Long-Time Lurker, First Time Poster

[spencer1984]

I've been visiting this forum for years, and countless times have said to myself "I need to finish setting up my account and start posting." I build the same way, having way more ideas and plans than finished models. I generally stick to ~1/24 scale vehicles from pop culture, and always welcome comments, suggestions, and criticisms on my work. Here are a few examples of what I like to build:

Furious 6 Dodge Charger Daytona custom


Batman Batmobile


Ghostbusters 2 Ecto-1A


From Russia with Love Chevrolet

Riptide Corvette

[Ramfins59]

Welcome to our plastic playground Bill. Those are some nice looking models.

[BubbaJoe]

welcome...very nice models...i especially like the ecto 1

[Harry P.]

Are you the same Spencer that I know from the SA forum?

[slusher]

Welcome to the forum Bill..

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys! Harry - yup, that's me. IIRC, we traded a lot of pictures in the "Styling Snafus" thread about a million years ago.

[Foxer]

Welcome to THE forum. Those are some cool builds ... I like builds based on reality as I tend to drift towards making all the cars I've owned. ... and we seem to have the same philosophy .. "I build the same way, having way more ideas and plans than finished models"

[DumpyDan]

Well well, you are quite the builder, and you should have joined years ago. You need to learn how to share Bill, nice builds, more details on the truck.

[spencer1984]

Thanks! Mike, that's one of my few ventures away from the TV/movie genre...I've done one each of the cars my wife and I have driven, with plans for at least a couple more in the future. One of these days...

Here are a couple more pics of the truck. It started life as AMT's '60 Chevy Fleetside, updated to a '61 with the MCG photoetch set and with pretty much everything aft of the cab scratchbuilt. Wheels were from a diecast tow truck, and other details like lights and mirrors were from my parts box. Exact details about 1-ton Chevrolet trucks sold and used in 1960s eastern Europe are difficult to find, so I had to make some guesses:

[Erik548]

did you shorten the Daytona too? man that looks good

Edited March 27, 2015 by Erik548

[spencer1984]

Thanks! Yes, I think I ended up taking about 14" out of the nose and shortened the wing just a hair.

[Erik548]

always welcome comments, suggestions, and criticisms on my work. Here are a few examples of what I like to build:

Thanks! Yes, I think I ended up taking about 14" out of the nose and shortened the wing just a hair.

only saying this because you said your open to suggestions/criticisms and it may be fixable without a repaint or much work.

this could be the camera angle but it still looks like the wing is a little high, the one in the movie was about level with the roof. but it could be your camera angle

http://image.carcraft.com/f/featuredvehicles/1305_ccrp_dodge_charger_daytona_fast_furious_6/47211749/1305-phr-23%2Bdodge-charger-daytona%2Bfast-furious-6%2Bdodge-charger-daytona%2Bfast-furious-6%2Bprofile.jpg

[spencer1984]

Absolutely, thanks for the feedback! It's exaggerated a little by the angle, but I think you're right - I think the supports are about the thickness of the wing too high. Here's a WIP photo after I had shortened them, and at the time they seemed pretty close to what I could find for reference photos:

[mod3l Lover]

Hello Bill,

Welcome aboard,

I have been enjoying your builds for a long

time now!

David S.