krazyglu Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Your are doing a amazing job on this build, I can't wait to see it complete.
brett Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Did you hear that Candies past away last night. Man thats a shame, another Legend gone. Awesome work Mark, a beautiful job so far.
krazyglu Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Did you hear that Candies past away last night. Saw this while watching NHRA, RIP Paul Candies. This is truly a wicked build, 1984 the year I was born and Mark Oswald is a Cincinnati Native making it even cooler.
MoparMark Posted July 22, 2013 Author Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks for the great encouragement guys. It's truly a sad day when you hear about another one of the great titans of the sport passing into the book of legendary heroes. RIP Paul Candies
iBorg Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 Candies and Hughes always ran very fast cars that were show cars.
Art Laski Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Another great build, Mark! Congrats on your top five at the Lower Left coast NNL. It was well-deserved. The IVO FC was sweet. -Art
dragcarz Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Where or what did you use for the blower belt,this is about the most realistic I've seen.Oh great build by the way!!!
MoparMark Posted August 30, 2013 Author Posted August 30, 2013 Well I finally got er done. Thanks again to Charlie at Pro-Tech for the braided line,all the fittings, plug wire, and chute kit to help make it look right. I used testors true blue pearl with a little transparent magenta to shift the blue towards the cooler purple tone. I also used Slixx decals and separated the Candies from the Hughes to match the car a little better and also sctatchbuilt the rear air foil as well. Thanks Art for the kudos, there were alot of great builds at the LLC NNL and was happy to be there,I didn't think I had a chance. About the blower belt, dragcarz, I made it myself and I'll post a little somethin' in the tips and tutorials topic in the forum pretty soon. Thanks again for the interest.
iBorg Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 It looks like the actual car......not a show car......not a model. That's the highest compliment I think any model can receive.
dragin70s Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 That is just outstanding. Another build I will refer to in the future to improve my own. Thanks for sharing the great pics.
tyrone Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Wow... this one turned out awesome.... I like how the rear slicks have that worn look to them... Incredible job...
gasser59 Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 This came out awesome. Incredible detail and paint. Definately a reference thread for me. Nicely done Mark.
AZ Boy Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Beautiful job, Mark! Very clean detailing and the paint/decal placement is spot-on. Congrats on a fine build Sir!
krazyglu Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Oh wow that turned better than I could have imagined. Do you have any pictures of the bottom of the body...look's like a lot of detail. Amazing work Mark, my jaw is still on the floor.
hOLMS Posted September 1, 2013 Posted September 1, 2013 Awesome chassis, killer motor and the paint..wow Very,very nice!
Pro Tech Posted September 1, 2013 Posted September 1, 2013 Mark, it came out great! you did a super job on it with your awesome detail work. Thanks again for using our products and again nice job!! Charlie Pro Tech
John Teresi Posted September 1, 2013 Posted September 1, 2013 Mark........good to see you here at the forum.......Beautiful job on this build my friend........hope to see you at one of the next shows.
MoparMark Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 Thanks for all the great comments to all. Charlie, thanks again for the top notch parts, and thank you John, I'm looking forward to seeing your new stunners at the next show and have a good chat as well. I'll try to post some pics of the underbody for ya krazyglu and I hope I have the body supports in the right spots. The guys at the NHRA museum had me firmly wrestled to the ground before I could jump the ropes and get the body up for a look.
Fun_E_Car Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Beautifully done. I hope mine looks this sweet whenever I build it. --Dave
futurattraction Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Super job, Mark. Sorry I missed this one 'til just now. I, too, am curious about how you did your blower belt....
MoparMark Posted September 15, 2013 Author Posted September 15, 2013 Here's a shot of the underbody for krazyglu. As for the blower belt some of you were asking about, here's how I made it. This may get put in the tips and tricks section but here it goes. First I got Evergreen .020 black styrene sheet, cut a strip to go around a microscale bottle cap. Any polypropelyne cap will do. Wrap it tight with rubberbands and through cappillary action drop liquid styrene cement on the top of the cap and it will fill the v groves from the cap. Let it sit for an hour or two and unwrap. The black styrene will have the impression of the v grove and be quite plieable,you can straighten the strip and get the slight curve out of it as well.Be sure to put it between a small piece of paper towel and then something flat and heavy and leave it for several hours maybe a day to be sure all the styrene glue is evaporated out of the plastic. Once dry I backsand the smooth side to desired thickness and it starts getting much easier to bend around the pullies. Speaking of pullies you can use the excess to wrap around stock tubing to make pullies that will mesh with your belt. It's real easy once you give it a few tries and the light bulb will go on for other uses and larger scale stuff as well. Thanks for the interest
gasser59 Posted September 15, 2013 Posted September 15, 2013 That is an awesome trick Mark. Thanks for sharing. No wonder your belt looks so good.
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