Scale-Master Posted June 11, 2015 Author Posted June 11, 2015 I foiled the window trim too. On my real car I removed the plastic chrome trim from the drip rails and finished them before I repainted it and then left them body color.
Skip Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 OK, so this is the AMT Vega Funny Car hat had the cycle wheels on the front right? Always thought their wheel choice was rather odd, as by the Mid-Seventies no one was running a cycle wheel under a Funny Car at the Drags. I built that one in my younger days. You are right, that chassis and body is short and was more suited to building something like a period altered. Same frame went under an AMC Gremlin Funny Car and probably a few others to get their money's worth out of the tooling. The short body probably distorts things where it looks (in pictures) that the body is "Fat" brought the belt line. Don't see too many modelers take a Funny Car body and return it to Street Stock configuration, you're doing great!
Scale-Master Posted June 21, 2015 Author Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks Skip. It's too far off and looks close enough with the wheels under it for me to try to mess anymore with it. I'm looking at it as part of a collection more than a stand alone special model. I originally planned in going all out, full detail, dual Webers and all the goodies I added. But I just have enough love for it to do it all out. I shot the final clear, added the side marker lights and emblems/trim/badging. The flake looks a bit heavy now and the real car was pretty glittery too.
Scale-Master Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks guys. Cut, waxed and ready for glass…
wku88 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Oh how I wish someone would master this in Resin!. Here's a pic of my GT wagon with me and my sister, circa 1982.
Scale-Master Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 If the body wasn't so stubby I would have considered making a copy.I'll bet you have some great memories from that car Todd. What did you have under the hood?
wku88 Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Just the standard Z11 GT engine, with a 4speed. That's all it needed, really. The rear control arms had wallowed out the mouts on the body, and I even spit the spider gears out of the rear end on a clutch dump. It was fun to embarass the British sports car guys in the twisties! The short block had been sleeved, and I had fantasies of hanging a couple Weber 45DCOE's and a header on it, but a frozen advance in the distributor caused terminal detonation. It was a Vega, after all, and there was always something that needed fixin'. But you are correct, some of my best memories involved that car!
Scale-Master Posted June 27, 2015 Author Posted June 27, 2015 I had 48DCOE's on mine. Mild cam, Blackjack header, turbo muffler with an Ansa tip. It was over carbed but I got a smokin' deal on the carbs and manifold.I lowered it too using the heavy duty springs (new stock) for the PacBell panel "telephone truck" version, I cut a coil out of them and beefed up the sway bars. It handled very well.
SCI-FI Posted June 27, 2015 Posted June 27, 2015 Geeze-a-loo, ANOTHER ONE. I never would've picked this topic to visit, but clicked in here by accident to find another fantastic model... Congrats on the build so far-
Scale-Master Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 The glass is in… And I made decals for the rear window.
Scale-Master Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 License plate and bumper stickers, just as it was back then…
Scale-Master Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 I made smoke plexiglass covers for the headlights and parking lights on the real car. (The headlight covers were held on by Velcro for easy removal for night driving.)
cobraman Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 I like the headlight covers. True story.... when I got my new 1978 Mustang King Cobra I custom made some dark blue headlight covers that were removable ( the car was dark blue ) Anyway, one day while going down Magnolia Ave. in Riverside. I got pulled over by the police. Got a ticket for having blue lights on the front of the car which was illegal he said. Even that the lights were not on he still gave me a ticket and made me throw them away in the trash can of the fast food place I pulled into.
slusher Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Love the look of the Vega Mark. Nice touch on the tinted windows and headlight covers...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted July 1, 2015 Posted July 1, 2015 Good old plexiglass headlight covers. Brings back happy thoughts of a time long gone. Love the KMET stuff too. Was the only station to listen to! Any reason you didn't place your bumper sticker upside down?
Scale-Master Posted July 1, 2015 Author Posted July 1, 2015 I put the window sticker on upside down, didn't want to be like everyone else so I put the bumper sticker on "normally".
Scale-Master Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 I had a pair of driving lights for a Mercedes 450 on this car; I cast copies of the lights from the Monogram model.
Sixties Sam Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 This is an amazing build! Great scratch building work! Vegas were cool. I had two of them in the 70's: a 71 coupe and a 73 wagon. The coupe blew a head gasket, but the wagon ran perfect for the three years I had it. Sam
John Teresi Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Mark......paint color and details are stunning.......looking good
Scale-Master Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Thanks guys! This one is wrapped up too.http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=103554
mademan Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Oh how I wish someone would master this in Resin!. Here's a pic of my GT wagon with me and my sister, circa 1982. There is one in resin, I am not at my house right now, but I will pm you a pic and find the mfg when I get over there.
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