cool fitty 50 olds mild custom

You lying toe rag, there is no way i would have picked bogey color for the engine , and see you only love me so much when i buy you paints bleh bleh bleh

He just wanted to see if you really look at his posts and read them. LOL

i look at all the post, don't reply to all of them though, he knows i don't like the color green, what a putz he did it on purpose lol

and???

ok i think i have enough progress for another update...

decided i am gonna clean up the original bumper and tweak it a bit


i removed the center bar to clean things up


used a file to remove flash and clean up the back side of it


then it is off for a soak in the purple pond


while that is soaking..i will mess with the floor pan a bit


gas tank needs to be a different color to stand out a bit


a touch of dark aluminum should do the trick






now for a change of hue on the straps


i know they wouldnt be copper but i like the color anyhow




tank tweaked


with the frame set in place


front bumper out of the pond


i like the cleaned up look


yanno i can never leave well enough alone, example: side trim....


used a hobby blade followed with a file to remove the trim from the doors


sanded the area flush


got some styrene stock about the same size as the trim


and using liquid cement i set it in place permanently


same for the other side


i like it and its different


dipped the rear bumper in the purple pond as well


some sanding with 1000 grit to remove the mold lines


dont like the lil push bars....


lets get rid of em


snipped them off


then sanded everything flush


looks alot cleaner on the back end now




since i am on the fence about color matching the bumpers or hitting them with spray chrome, i will spray them and see how they look and if i dont like em, i will send them to the pond and color match them later


lets see how this chrome turns out


applied over a gloss black base, its not far off at all and looks more realistic than the kit chrome


time for a test fit of the engine




small problem..........


apparently i should not have added the exhaust manifolds until it was in the frame and ready to be glued into place.....meh

after a bit of deliberation...that motor will be set aside and since this is a custom, its gonna get a custom motor

time to open up the engine bay a bit


out came the dremel


and prepping a different resin block for the paint booth


will have to wait till next update to see where this one goes..

cya then