nails3825 Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) Not sure if this will work, the whole photo posting thing... but I'll give it a shot This was built "in memory" of my father, who passed away in 1998 ~ he bought this car new for $2,700 in 1970 after he got out of Vietnam. I made the model to look like his car, the only modification being the hood and some terrible engine work. I painted the roadrunner "decal" by hand since the kit's decals were different from what was needed. The air cleaner is made out of several parts, including some J-B Weld I did the best I could... and I'm happy with the result, the hood covers the engine bay quite well. By the way, you can check out my other builds as well as more photos of this roadrunner here... http://www.myspace.com/thorpess as I'm familiar with myspace, this page is dedicated to my scale models. I'll be adding more there eventually, just so you know... thanks! Hope these photos work! hmmm... and they didn't Sorry Edited February 15, 2010 by nails3825
RodneyBad Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 The Link worked tho. Great looking RoadRunner Okay, I was fartin around and right clicked on pic. Copied the Properties. Clicked on Insert Image here in post BTW: this one is Cool.
RodneyBad Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 The Manx DuneBuggie is cool too. Nice Roadrunner painting too..
nails3825 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) The Manx DuneBuggie is cool too. Nice Roadrunner painting too.. oh sweet! Let me try that out Thanks!!! The photo in the background is actually the real car, when my dad owned it Edited February 15, 2010 by nails3825
nails3825 Posted February 15, 2010 Author Posted February 15, 2010 Nice!!! Thanks Zukiholic... you just saved my life!
RodneyBad Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Glad I was able to help ya figure that out. It took a few different trys to figure out what works. but now ya know. and knowing is half the battle
randx0 Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 You build some nice models! I like this one particularly because it is a replica of a car that has some actual meaning .great job!
tuffone20 Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 That's a real nice looking Roadruuner! You did a great job making it look like the one in the photo.
nails3825 Posted March 6, 2010 Author Posted March 6, 2010 Thanks for the comments guys, this is the one model that I'm proud of... more so than the others I'd like to make a resin cast of my dad in scale and have him leaning against the car one of these days, for a touch of "nostalgia" but I'm sure that would cost more than I'm willing to pay
Space Cowboy Posted March 6, 2010 Posted March 6, 2010 Great job on a well painted model. A very nice tribute to your dad...
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