What have I gotten myself into? P/S Mustang - 9/18 - hood & spoiler update

[hOLMS]

This is turning out very well. I have always wanted to tackle a pro stock replica, maybe one day.

For now, I`m enjoying your trials and tribulations, this is no easy task…New side panels, relocated nose, narrowing, greenhouse reduction, bulging, fender work, basically all the work I love doing on these bodies!

Scott, you are pure craftsman my friend with an eye for the curves and the flow of these mods, my hats off to you buddy!!

[Bill Edman]

awesome update

[GoatGuy]

Lookin' great Scott. Will you cut the front to come off in one piece?

[futurattraction]

Thanks Jeff! I have so much enjoyed watching you transform many of the bodies you've posted as projects over the past few years. Feels sort of strange to be swapping places at the moment. LOL

Thanks Bill. I'm pleased with how it's going so far...

I appreciate your comment, Dave. To be honest, I hadn't given that any thought. If I cast this, I will need to talk to Ed to see what he thinks would work best.

[comp1839]

definately an incredible challenge you've taken on scott. you certainly have done a premier job at turning an ordinary mustang body into a pro stock. keep up the top shelf work!!!!

[futurattraction]

Thanks Dave. It's been fun. I'm working on the grille blank at the present time. I've tried to rework the front wheel openings to get a more gentle radius from the wheel well lips into the body.

[flo9mr]

amazing to see how this started and where you are now... im enjoying every post of this build and hoping to learn a thing or two. thanks for sharing

[futurattraction]

Thanks Edward. I'm glad you're enjoying watching the thread. I'm learning too, so it's good for both of us!

[Car Man]

more please

[futurattraction]

Thank you Jeremy...

Update - I've continued work on blending the hood and fender tops together. The new grille blank is roughed out and I'm doing a bit of filling on the two halves before doing final fit for it. I added .020" strips inside the rear wheel lips to reduce the opening just a bit and provide extra material. I have got most of the "rolling" of the fender lip openings done to match up with the 1:1s, just as I'm doing with the front wheel openings. I hope to post pics tonight.

Edited September 3, 2013 by futurattraction

[futurattraction]

Pic update -

[brett]

thats looking fantastic Scott !

[tyrone]

Looking great Scott... I hope you cast this body pal...

[Len Woodruff]

Very Kool Scott!

[Davewilly]

All the cutting and reworking is payin off! its looking great...Cant wait to see more as it happens.

[ScaleDale]

Scott: Is this a casting master only or are you going to move to a completed model? If so, what are you going to base it off of chassis and motor wise? It will sell best if you can recommend a donor kit for the chassis.

EDIT: Will your 4 link and 9 inch Ford fit in there?

Dale

Edited September 4, 2013 by ScaleDale

[futurattraction]

Thanks Brett - I appreciate it!

Hey thanks Tyrone! I'm planning to cast it - yes.

Thank you very much for the kind words, Len. We still need to talk about B-17s sometime...

I appreciate your nice comment, Dave. I'll keep chipping away at it!

Dale - As with my Fairmont project, I challenged myself more to see if I could do it. Doing this as a more complete kit would stretch me. I feel like I'm skating on thin ice, as it is, for available time. I'm still working on some different projects in both 1/25th and 1/16th. It does appear (at a glance) as though the Glidden T-Bird chassis might work with some trimming in the trunk floor area. I'm speaking strictly wheelbase and rocker panel width at this point. I would want to go back and look at it more closely to verify both of those. I didn't actually try the 4-link and 9-inch but I'm pretty sure there's room for them. I'm also developing a fabbed rear end in 1/25th and I'm hoping to get the slicks that are shown in the latest pics cast to go along with my 14x32s.

Edited September 4, 2013 by futurattraction

[comp1839]

scott, i'm totally blown away with how this is turning out. sometimes just seeing how well you can do something, is all you need.

[Prostreet]

That's a whole lot of awesome Scott, Very talented person.

[pharr7226]

Wow. This is incredible work on a very ambitious project. Keep up the killer work.

[futurattraction]

Thanks Dave. You’re right, there is a great deal of satisfaction in meeting a challenge successfully. This has gone pretty smoothly thus far.

I appreciate your kind words, Joe. I’ve got to give the Lord credit, just as with my Fairmont, for giving me the patience, an eye for what looks right, and the problem solving skills to navigate my way through this, to this point.

Rick – thank you for your comment. It is a pretty ambitious project. Thankfully, I haven’t gotten tripped up on anything. I still need to finish the hood blending and fill the seam down the middle, get the grille blank fastened and blended in, do some rework on the front fascia and do some general body/finish work. I also plan to make a rear spoiler for it. I've toyed with the idea of making it out of PE but don't know for sure whether it's worth going through the trials and tribulations of getting that drawn up to fit right. Its thickness would be more to scale than styrene but the styrene will be much easier and faster to come up with a final product.

A new question for those wishing to reply: Should I remove the rear view mirror mounting panels at the A-pillar or leave them for the builder to take out? They'll add considerable strength during the molding/casting process but aren't actually present on the 1:1s.

Dale – I went back and looked at the Glidden Monogram chassis last night and I was partially mistaken. Rocker panel width is about dead-on. The chassis will work, but the forward frame rails will either need to be shortened where they intersect the floor, or the lower control arms will have to be relocated rearward a bit to match up with the wheelbase. The tubs will require to trimming on the upper portions to fit the curvature of the upper quarters.

Edited September 5, 2013 by futurattraction

[1320wayne]

Scott, I would leave the area your speaking of. Yes, it will add strength during the mold making process but it also provides a good start to the drop in glass framework that would be needed and once the glass is installed it wouldn't be seen on the final build anyway.

[ScaleDale]

Excellent work on body styling. Is this going to be cast one piece or two with the front clip removed? If one piece, how would I go about cutting it in resin? What's your plan for the signature hood scoop? On the 1:1 the scoop is a hat that seals to the top of the carbs and the front clip has a notch that slides over it. That's the only remaining piece of the puzzle that I can see at this point.

It's $85,000 if you're interested...

The Glidden chassis sounds OK and the Chevy and Ford Top Sportsman kits have nice frames, but there isn't anything on the market that has a contemporary Bickel or Alston style chassis like you find in these Pro Stock, Pro Mod and Top Sportsman cars out at the strip.

Dale

[hOLMS]

Wow Scott, this is really turning out great....very close to the 1:1

Keep it up, really liking all the work you've done so far.

[Bill Edman]

still awestruck