LOBBS Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Unbelievable scratch building you got going on here. Love the orange and maroon paint scheme.
Romell R Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) Unbelievable scratch building you got going on here. Love the orange and maroon paint scheme. Thx Kyle Im glad you enjoy it.(oh and by the way the colors ae HOK sunset gold & Brandy wine)or now that I think about it, orange and maroon LOL! Edited June 21, 2010 by Aftashox
modelhut Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 I have been following this since the beginning, and I am very excited. Thanks for giving us the progress pictures. I know that the build itself takes a lot of time, but to chronicle the build with pictures for us, that is truly great! Thank you Rod
Romell R Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 I have been following this since the beginning, and I am very excited. Thanks for giving us the progress pictures. I know that the build itself takes a lot of time, but to chronicle the build with pictures for us, that is truly great! Thank you Rod Like I keep telling you guys its really my pleasure to do this, Heck I wish there was something like this when I was a kid to help me in learning ....thx for your compliment Bro and im glad you are enjoying the thread. Romell
Romell R Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) Hey fellas this isnt really an undate its more of a warning. I recieved some parts today I ordered From PFS Hobbys, now Im not gonna tell you not to do business with them because that totally up to you. But I will inform you that they have very poor customer service. I purchased some parts from them a resin hood w/ 4' cowl and some parts for my next project. Thfact that it took almost 3 weeks to get to me doesnt bother me as much as what he said to me via email when I asked him about the order the second time (the second time because i hadnt recieved anything within the 2nd week and no notice on weather or not it had been sent out.) here are our emails to each other: Has my order been shipped yet as you have charged me already but I have recieved nothing, not even an email to say the items are on the way. Romell Robinson his response: This week is not over yet you are not my only customer.I'm not selling 10 pound gold bricks here in need of constant emails back and fourth Items have been mailed do not bother me again. my response When I read your email I couldnt help but to laugh to myself. I am a forty+ year old business man who conducts business via email and other sources daily. I cant believe you would speak with a paying customer the way you have. My only concern was weather or not my items may have been sent and or lost in the mail. I understand you are busy but you must understand that it is my money that has been spent (on your site no less). You need to learn some business maners and treat the ones who are spending money with you like you care about your customers. I would have never told someone Im doin business with " Dont bother me again" you stood to make hunderds of dollars with me not to mention the money you would have made from people I would have told about your site. I am a Pro Modller and hundreds of people ask me where or how I built something. But it seems you have just screwed yourself out of lots of business. Have a Nice day and next time some one ask you about merchandise they own that you have try to atleast pretend you care about your customer. So take it for what it is. anyway I think i needed to vent thank you for being a listening ear. here is the hood I got from him which is warped LOL! after all that. the P.E. parts are from Pegasus hobbies who have great customer service by the way! Edited June 21, 2010 by Aftashox
69_charger Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) gotta love the ignorant buisness people with lack of customer service. looking good tho! il be following the build for sure! .. And dont get burned when you touch that HOT paint job.. lol Edited June 22, 2010 by 69_charger
MoparWoman Jamie Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Boy, Romell, reading that, was he having a bad day or something? I hope he doesn't talk to his clints that way all the time. I know when someone emails me about something I always try to get back to them asap and always in a good manner also to help them out. Your right that is no way to talk to someone that just bought stuff from you and are wondering the status of there stuff is all. It really makes you wondering about them. Half the stuff you do, I don't have to ask you how you do it, I can figure it out just by looking at the photos LOL. But as you know if I have a question that I can't figure out I will ask you though. I'm keeping my eye on this build thread though as I like the work I see going on
Guest JamesDE Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Man, I missed all this... That paintjob is beautiful brother... Outstanding job you have done with this... Im glad that you are sharing this build with us (and more to come from your bench, I hope) Sorry to hear about your dealing with PFS Hobby, you are not the first person I have heard negative things from, and I am sure not the last... I do hope to see you build that Caddy Lowrider kit after doing this.... If you can kill it with that Ford truck and this Chevelle, I can only imagine what you can do with a lowrider... Keep up the great work bro...
