Ace-Garageguy

Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement. I got the molds pulled off of the repop body and cleaned up. Now for the tricky bit.

Thank you. The paint is Testor's rattle-can Flaming Orange "one coat" lacquer, 5 coats actually, over white Duplicolor primer (over gray high-build Duplicolor primer) and 4 coats of Testor's "wet look" clear, the top surfaces sanded and polished.

Man, I love this thing. I was a mechanic on some racing Abarths in the early '70s including a 1300 OT, which was on a modified Fiat 850 chassis if I remember right. We bought several Abarth cars from Al Cosentino / Faza, and ran them in SCCA. Incredibly fast for what they were, and tough. What engine is going under that hood scoop?

Great looking little car. Really fine work on opening those doors too.

Now that I've actually finished a build, I've decided to bring this one home next. It came with a mixed-lot of gluebombs and assorted junk in an ebay purchase, and I really didn't even know what it was until I researched the "Phoenix" script on the quarter panel. It had been painted with a dirty pinecone, and then either stepped on or thrown against a wall. Something about the remains struck a chord, and I found myself thinking about how to restore it. Not much to restore, but after a bath in oven cleaner and re-attaching the two major parts, it started to look a little better. I'm going with a contemporary mild-custom style build, as a convertible. Chassis will be a later-model Mopar, with probably something like a multi-carb 383. The body is missing the roof and major chunks from the quarters. It shared bench space with my '70 Chevelle for the Gearz contest before I had decided to finish that one. I found a nicely done resin repop of the original kit, and made fiberglass molds of the missing sections of the green body.

Thanks again for all the kind words. Here are a few more pix.... A profile showing the chop better..... A higher chassis shot..... And a better shot of the rework of the tail and decklid....

Thanks for all the positive comments, everyone.

I really want to thank you all for all the info on entering, resizing, etc. I hadn't gone thru to the "thank you" page, and assumed it was just a glitch. If it hadn't been for all of your helpful posts, my entry wouldn't have made the deadline. Thanks again, Bill

I haven't finished anything in years, but the 2012 Revell-Gearz contest was the inspiration I needed, I guess. Just got it in at about 7:00 PM. Scale 4" chop, de-chromed body and flush-fitted windshield; Corvette C5-R chassis stretched using the original Chevelle center pan and a partially scratch-built cage and fuel tanks; Chevelle kit 454 modified with front blower and magneto, custom through-frame exhausts; filled parking lights and reshaped, narrowed and painted front bumper; Hood opened up for radiator duct with scratch-built gills; Deckild opened with through-panel vintage Indy-car fuel filler; custom rear panel with C5 taillights and rolled pan; Optional Chevelle-kit chrome wheels with custom alloy rims.Testors Flaming Orange lacquer and 4 coats of clear.

I'm new....thought I'd post a few pics of some ongoing builds, and see if I have a handle on the procedure for same. Let's see what happens with a '34 Ford tracknose.... and a sectioned and channeled '40 Ford custom..... ...a chopped and channeled '37 slantback on a C5 chassis...... ....a Ferrari powered '34 Ford pickup...... .......and a rework of the old Monogram Predicta kit, for starters.