Carroll Shelby tribute community build.

[martinfan5]

Got some more done on this one

Some work on the chassis

Started working on the interior, flocking is done

and here is what I am doing to lower it, you can see how much I cut off on the rear springs, and removed part of the mounting tabs for the front axle

and stripped the chrome off the wheels

[martinfan5]

Body clear coated, dont let the pic fool you, its not as smooth as it looks, it has some orange peel to it

And the wheels painted in gun metal, and the pegasus tires

[cobraman]

Coming along nicely Jonathan.

[the weapon x]

fantastic work Bro!!!!! question....what or how do you make the flocking powder stay in 1 spot

[martinfan5]

Thanks guys

I use white glue, you can also use paint

[the weapon x]

Thanks

[martinfan5]

I know this CBP has pretty much came to a stop, but I a going to do one, since someone is doing the build I am about to start, might as well do it in here, up next is the 65 Shelby GT 350R , I have already started getting the mold lines removed, I have a few plans, some I am not sure of yet. I want to put a NASCAR ford engine in it, change the wheels and tires, color unsure yet.

I will get pics up when my new camera gets here

[martinfan5]

Starting this one , my plans for it is to swap motors, I a going to use a NASCAR Ford engine , I want to some Shelby seats from one of the newer Revell Mustangs kits, and do a wheel/tire change, I have had some sets of XS tunning wheels that I have not had anything to use them on, but they are the perfect size for this one. Color, I am think white with blue stripes

Getting the body ready for paint

chassis getting painted

and interior

and here are the seats that I am thinking of using

the only problem is the head rest makes them to tall , so to solve that problem, cut of the head rest, and fill the hole

[madhorseman]

JW, I love the color, and the finish of Your GT 500. Everything else on Your build is looking great as well.

Phil, I just bought the Shelby annual, read the article on the "The Executor", and to see Your finished replica is pretty awsum!!!

Great work guys!!

Roy

[Scuderia]

Lookin' good Jon on both of those up there! Can't wait to see the engine swap too

[bandit1]

my tribute build entry!: (sorry it took a while for the pics but here it is finally!)

I dont know if i can save the decals?...I HOPE SO!

Comments and Critizisim welcomed!

[the weapon x]

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[cobraman]

Looks good. I loves me some Cobra's.

[the weapon x]

no biggie guys...im not excited about the finish coat. i know it looks decent but idk but here is how she looks

Edited February 27, 2013 by the weapon x

[cobraman]

Looks good to me Jamie !

[madhorseman]

Hi all,

Love them Cobras, Nice work Jamie.

I've heard it said that slow progress is better than no progress . So here is where I'm at.

Edited March 5, 2013 by madhorseman

[cobraman]

Sweet Shelby !

[TooOld]

Roy , I've never seen bricks that big in my life , they must be 12 feet long !

And you've got a really gorgeous looking Shelby too , you should build a model of it !

[afx]

I have (2) contributions, First is CSX2026 the car that delivered Shelby's first race win with the Cobra and 2nd CSX 2142 Shelby's '63 Le Man entry.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 28, 2015 by afx

[afx]

& working on a third Cobra CSX 2128

 

 

Edited August 28, 2015 by afx

[madhorseman]

Bob,

those aren't bricks, the pictures were taken at the base of a pyramid in Egypt........I'm totally kidding!!

But thank yous, to You and Ray for the compliments.

Wow!!! JC the engine bays on Your Cobras are fantastic!!! You've done some Great work.

Yeah!! love them Cobras!!

[afx]

Bob,

those aren't bricks, the pictures were taken at the base of a pyramid in Egypt........I'm totally kidding!!

But thank yous, to You and Ray for the compliments.

Wow!!! JC the engine bays on Your Cobras are fantastic!!! You've done some Great work.

Yeah!! love them Cobras!!

Thanks Roy. The (2) Weber carbureted engine are from Historic Racing Miniatures. The four-barrel carbureted engine in the red Cobra is from Monogram's GT350R kit.

[wgflatliner]

i'm glad to see this CBP is still going on. Everybody's work is fantastic! I look forward to seeing more!

[eajonesgue]

This sounds like a great idea to honour a great contributor to sports cars. This fits very well with the theme of the upcoming Kingston Modelrama contest in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on May 5 - "Rembering Carroll Shelby". Most contests have a collection category - five or more models with a single theme. I've entered a few, "5 convertible sports cars that I will never be allowed to own" and recently a "Mustangs - Then and Now" collection. This last collection consisted of 6 Mustangs, in three pairs, with each pair being an older ('60's) version and a more modern version ('06 to '08).

For the Kingston show I want to enter a diorama/collection of 6 Shelby cars with the same idea - an older version and a modern version. I already have 4 of them built:

Shelby Cobra 427 - built out of the box

The modern companion - Shelby Series 1 - also built out of the box with the same paint as the Cobra 427

For the second pair, the older version is the GT350R that raced at 1967 LeMans - lots of body and interior modifications

and the modern companion is a 2008 GT500 street legal car made to look like a racer

The final pair I started about a month ago - GT500KR's from the 1968 AMT kit and the 2008 Revell kit. They've both been painted with the same Testors Ferrari red and Alclad dull aluminum stripes.

I'll post the final versions once I've completed the last pair.

[TooOld]

That's a cool idea building the old and new versions . They all look excellent ! Personally I like the original versions better .

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