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) Man, I missed all this... That paintjob is beautiful brother... Outstanding job you have done with this... Im glad that you are sharing this build with us (and more to come from your bench, I hope) Sorry to hear about your dealing with PFS Hobby, you are not the first person I have heard negative things from, and I am sure not the last... I do hope to see you build that Caddy Lowrider kit after doing this.... If you can kill it with that Ford truck and this Chevelle, I can only imagine what you can do with a lowrider... Keep up the great work bro... Hey James thx for the compliment and we'll see what comes up next , but be assured im gonna do the the caddy very soon. im gonna be in SD for the lower left coast show maybe i'll see ya there. Romell Edited June 22, 2010 by Aftashox
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 Well heres an update fellas I got the resin hood in the mail today like i stated in an earlyer post but it warped. and to tell you truthfully I dont want it said I used PSF parts on my build, So I butchered it into a piece i could use. yeah i chopped the cowl off and put it on the kit hood. heres the work progress pics. enjoy....
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) in the next set of pics you see I have the cowl thined and im afixing it to the kit hood. here the almost finished hood with 4' cowl here how the hood sits on the car, well sorta LOL! Edited June 22, 2010 by Aftashox
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 I was able to get some work done on the radiator heres some progress pics... heres the kit radiator you know this just wont do. so i removed the cnter from the kit part and i had to add the rear side to it also (good thing I had two kits) here I have the mesh cut to the right size and ready to be installed , but the frame has to be painted first.
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) Well heres the paint radiator frame and the completed radiator... enjoy Edited June 22, 2010 by Aftashox
Nitrozilla Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Looking sooooo good! Beyond my meager capabilities at any rate. Food for thought. I love the look of the radiator mesh as is. I'm a big fan of mesh. Gonna use it on my Batmobile build for the hood vents. However, for a radiator, even though it's sweet to see through it, might you wanna see what it looks like with 2 pieces? Might give it some more depth and still see through it. I'd love to be a judge at the first show it hits. Just so I could inspect it up close. Innovate Romell, it's what you're best at. Joe =/\=
Guest JamesDE Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Hey James thx for the compliment and we'll see what comes up next , but be assured im gonna do the the caddy very soon. im gonna be in SD for the lower left coast show maybe i'll see ya there. Romell Yea, Ill be going again this year.
mannyclub Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Looks awesome Romell! The car is comin together cool as heck bro! Sucks about the customer service and hood, I would have done the same thing. Manny
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) Looking sooooo good! Beyond my meager capabilities at any rate. Food for thought. I love the look of the radiator mesh as is. I'm a big fan of mesh. Gonna use it on my Batmobile build for the hood vents. However, for a radiator, even though it's sweet to see through it, might you wanna see what it looks like with 2 pieces? Might give it some more depth and still see through it. I'd love to be a judge at the first show it hits. Just so I could inspect it up close. Innovate Romell, it's what you're best at. Joe =/\= Im glad you brought this up because last night after I shot these pics I thought the same thing so I added a black piece of mesh between the two outter pieces and it gave the radiator a more full appearance.Thx for the astute observation. Romell Edited June 22, 2010 by Aftashox
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 Romell, if you havent glued the mesh in yet i'd suggest adding in some coolant tubes for that extra detail. some silver wire should work quite nicely. i've only ever done one radiator like that and it was almost 20 years ago! i sent that piece to James2 last year for his '55 Chevy 4x4 build and i was glad it finally found its way into a completed model. Dave Dave Im gonna do just that thx for the suggestion, now im gonna have to put you on the list of contributors LOL!
Space Cowboy Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Fantastic touch to the radiator with the mesh. The hood is looking super. Keep up the great pics..
Romell R Posted June 22, 2010 Author Posted June 22, 2010 Fantastic touch to the radiator with the mesh. The hood is looking super. Keep up the great pics.. Thx SpaceCowboy glad to see your still with us on this one.
Scalper Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Wow.... I never seen a radiator done like that.. cool stuff. looking great.
AlanNZ Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Whoa, that took a while. Had to catch up. Pages 7 thru 13...... Looks outstanding Aftashox! Now to go find the door tutorial I saw mentioned.
Jim Gibbons Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 This is amazing work, and I'm enjoying every step. The one thing that keeps hitting me in the back of the head is the name, Rommell. I know it's spelled slightly differently, and likely pronounced differently, but all I can think of is the WW2 German general, Erwin Rommel, known as the "Desert Fox." I say that we have have a new successor; the "Custom Fox!" Aftashox, the Custom Fox. No excuses...my brain wanders too much!
mopar01lee Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 there are no words to say about this that everyone else has said... so 100% amazing.. my cuda buil was the first build in a few years an im trin alot of new tech an skill test for me .. so im shure i will try some of these out in the near future thanks for sharin this....
Romell R Posted June 23, 2010 Author Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) just wanted to add this update of the radiator I have added the electric fan and coolent lines to the inside. All thats left is adding the bolts and wiring harness. I hope you enjoy.... Edited June 23, 2010 by Aftashox
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