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yea i got it i had another incident which broke my knee again and was bed ridden for over a month, hope to get back on my models hell I'll try to break something out today and see what i can come up with

Abell does it not bother you that the interior tub is entirely inaccurate for being from the convertible? the actual size of the back seat and rear tubs and what not, it's more represented by the GT/Cobra Hatch rear back seat, I'm actually gonna give it a go with scratch building so that stuff looks a little more realistic than just a flat trunk separator where the third brake light is just added to to a vert interior tub.

WOW i didn't even notice that lol. so what is the answer for that? do i lower that mm difference on the bottom of the window or just try to hide it in my fabrication stage? what did you do to compensate on frankenstang there abelle?

doesn't look like much but I'm taking every precaution to make sure this thing is perfect, so only one quarter window in progress but it's darn good progress in my eyes

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52275&hl=%20mustang%20%20lx&st=0

While work on my AMT Model T project is going well it has been eating me alive thinking about getting started on my 1:1 Fox Mustang LX with most of my inspiration coming from Frankenstang. I won't waste any time with fluff or reason right this second. The three kits I'll be bashing together to get my coupe done since quarter windows seem to be the biggest problem areas for most resin bodies i simply went outside and blueprinted my quarter windows sketched out on some styrene sheet

sweet build way to think outside the box

gate to dig up a dinosaur post but what color paint is that? brand and what not I'd like to try to match it for my 1:1 mustang

I'll leave this one as is just to get the hang of detailing until i can order the right scale stuff as my local RadioShack doesn't stock 30 AWG wire. I'm not going for perfect on this one i just want it clean and completed...that's why it's not getting any drastic body mods or anything. now when i get started on my fox body coupe EVERYTHING will have to be perfect. this one will be ok though it's just for me to practice stuff like wiring and braided hoses and what not. it's pretty much my learning curve. I hope to get as in depth as Romell's 67 Chevelle when i do my fox body mustang

plug wires and painted carbs...wasn't happy with the height of the magneto so i shortened it a lot

Painted the Body with a custom mix painted the carbs and wired up the plugs (the wire scale is way off but I'm just getting back into the hobby)

First a little background story about me before we get to the pics. It's been at least ten years or better since I've touched models, that being said my skills are rusty, my talent (or lack there of) is poor as i was young back then and most of them were just glue bombs and I was quick to lose interest with every kit i started when i first got into detailing them years ago. So this will be the first of what i hope to be many projects to increase my knowledge and modeling skills. I've got several other "old" projects I want to pick back up but i chose this AMT Model T kit to knock the dust off and actually successfully complete one without wasting an entire "tube" of glue ( I used to use testors now i use Extreme Power thin and medium CA ). Furthermore I was in a severe auto accident back on Christmas eve 2011 and video games kinda ran their course and now I want to stir the modeling nerve again so that i can achieve my end goal which is building a Fox Body Mustang Coupe to match my 1:1. But enough blabbering about my past and on with the show... Smoothing the firewall gap Carved the tires and filed the wheels both from different kits to get the style I wanted for this particular build Painted the motor Primed the body Wrapped the headers and then Sharpie'd/painted them

well had it not been for the new paint rack i would have never realized that i had a few duplicates of select paint colors so I'm happy i took a few hours to organize years of disarray. and the dually is one of those old projects from years ago that i plan to revive after i get done with some of the new projects that I've selected to get me back into the hobby.

great video and i would like to breath some younger new life into the club, I'll see if i can't get a few friends together and see if we can find out about this Charlotte club that video seems like what i remember NASCAR being as a kid...they don't even run sanctioned events at Rockingham anymore!

what grade fishing line is that?

after some heated research and a simple decision i won't be using the blown V8 but rather the carbed version as the blower just doesn't fit right...but maybe some progress in a bit and i think the car setup will look better

yea once i finish a few models I'll be scratch building a fifth wheel trailer along with the dually to haul them all

well though it's small it's a big update for me! got the paint on the body...it's not perfect but I'm happy. also sprayed the valve covers at any rate maybe i can get some more stuff done tomorrow edit: couldn't go to sleep without a good mockup shot

not much done on the T today as I worked on building this nifty new paint rack to organize my bench a bit as the XBOX was kinda in the way now maybe I'll get a little more organized. maybe a little progress on the T later this evening.

I know it's not saturday but i done some work to day to build a little organization rack for my work bench and i figured this would be the best place to show it off comments and suggestions please and what's currently on the bench the wood paint rack withe XBOX is today's addition to the work bench to organize and optimize space on the bench

Just wanted to stop by and say thanks this advice lead e to buy a few bottles and as soon as I get home throw my chromeless varnish coated part in a vat and see if it's as effective as you brand.

i'm no fan of box chrome but you build as a whole looks wonderful...i just don't feel that box chrome is accurate, i prefer alclad so my only complaint would be the chrome

I'm in the Concord area just north of Charlotte and have a few friends we have been looking for a local gathering for years anyone know of anything close?

just figured out where the PMs were located and replied...sorry it took so long been working on my model t most of the day

i wish my first build ever was this clean! nice work so far