mustang1989 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 First....let me go into the actual car. I've been wanting to build a Maverick for a VERY long time but there aren't many kits to choose from. The best offering (and this isn't saying much) is the Jo-Han kit. I was fortunate to get mine from someone on another forum for the mere price of $50. These kits are running around 300+ bucks nowadays so 50 bones is a friggin' steal. Then there came the matter of subject. I was looking for a car to build....you know....a pattern. Nothing struck my fancy for the longest time until I found Dyno Don's car. Man....I was smitten! Just an evil lookin' car! So .....I set out to build it. The real deal: When I started this project one year ago almost to the day I just didn't realize what ride I was in for. This started life as a Jo-Han kit and I quickly found out that it would become much more on down the line. The only things used out of this kit were the body, base interior tub (which got modified at that) and the engine. The rest....went in the trash. The chassis is from AMT's 67 Mustang Fastback, interior is almost all aftermarket stuff to include the 27 piece shifter and the 25 piece seat belt harness. In fact so much scratch and up level detailing was done in the interior that I don't even know where to start. Total parts count for the interior alone is 125 pieces in all. Extensive mods were done to the chassis to get everything to "work" and although not accurate it allowed me to achieve the stance and overall look that I was after. Probably the BIGGEST hang up I had with this car was trying to figure out how to fabricate the shock tower/ inner fenderwells for it because I just couldn't get anything to work. After MANY hours in thought and experimentation I ended up fabbing them up from soda can aluminum. Paint....I used Tamiya's Pure Red with a Testors Wet Look clear. Car decals were from a supplier on Ebay....forgot the vendor. 🤔 Wheels and tires are from the parts bin except for the rear wheels which I used from Revells 41 Willy's gasser kit. All lettering on the sidewalls of the tires are from Slixx decals. The engine has details from so many different suppliers that I forgot half of where I got everything from. LOTS of scratch work though. Cooling fans are from the Revell Rick Dobbertin Pontiac J2000 kit and again....were heavily modified to fit into this car. This was definitely a test of my abilities as a modeler to say the least but I learned ALOT from this build (as well as learned a few new curse words). There are inaccuracies that'll be noticed by anyone who knows anything about this car and a few liberties taken here and there in the name of adding interest to the car but I feel like it came out alright. I also left off the wheelie bars. I was going to scratchbuild a set but the longer I looked at it the more I thought that they would detract from the overall looks of the car. Any how.....I present here...the finished product. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Excellent work! That shifter looks amazing! So do the engine and overall finish! Well done! BTW, Costco coffee cans are sealed with a 6 mil Al sheet. Excellent for fabricating sheet parts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Really nice work. And nice to see this ready. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Great work, good to see that you made it to the finish with this one. I enjoyed following your build, it came out very well indeed. Really cool ride! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Dedication to accuracy and great skills produced a brilliant result. Drag cars usually change from race to race often in minor ways. You've captured the character of Don's car perfectly. Everybody's tired of me pressing this but you really ought to bring your skills to bigger scales. The Pocher Huracan would be a great started for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Looks excellent.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 18 hours ago, dnl42 said: Excellent work! That shifter looks amazing! So do the engine and overall finish! Well done! BTW, Costco coffee cans are sealed with a 6 mil Al sheet. Excellent for fabricating sheet parts. Thanks dnl!! 17 hours ago, Vesa Jussila said: Really nice work. And nice to see this ready. 'Preciate the good word VJ and for following along. 16 hours ago, JeroenS said: Great work, good to see that you made it to the finish with this one. I enjoyed following your build, it came out very well indeed. Really cool ride! Glad to have had you along for the ride as well Jeroen. Thanks buddy. 15 hours ago, Codger said: Dedication to accuracy and great skills produced a brilliant result. Drag cars usually change from race to race often in minor ways. You've captured the character of Don's car perfectly. Everybody's tired of me pressing this but you really ought to bring your skills to bigger scales. The Pocher Huracan would be a great started for you. The input you gave me along the way helped me out alot Codger and I thank you for that man. One of these days I may try my hand at a larger scale build......when I get the display space. lol 3 hours ago, swralph said: Looks excellent.😀 Thank you Ralph!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Fantastic model, looking forward to see with what you come up with next. - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Toftdale said: Fantastic model, looking forward to see with what you come up with next. - Andy Thanks Andy!! I'm looking at switching to aircraft for the next build and then I'll hop back into auto builds again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Wow! That looks awesome! Your dedication to the task of producing such a fine replica (from humble origins) incredible. Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 10:53 PM, kapam said: Wow! That looks awesome! Your dedication to the task of producing such a fine replica (from humble origins) incredible. Excellent! Thank you so very much for your comments kapam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 A beautiful piece of work sir 👍. 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 12/29/2020 at 5:58 AM, Homer said: A beautiful piece of work sir 👍. 👏 Thanks Homer! It certainly wasn't without its trials. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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