Albie D

Great paint, stance and wheels

One of my faves on GT5

Nice stance and wheels.

Nice chop and detail!

The motor is great! Love the color.

My favorite bodystyle. Great truck!

Hey guys got 2 projects goin on. The 61 Ford got another round of clear and it still curing. In the meantime Ive been foolin around with Revells Duece 5 window. Back in the golden age of rodding the east coast was known for doing a heavy channel and keeping the roofline stock. Might of been the ripped up roads or a desire for head room, but Ive always thought they looked cool. The body recieved a "filled" roof, and cowl vent. The firewall was molded to the body then chopped for the channel, and notched for the distributor and left side cylinder bank. Frame has had the rear frame rails bobbed and the gas tank will make its way to the trunk. Suspension still needs to be done, but wont need major work to get it in the weeds. Front tires are firestones, pie crusts on the rear. Steelies from another kit along with later 50's style hub caps. Grill is ScaleDreams 6" chopped unit. http:// Floor pan upright has been sectioned. The seat has been chopped and dropped. You would need to have a short torso to enjoy the ride, but you'd look cool regardless. ">http:// ">http:// ">http:// ">http:// Motor is the early Hemi that comes with the kit. Its my first wiring job and I realize the plug boots are wrong, but hey it looks cool. I read the "floating alternator " thread with agreement so I attempted a bracket and wired it too. Gonna try and fab up shome headers next. ">http:// http:// Color is gonna be black and shiney and smooth as I can get it. http://http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj509/AlbieDeFusco/32042.jpg]http://

Klassy Kustom. Paint job is so smoooth..

Sick car. Great details and nasty stance!

Thanks for the kind words! When I bought this kit, I was a little suprised to see how little there was to actually "build". Lots of potential body mods, that frankly are not my cup of tea (being a mild custom guy), This is supposed to be a styling exercise, and Im using the kit to practice my wet sanding technique, plus try out some little mods and custom stuff. Ill post my progress.. Ohh and Im 36 and love the nostalgia of the kit. From the box to the instructions, I cant get enough of the old school. Round 2 did a great job in my opinion, and Id buy another one.

Thanks. I saw that pearl clear. Looks interesting. If I mess up the wet sand, Ill give it a try, thanks for the tip. The BMF came in today. Gonna dive into that next!

Thanks for the kind words. Im trying to raise my personal bar with every build. These pages are full of inspiration. http://

Looks straight out of the little pages. The lathe work really sets it off. Cant replicate that with paint..well at least I cant. Awesome.

Wow. It looks like you could turn the key and the motor would turn over and run. I call shotgun!

Love this car. I second the question. Where did you get the rear tires?

What a great build. If this is your 6th, I wonder what you 60th will look like.

Sick. Did you foil the chrome. If so I gotta get into that. Color is sweet.

Great fade!! This is OG for sure.

Great color!!

Love this car. Got Larrys book and this and Grapevine are my handsdown favorites.

Sick build. Love the colors.

I think this is a neat little model. Sure its curbside, but that means its easy it slam, and more time can be spent on the asthetics. This ones got Cragar 5s, or ideally they look like Astros to me with the offset and skinny tires, from another kit. Fit with little fuss. I was lazy and just cut out the tubs and drilled new axle holes. Curbsides are easy! I had to sand the bottom side of the chassis to get it off the floor, but talk about simple, slammed early 60's goodness! The body has the front and rear pans from the kit. I bondoed those in along with filling the handle detents. Got rid of all the mold lines and the emblems. Paint is rattle can MM Go Mango with MM clear. Im taking my time with this one and waiting for it to cure, then Im gonna cut and buff it. I wouldve liked to go flake or candy, but I figured this will be a little easer for one of my first builds. Ordered some foil and Im trying my hand at that. Hopefully it will be scraping the scale streets by next week!

New to the site. Just getting back into models. Heres my 3rd build to date. AMT 49 Ford. Slammed, homemade WWWs, shaved hood, doors, trunk, molded rear pan. Model masters rattle brown, Testors brushed gold gut. Unrealistic blown flathead. Id love to cruise this thing for real!! Not 100% happy with the paint, but my next one Im using some tricks Ive learned on here.

Thanks guys. Im resizing now. First post is always a doozy...

Thanks Jeff. I forgot how fun it is.. I cant seem to post anymore pics on this thread. I guess Ill start a new thread for the rest.