"Bring Out Your Dead" Completion Build--ROUND 2 Is On!

[disconovaman]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

Testor White Lightning

Oooohh! that gives me an idea...

On 8/1/2020 at 6:37 AM, TimJ said:

dark gray with some satin black detailing.

Dark grey for these year mustangs is right on... Very detailed build, it's looking great...

[disconovaman]

A friend of mine is a huge mustang fan, he has been working hard to build his 65 into a muscle car. I'd say he's had success ? it's a big block with twin turbos. Add another on the list to build in scale now...

[TimJ]

9 hours ago, disconovaman said:

Dark grey for these year mustangs is right on... Very detailed build, it's looking great...

Thanks Anthony. Your friend's Mustang looks great. 

The exhaust and wheels have been fitted. I'm not sure why the instructions said to paint the rear suspension arms silver when those at the front are black but hey ho. I don't normally do weathering but in this case I gave the underside and exhaust a black wash.

DSCF1544 by timothy jones, on Flickr

DSCF1543 by timothy jones, on Flickr

The trim on the body has been painted and the lights and rear windows fitted.

 DSCF1545 by timothy jones, on Flickr

Not much left to do now to gitter done. 

[disconovaman]

Well I thought she deserved the Shelby treatment... err... well... uh... at least the stripes? They give it more of a muscle car vibe to me... I dunno? My plan was to do white lighting pearl stripes and I have a new can of it somewhere? I looked for it for 2 hours and gave up... Plain white it is... ? Anyways, I have to clean up some overspray here and there... then it's off to clearcoat!

Rollin on a couple of Stangs tonight!

 

[Straightliner59]

Got the pulleys mostly finished. I hope I'm not far from getting paint on this, so I can move on to the chassis. I added bolts to the compressor head, too. You can also see the crank and alternator pulleys and the belt made from strip plastic.

Edited August 3, 2020 by Straightliner59

[bisc63]

On 7/19/2020 at 4:47 PM, oldscool said:

The GTX is almost complete. Just some body trim and air cleaners. Next pics will be in Under Glass.

That color is awesome, and the model as a whole is really sharp! Nicely done!

[Spottedlaurel]

Excellent progress from all above! I'm looking to start BMF on my Corvette today, it's getting to that point where it should quickly come together.

[disconovaman]

Clearcoat is on, now all is left is cutting, polishing, and final assembly. I will be adding some decals at the end also... As an ancient philosopher once said... "Drive on" ?

 

[Spottedlaurel]

I think this is all the foil done on the Corvette:

Looks like I have a much easier job with the glass this time than I did my the last two completions, just a well-shaped single moulding that fixes positively with plenty of overlap to glue/tape. Wasn't sure about the tint with the maroon colour, but the foil trim gives it some definition.

Paintwork needs a final buffing, it's suffered from being handled today.

Quick mock-up with the rolling chassis and interior, just to make sure there are no fitment issues. All good, I can now look to get the LT5 finally installed.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Spottedlaurel

[disconovaman]

On 8/5/2020 at 5:52 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

Quick mock-up

Nice progress... I have a simular color from Boyd's... I wanna use... kinda reminds me of Honduras maroon chevy color... The Cragers are timeless huh?

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, disconovaman said:

Nice progress... I have a simular color from Boyd's... I wanna use... kinda reminds me of Honduras maroon chevy color... The Cragers are timeless huh?

Thanks Anthony, yes those Cragars work on so many things, and look great here with the more modern, lower profile tyres as here (although still a bit of an odd choice on the Japanese kit they came with).

I made good progress on the Corvette yesterday, just about to update my WIP thread and I think it could see completion today.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Spottedlaurel

[dragcarz]

I have another build posted in WIP Drag Cars, one that I started some time ago, Snake saw it and suggested I post it here. With the end of September deadline, I don’t think I can pull that off, so I started looking at some of my other stalled projects and came across my Revell Mustang Funny car that I started back in Augusta of 2005! Wow how time flies.....15 years ago....

This kit as many are aware has An incorrect roof, in that it’s rounded at the spoiler instead of flat. My original goal was to fix the roof and do the Shirley Muldowney F/C. I got the roof fixed and then the trouble started. Two failed paint jobs having to strip the body both times, and repaint it, then for the life of me I couldn’t get the Slixx decals on the car. Not the decals fault, I just was out of practice, and I could not get them to conform to the contours of the Ram Air hood. After exhausting two sets of decals, I tossed it back into the box. 
 

 

[dragcarz]

May of 2018, I pull it out of the box and back into the purple pond. I have for some reason 3 sets of Slixx Trojan Horse decals and decided to try and save my hard work. I paint it black.

