2024 Cannonball Run Restomods Build Thread

[White Rabbit]

Engine work continues...The water pump and housing, thermostat and housing, and expansion tank are preliminarily completed. Next is the alternator.

[Mattilacken]

1 day left until my deadline, my friends 40 year birthday. Car is almost done. Missing fog lights, plates, wheels, nose decal. And a cleanup.. can’t remember anything else.

 

 

[Mattilacken]

The Porsche got to the finish line in time! 

[oldcarfan]

  On 4/18/2024 at 9:51 PM, Mattilacken said:

The Porsche got to the finish line in time!

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Looks amazing with excellent paint and love those wheels!

[atomicholiday]

Wow, that’s absolutely gorgeous.  Great job!?

[White Rabbit]

Great job, Anton! 

Updated entry list.

1. 1990 Ford Mustang (Fat Brian)
2. 1974 Plymouth GTX (Lunajammer)
3. VW Corrado Magnum (stitchdup)
4. 1975 AMC Gremlin (Tim08)
5. Nissan 240ZG (Spottedlaurel)
6. 1957 Ford Fairlane (MeatMan)
7. 1965 Buick Riveira (Keef)
8. 1990 Ford Mustang LX (53gmc) ?
9. 1967 Pontiac GTO (Pat Minarick)
10. 1966 Ford Mustang (beans)
11. 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Disconovaman)
12. 1998 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Westrods)
13. 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle Wagon (atomicholiday)
14. 1974 Pontiac TransAm (Can-Con)
15. 1967 Chevrolet Camaro (Camaro lover)
16. 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz (Kermn8r)
17. 1997 Ford Expedition (oldcarfan)
18. Ferrari 512BB (avidinha)
19. 1970 Chevrolet Malibu (KWT)
20. 1972 Mazda RX3 (White Rabbit)
21. 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee (slusher)
22. 1971 Plymouth GTX (Bills72sj)
23. VW Vanagon LLE (tooltime-fan)
24. 2003 Chevrolet SSR (xbazzarex)
25. 1984 Porsche 911 Turbo (Mattilacken) ?
26. 1967 Chevrolet Impala (Jantrix)
27. 1966 Chevrolet El Camino (NOBLNG)

[Mattilacken]

  On 4/18/2024 at 10:25 PM, oldcarfan said:

Looks amazing with excellent paint and love those wheels!

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Thanks mate! They suit the car well.  

  On 4/18/2024 at 10:31 PM, atomicholiday said:

Wow, that’s absolutely gorgeous.  Great job!?

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thank you sir!  

  On 4/19/2024 at 12:11 AM, White Rabbit said:

Great job, Anton! 

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Thank you Enzo!

[Lunajammer]

Beautiful Porsche Anton, Congratulations.

[slusher]

Fantastic looking Porsche, Anton!

[Jantrix]

That Porsche is just amazing. Well done!

[avidinha]

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Spring has finally sprung and brought some nice painting weather.

I'm going with a black/red two tone. Because of the way this kit was molded, the only parts I actually had to two tone were the doors.

Because I got the lower half of the car painted I was able to get the interior installed. Considering this is a former motorized toy, the interior is amazingly detailed, it even came with the seat belts.

I was also able to get bonnet installed.

I'm thinking some modern large diameter Ferrari wheels would look right at home on this, hopefully I'll be able to find a nice set. More next time.

Edited April 26, 2024 by avidinha

[slusher]

Very nice work looking great'

[Keef]

Managed to get some paint done today. Progress has been slow due to life in general. I’ll keep plugging away at this one. 

[Keef]

Got the wheels painted also. Texas3DCustoms wheels and tires.

[Spottedlaurel]

Good to see others progressing with the CBR builds, and even one or two completions!

Got another build out of the way last weekend and I can now start messing about with my CBR entry, the Nissan 240ZG (Datsun 240Z with aero nose) fitted with Skyline RB26 engine. The transplant is probably the most complicated part of this build, otherwise it's 'just' a case of putting this very nicely detailed kit together and trying to do it justice. Started the day with a fresh RB26 engine:

This sprue appears to be the same for road and race cars, although I think some of the latter have different turbos on other sprues.

The major issue to address is that the Skyline is 4wd, so there's a transfer box, front diff and driveshafts that need to be removed. For the 'box I decided to graft the tailshaft of a Fujimi 240ZG transmission one to the back end of the original, which is in progress above.

 

After much chopping and fettling I ended up with the arrangement on the left, compared to the standard set-up which I had in a part-built kit. The sump needed to be reversed and it still requires some tidying.

It's interesting to compare the overall length of the block plus 'box with the L24 unit in the Tamiya kit - they're very close. The detail on the recent Tamiya offering is worthy of note, I look forward to using this in another project.

So, how does it fit?

First attempt showed that the mounts need work - the engine is slanted in the Skyline.

All good underneath - the need to flip the sump pan around is obvious here.

Trimming one mount did the trick in making it vertical. I'll have to fabricate something for the mount to positively attach to, and also perhaps add something between the sump and crossmember. The important thing is that the bonnet closes nicely, and there is a bit of clearance over the valve cover.

Has worked out OK so far, hopefully there'll be room for the exhaust, turbos etc....

Edited April 27, 2024 by Spottedlaurel

[White Rabbit]

  On 4/27/2024 at 8:16 PM, Spottedlaurel said:

Good to see others progressing with the CBR builds, and even one or two completions!

