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mustang1989 wrote:Thanks Stuart!

That's a good idea Tom about the black light....

I just picked up the flocking for the carpet....

In Kentucky, that little baggie could get you 5-7 with no time off!

LOL! Yeah but is it red like that?

I finished up with the rear suspension this morning by painting the shocks , the rear mount points on the springs, painting the spring mount bolts at the axle and adding PE bolt & nut heads to either side of the leaf spring mount eyelets at the spring ends. Shocks and rear axle/ suspension are now part of the chassis. I also added PE bolt heads to the front subframe to main chassis for a bit more realism. I ended up using a spare drill bit for an axle so that everything would tie up nicely between the wheel/ axle fit.

Suspension progress with all shocks, plumbing and PE hardware installed:



Here's the ride height I was looking for in the original mock up with attention directed towards the rear wheel/ tire in relation to the wheel opening.



and here is where I'm at right now with the axle installed displaying assembled ride height as it is right now:



Man those "meats" just look purdy underneath there don't they?

Picked this one up yesterday for spare parts. Sheesh!!! I don't know how in the world Revell could market this kit under that theme and expect it to sell. Jeez!!! In any case a lot of the parts are cleaned up on these re-release kits I have found and I'll be cutting the rear door from the body to display it open.

mustang1989 wrote:Picked this one up yesterday for spare parts. Sheesh!!! I don't know how in the world Revell could market this kit under that theme and expect it to sell. Jeez!!! In any case a lot of the parts are cleaned up on these re-release kits I have found and I'll be cutting the rear door from the body to display it open.

lol - That's awesome

Thanks Stuart!!

Over the course of the last few days I've been working on wheels and tires and the stance I want out of this thing. First off I got the wheels to fit better in the tires and then scuffed the road surface part of the tire up using a 1/2" socket on a drill. I'll wait on the finishing touches to the sidewalls till later on in the build. Still handling the tires too much right now.



Then I went to work on manufacturing a set of springs for the front. The OOB ones were atrocious !!!!



Then I did some more work in the front in regards to wheel to spindle mounting and dropping the front end where I wanted it.

Here is the "before" photo showing where the suspension/ stance was......



and here it is with everything is mounted up as it will be with the finished product. Now the stance is dead on with the exact look I was after.

Looking might good. When you going to build an airplane? I'm telling ma. It will be a stunner.

LOL. I'm really torn on that subject. I wanna build a plane but I'm having a blast with this stuff here right now.

Go with what is working for you. The stance looks right smart.

I love that stance too. Really makes this look badass. I can hear the deep-throated roar of the engine now.

Paul: Thanks bud. I've poked and prodded at a couple of aircraft builds and then my eyes'll turn to something cool while I'm driving to work or while I'm on the net. There's this one car that I want to build that I saw in Popular Hot Rodding.

If this aint badass I don't know what is....



Beautiful car...



Did I mention badass too???



Mark: Thank you sir! I'm looking forward to getting back to that engine once I get past all this set up. lol