BleedinChevyOrange Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Hey guys, I recently picked the hobby back up after a few years. I was in my teens when I first started building and as such, rarely finished any of my projects. I started building again a few weeks ago and wanted to do some customization. I searched the internet hoping to find a group of friendly people who also share the interest and ended up scouring these forums for hours. So here I am, excited to join the community. My current project is the Revell 1/25 '67 Coronet Foose Edition. I liked the slight mods that were done to it to begin with, but decided I wanted it to be a little lower. A little lower turned into a lot lower and thus, the moding addiction started to build. I used a soldering iron to melt through and remove all the fender wells, and its actually sitting where I want it. I'm still figuring out how to go about minitubbing it and possibly doing a little molding on the hood. This ran on a lot longer than I planned, but yeah, I'm glad to have found this! -Austin
tubbs Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 from one Ohioan that doesn't finish his projects to another, welcome. ironic tht your forum name is bleedinchevyorange and you show a mopar... thats ok, i am a tride and true mopar guy that has a couple of fords on the bench right now. plenty of tips and guidence on here as to go about tubbing that rear end. go to the q and a section and go to one of the pinned topics on how to search the forum and you will find what you need.
Foxer Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Good to see you jumping in and melting plastic away! I'd suggest investing in a battery operated Dremel tool .. you'll never be sorry and it will cut plastic and many more things. I can't promise it won;t melt the plastic, but not as much as a soldering iron if you move slow at low speed. The battery operated Dremels do work better at lower speeds and melt less plastic.
Petetrucker07 Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Glad to see another brother bleeding orange.
BleedinChevyOrange Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 Welcome to the forum. Good to see you jumping in and melting plastic away! I'd suggest investing in a battery operated Dremel tool .. you'll never be sorry and it will cut plastic and many more things. I can't promise it won;t melt the plastic, but not as much as a soldering iron if you move slow at low speed. The battery operated Dremels do work better at lower speeds and melt less plastic.[?/quote] Yeah I've been considering a Dremel, I've just been using what I have on hand for now, haha. Maybe not the optimal tool but I can do rough cuts and I've been trying to stick weld with the iron. I know harbor freight has a decent 60 piece Dremel accessory kit with a ton of different bits. Would you recommend a Dremel brand or would the harbor freight brand work?
DumpyDan Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Welcome Austin, really like where your going with this. Lowering looks good keep it going.
JTalmage Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Welcome. And it must be an Ohio thing... I cant seem to finish anything.
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