the mongoose's duster

[brett]

this one

got the body in paint yesterday

thought the decals were toast they had brown moldy looking stuff on them

but as I couldnt find any others took a chance and used them. Apart from the glue going a little funky they seemed to be alright, will know tomorrow .

[caine440]

A very cool funny car.

Looking good.

[brett]

Thanks Roger. Yep when funny cars looked like their st based counterparts was when they looked the best, just wish I had some more so I could build them all (just been watching american nitro again).

[Smart-Resins]

That is looking supurb! Jody

[brett]

Thanks Jody, not a lot of apparent progress at the moment decals have been cleared, they arent perfect but I think it looks a little more realistic that way (my story and I'm sticking to it lol). Diffs in and plumbing has commenced (pics to follow)

[camaroman]

Great job so far!!!

[dwc43]

I had that kit once a long time ago. I built the Duster, but the frame on the rail was so warped and twisted up I could not do anything with it. Looks good so far.

[rustybill1960]

You scored an awesome kit there Dude!

It looks great, I really like your paint work!

Shame about the decals .

Thanks for sharing!

Later

Russ

[brett]

Thanks guys .Finished ( I think)plumbing and wiring the engine using beading wire (thanks to the wife,just dont tell her lol) and scratchbuilt fittings

and got the chute release cable in still have to run the anchor cable for the chute (whats that called?)

[brett]

Thought I had put up the finished pics but hadnt so here they are. Have to get a new one so I can have another go at this one

Edited September 11, 2010 by brett

[John Teresi]

Brett.....I very much like the way this build turned out.......your detail is looking good.........and the paint job was excellent.......this is a hard car to build.......very well done my friend.

[dustym]

Ive built the rail but messed up a decal. Looks good, I stated the FC but didnt finish.

Edited September 11, 2010 by dustym

[dustym]

Ive built the rail but messed up a decal. Are you going to use them?

[1320wayne]

Good job Brett. Looks like you did some adjusting to the ride height as well.

[brett]

Thanks guys,

John coming from you that means a lot ! Still messed up on the main body paint (came up a little too high with the blue:angry: )

Dusty ,sorry dude but I will be getting to the rail soon along with his 57 chev fc, 69 barracuda fc and the monogram front engine and still have the snake /goose fc combo. He'll need his own shelf soon lol.

Wayne, yeah used your tut to lower the hight on this one(as well) though this one seemed to have a few more issues than most especially reguarding the tin work fit

[Fuel Coupe]

turned out nice...

[Hattley]

Great looking build, the engine work is incredible!! I just built the new version of this too and, well, was a little disappointed in it and myself. I didn’t have the forthought at the time to compensate for the side decals as I didn’t realize they weren’t opaque and let the red and blue show through, when painting. Very cool!!

[brett]

thanks Shane and Mark,

Mark, when money allows (if thats an issue, usually is with me lol) grab another lay the decals over top and that'll take care of that issue, then grab some slixx decals or build a phantom.

[Dragline]

I didn't see this one Brett. Totally kick butt dude.

VERY nice paint. I'm afraid to try this one actually.

Bob

[brett]

Thanks Bob,dunno why man ,your builds look great. Biggest issue is that revell stuffed up the decals, on most if not all the pics I now have of this car there should be 5 white stripes. I dont know if Slixx do them or not but separating the go navy from the white stripes would be my biggest fear.