Got another build out of the way last weekend and I can now start messing about with my CBR entry, the Nissan 240ZG (Datsun 240Z with aero nose) fitted with Skyline RB26 engine. The transplant is probably the most complicated part of this build, otherwise it's 'just' a case of putting this very nicely detailed kit together and trying to do it justice. Started the day with a fresh RB26 engine:

This sprue appears to be the same for road and race cars, although I think some of the latter have different turbos on other sprues.

The major issue to address is that the Skyline is 4wd, so there's a transfer box, front diff and driveshafts that need to be removed. For the 'box I decided to graft the tailshaft of a Fujimi 240ZG transmission one to the back end of the original, which is in progress above.

 

After much chopping and fettling I ended up with the arrangement on the left, compared to the standard set-up which I had in a part-built kit. The sump needed to be reversed and it still requires some tidying.

It's interesting to compare the overall length of the block plus 'box with the L24 unit in the Tamiya kit - they're very close. The detail on the recent Tamiya offering is worthy of note, I look forward to using this in another project.

So, how does it fit?

First attempt showed that the mounts need work - the engine is slanted in the Skyline.

All good underneath - the need to flip the sump pan around is obvious here.

Trimming one mount did the trick in making it vertical. I'll have to fabricate something for the mount to positively attach to, and also perhaps add something between the sump and crossmember. The important thing is that the bonnet closes nicely, and there is a bit of clearance over the valve cover.

Has worked out OK so far, hopefully there'll be room for the exhaust, turbos etc....

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  On 4/27/2024 at 3:36 PM, Keef said:

Got the wheels painted also. Texas3DCustoms wheels and tires.

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  On 4/25/2024 at 12:16 AM, avidinha said:

#18

Spring has finally sprung and brought some nice painting weather.

I'm going with a black/red two tone. Because of the way this kit was molded, the only parts I actually had to two tone were the doors.

Because I got the lower half of the car painted I was able to get the interior installed. Considering this is a former motorized toy, the interior is amazingly detailed, it even came with the seat belts.

I was also able to get bonnet installed.

I'm thinking some modern large diameter Ferrari wheels would look right at home on this, hopefully I'll be able to find a nice set. More next time.

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Great updates everyone! It seems that every year the builds reach another level. I believe it's going to be a close voting this year again!

[White Rabbit]

I finally (provisionally) completed the alternator as well as the pulleys and belt. I converted the belt system from dual to single as the air pump, power steering (on the FD RX7, not the RX3), and AC are not being used.

Edited April 28, 2024 by White Rabbit

[White Rabbit]

...and a small (very small) easter egg on the idler pulley.

[Keef]

Got some clear shot today, used Duplicolor 1K spray clear and WOW!!! Shines like a new penny!! 

[Keef]

Couldn’t resist a quick mock-up 

[Bills72sj]

  On 4/27/2024 at 3:36 PM, Keef said:

Got the wheels painted also. Texas3DCustoms wheels and tires.

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Sweet wheels!!

[Spottedlaurel]

Made use of some rare fine weather plus a more leisurely weekend thanks to having a public holiday today (Monday) to get some primer and paint on my 240ZG + RB26 build....

Tamiya TS-94 Metallic Grey (with no clear) on the various arch flares, spoiler, bumpers etc. It worked well on the 'practice' Fujimi kit build.

Colour painted (over white primer) on everything needing it, albeit just a couple of thin coats so far on the outer bodywork. It's an original 1970s Datsun colour 931 Ochre which I had mixed-up by the local1:1  car parts shop. Technically this is probably not quite correct but I wanted it for another Datsun kit and it's very close to 920 Gold which I believe was used on 1970/71 240Zs, plus I wanted to do something different to the three standard colours of white, red and maroon which were all they offered on the ZG. The important thing is it looks right for the period.

Possibly the first kit I've ever built with a separate fuel filler lid!

 

Quick mock-up. the grey looks good with the body colour. Not sure yet on the wheel colour, maybe gunmetal or a dark bronze. The body needed some faint mould lines sanding down and a few holes drilling for the mirrors and arch flares. I think I still need to do two more for the rear spoiler.

First time with the bulkhead and radiator support panel in place. I know the overall engine and 'box length is about the same as the original, so I think I'm going to be fairly quick at getting the rear suspension, diff and propshaft in place, and I'll then see where that puts the engine relative to the radiator. The newer RB26 engine will have more 'stuff' on it than the old L24, so I need to keep an eye on that.

I can see from this shot that I need to do a little clean-up and scribing where I attached the headlight cowls. It wasn't so easy to see that in the white primer. However, I'm happy to get a bit of colour laid down - it's given me a useful motivation boost and I can get on with building-up the interior, chassis and running gear.

[slusher]

Real nice work!  I like the color choist friend!

[White Rabbit]

It's good to see such progress! I'm really liking the color choices so far!

I've provisionally modeled the exhaust (less flanges, bolts, etc.). The ITBs are also in place.

[avidinha]

#18

I got the main body out of paint and started installing the glass.

This kit has working pop up headlights. I held off on painting them until I got the body painted just in case there were some clearance issues. I'm glad I did, they're going to need a little tweaking.

The rear of the body has to slide in between the engine and the package tray. I think I'm going to have to shave the package tray back a bit so it will fit properly.

More next time.