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1965 Plymouth Fury. Update, 7/27, WHEW!
gtx6970 replied to StevenGuthmiller's topic in WIP: Model Cars
A really good friend of mine just sold his 1965 Fury Pace car convertible to a guy in the Grand Rapids MI area. He had owned it for a few years ,,,drove the snot out of it . He just felt it was time to move on and concentrate on his 67 Coronet RT convertible project. I am on the hunt for a clean builder 65 convertible kit to replicate it . I've already done his 55 Chrysler 300, 70 Charger, 69 Dart 383 , and his 68 Coronet RT vert. Planning to do his orange Superbird soon -
what is masking paper ? I had thought about the cling wrap idea before,,just never tried it . Makes me wonder how well it will seal along the edges ,,,. I have a sox and martin duster build coming up REAL soon and I don't want paint bleeding under tape lines ,,and the thought of painting clear on it first to me sounds like its just going to make a thicker edge
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NNL WEST 2017 - "777" Theme
gtx6970 replied to curt raitz's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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The Color Me Gone version has the max wedge engine only. And as mentioned, I think only the 64 Plymouth kit had the slant six as an optional engine in it ???????
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Let's See Some Survivors!
gtx6970 replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I could go on for days with the stuff I've bought in the past year or 2. Nothing newer than 1962 and I bet most if not all of them were built pretty close to when they were released -
Its not that I dislike them, quite the contrary actually. I just choose to support my local hobby shop(s) first if I can I will go in a HL if they have something I need ( and need it now ) and my LHS doesn't have or can't get in a reasonable time frame . OR like I said when I have a 40% off coupon. I actually picked up one of the re-issued Ford race car hauler trucks a while back ,,with the discount it was about the same as any online retailer I found for the same kit Back over the winter I bought a bunch of the discounted metal signs for my down stairs family room re-model project.
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I rarely go on the one near me. when I do its with a discount coupon. I am one of the lucky ones. I have to decent hobby shops with a 15 minute drive and I prefer to support them if I can . Be it new kits or supplies . I haven't bought any newly released kits online in probably 2 or 3 years ( bought a BUNCH of old annuals though )
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1/16 Scale Army Vega Funny Car - Finished 10/14/2018
gtx6970 replied to Mooneyzs's topic in WIP: Drag Racing Models
WOW, But even more so ,,,,,,Love the view. -
Great idea. A buddy of mine has a Canadian 1956 Mercury M1 pickup
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Has Anyone Built This Kit? Quality? MPC 1960 Corvette
gtx6970 replied to Quick GMC's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
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Let's See Some Survivors!
gtx6970 replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Built by me , ,,,,a Loooooong time ago . And there's no chance I ever redo it in my lifetime Johan 1969 Roadrunner, I know the colors are wrong,,,but I plan to build another one someday a little more accurate ,,,but this one will stay as is . I have a few others from way back when,,,,but will snap off a few pics a little later maybe today -
To be honest. My favorite is actually one of my most recent. Also one of the fastest builds I've ever done. Start to finish in just over 24 hours. It was far easier than I imagined it was going to be and turned out much better than I thought it would.
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I was in one of the local hobby shops yesterday . They had maybe 4 or 5 of these. I just could not get excited about buying one. I walked out with nuttin but paint for some other builds I have in the wings
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Question about commissioning models.
gtx6970 replied to ownnddd's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
While displaying some model at a local contest a few years ago. A man walked up to ask me how much I would charge to make a replica of his car ( Plymouth Superbird ) Not a hard kit to find obviously. But when I told him $100 plus the kit and materials ,,,and to expect to pay well north of $250 - 300 or more depending on how detailed he wanted it. He said no thanks . Yet, I have a few builds I've turned down over $500 for. And oddly enough 3 or 4 of the cars I've built in the past 18 months ,,,,, were for family and friends and I refused to take any kind of payment for. ( they own the actual 1/1 I was trying to copy ) -
427 SOHC valve covers
gtx6970 replied to landman's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Ahhh, the cammer. Even though I'm a diehard mopar guy. I've always thought the cammer was one of the best looking engines ever produced. I've had a project in my head for years to build a Cobra with one in it -
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gtx6970 replied to Lovefordgalaxie's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'll tinker with a done build every so often. Usually to redo something I was not happy with in the beginning. Like maybe tweak the ride height , add decals I didn't have before. I actually have one I have been thinking that I want to strip and repaint, as I now have the decals to redo it -
I believe the the side trim insert on a sport fury has a machine turned insert. Fury is simply painted like shown But,,,,, considering the car shown it might just be a hogg pogg of parts
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1964 Plymouth side trim designates it a Fury
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Me ? I am maybe an hour northeast of Louisville.
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looking fantastic so far. I remeber seeing a mustang bodied funnycar. Where the engine sat in it sideways I want say it was a Kallita built car??????
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Well, while rummaging around in the stash this afternoon. I stumbled onto this one. Started long ago ( been so long I don't remember when ) So I sat it on the workbench to be the next up. Summer is tough for me to get modeling time,,,but not impossible. So it make take a little time to actually call it done. Its the Johan body and interior with the chassis from the AMT 1968 Roadrunner kit. engine will be from the parts box . Painted in Testors Petty blue with the required black vinyl top , it'll be white interior and lettering. 440 six barrel auto power train. Want to replicate a car a good friend of mine used to own.