slantasaurus Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Sooooo, Rockford? Uhhhhh, no. It was sunny and mid-70s today where I'm at. Jeff, the wood looks good !!!
jrherald420 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 I like the wood better. It does need some gloss to it though.
Casey Posted December 21, 2014 Author Posted December 21, 2014 The wood is good, Jeff, as is the rest of the interior from what I see. I love a white interior.
freakshow12 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I'm here! I hit a wall with the look of the engine I was going for. BUT!, I conquered it today after work and it's something I have not seen done to tie together a theme and a look I have in my head for this car. Won't be long now. I hope you guys are as excited once you see it
Monty Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I'm here! I hit a wall with the look of the engine I was going for. BUT!, I conquered it today after work and it's something I have not seen done to tie together a theme and a look I have in my head for this car. Won't be long now. I hope you guys are as excited once you see it Edited January 15, 2015 by Monty
jrherald420 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 lol This thread needs to be renamed to "Take-A-Lifetime-To-Finish-Torino" lol I kid, I kid!
Guest Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I bought the reissue of this kit a while back. I was kinda disappointed that the Cragar wheels are different diameters. But, pleased to find a set of headers inside! Did this Pro Modeler version come with Cragars and headers? If it did come with Cragars. Are they also different diameters? I won't be using the engine or Cragars on my build. But, I would have liked to use the Cragars on something else.
freakshow12 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 The project as a whole will be worth the wait guys. Trust me
Monty Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 The project as a whole will be worth the wait guys. Trust me When the idea for this project first came to be, I was intrigued by the myriad possibilities that could result from a group of talented builders lending their respective skills to a given section of the kit. I guess I'm operating under the assumption that each member of the build is only supposed to have the kit for a specified amount of time before passing it on to the next member, as per the usual group build rules. After all the effort that's gone into the previous sections, I'm just hoping this doesn't "snowball".
freakshow12 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 It's not. There was no specific time frame so that it didn't create a hard line and hard feelings. Know what I mean? Everyone involved has lives outside of the hobby and life does get in the way. The whole build has had good transparency and we all know where it's at. I will have an engine update with pics today
Guest Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Just keep it on track guys! It has went longer than proposed. But, what project doesn't? Edited January 17, 2015 by plowboy
freakshow12 Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Here is a basic un detailed shot of the engine and where it's headed. It will be cleanly wired up tmo hopefully. It was the valve covers that took some doing
Guest Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Is that a piece of decal with the paper backing glued to the valve covers? Edited January 19, 2015 by plowboy
freakshow12 Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 It's the decal, no backing paper. I had to carefully sand the writing off the cover then paint the area white. I used every color stripe to get it right then went back to the one I needed. I had to micro sol the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH out of it. Then once it was done I hit it with clear. Just a little touch to bring it all together
jeffs396 Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Nice touch Fred! I'm trying to finish up over the next few days. And as you said earlier, this is taking longer than we had hoped, but it WILL be worth it in the end! Life DOES get in the way sometimes, I think we ALL wish we had more bench time...
Casey Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Updates, please. I'd like to see everything reunited and sent off to Ron very soon so we can get it finished up.
slantasaurus Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 I have a fresh sheet of BMF and room on the workbench, just waiting for the Torino to make it's way to me.
freakshow12 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 On it. Pm me Rons address. Will be out by the weekend.
slantasaurus Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 On it. Pm me Rons address. Will be out by the weekend. PM sent
LokisTyro Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 If I had known this build was going to take closer to two years than 1 I would have prepped more lol
slantasaurus Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Speaking of that, Ron, did the model arrive at your place yet? Not yet, still waiting for a tracking number and a not saying it was shipped from Fred. Haven't heard anything about the interior or the rest of the kit yet. Who has the body and chassis for this right now ???
jeffs396 Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 I've got it Ron, and the interior is 97% done... PM me your mailing addy and I'll get it shipped out soon.
jeffs396 Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 DONE!!! Couldn't get great pics, but... Did we ever talk about what color the exterior mirrors would be? I found them in a baggie in the box, unpainted. Every reference pic I looked at shows them being body color. Also the hood had a little chunk missing from the leading edge, it WAS in the box. I glued it back in place, but you can see the crack in the paint. Billy, do you have any blue paint left from this? I could probably custom mix and get close, but the actual paint would be MUCH easier...
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