice". This thing low for sure, but the Cragars, shaved trim, emblems and future mild body mods bring back the mid 60's. Paint will be Watson inspired panels, but Im unsure of the colors. Im unsure of everything else for that matter, but so far I modded the pan and did a lot of tweaks here and there to nail the stance. Shoes come courtesy of Hoppin Hydros. I was hoping they would be a tad bigger to emulate the 14", 195/75/14 kustom foot wear of 45+ years ago, but they look killer none the less. And we all know that wheels and stance is EVERYTHING. More updates soon.

Great builds!

Love that cage.

Cool cars. Love the 40 taildragger!

Tom, today if it looks cool its probably illegal in the East. I guess nothings changed in 50+ years! JMD, I believe its a 1940 Ford dashboard. It came in the kit.

Made a little progress this week, thought Id share. First off, I need to get some lights! Seems like I work in a cave or something. By my next "under glass" Ill cobble something together. The frame is done and is wearing its first coat of paint. I Z'ed the front crossmember, glued in some filler plates then hit it with the putty to get the contours back. The crossmember itself has had some minor work (along with the spring) to lose a few mils. I added a quick and dirty floor to the back. The floor acts as a new mount for the coil springs as well as filling the gap between the trunk and the frame. ">http:// ">http:// Im going for a 50s look and the disc brakes in the kit looked out of place. I got the drums from Scenes Unlimited. The fronts are the hollow units with some backing plates that I had. The rears are the solid ones. I had to make a spacer in the rear because the drums were hitting the fender. Not totally realistic, but it works. ">http:// ">http:// ">http:// ">http:// Right now Im redoing the alternator and seaching for some headers. Im letting the paint cure a bit before I clear and buff. I might give the frame another coat but if not its time to actually mount the suspension. Thanks for checking it out! ">http:// ">http://

Trip out man. Great build!

Been searching for one of these kits. Prices seem prohibitive though. Nice color combo.

Wow! What a great car. Everything is just soo perfect. The color, the stance, the pics. I wish I could crusie this for real!

Amazing action shot. Great build and color.

Great build so far. I, too just got back into models after an injury. Your skills are still there! Lets see more of that bodied dually..

This is my kind of build. Totally sick. I bought a few of these kits (one for use with a resin 52 body,to copy my 1:1 car) and after seeing this I wanna start building one now. Love the black steelies, the stance and the chop. Keep up the great work!

Incredible.

Good call Wayne. I was going for 3/8s but ended up around 7/16s. The back was lowered by simply drilling out the coil spring mounts, so the whole thing slides up into the floor, if that makes sense. Im in the process of building a false trunk floor with mounts for the springs. Realy didnt need much as the channel did most of the drop. Ill have pics in a couple of days, Im on the work computer and Im gonna be stuck here for awhile.

Ive heard of Raja Spark Plug Terminals, but they are the basicly a cable with and exposed terminal end (can you say radio interference? Hey what radio.) Never seen these before, look like grounding straps. Awesome detail regardless, thats real old school kool.

Sounds interesting. There was a Bronco II making the show rounds with a flathead a few years back. The inline is a interesting idea. Good luck with the chop!

Awesome blend of 80s mini-truck with the new milenium minitruck stance. Bodydrop FTW!!

Love the big meats tucked like that.

Thanks for the feedback! Im having a lot of fun with this kit.All the roads in my imagination are smooth and flat, so that oil pan has a fighting chance... I was leaning toward a top chop, but honestly I thought it looks wicked as is. Plus I dont think I have the skills to pull that off just yet. When I get my hands on a Model A I might give it a shot, but Im really digging this as is. Worked on the frame a bit today. Ended up Zing the front crossmember a bit to nail the stance but its looking cool. Ill have pics when its painted. Also, I got some drum brakes from Scenes Unlimited and Im in the process of getting those drilled and mounted. More pics ASAP! Thanks for the inspiration!!

Great truck, great stance. Killer paint.