Trans Am Erik Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Awesome car Tom! I dig the total mixing of two or more cars to create a new look (I'm building a few of them) I love the interior work too. I'll be looking forward to seeing this one come togther.
Agent G Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) Nice job so far. I do think maybe the windshield is a tad to tall. Whatcha think ? Yeah, it makes the roof line look out of sync with the body lines. Everything on the body is bullet straight front to back, then the roof starts high and slopes down in back. It just "don't look right". Granted there will be some tapering toward the rear anyway. But...if the front is just a tad lower, keeping the roof line just a shade more level, oh baby that'd be killer. The rest of the car is coming along nicely, and the interior is fantastic. G Edited March 24, 2012 by Agent G
Modlbldr Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) No turning back now. Never let it be said that I don't cave to a little peer pressure. Later- Edited March 24, 2012 by Modlbldr
Modlbldr Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 Well, I got the top chopped a bit and I do think once it's all cleaned up it'll look much better. Maybe I'll get some pics up tomorrow after it dries and I clean it up. Later-
cobraman Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 I really think you made the right decission to lower the roofline at the windshield. I think the flow and proportions will be much better. This is going to be a cool build.
ARTEMIS1759 Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Hey, great build. I was thinking for a kustom touch. You should leave the tubes a little longer and have just the tops of the air cleaners flush with the top of the hood.
vwrabbit Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Can't wait to see the chop. Always thought something didn't look right. Love whatcha've done so far! Tim
Darren B Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Wow love the craftmenship on this one will be following this one for sure!!!
Modlbldr Posted March 24, 2012 Author Posted March 24, 2012 (edited) WOW! thanks for all of the positive comments guys. Glad to see that you guys like the build. I think that the roof line looks better myself now. It's going to be a pain to keep it from continually snapping from here on out. I didn't lower it too much. I cut the roof at the top and bottom of the A pillars and laid them back a bit. Then, because the roof had previously snapped at both C pillars I used that to my advantage. I re-broke the C pillars and took almost 3/32 of length out of the allowing the whole roof to move back. Then I re-glued it all with a bit of styrene strips for support. Here it is before: And here it is now: Not too drastic, but hopefully enough difference. I just realized that I should have measured up from the top of the door to the top corner of the A pillar before I cut it to see how much of a drop I made. It doesn't look much different to me, but I know it is. A little measurement confirmation would have helped. Just need to clean it all up and hope that it stays. Comments/ Criticisms welcomed. Later- Edited March 24, 2012 by Modlbldr
Jantrix Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Tom for strength at the joint, a lot of people use a length of paper clip intead of the styrene stock. Once the glass is in its very hard to notice if its done right. Keep going, we love it.
Modlbldr Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 Rob- Thanks for the tip. I thought about doing that with some piano wire have. I may end up doing that if it breaks on me in the future.....which I'm sure it will. Tonight I'm going to spend some time working on a couple other projects and let this one sit till my next session. Later-
jbwelda Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 (edited) everything else looks nice, but that body and roof thing are inspired! this will be looking so slick when its done! and i think that roof chop (that i did not see when i posted my original comment) really did help it out...makes it much more integrated with the sectioned body. i am always in awe of this sort of work; i have a hard time envisioning the styling in advance. so i have to stick to assembling kits more or less! Edited March 25, 2012 by jbwelda
Modlbldr Posted March 26, 2012 Author Posted March 26, 2012 Oh Yeah! G The seal of approval. It was your post that got me to look at it and ponder chopping it. So.....It's your fault! Later-
ModlerChris1987 Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 Since I had sectioned the body, the interior just fit but left no room for the chassis. So I decided since I'm lazy and I thought it would look good, I cut the front and rear suspension away from the chassis and now the car will have a chassis pan with a faux chassis. The engine is either going to be out of the 99 Cobra Mustang or the 99 Ford Lightning. My biggest hurdle now is that the built up rear axle from the 06 Mustang is too wide. I had to tear it all apart and narrow it. The wheels are a two piece concoction from the parts box with shallow fronts and slightly deeper rears with low pro tires. The stance will be just right when I'm finished. I hope you enjoy this and, like all of my projects, this will be a slow build. I'm over 6 months into this so far. Later- I was wondering where you got the front suspension from, I would love to use that on my Camaro project I'm working on now?
Modlbldr Posted May 24, 2012 Author Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Christopher- The front suspension is taken completely from a Revell '06 Mustang GT. I added the disk brakes from an aftermarket wheel kit I had. BTW- I'm glad that you bumped this back to the top. I was just getting ready to search for the thread. I have some minor updates from tonight's bench session. I began with where I had left off. I did a bit of touch up sanding on the A pillars. I also cut off most of the tranny rather than fool with trying to get it to fit in the tranny hump. It wont show anyway because of the firewall and belly pan so, Good Riddance! I had to get the intake manifold finished and get the carbs and air cleaners to clear the hood. After finishing gluing the tubes on I sanded the ends and temporarily glued the carb/air cleaner into place. Fortunately it all fit under the hood. Remember- this was the look I was going for. More to come. Later- Edited May 24, 2012 by Modlbldr
Modlbldr Posted May 24, 2012 Author Posted May 24, 2012 Next up was to work on making an oil pan. The engine I got from my buddy didn't come with one so I had to spend about 45 minutes making one. It is roughed in but still needs a bit of shaping and some bolt heads. Then I took a look at the Mustang rear chassis.The wheel wells are not wide enough and the frame needs narrowed to fit the wider tires. To top it off, the quick change rear end that I'm using hits the gas tank. On the plus side, the rear of the chassis fits the inner fenders perfectly. So I decided to scratchbuild a new rear chassis pan using the Mustang pan as a pattern. A couple of minutes of cutting and sanding resulted in this. It fits so well that this piece is just pushed into place. Well, that's all for now. Next time I'll add a rear frame and fuel tank to this new panel and scratchbuild the rear wheel wells and possibly the front inner wheel wells and firewall. A couple final shots of the stance tonight. Later-
DanielG Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 At first glance I didn't like this but it is starting to grow on me! White-walls?
Cesar Bossolani Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Awesome!!! Do you have sectioned job pics showing where you make cuts? Edited May 24, 2012 by Cesar Bossolani
bryan_m Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 man, that is way cool! i love the new roofline, and that scratchbuilt intake is awesome. keep it goin! bryan
Beerman86GT Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 Great choice on chopping the roof, that is the first thing I thought when I read/seen the first post/pictures. Going to be beautiful!
Modlbldr Posted May 24, 2012 Author Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Thanks for all of the great comments guys. I really appreciate it. My wife and daughter could give a flip less about my builds. Daniel- No, it wont have white walls. The tires and wheels in the pics are what I'm going with. Hopefully I can get it finished before I rub all of the chrome off of the wheels from test fitting. Cesar- Thanks. I've always loved your work. I'm glad you like this. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of the section. I sectioned it so that it wouldn't interfere with any of the body chrome. At the time I sectioned it I was unsure if I wanted to remove any of the chrome spears. (Still not sure) I will however take a couple photos of the inside of the body tonight. Between that and my explanation you should get the idea. I'll try to post them by tomorrow night. So, check back. Later- Edited May 24, 2012 by Modlbldr
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