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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 21, 2016 12:18:03 GMT -7
This is excellent! I really enjoy your progress builds. But...you really have to tell me where you get your smileys from. I'd like to add them to the box here. Thanks Joel.
PM Sent 
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 25, 2016 10:43:48 GMT -7
I managed to work on my "OOB" build this morning. I didn't like the front tires from this kit so I used the one's from the AMT '67 Chevelle kit. I chucked a 12mm socket up in my cordless drill and mounted each of the four tires up, one at a time on to the socket and spun the tires up on some sandpaper to rough up the tread araas some. I also treated each of the wheels to a coat of X-22 Smoke for that true metal/ chrome look. After that I installed all four wheel and tires.
Here's the progress so far:
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 25, 2016 10:54:20 GMT -7
Seeing the stock chassis put together really shows how much length you've added,
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 25, 2016 15:37:00 GMT -7
Thanks Les and yeah that extra 3/4 of an inch of added length is ALOT on this one and shows when they are side by side.
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Post by DeeCee on Nov 25, 2016 15:46:34 GMT -7
That looks great for a roller skate...  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 25, 2016 16:34:06 GMT -7
That looks great for a roller skate... I know right? LOL |
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Post by gardnerpag44 on Nov 25, 2016 22:49:59 GMT -7
Looking very cool Joe  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 26, 2016 4:02:04 GMT -7
Looking very cool Joe Thanks Paul! Hopefully I can make some more progress starting ................well...................in just a few minutes here. |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 26, 2016 6:37:20 GMT -7
Ok I'm back with today's update. Folks I had to ditch the front wheels as well. First off , I just didn't like the way they looked. Secondly , these things, no matter how much I cut them down on the back of the wheel where they mounted up to the axle just stuck out way to far outside of the body.
Here's where I started at this morning when test fitting the body onto the chassis to see if everything was going to work out ok. I'm glad I did because I wouldn't have been very happy with this..........
After cutting the backs of the OOB wheels down it wasn't too much better...........
So I scrapped the OOB front wheels and went with some Cragar SS's I had in the spares bin. Now THAT'S more like it!!!!!!!!!
The engine? Well it's probably the most primitive Hemi engine I've seen but there aint no way in HELL I'm going to use my Ross/Gibson Hemi on THIS build! lol
I painted the engine metal flake blue , drilled some holes in the rocker covers for ignition wires and while I was on the rocker covers , applied a little Tamiya Smoke to them.
Engine progress for this morning.......
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 26, 2016 6:49:23 GMT -7
Cool, the blue will go well with the greenish body
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Post by kpnuts on Nov 26, 2016 6:55:24 GMT -7
Looking cool mate.
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Post by Big D on Nov 26, 2016 7:39:45 GMT -7
Looks good so far.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 26, 2016 9:50:51 GMT -7
Thanks fellas. I'm currently re-thinking the engine. icon_hmm_zps07rcoppf I'll be using a Hemi alright but I don't know if it'll be this base engine.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 26, 2016 11:47:11 GMT -7
Ok. After some re-thinking and internal debate... I'll be going with a 30+ year old Hemi that I've got in the stash. I'll be taking all of the peripherals off like the blower, belts and I'll be replacing the rocker covers but the base engine just has so much more detail than the OOB one in this kit. (Yeah I know, the pink is a little hard to take but you've gotta remember I was going to put this in a Panther Pink Cuda that I built back then as a teenager). That thread for ignition wires'll go too. Hey....It's all I could think of 30 years ago that would work ya know.
I'll be painting this engine the same blue that I did in the pics above....
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 26, 2016 11:55:27 GMT -7
That looks more sindy pink than panther pink,  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 26, 2016 12:01:09 GMT -7
Yeah I hear ya! lol . I do have excuse of it being 30 years ago though. No worries...................the transformation will be taking place this weekend.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 27, 2016 5:10:12 GMT -7
Ok fellas. I started tearing the pink Hemi down to prepare it for the install and it literally flew apart. I was able to remove the timing cover from the front of the pink engine, sand the backside of it and cut and carve until I had the dimensions of the base timing cover and it's now in a bath of brake fluid where the paint will be stripped and then painted with a coat of the metal flake blue so it looks like I'll be able to use the OOB engine on this thing after all. That means less modification and re-work later. I pulled the completed chassis down now that the front wheels are set from the glue drying and mocked up my custom VW along with the OOB build. The differences are dramatically different (even more so than I thought they would be with what I thought wasn't much of an extension in the body):
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Post by stitchdup on Nov 27, 2016 5:39:00 GMT -7
I didn't realise how much you'd lowered the stretched one, the 2 pics make it really apparent
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 27, 2016 6:03:28 GMT -7
It was kind of a surprise to me as well not only how much lower it was but the differences between the two in looks. I'm glad I am building an OOB version for something to compare to.
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Post by vcv8273 on Nov 27, 2016 7:15:02 GMT -7
These builds are looking awesome Joe looking forward to your next update. Cheers Steve
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Post by kpnuts on Nov 27, 2016 7:20:46 GMT -7
The proportions look great on the stretched one.
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Post by coyotecrunch on Nov 27, 2016 7:47:11 GMT -7
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................
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Post by hurtz on Nov 27, 2016 7:53:39 GMT -7
very cool
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Post by gardnerpag44 on Nov 27, 2016 10:57:18 GMT -7
Quite the difference between then I like them both , great work on these |
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 27, 2016 19:19:56 GMT -7
Thank you guys very much for the kind words. sHa_thankyouvery_zpsd2025948
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Post by DeeCee on Nov 28, 2016 1:26:57 GMT -7
You can really appreciate the amount of work you have done on the custom one when they are side by side. Looking great, both of them.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 28, 2016 5:31:06 GMT -7
Thanks Dale!
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 29, 2016 9:43:02 GMT -7
I got ahold of Rick Dobbertin today so hopefully I can get started on engine construction for the modified bus pretty soon. Fingers crossed.......................
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Post by coyotecrunch on Nov 29, 2016 14:26:56 GMT -7
2gwb921
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 29, 2016 15:09:04 GMT -7
I've been hangin' on for the ride ever since I started this build. I keep keepin' on and I'm not sure where I'm going to wind up with it yet. lol |
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