[dragcarz]

Again I try and get the decals on the body, and no luck. I even requested help from the guys here on the forum, and was given the suggestion to use a hair dryer. This helped tremendously, but I still had issues.

Edited August 8, 2020 by dragcarz

[dragcarz]

I ended up using all three sets, patching the decals with scraps left over and I proceeded to clear it with 2 part clear for model cars, the clear crinckeled some of the roof decal, dirt and the patch edges showed, so back in the box. 
 

October 2018, my daughter and I redid a guitar and we painted it blue and I used my old faithful DuPont Chroma Clear for 1/1 cars, and I had some left over. I hate to waste this stuff it’s REAL expensive, so I remembered the mustang, and went and grabbed it. I didn’t even sand it, I tacked it off and gave it two really heavy coats. It looked pretty good.......

[dragcarz]

Sorry this is kinda long, but I’m gonna finish this thing if it’s the last thing I do. Starting today!

[oldscool]

I posted pics of my GTX in Under Glass a couple of weeks ago so I guess I should post some here as well just to close out my build. I decided to paint the hood flat black.

[disconovaman]

First off, let me say I feel like I'm falling behind you guys with all this wonderful progress I'm seeing. Another Mustang with a great paint job.

14 hours ago, dragcarz said:

Sorry this is kinda long,

Reading is fundamental lol. I love the stories and particularly when they are written as well as you have here. And the guitar is fantastic! I have a blue electric guitar I need to redo it's red at the moment but I think the blue undeneith is in good condition. (Cromaclear) is at the top of my list of painting choices. The Dupont Chroma-base system is the best I've ever seen... 

19 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Japanese kit they came with

What kit did they come with? They sure are detailed...

Edited August 9, 2020 by disconovaman

[Spottedlaurel]

1 hour ago, disconovaman said:

What kit did they come with? They sure are detailed...

This JDM Cedric. It's not uncommon to see older models with them fitted, but a bit unusual for them to be seen on something from the '80s like this.

Aoshima 1:24 Nissan Cedric V30 Turbo Brougham VIP (Y30) kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I've just come in from the shed to grab a celebratory cup of tea, as the Corvette is now good as finished, all bar finding a registration plate decal.

[Snake45]

5 hours ago, oldscool said:

I posted pics of my GTX in Under Glass a couple of weeks ago so I guess I should post some here as well just to close out my build. I decided to paint the hood flat black.

Gotcha, and well done, very sharp! GOTTER DONE! 

Just realized I didn't do an update on this page. Dragcarz, welcome aboard, good to have you! GITTER DONE! 

ROUND 8 : FINISH DATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Tom Geiger: Jeepster

Disconovaman: '65 Mustang convertible MAKING GREAT PROGRESS!

Spottedlaurel: '65 Corvette MAKING GREAT PROGRESS!

Straightliner59: Peterbilt truck MAKING GREAT PROGRESS!

Misha: Tall T coupe

TimJ: '99 Mustang Cobra MAKING GREAT PROGRESS!

Oldscool: '66 Impala FIRST COMPLETION! GOTTER DONE! Moving on to '69 GTX SECOND COMLETION! GOTTER DONE!

vamach1: Mystic Chrome Cobra

SuperbirdMcMonte: '70 Superbird

Snake45: '66 Mustang

Eric Macleod: Packard Speedster Victoria

Dave Branson: 2008 Challenger

Dragcarz: Mustang Funny Car

[dragcarz]

Busy day, sanded and polished paint on the body, metalizer aluminum on block and heads, intake and supercharger. I painted the tin work with some Testors spray enamel, Burgandy purple metal flake. Closest match that I had. I think it’s a pretty good match. I have reference material that shows this car with the frame painted a pink/ purple color, black, and gun metal. I chose the gun metal as I have too many with the black chassis, I didn’t want the pinky purple color so I went with the gun metal color.

[Spottedlaurel]

That bodywork looks excellent, what a save!

My BOYD entry is done:

 

[disconovaman]

The Vette turned out Fabulous... I'd drive that proud! Awesome work gettin-er-done! ?

 

Great work on the Mustang too... That paint work is beautiful! The details are really taking shape!

[disconovaman]

14 hours ago, dragcarz said:

I redid a guitar

You inspired me to get this old base out and redo it... So thanks! ? here it is, it's kinda rough but oh well I'll do my best...

My nephew was in a band in highschool and their colors were red and black so he took a perfectly good guitar apart and painted it this way... It was in my brother's building when he was moving, he was leaving it so it came home with me... I think I can get the paint off and polish it maybe touch it up here and there we'll see...

[Snake45]

Okay, guitars are cool, but let's stay on topic here, fellas. Why not start a great guitar thread down in the Off Topic section? Thanks and model on!