Painted Black Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Just pulled my Lindberg version, and it looks just like your picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, Painted Black said: Just pulled my Lindberg version, and it looks just like your picture. Thanks man. I appreciate you checking yours for me. I can stop fighting it now ☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Working on my plug wire boots this morning. This may not be the best way or the way you do it but it's what I came up with so far. I use 30 AWG wire for the plug wires. I buy some old phone wire at Ace Hardware (49 cents ft) that has 4 wires inside. I pick the color of boots I want and strip the insulation off the wire and cut them to length. I run a needle in the end of the insulation to enlarge a little to get the plug wire started. Doesn't looks to bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Got the 409 wiring completed and I got some paint on the body. Turned out pretty good for the cold painting conditions I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Beautiful shade of blue. Nice work on the plug wires. I use phone line too but I rarely wire my engines, though I should do, it makes them look so much nicer and detailed. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, doorsovdoon said: Beautiful shade of blue. Nice work on the plug wires. I use phone line too but I rarely wire my engines, though I should do, it makes them look so much nicer and detailed. Nice work. Thanks Gareth. I forgot to put my 409 decals on the valve covers but I can still get them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Zippi said: Thanks Gareth. I forgot to put my 409 decals on the valve covers but I can still get them on. That's good, decals are the finishing touch. I stuck a Hemi in my '68 Charger build but it's from the old MPC kit which doesn't come with the 426 Hemi Head decal for the air cleaner, gutted:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: That's good, decals are the finishing touch. I stuck a Hemi in my '68 Charger build but it's from the old MPC kit which doesn't come with the 426 Hemi Head decal for the air cleaner, gutted:( Yeah its a shame when you don't have those nice engine decals. I knew better and should have checked. I was in to much of a hurry to get the distributor wired I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I'm finally caught up on this one. Everything looks great Bob. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, David G. said: I'm finally caught up on this one. Everything looks great Bob. David G. Thanks Dave. I was going to paint the white insert first but I guess it slipped my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 20 hours ago, Zippi said: Working on my plug wire boots this morning. This may not be the best way or the way you do it but it's what I came up with so far. I use 30 AWG wire for the plug wires. I buy some old phone wire at Ace Hardware (49 cents ft) that has 4 wires inside. I pick the color of boots I want and strip the insulation off the wire and cut them to length. I run a needle in the end of the insulation to enlarge a little to get the plug wire started. Doesn't looks to bad. That is exactly how I do mine. I will glue the boot into the head first and then enlage with a needle or drill bit. I can then shove a fair amount of excess plug wire through it. The paint is looking good.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, NOBLNG said: That is exactly how I do mine. I will glue the boot into the head first and then enlage with a needle or drill bit. I can then shove a fair amount of excess plug wire through it. The paint is looking good.👍 Thanks Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) I got the 409 finished. Still haven't decided if I'm going to paint the transmission. Started to apply the decals and they fell apart when I pulled them out of the water. Still need to do a little touch up but pretty much done. Edited November 4, 2021 by Zippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Looking good! Love the blue too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 53 minutes ago, tbill said: Looking good! Love the blue too. Thanks Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Man that's cool. I love the '61 Chevy's, they are beautiful automobiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Geno said: Man that's cool. I love the '61 Chevy's, they are beautiful automobiles. I appreciate it dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 Got the airbrush out, mask off the sides of the 61 and shot some white on the inserts. Came out pretty good. I wrapped it up like a mummy but had to clean up some of the bleed through but came off with water. The foil should hide those rough edges. Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, that's looking great Bob.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcaps55 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 11:32 AM, Zippi said: Working on my plug wire boots this morning. This may not be the best way or the way you do it but it's what I came up with so far. I use 30 AWG wire for the plug wires. I buy some old phone wire at Ace Hardware (49 cents ft) that has 4 wires inside. I pick the color of boots I want and strip the insulation off the wire and cut them to length. I run a needle in the end of the insulation to enlarge a little to get the plug wire started. Doesn't looks to bad. Hay thats the way I do it perfect fit.!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 45 minutes ago, Geno said: Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, that's looking great Bob.😎 Thanks Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, rickcaps55 said: Hay thats the way I do it perfect fit.!!! Yup. Works out ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmike Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Looks good Bob! I built one a few years ago and I found out the this kit had the mis-shapened cowl which I never knew about and Lindberg had recalled the kit. Someone tried to tell me about it and he couldn't tell me straight out that the cowl was badly mis-shaped. I built the model and no one has said anything to me about it since! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, mrmike said: Looks good Bob! I built one a few years ago and I found out the this kit had the mis-shapened cowl which I never knew about and Lindberg had recalled the kit. Someone tried to tell me about it and he couldn't tell me straight out that the cowl was badly mis-shaped. I built the model and no one has said anything to me about it since! Thanks. Nice looking. I like the lighter shade of blue. Edited November 4, 2021 by Zippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Oh man, that’s gonna look spectacular once all the chrome bits are done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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