Can-Con Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Been working on this for a couple months. Planned to have it done by now but I had a couple unplanned house repairs to keep me busy instead. LOL MPC funnycar body, which is dead stock, AMT '70Chevelle chassis and a resin interior from Kevin @ Missing Link. Paint is Ford "royal blue". Wheels are cobbled together from the parts box should measure out to about 19". The inners are Monogram GTO and the rims and tires are from a Monogram '90 ish Vette ZR-1. Paint is cleared and polished out now and most of the trim is foiled but I haven't taken any pics sincethe last ones shown. Edited February 14, 2015 by Can-Con Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Very nice. That year was always my fav goat. The rear tires look sweet tucked in under the fenderwells, and the wheels look stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Very nice! I've been wanting to turn that funny body into a stocker. Good to know that it works so well. Looks like you cut the hood out and did a nice job of it, too. What did you use to make the cuts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Lookin' good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks guys. I just used the back of a #11 X-acto to cut the hood. I also dremmeled out the scoops and made the top of the cowl between the firewall and windshield from scratch. I'll take a pic of that when it's a bit further along. Here's a couple more pics I just took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Looks great. Real nice color choice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Brain Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) Great! Great! GTO Love it, Sweet wheels! gives it the 17" - 18"look to it. Edited December 24, 2014 by Model Brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Another winner!!!! Don't get mad at me Steve, but I may have to do a copy of that one, in a different color. I love it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 That looks fantastic and I love the paint. What brand did you use? Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Nice job on that Goat! I really like the wheel choice and the way you did the strip of tint at the top of the windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 It's amazing how well #11 Xactos open promo hoods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedi'am Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Thats gonna be sweet!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo Jutt Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 This looks really good! Great colour choice. And I like how the wheels just seem to pop. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 GREAT LOOKING SO FAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Finished up the resin interior today. Just paint detail some foil and flocking. It's painted with the same dark blue I used on the body. It's actually a pretty good match for the dark blue used in the 1/1 cars. I cut the sides from the rest of the bucket to make it easier to detail. Also added a couple resin arm rests I had on hand. I also added some simple wipers made from plastic strips to the scratch-made cowl area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Nice looking interior and nice progress... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Nice looking interior and nice progress... Thanks Carl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Ram Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Great looking work. I like the wipers. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Jon Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Looks great, love the stance, and mildly modern look but otherwise period muscle car, very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 That's a beautiful paint job Steve. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks guys. Been busy this afternoon. This is about it for the cowl. I now need to hit it with some semigloss black and foil the wipers and stainless trim strip at the bottom of the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damop6v8 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Love it, very nice indeed, great build & stunning paint, look forward to the updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Here's another little update. The glass and interior is installed along with the firewall. You can see in these pics how the scratchbuilt cowl area looks finished. I robbed the rad and fan shroud from a Monogram 1/24 GTO. Took a bit of trimming but I think it'll look good when finished. Also,, I'm really happy with how the windshield fit on this car. I don't usually seem to be able to get hem to fit this good. I'm also robbing the engine from the Monogram kit. I was using one from an old kit I built when they first came out in the early '80s for mockup purposes. I liked how it looked so I'm building another one almost identical for this car. Maybe a bit better build quality than the one I did over 30 years ago though. [30+ year old engine on the left, new one on the right.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 nice work on the cowl. fyi, the carb on the 30 yr old engine is on backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrux Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Looking good, Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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