TooOld Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 While Dave Deal was off-roading down in Baja his cousin George was tearing up the Trans-Am circuit in this Mustang specially prepared by Dave Deal Engineering . I built this "Never Was" model using a DW Zzzzz28 kit and a heavily modified '70 Mustang body . The spoilers and exhaust were scratch built and the wheels are from a diecast . The Boss is painted with Tamiya TS-56 Brilliant Orange which is an exact match to Grabber Orange (I did spoon tests) and finished with my own printed decals . I hope you like it ! Build thread is at this link : https://car-toons.proboards.com/thread/1884/tooolds-race-toon-entry 2
Dave Van Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 That is about perfect!!!!! Now you need a race ready Trans Um Tirebird!
Toys4Don2 Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 That is CRAZY!! Amazing work modifying the Mustang body.
vamach1 Posted May 9, 2021 Posted May 9, 2021 Very original and creative and very clean build to boot. Congrats.
TooOld Posted May 9, 2021 Author Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Dave Van said: That is about perfect!!!!! Now you need a race ready Trans Um Tirebird! Thanks Dave , that's a great idea ! 5 hours ago, cobraman said: Hey Bob, that is crazy cool ! Great work ! Thanks much Ray !
TooOld Posted May 9, 2021 Author Posted May 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Toys4Don2 said: That is CRAZY!! Amazing work modifying the Mustang body. Thanks Don ! It was a lot of work but I had fun ! 1 hour ago, vamach1 said: Very original and creative and very clean build to boot. Congrats. Thanks very much Rex !
89AKurt Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 I built a couple of Big Deal kits when I was a kid. You could have fooled me that this was not another one.
TooOld Posted May 12, 2021 Author Posted May 12, 2021 Thank you very much everybody for the comments , these type of builds don't always get much respect so I do appreciate it !
bisc63 Posted May 12, 2021 Posted May 12, 2021 Nothing but respect! That is a fantastic build, and totally works as a tribute to Dave's style. I always loved his cartoons, and of course the models! This one is done right-on.
TooOld Posted May 13, 2021 Author Posted May 13, 2021 On 5/11/2021 at 6:48 PM, afx said: Very well done. Thanks JC ! 23 hours ago, bisc63 said: Nothing but respect! That is a fantastic build, and totally works as a tribute to Dave's style. I always loved his cartoons, and of course the models! This one is done right-on. Thanks you Rusty ! 20 hours ago, Mr mopar said: Wow Bob this is neat ! Thanks much !
echo Posted May 26, 2021 Posted May 26, 2021 Have been a big fan of Dave Deal, to bad he's no longer with us, extremely creative & talented artist. You did a wonderful job converting the stock Mustang body into the cartoon bodied model. Nice work all around.
Spex84 Posted May 27, 2021 Posted May 27, 2021 Incredibly cool. Excellent work converting that body, I could have believed it was an original Dave Deal offering! Love the custom decals, too. At first I thought the "Dave Deal Engineering" decal read "Dave Deal Everything" which would also be appropriate in this case ?
TooOld Posted May 28, 2021 Author Posted May 28, 2021 18 hours ago, Spex84 said: Incredibly cool. Excellent work converting that body, I could have believed it was an original Dave Deal offering! Love the custom decals, too. At first I thought the "Dave Deal Engineering" decal read "Dave Deal Everything" which would also be appropriate in this case ? Thanks Chris !
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