February model car contest?

In reply to AClockworkGarage :

I could send you a curbside

Okay, opinions needed.

Modern custom?

Gasser / Street Freak? (Would include crazy blower motor)

70s/80s Street Machine?

Or traditional lowrider?

Possibly with working hydraulics...

I also have a 65 Impala that's complete except for a chassis that I was going to do the hydraulics on with the Daytons.

Gasser. I've always thought making gassers out of cars that shouldn't be gassers was fun.

I've dreamed of making a real life volvo XC90 powered 123GT for years.

Javelin said:

In reply to AClockworkGarage :

I could send you a curbside

Don't know what I would do with a piece of curbing, but if you want to send me something I'll build it, but there is no way it'd be done by the end of the month.

In reply to AClockworkGarage :

A curbside is a kit with a 1 piece body that often has little to no chassis and/or interior details. It's all about the paint and stance.

I vote for modern custom. 

Someone was agonizing over holding parts together while the glue sets. Here is how I held the pre-wired distributor onto the Mercury flathead. The aligator clip stand is a godsend! The rubber band is not used in this photo, it just stores on the stand. Second pic may be clearer.

In reply to Javelin :

lowrider

I have one of those gator clip stands. I often use it for soldering wires. It wouldn't have worked on the GT6 kit. Too many angles; too narrow of a joint. Quick set glue and my ten fingers got it done though. 

And yes, I did glue a finger to the parts. Twice.

Another sub-assembly. The instrument panel with under dash A/C. Body color upper panel. The A/C build is shown in lower pics.

Wizard's "O"s and an HO locomotive screen attached to a piece of sprue with thin C.A. Excess screen removed with #10 Xacto blade. Thin black floated into the vent openings, and finished with regular flat black. For the Merc I cut one vent off and moved it to the left for the driver. It won't fit in the center like others I've done.

Finally cracked open the Grand Sport and started throwing some paint on pieces. 

I'm already quivering in fear of some parts. The tie rods and sway bars are super thin, and I don't know if that's going to play nicely with my ham-handedness when it comes time to take those off the trees and put them on the car.

We had a break in the winter weather and late last week there were a couple days that would have been warm enough to shoot paint, unfortunately I had higher priority stuff to get done so that didn't happen. Having at least the base coats on the body and interior would have me feeling a bit better about those at this point.

More progress is coming. My tired eyes need a break from trying to make sure I didn't miss any spots painting aluminum paint on gray plastic.

I think I've settled on modern custom. I found a set of wheels in my stash that's been too big for anything until now.

I also have the long block built.

Javelin said:

I think I've settled on modern custom. I found a set of wheels in my stash that's been too big for anything until now.

I also have the long block built.

Yassssss!

Another subassembly done. Mercury Flatty with Offenhauser heads and  dual carbs, but not all of the goodies from the kit. I used the stock oil filter. Also had to create the water pumps. The kit just had their pulleys hanging in the air supported by the belt

Two tone. Will need some touch up. Poor masking job and a little heavy handed with the rattle can.

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

Oooh!

Got my replacement decals today. 
Better plaid pattern, more realistically shaped numerals, the proper license plate, and the missing union jacks! 

I did a ton of work sanding and getting rid of mold lines and stuff. Today I layed some primer down.

So, what color? Blue, silver, or white and use the included kit decals (blue lowrider panel graphics)? Green for the money? Purple?

Progress is happening. It is at a leisurely pace, which is probably going to bite me towards the end of the month, but it is happening. Weather is looking promising at the end of the week so I should be able to get the body and interior in paint, which will open the doors to much bigger progress.

In reply to Javelin :

Lowrider lace and pinstripes.

The interior is done now except for possible detritus. You can see here why the A/C ducting needed to be split. The big console is a kit part that I wanted for another reason which will become apparent on completion. This is a much better kit than I was expecting, the body molding had no noticeable sink marks. Nothing is warped either, it all fits. I still can't grasp the Chrysler 440 alternate engine option, but it won't effect the outcome.

vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Javelin :

Lowrider lace and pinstripes.

Do I look like some sort of good painter to you?!?

In reply to TurnerX19 :

Does that kit have the phone or TV? 

In reply to Saron81 :

Both. The phone is transparent red. If you look real carefully the TV has a cartoon of "The Kat From AMT" etched onto the screen too Also the bumper jack and lug wrench are chrome. Yeah sure FoMoCo, you'd do that....

Decided on green for the money with bling bling for the honeys.