Belugawrx Posted April 8, 2014 Author Posted April 8, 2014 Thnx Dominic I'll try that glue tip. I shortened the body because the sedan was just too long and bulky to my eye. I cut the front to adjust the engine bay area. It had large gaps up the hood line. This is an old AMT kit and nothing fits properly. Thanks again! Cheers
Belugawrx Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) Thanks everyone for the comments, I'm in uncharted territory for me, and your input me keeps me goin' So anyway,..... Added some flares out of Plastruct strips.... Milliput two part putty rolled and applied with wet q-tip Oh and found the rims/tires for this one,....Michelins with moons Lot's of sanding to do!!! QCC's welcome and encouraged!! Cheers Edited April 9, 2014 by Belugawrx
Dominik Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Hmmm...cant remember, that it is such a terrible kit to build...perhaps, i was tooo young as i built it... . Thank you for explain it to an old man. Interesting work with that putty. Looks easy.
Belugawrx Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Yes it is a most terrible kit, but,slowly,.... making it work Thanks for looking in! Cheers
Belugawrx Posted April 10, 2014 Author Posted April 10, 2014 Small update,.... Dremeled and filed and sanded (Oh My!!) The flairs on one side to make sure this'll work and....not bad.. scaled down ALOT!! Sorry for all the pics,.. but the flatt black eats all the light. Working on chassis now....Thinking of leaving exhaust and making a twin for it just the thought of grinding all that styrene off and re-doing has got me stumped ,...so maybe next time (wink, smiley)! And oh ya Dominic,..Dude...... that brush on glue trick worked great Thank You i was tooo young as i built it... . Thank you for explain it to an old man. AND..................I have 12 yrs on you!! Cheers and thnx for looking QCC's welcome, and at this point, any tips tricks would be great
JTalmage Posted April 11, 2014 Posted April 11, 2014 Fantastic work on the flares... I really like that!
Belugawrx Posted April 12, 2014 Author Posted April 12, 2014 Thnx Richard Thomas (Kamloops Rocks)Dominik, Carl(of course), Jesse for the comments! No time for building today... Played golf instead YeeHaw It got hot out there Cheers
Dominik Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Gold to hear, that the gluetip worked Will the color be this semigloss black? I Like it! Looks good to me.
1 bad55 stan Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 Hi Bruce your doing a fine job,What i did to my 55 is i cut out the floor with my xacto knife,i then cut the gearbox tunnel and reused it.Its sounds harder than it is.here is a couple of pics for you. I hope this helps..
Belugawrx Posted April 15, 2014 Author Posted April 15, 2014 Thnx Stan, I was kinda stumped for a bit,... but, after cutting the floor of the interior out and raising it up into the tub, I won't be opening the doors so, all good. Thnx Dominik I do like the Black sandable primer colour too, but I'm thinking Maroon with a red candy over Happy modelling Cheers
Belugawrx Posted May 28, 2014 Author Posted May 28, 2014 Finally got this one into paint and clear!! Colour is Duplicolor Dark Cherry Metallic Into the polishing shop in a couple of days..... And the power comes from Dale Jr's Monte Carlo! Q's, C's, and C's welcome. Cheers Little weathering and plumbing left to do on that one...
1 bad55 stan Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 That is looking sharp,Those wheel arches look great,keep up the good work!
Dale W. Verts Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 Wow, this was nice, but thise wheels and paint, WOWEEE. Dale
Bill Edman Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 one heck of a build i like the style your definitely giving it a more base model coupe design that has been hot roded
DumpyDan Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Nice, have you picked the wheels your gonna use? Following this!
MsDano85gt Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 I like wheel options 2 and the 5th option if its not too late to chime in on wheel options Great work!
am73grand Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Nice job so far. You have some mad bodywork skills!!!
rustybill1960 Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Well, I must say Sir, I was very puzzled as to why, You did "ALL" that cutting and chopping and . . . . . . . . "NOW" I know why! WOW!! I really like what You have done with this build to date! Very impressive for sure, the body work, the fender flares, the paint choice! WOW! I really do Thank You for sharing this with Us here! I am looking forward to more Later Russ
Belugawrx Posted May 31, 2014 Author Posted May 31, 2014 Thnx for looking in,.. Trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! Thnx Stan, Dale, Bill (Goin' 4 That), Dominick, Jeff(eh?), Richard (THNX), Dan..... Not Yet, Daniel, Russell(didn't know where this was going either,..just experimenting), Ross, Oscar, Dominik Thnx!! So I started polishing with 1000 wet,.. Then 2000 wet... Then Tamiya Fine Compound on a Cotton t-shirt scrap Lett it dry ,.. then Rub one out wlth a clean spot on the T...... (that didn't sound right) Then finally rub some Meguiars Ultimate to take out the slight orange peel Now on to the rest of the body Patience,.. I like to do a 1/4 a night ,.. Something to do while I watch the HAWKS win another Booyah!!!! Cheers Fellas (and Ladies)
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