Revell Gassers, Anglia, Thames, Malco Gasser and 57 Chevy's.

Right, as mentioned here's the progress on the Anglia, recon i got on great with it yesterday.

Got the motor fitted, it's a blown 440 Chrysler motor with scratch built rocker covers and the Old's sump, i made a new blower snout in stainless steel (a bit of an ariel) since it's on show, still need to touch up the drive belt and scratch build the plug leads, was going to use 15 amp fuse wire for this but will visit Maplin during the week to see if i can get something better, fitted the twin batteries and wired them with solder.

Got the shell painted Ford Focus Electric Orange, about three thin coats with two coats of Lacquer, going to leave it a week before i wax it, will be doing the door hinges in chrome silver.

Will be doing the air scoop on the carbs satin Black. 

Also weathered the slicks a bit more with a Scotchbrite pad, very pleased with how the paint has turned out



Dash, door cards and seats will be White, the rest of the interior will be body colour.



Had to beef up the steering linkage, was just too thin and didn't hold the wheels straight (were toe'd out too much)



Got this Yellow film to use for the windows, should look pretty cool, was also going to do the boot lid matt/satin black and paint a mural on it, maybe "Rat Killer" (big block Chevy's being known as Rat motors)



The gearbox is now a manual so i'll need to sort ot three pedals instead of just two, shouldn't be a problem though.

Cheers man , if/when i do the boot mural i'll cover it on here

Love it..

Awesome build, I would love to build one of these (are they easy to get hold of?). I am currently building a AMT Semi, 1/24th scale, its an original 1974 kit so I am told by my dad who bought it whilst in america on holiday in teh 70's. He started the trailer when i was 3 years old but then put it in a box and left it alone, until last year when he gave it to me to finish. trailer is pretty much done, just need to detail it and add the decals.

Also the revell escort kit id worth a fair bit now. I sold my one last year, it was boxed and the engine had been built but i had misplaced the wheels and bonnet and somehow the a pillars were bent whilst in storage, sold on ebay for £45

Loving these gasser kits. Think I need to get one and get the metalflake flying on them

Here's the progress i've made on the Thames in the last week or so. Got the paint nearly done, decided to copy the green on the box art example as i think it really suits it, used Rover Tara Green Metalic, seats and door cards will be done British Racing Green.



Got the axles together and the shell rolling, as mentioned had to scrap the kit front end and scratch build a tube front axle, this is just a bit of aluminium tube and a metal shaft, drilled out the centres of the Thames hubs to fit on the end of the tube and mounted the axle on a couple of shortened leaf springs, still to add a steering linkage and shockers but the hard work is done.



As usual i weathered the rear tyres to make them more realistic, going to add all the kit supplied decals to this, should look ace.



As mentioned bought this 41 Willy's kit, looks really nice, comes with a superb Blown Hemi (not the 426, 392 i think ?), lovely set of slot mag wheels too.



May try a rat look with this one, no chrome, weathered paint, rust etc.

Glued the two halfs together with superglue, once hardened sanded the tread with 80 grit sandpaper, took the shine off the sidewalls with a Scotchbrite pad.

I've only found the two piece tyres in the Anglia kit, thankfully the others have one piece tyres.

I gif this kit for Christmas and it's gonna get flaked and candy red on the main body

Update time , sorry some of the pics are out of focus, battery was on the way out on the camera

Corvette done.



May get areound to fitting the door handles but that's a job i hate.





Got the Willy's motor built and weathered to match the rest of the build, skillfully managed to loose the blower drive belt down the drain when stripping the chrome off so that will need to be scratch built , may buy another kit for parts though.
Drilled out the plug holes in the valve covers to make it easier to locate the plug wires when i fit these, header downpipes have still to be weathered.



Got the Thames done, really pleased with this









Latest build is this 57 Chevy.



Found out this Roth tribute kit is a 2014 re-issue of the old 1973 kit with opening doors, boot, and hood, also steerable wheels, it has been re-issued many times over the years but i remember it as the old "Streetfighter" kit, got one of these for my Christmas around 1982, of course i made a mess of it back then, hopefully this time i'll do it some justice.



Needless to say it's been made with the 70's tooling so quality isn't up to modern standards but it's ok, body needed quite a bit of work with mould lines and flash etc, all parts need fettling, adjustment and trial fitting.
From what i remember the fit of the doors is terrible, i ended up gluing them shut on the old Streetfighter, may need to scratch build new hinges this time.



Here it is so far, got the axles done, floor pan painted etc, recon it sits nice, colour will be Ford Jade Green with a dark green and grey interior.



Motor will be a blown 283 small block (will fit under the hood with the motor lowered slightly and the carbs left open), going to fit the chrome side pipes off the Chevelle kit, car is a column change four speed manual but will be fitting a long floor shifter to work with the bench seat.