MBXPilot Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Haven't done much building for quite a while, I'm sure y'all know how life gets in the way haha. I pulled this kit out of the cabinet and decided to give it a go. It seems so far like it will be a fairly straight forward build, we shall see! I decided not to do the pace car version, but just go with a standard red one. "Fire Storm" is the name of the color from 1991. For whatever reason, I really enjoy models of common, everyday "malaise" type cars haha. Dodge Stealth by Logan Abner, on Flickr Dodge Stealth by Logan Abner, on Flickr Dodge Stealth by Logan Abner, on Flickr Got the chassis painted today and body primed, as well as the main part of the engine. It's too cold to be painting, but I'm doing it anyway lol.
Jonathan Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 looking forward to seeing more of this. I remember when these were "hot" cars...
Top.Secret Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Don't think I've ever seen a buildup of this one, lookin forward to it.
Snake45 Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks for posting. I have the snapper version of this kit I've been wanting to do for a while, but can't decide on a color. Seems like every one I ever saw in real life was bright red, including one owned by a former boss who turned out to be a world-class jerk, so I'm kinda off red for it. Thinking of a dark metallic gray of some sort.... At any rate, I'll be following yours for ideas.
Erik Smith Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Cool. I built one way back when it was new car. Decent model. I think I struggled to replicate the orange turn signal on the front end - it’s part of the headlight and if I remember, it isn’t represented on the part. I think I used some BMF and some orange paint...turned out ok. Just ok.
MBXPilot Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 This one is going to be red obviously, can't decide on an all black interior or black and tan. I'm wondering about the front turn signals as well.. Not sure how to accomplish that haha.
MBXPilot Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Little bit of an update. I got a lot of the chassis done, just the exhaust left to do, it's drying at the moment. The kit is going together well, other than the engine not quite wanting to fit onto the subframe, but I got it. I broke one of the valve covers right in half, hopefully it isn't too noticeable. And I was hoping for more of an "overspray" look for the chassis, it seems I was a little heavy on the paint. Oh well. And I just found out that I have to be at work at 5:30 tomorrow morning, so that's all the modeling for tonight! Stealth chassis progress by Logan Abner, on Flickr Stealth chassis progress by Logan Abner, on Flickr Stealth chassis progress by Logan Abner, on Flickr
MBXPilot Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Well, the runway was too icy to fly this morning, so I came back home. Got the exhaust fitted. Stealth update by Logan Abner, on Flickr And I used a bit too much force trying to get the rear wheels on, and broke the rear axle!! Ughhhh. I'm going away for a week starting tomorrow, so I'll deal with that when I get home. Stealth update by Logan Abner, on Flickr
Snake45 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Looking very good! You are inspiring me to dig mine out and do it!
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