jrherald420 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Sweet baby Jesus!! Thats a nice collection!
Trans Am Erik Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 For your bubble rear window, try using the rear glass out of an import like an Integra, Supra, or 350Z. My fox body is the 84 Blue Max funny car. It's also a slot car that runs the quarter in .988 at 66 mph.
MsDano85gt Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 yay i'm not alone!most kits i have yes were aquired from flea bay, although i got pretty lucky on most kits like i got a annivarsary kit sealed for 20 bucks plus 7 shipped! never paid over 25 for any kit on e bay my limit is 15-20 plus shipping depending on how rasonable shipping is.... but no i didn't get em all in a "junk" lot would have been awsome though!!like your stang collection especially fox bodys stang_crazyi prefer the 1/25 scale from mpc and amt and a couple older revell issuesi do like the 1/24 offerings as well just not as much!need to find me a couple of those monogram "cobras" for those odd rims you just don't hardly see ever on the 1:1 cars very nice blue max Erik
disabled modeler Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Daniel.... Very nice work!...looks great...like your Mustang too.
MsDano85gt Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Thank you! i sure do miss mt light regatta blue 85 gt the most it was my first car i bought on my own and did any and all work to it myself !! the only thing i outsourced was having the engine block machined out .30 over i did all the rebuilding myself very self gratifying
disabled modeler Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Your welcome Daniel... I have built a few cars up too...its very satisfying to hear them when done and nothing like the feeling of doing it yourself. many years ago i owned a really beefed up 75 Trans Am....loved that car. 0.30 over 400ci, 472 lift 512 duration cam, ram air heads and exhaust manifolds...she would really run.
MsDano85gt Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 sounds like one fun pontiac! i was always trying to figure out in smokey and the bandit if the movie car was a standard or aod car back then i think aod was the majority built?? on that particular run of the mill?? like fox body mustangs almost all of em it seems have a 5 speed manual vs the ford aod not too up on my older gm's from 70's
disabled modeler Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 sounds like one fun pontiac! i was always trying to figure out in smokey and the bandit if the movie car was a standard or aod car back then i think aod was the majority built?? on that particular run of the mill?? like fox body mustangs almost all of em it seems have a 5 speed manual vs the ford aod not too up on my older gm's from 70's Daniel... The movie car was an auto in the interior shots and for the most parts but the ones where they did burnouts and took off running are 4 speeds if you listen very carefully you can tell. Mine had a TH350 trans with a shift kit and special torque converter,etc...had a TH400 in it once that was built but snapped the output shaft getting into it hard when shifting from 1st to 2nd...that made a mess...LOL... I had it on a track once did 157.3 was my best time and fast enough for me. I had a 4speed for it but never used it the auto was just quick enough for me. My rear tires had screws to hold them to the wheels spun one off bead once...yep it was fun.
disabled modeler Posted January 16, 2014 Posted January 16, 2014 157.3mph?? Thats about an 8.5 second run! Yep she was quick Jesse...was my pride and joy but had to sell her off after my accident to get by...still miss her..hoping to find a model of a 75 TA someday so I can make a replica of her.
MsDano85gt Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 updated on the 79' notchback, have mostly all of the black trimwork painted/ black sharpie marker'd in except the sail panels, the red stripe is painted on the rub strips, headlamp and taillamp/ foglamp openings all painted chromesilver, just now need to touchup headlamp buckets and rubstrip mouldings with black, paint in the amber/ orange for the marking / park/ turn lamps glue in my tail lamps..... will try and get some interior shots soonB)
MsDano85gt Posted April 5, 2014 Author Posted April 5, 2014 thanks james feels good to finally be progressing some work
jrherald420 Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 I feel ya there. Seems like all i have done lately is fix painting mistakes.
MsDano85gt Posted April 6, 2014 Author Posted April 6, 2014 yeah the paint is not "perfect "persay especially on this notchback (its resin) and lots of body mods with the t - tops so the paint turned out ok most of my paintwork i feel is just OK but from a slight distance on the shelf these foxbody models will look SWEEET!! Finally got all my foxbodys sorted and organized today was an all afternoon fiasco!! mite be able to progress faster now that things are organized!!
MsDano85gt Posted April 29, 2014 Author Posted April 29, 2014 Revell chassis plate with molded in exhaust and muffler removed to make way for seperate parts detail dual exhaust
JTalmage Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 staring at the chassis' in the picture makes me realize how wrong the gas tanks are for those models. Looks like a Mustang II underneath.
MsDano85gt Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 That 79 Pace car looks great! Nice work!thanks James hope to get something under the glass soon!
MsDano85gt Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 staring at the chassis' in the picture makes me realize how wrong the gas tanks are for those models. Looks like a Mustang II underneath.i want to say the mpc foxbody kits are the same way too its all foxbody yet the fuel tank area resembles more like a mustang II look to it i need to get a lot of the 1/25 revell notchback chassis's for better detailed motors with manual transmissions, and proper looking fuel tanks!i should borrow a revell fuel tank so i can figure out how to scratchbuild my own!
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