Monty Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Now if you'll pardon me, I'm off to price out some one-armed Braille-system paint... Just use Testors rattle can enamels. Same results, slightly lower cost.
Jim Gibbons Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 This will be a fun project, and looking forward to seeing it. More decades ago than I care to admit to, I had a '71 Gremlin. It was that odd purplish blue. My Army Reserve unit was getting rid of a lot of old camouflage paint, and I snagged it. One weekend, lubricated by vast quantities of beer, my friend Brian and I painted the Gremlin in Desert Tan, and made it into a German "Afrika Korps" vehicle. It was all hand painted, but since Brian and I were graphic artists, we did a great job. He painted a Luftwaffe squadron shield on the "C-pillars" that was a color tiger's head on a red shield. White "Afrika Corps" palm tree markings (without the twisted cross), etc. It guess I should have named it the "General Rommel!"
Chuck Most Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Just use Testors rattle can enamels. Same results, slightly lower cost. :lol:
bbowser Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Who's going to be the first to complain about 'desecrating' the flag on the roof? The same folks who had their panties in a bunch when the hippies sewed flags on the 'rear' of their jeans?
Reeves Racing Posted July 29, 2011 Author Posted July 29, 2011 Is there a build in here somewhere? Yeah, its in here somewhere. This is turning out to be a funner thread than I even hoped for. This is for fun not a serious attack on you DOH fans. The kit I am using is very lame and undetailed. While not wanting to reinvent the wheel her I am going to up the ante as far as detail goes. The first step is to ditch the kit engine and use one of the left over 427's from a the parts box from one of my old PL Talledega builds. The chassis and cage will need some up grades as well. This is probably going to stay a race car. I never understood how the General Lee was an old race car but had all the furniture inside and working light and street leagle exhaust ??? oh well
Jantrix Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 WHOA! That is one ugly chassis! Good luck with this project, you have your work cut out for you.
Tony T Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 Thanks! Nice to see some plastic parts in a build thread!
Chuck Most Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 I never understood how the General Lee was an old race car but had all the furniture inside and working light and street leagle exhaust ??? oh well Never mind that- I never understood how a junky old Mopar could put up with as much abuse as that car saw.
Reeves Racing Posted July 29, 2011 Author Posted July 29, 2011 Never mind that- I never understood how a junky old Mopar could put up with as much abuse as that car saw. MOPAR = My Ol' Pig Ain't Runnin'
Chuck Most Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 MOPAR = My Ol' Pig Ain't Runnin' Huh... I always thought it meant "Move Over, People Are Racing"!
Chuck Most Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 I passed on this kit when it was on clearnace at Wal Mart, because it looked like it would be too much of a pain to convert back to stock, or close enough to stock to be a drag car. Looking at that chassis, kinda glad I turned it down!
Drake69 Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 WHOA! That is one ugly chassis! Good luck with this project, you have your work cut out for you. That's not ugly! That's character..... Still in for how this'll turn out!
Reeves Racing Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 It is soooo hot here in KS, 109 today. But I am still painting anyway. I have the mods done on the chassis, (at least all that I am going to do) I used a suit case from an Union Ford GT Mk4 as a gas tank I have the fade done on the front of the car so I just need to mask the flames and paint the black.
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