ScrappyJ Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 This is my '66 Nova I have been working on for about a year. I have a hard time finding time to do "in progress" photos, so I apologize. You can find other pics in my fotki. I hope you guys enjoy:
parki Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Wow! thats very nice Dirk. the paint on the body is stunning. very clean too. What chassis did you use for this model? or did you scratch build it?
ScrappyJ Posted November 13, 2007 Author Posted November 13, 2007 Wow! thats very nice Dirk. the paint on the body is stunning. very clean too. What chassis did you use for this model? or did you scratch build it? This one is 95% scratch-built. The upper and lower control arms (A arms) and the rear trailing arms are all brass. I polished them and plated them using Casswell's Coyp Chrome plating system. It is a lot easier than one would think. The Copy Chrome systme uses distilled water and a very low voltage source (I even had my hand in the tank at one time and coudln't feel a thing). The radiator, roll cage and some other items were also made out of brass and then chrome-plated.
ScrappyJ Posted November 13, 2007 Author Posted November 13, 2007 Aleks Visit My Website Thanks again, Aleks! I went on you website and you have some pretty amazing stuff going on there! Ich liebe dien Top Fuel und dien Chevy Big Block! Choose.
parki Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 This one is 95% scratch-built. The upper and lower control arms (A arms) and the rear trailing arms are all brass. I polished them and plated them using Casswell's Coyp Chrome plating system. It is a lot easier than one would think. The Copy Chrome systme uses distilled water and a very low voltage source (I even had my hand in the tank at one time and coudln't feel a thing). The radiator, roll cage and some other items were also made out of brass and then chrome-plated. wow thats even more amazing. very nice work. I've not reached the dizzy heights of working with brass yet. just experimenting at the moment with mold making and resin casting. going quite well at the moment. thats very interesting, what you said about the chrome plating, thanks for the info.
Zoom Zoom Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Dirk, incredible model Dirk is one of the top builders in the country, and his picture is found next to the word "humble" in the dictionary. Pictures don't do this model justice. Dirk won a Top Ten and the Augie Hiscano award at our show this past weekend. It was by far the model most deserving of the award. While not there physically, Augie was a part of our show that day, and had a hand in picking the winner. Dirk, I hope you don't mind me tooting your horn a little bit more, and showing these pictures: Accepting the Augie Hiscano Award for his Nova Top Ten Winner w/his Nova
RatRod Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Man that is a great model Dirk!!! Just wondering if the wheelbase is stock, or slightly altered like the Year One Nova?
Nick F40 Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 I like Novas and yours is really nice! I like how it looks aggressive but not overdone!
Lyle Willits Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) I went to your Fotki site and looked at all of your cars. Your models are incredible. You must be one of the best kept secrets in the car modeling hobby. Beautiful stuff - all magazine quality. Edited November 13, 2007 by Lyle Willits
TimKustom Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 Yep, way cool model there! Y'all gotta see it in person! Good seein' ya at the show!
ScrappyJ Posted November 14, 2007 Author Posted November 14, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the compliments, guys! No worries, Bob! As you know, I just love building models. I've said this many times, but thank you for taking the time way back in '96 to tutor me on painting. I still, to this day, think back to your tutorial and my conversations with David Morton when prepping, painting and rubbing my paint jobs. What is cool is that I use pretty much everything that folks have thought me every time I build. I think of Pat Covert and Tommy May and their conversations about me taking my time and executing well; I think back to Bob Kornouw and Bob dudek with their guidance on machining; and I continue to learn. As well as many that have taught me something through the years. This time, I was able to incorporate soldering and chome plating conversations that I had with Bob Jernnigan. Not to mention seeing all the fine works-of-art that I have been fortunate to see in the hobby (some of my favorites: Tommy's white pro-street truck, Tim's pink chevy station wagon, Ricky's purple mid-engine truck, Randy Derr's Sunoco Camaro, to name a few on a very long list). What I like most about this hobby is learning and sharing techniques with felow modelers and meeting some really cool people. Lyle- Coming from you and the quality of your projects, it is quite an honor to receive such a compliment from you. Nick- That is exactly the look I was going for. I like subtle ques, but know that you wouldn't want to mess with that car on the street. I like Nova's too. My all time favorite is the '69 Camaro, but the '66 Nova is second on my list. John- The Year One car was definetly the inspiration for this project, but unfortunately I didn't do any of the styling quest that they had. I thought about it, but wimped out. I did, however, get my hands on some PPG Astec Gold that a friend (Mike Alvarez) had. By the way, your bikes are simply bad... Tim- It's always good to see you! I wish that Tommy could have made it and Dave and I are hoping to get to B'gham this year and spend some time with the MCCM guys. Edited November 14, 2007 by ScrappyJ
dub Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Wow, you are quite the metal craftsman! Very nice album of work there indeed. Those scratchbuilt engines are truly works of art. Thank you for sharing with us your masterpieces.
Tom Kren Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Great lookin Nova! and i also checked out your fotki album too all I can say is WOW! You have some kick butt builds there makes me want to stop building ! great job on all!
cruz Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 (edited) Congratulations Dirk, very impressive work, you could have said how many trophies and honors you got down there but your work speaks for itself!!!!!!!!! Edited November 14, 2007 by marcos cruz
mikelo Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Congratulations on a well deserved win. I was going to ask for more pics, but then I checked out your site, and wow! That is nice! I have seen your work before. I remember your pro stock s10. I found it at the time I was thinking about getting one. Great work. I would love to see some more!
Ariel Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Just Don't forget to make it up to the NNL East with Jay . Ariel
bsoder Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Outstanding work, that is one good looking Nova..and I love that S-10
RyanK Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 That is one bad Nova. Another fantastic piece. Good Job!
outlaw035 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 dirk....1 word.....awesome job man...awesome....neal
lonewolf Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Dirk, Just finished looking around on your fotki site. WOW!!! I don't understand how it's possible for one guy to have so much talent, but you've got it man. It does my heart good to see young guys like you pumping out such quality builds. Looks like this hobby will keep thriving with guys you coming on the scene.
GTmike400 Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 I've said it once, I'll say it again. Absolutely amazing Dirk. I hope to build half as good as you some day. I was honored to see this model being finished up Friday night in the hotel room. What many of you can't see is all the detail under the body, the pics dont do it justice. He even has rubber grommits for the MSD box, which are completely covered up by the body! Its the little details you cant see that set Dirk apart from the rest. Congrats again on the Augie. You definitely deserved it! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me as well.
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