rbarlow1 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) Just thought I'd attach a few quick pics of a couple of recent builds. Comments, critiques, ideas all appreciated! I posted the bug in the workshop a while back, worked on it with my daughter - she chose the colors, etc. The Ford was finished pretty quickly - I wanted to see if I could approximate ghost flames (not bad for first go) and figured a big, exposed hemi was a good opportunity to take a first stab at doing some wiring/linkage/fuel lines stuff (i.e., no fancy headers - though I did have a go at it - or chopping/channeling/etc.) I actually learned a lot about hot rods and hot rodding culture working on it, and I think it was pretty successful for a first go at it. Wife and daughter chose the colors on it too. My next one will probably be very different. Next projects (all already in progress): a '62 corvette in Honduras Maroon, a bronze '68 Charger, a deep blue Porsche Carrera GT with photetch, carbon fiber, the whole bit (this one's going really well), and a Lamborghini Sesto Elemento I'm just starting to paint. I'm going to set up some workshop posts for these as I work them to completion. EDIT: I'm going to take some more pictures of the bug in the morning - the ones I have are no good. EDIT 2: I just realized there's no driveshaft on the rod. I'll have to track that down, lol! Edited September 5, 2016 by rbarlow1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I'm not wild about the color purple but I like just about everything else about your '32 5-window. When I get around to building mine, it's going to look very much like yours. I hope it comes out as clean looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Very nice looking coupe. Flames not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbarlow1 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Thanks guys. Yeah Jim, you could mean two things, either of which is probably true. 1) the flames aren't really my thing, but I wanted to try out different bases in a tri coat job. 2) apparently frisket is harder to operate than I had anticipated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Very nice looking model.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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