martinfan5 Posted November 14, 2014 Author Posted November 14, 2014 Clear coats are done, now I need to go back and touch up some areas of color that I missed, like on the insides of the doors.
MBXPilot Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 What a beautiful color!! Well done sir, loving this build so far.
Pierre_tec Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 nice blue!!! are the wheels going to be black like the pics you post before???
martinfan5 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 I think its time I get back to work on this one, with a new kit in hand, and with Bob figuring out what I couldnt when it came to the door issues, time to get back to work, my plan was to use the chassis and interior from the first one , but I have decided that I am going to start over , and I am going to finish the first one, just need to figure out a color for it. started work on the new kit, engine is done
Mike Chernecki Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 What happened to the first one? The paint looked good from here. I think I have everything to start mine in Verde Ithica with matching interior.
martinfan5 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 What happened to the first one? The paint looked good from here. I think I have everything to start mine in Verde Ithica with matching interior.Mike, door fit issues happened to the first one, there is a good bit of work needed to let doors sit properly
Mike Chernecki Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Mike, door fit issues happened to the first one, there is a good bit of work needed to let doors sit properly Good to hear about the fit issues now. I guess I will do a full mockup before paint.
martinfan5 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 Good to hear about the fit issues now. I guess I will do a full mockup before paint.I will cover everything needed to make the doors fit soon.
Ridge Rider Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 That's too bad it was looking sharp. I've been thinking I need this kit and it is nice to know about the doors-sadly at your expense.
martinfan5 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 That's too bad it was looking sharp. I've been thinking I need this kit and it is nice to know about the doors-sadly at your expense. I feel better now that I know what to do to make them fit better
martinfan5 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Here is a look at what causes the door fit issues, before I go on, I need say that I had help from another builder that help figured out part of the reason that I missed on the first one I was building. Starting with a mockup of the interior floor with the rear bulkhead in place The red lines indicated the areas that need to trimmed The red circles show you the hole between the door panel and the tub, there should not be a gap there I know its hard to see in this pic, I had a hard time getting it to show up, but its there After trimming , a test fit, getting real close , I will do a mock on the other side to show how much the door sticks out Edited February 28, 2015 by martinfan5
Danno Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Wicked roll cage, Dude. Is this gonna be NASCAR?
Ridge Rider Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Jonathan, It's even nicer of you to illustrate this and I thank you for doing so. I love the eye candy and this kind of info on this forum. Thanks for sharing.
TFchronos Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Very nice work and progress on this build, looking forward to seeing the finished product.
martinfan5 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 Engine Engine compartment , added heat shielding
martinfan5 Posted March 8, 2015 Author Posted March 8, 2015 Whoops(this is the first one) Primer on the new one And both of them And some paint Waiting on a new bottle of paint to finish the blue one
Pizzwizz24 Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Wish I would've seen your thread before building mine!!!! Had the same door issues also but as an extra little caveat, the chassis was warped also. This kit fought me the whole way. It still turned out kinda decent so I'm looking to get another so I can have another attempt at winning the battle, sort of speak. Anyways.......did you seperate the front and rear purposely? I ask because that is what I did in my attempts to correct the chassis warpage (which it did) and thought it would help with the door fitting also (which it did not). Following and learning along closely as you go. Please share as much as your time allows. Btw.......that blue is absolutely awesome! Thanks Chris
martinfan5 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 Anyways.......did you seperate the front and rear purposely? I ask because that is what I did in my attempts to correct the chassis warpage (which it did) and thought it would help with the door fitting also (which it did not). I did not, first the left side broke, than the right side broke
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