1/16 Scale Army Vega Funny Car - Finished 10/14/2018

[W-409]

I will be having the same Photobucket problem very soon, but my Bandwidth And Storage are both almost full. I'm not too crazy about upgrading my account, but maybe that's the only way. Dang.

Luckily I was able to check these latest updates before this happened, incredible work again, as always! The engine is looking good already and with some more work, I bet it will be perfectly done when installed between those frame rails. Nice and clean Hobby Room, too. I think it's better not to show my own mess...

[gasser59]

By all means keep building Chris. We'll catch up when pics are available again. You're really on a roll and I'd hate to see this not continue.

Build on...

[Mooneyzs]

Ok Fellas.... the pictures should be showing up. I decided to upgrade my photobucket account since it was over the bandwidth limit. You should see the pics now

[gasser59]

Still not showing up. Wonder what's up with that?

[Mooneyzs]

Brad... that is weird... I see them showing back up on my end.... Hmm

[MoparWoman Jamie]

I can see them now also.

[gasser59]

I can see them now and I'm also seeing an ad for Forrester at the end of the first post on each page. What's going on with that? Anyone else?

Edited July 31, 2013 by gasser59

[Mooneyzs]

I was noticing an ad on certain pages too. I would like to know how to get rid of those ads myself.

[MoparWoman Jamie]

I was noticing an ad on certain pages too. I would like to know how to get rid of those ads myself.

Go to the Lodge area on the forum here, look for a recent thread about Pop ups. You'll find the answers in that thread.

[Mooneyzs]

Jim.... Thank you. I just added the ad blocker and it works. No more ads

[MoparWoman Jamie]

Jim.... Thank you. I just added the ad blocker and it works. No more ads

Well... much as I like to take credit, I can't. I didn't post the thread there.. I only showed you the path to the thread was all my friend.

[cobraman]

This build is looking sooooooooooooooo crazy good !

[mysterj1]

Chris,
Your build has opened my eyes to the possibilities in any build! I appreciate your attitude of "every piece is a model"...it's given me a new appreciation for detail. Looking forward to your next update!

[Mooneyzs]

Jim... I do appreciate you giving that path that allowed me to get rid of the ads.

Ray... Thank you buddy

Joe... Thank you very much for the kind words. I have been trying to make each piece of this build the best that I can

Well fellas.... I Wanted to give you an update. I haven't had much build time for the past two weeks, actually haven't been at the hobby bench at all. I am actually in California visiting family but I did bring the funny car to work on. I do have the heads just about ready for paint. I have filled all of the pin holes and need to add another coat or two of primer and they are ready to go. I also have started working on the engine block with filling pin holes. I will be doing a little bit of work on this later today and hopefully have a few progress pics to share later.

[Mooneyzs]

Hello Fellas.... Now I know its been a while for an update on this build. Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I have been in California for almost a month visiting family and friends. So needless to say I haven't really gotten to get any bench time in lately. I did bring my Funny car with me to show my parents and a couple of friends. I even brought some supplies in hopes that I would be able to tinker a little on it while up here.

Then last weekend while up in my parents house in Redding California. I had to take my dog in for an Emergency surgery. He ended up getting Bloat/Twisted Stomach and needed surgery immedietly. I am just so thankful that there was a 24 hour vet up there and we got him there early from when this started happening with him acting weird. By us getting him to the vet so quickly they were able to save him and fix the twisted stomach. The good news was that he had no damage to any of his organs. The vet told me that if he didn't have the emergency surgery I could of lost him to this. My dog is my buddy and just love him to death. Its amazing how attached we can get to our pets. But I am heading back to Phoenix in a couple of days and when I get back my vet will be taking my boys stitches out.

I did want to share just a couple of progress pics. its not much but I have made a tiny bit of progress. I was able to get all of the pin holes filled and the heads prepped with primer. I think I want to lightly scuff with scotch-brite one more time and shoot one last coat of primer before I paint the heads black. I also started on getting some of the pin holes on the block filled and some primer sprayed to check the progress on it.

Here is the Heads in primer:

Here is one end of the heads with the pin holes filled:

Here is the other end of the heads:

Here is the start of the block, I still have more work to do on this but wanted to share anyway:

[SteelyEd]

Glad everything worked out for your Buddy! Like everyone else on here, I just love the amazing work you are doing on his build. Keep up the good work and God's speed to your Buddy!

[RAT-T]

LOOKING GOOD CHRIS

[gasser59]

Glad to hear of your pet's good fortune and he's lucky to have a caring owner like you. The update looks awesome and I look forward to the next one.

[futurattraction]

Your heads look flawless, Chris. I'm glad things are going well with your bud... You are correct, our pets can become just as close in their own right as a lot of human.

[Prostreet]

Glad to hear the Doggy is doing good Chris. Nice work on the heads so far.

[Art Laski]

Glad to see you posting again Chris. Good news about your dog. I lost my favorite dog to that same problem several years ago.

-Art

[ScrappyJ]

Haven't gotten through the entire post, Chris, but the project is shaping-up very nicely. Excellent job!!!

[ScrappyJ]

WOW all I can say is Jim is definitely a stand up guy when it comes to concerns. Jim not only do you impress me with your work but also with your customer service in helping out the small guy with concerns with your end product! This is what keeps the regular repeat customers coming back and new ones waiting in the wings to have you create parts for them.

Sorry Chris, I just had to commend Jim for everything he has done.

I know i am way late as i am taking my time to savor and get through this topic, but couldn't agree with you more! I had bought several rotor and rotor hats for my TF bike and some didn't work as we expected and Jim offered to redo them for me. The good news is that the order to replicate a few more of the bikes seems to have fallen through and so I didn't bug Jim with it. However, the fact that he was willing to do it was VERY stand-up! He even drilled out some beed-locks for me after I had forgotten to specify that in another order.

[MoparMark]

WOW! This is turning out just amazing. If it's not too big a trouble, could you please if you can, throw a quickie mold on every single solitary part on this beauty. Just the things that are between the front bumper to the end of the wheelie bar, just those areas would be cool, a great boon to modeldom for the ages. If ya wanna, just sayin'.

[Mooneyzs]

Hey everyone I am sorry I haven't posted much or any updates lately. I haven't really been able to get much bench time lately. Life has been a little busy and crazy but some of you probably didn't know that I have been out of work for a little while and I am glad to say that I started a new job this week even though it is only a 3 week contract but better than nothing at this point.

Anyway I am glad to say that I will be back at the work bench on this build tomorrow. I have been itching to get back to the hobby bench and can't wait to make some more progress. Hopefully I have some stuff to share with you tomorrow. I apologize I haven't been around on the boards much lately.