chrish Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Nice! functional and fast repair! those front door arm rests...only skinny arms may apply. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 It's been quite a while since I've worked on a car model, Joe, but you now have me seriously thinking of cranking up my '40 Willys gasser kit (the coupe), scheme as yet undetermined. If I go more or less OOB, which is very likely, I should be able to blow through it in no time. I have a couple of paint tricks that I'm dying to try out anyway. (Naturally enough I'll start my own thread though, rather than stepping on yours.) mustang1989, Greg W and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 9:01 AM, chrish said: Nice! functional and fast repair! those front door arm rests...only skinny arms may apply. May have to do something about that. Looks a little fake alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/24/2020 at 2:34 PM, LSP_K2 said: It's been quite a while since I've worked on a car model, Joe, but you now have me seriously thinking of cranking up my '40 Willys gasser kit (the coupe), scheme as yet undetermined. If I go more or less OOB, which is very likely, I should be able to blow through it in no time. I have a couple of paint tricks that I'm dying to try out anyway. (Naturally enough I'll start my own thread though, rather than stepping on yours.) This....I cannot wait to see. This is gonna be great man. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 The chassis has undergone extensive modification in the last couple of weeks. Initially I was headed in a direction with the rear suspension that just wasn't looking right but have since made some changes. First off the front subframe area was shortened by 5/16 of an inch which looked ok but I had to acquire another Mustang kit in order to cut the rear frame rails from it to use in bringing both frame rails further inside to allow those rear slicks to further UNDER the car like the reference shot. Before: And after repositioning the rear frame rails: Before the chassis mods the rear tires were just hanging out there waaaay too far: This will be alot better. Gotta get the ride height correct for the rear as well as in the front but that shouldn't be much of a problem. I've also got some better wheels inbound which should help this build out ALOT. mpk, LSP_K2, Gazzas and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Looks better Joe funny thing about you use nascar for the rears. A buggy of mine used his buddy's old racing tires on his car that car was mean. Factory hp block 383 Stuff into a 68 dart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Nice progress, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 53 minutes ago, rigor said: Looks better Joe funny thing about you use nascar for the rears. A buggy of mine used his buddy's old racing tires on his car that car was mean. Factory hp block 383 Stuff into a 68 dart Thanks Rigor. The funny thing about those tires is that I got them off of a 1/24 scale Mustang drag racer. They look a lot wider than NASCAR tires but you have given me something to think about. So far, however, they look more like the reference shots that I have of this car than any other tires that I've either got in stock or have seen around. May have to look around some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, mustang1989 said: Thanks Rigor. The funny thing about those tires is that I got them off of a 1/24 scale Mustang drag racer. They look a lot wider than NASCAR tires but you have given me something to think about. So far, however, they look more like the reference shots that I have of this car than any other tires that I've either got in stock or have seen around. May have to look around some more. Other than the occasional engine part replacement, wheels and tires are the biggest issue I usually have to overcome with my car models. Many of the kit tires look like they'd be more at home on a John Deere combine than on a car. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Love your work, Joe! It already has a beastly stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 13 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: Other than the occasional engine part replacement, wheels and tires are the biggest issue I usually have to overcome with my car models. Many of the kit tires look like they'd be more at home on a John Deere combine than on a car. Agreed. Like my model aircraft, I cut flats on the bottom of the tire...seems to help them not look like they’ve got 300psi in them. keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Thanks for the comments everybody. I've been haggling over the tires for the last couple of days and after conversing with Ted Bowe from Ted's Modeling Marketplace back and forth through emails, going through photo shots and doing ALOT of measuring and head scratching I've come up with a new set of slicks that I'm going to use for this thing. Additionally I was concerned with how the front ride height was going to be but once I test fitted everything into place...…….it pretty much fell into place. I might go just a tad lower in the front but I'm pretty happy that I don't have to do much here as this has been quite the gaggle in the way of mods on this car. This is the way this car is going to look now and it seems like it's a lot closer to the reference photos that I have of this car. Now I've just gotta score a Goodyear decal sheet to put the scripts onto the tires. Reference shot: Updated parts and stance: This is all a FAR cry from the way I had it: BTW.....did I mention that I found a set of aluminum slots for it?? Yeah.....those are on the way to me from Canada: jimbo, Out2gtcha, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Almost forgot......I've also got a 427 SOHC instead of the 429 Boss motor. Construction started: USMC Herc, Trak-Tor, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The stance looks perfect! id say you nailed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Looks good joe don't forget to wear the other edge of the Goodyear lettering tire expan=burnout tire rubbing against the body ask me how I know USMC Herc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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