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Ya but the caramel is really sticky!!🤣

The paint baked out sooner then anticipated, got the darker blue shot...

Always loved that strip...especially the snowman series

Just wondering if your wiring material is hollow, looks like small tubing in the pics, if so you may be able to get it to conform to shape by inserting a small diameter solid wire into it and then bending, I've always scratch built my plug wires from small diameter solid core electrical wire and found that leaving the wire in the insulation makes them much more manageable, minimizes the memory factor, if you will.

Ya it is...never tried it on kit decals but it did work on ones I made from ink jet printer, got a laser now and haven't tried it for decals...may invest in some paper and give it a shot before the next resurrection project...JJ's 73 Vega Funny, that wont be for a while yet though

Wire look good Denis, seems you've finally beat her into submission!

THX Denis...shoot I remember when the AMT 3in1 kits cost a buck...probably dating myself there the chassis mod is one of those deals where a single change leads to multiple down the road...a lot of trial fitting and cutting to get it all right, it makes a real difference in the look though, you'll really notice it in the finish pics. I should have known the decals were gonna be brittle they've been stored to over 15 yrs, from everything I've read about the decal solution I ordered it should do the trick, but at least the paint job is simple enough to duplicate...got lucky having the right colors in stock too

Thanks much for the likes and the great participation on this log... After masking I airbrushed the French Blue...my place is over 100 yrs old and we still have the hot water rads, they are great for cooking a paint job...this will bake out for a few days then the strips masked off and the dark blue shot Darker blue on a stick

Those old Revell kits are getting rare...and costly!

Nice memories guys...the track photo gig sounds like a dream gig Mark...I remember being a English town and watching JJ do fire burn outs...that s--- was CRAZY!! Here's another link to some old school stuff from George Klass http://georgeklass.net/index.html

"I gotta's stop walking down memory lane....." Na...tis fun down there, this thing must be an engineering wonder...or a nightmare...one of the two The exhibition cars were super cool, remember the Hemi under glass and the Lil red wagon wheel standers?

Thanks to all for the likes and comments With the body lower the injector hat needs a little room in the interior shroud...Just cut the old one away and added about 1/8 inch to the it's height clipped the final roll cage loop down as well and focused on finishing the chassis it still needs a little touch-up work When I went to decal the body I discovered that the decals were very brittle. you can see what happened, So I've ordered Micro Scale Liquid decal solution to prevent the others from breaking up, I'll airbrush the strips on the body, they are a two tone blue...French and Ford engine, both of which are in my enamel stock

If the boots are making you nuts you can always just dip the ends of your plug wires into PVA a couple time to build up the thickness and paint black over

THX...the new funny's are a lot more areo, but I lean towards the old stuff, glad to see the nostalgia division catching on like it has, I like the look of the original car...well almost anyway the "hoses" were fairly easy to make, I've a spool of the stretchy decorative cord in silver, just hit it with dullcote and add clear blue and red to simulate the fittings, pretty convincing is smaller scales...don't know how well it would work on big stuff

Here's the link to the Mustang log for those interested https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19936-lew-arringtons-brutus-funny-car-in-124/

After following Popeye;s Funny car build for a bit I decided to drag out something that has been on the back burner for many years...Lew Arrington's Brutus Mustang...this is converted from the old MPC Blue Max kit, which was based on the old Revell funny car molds, a lot of work was done to reconfigure the hood ...removing the hood scoops and filling and smoothing the hood, all the chrome plating has been stripped, and the blower hat hole was also reshaped for the next step... ...as most folks who've built the old Revell Funny cars kits know, they sit way too high, both body on the chassis and ground clearance wise, pics of the lowering process to correct the stance follow the rear end mounts were relocated to lower the rear end Then the tins were filed to allow the body to sit lower And lastly the hinge point at the back was cut away, 1/16 inch of material removed, and then glued back together and reinforced With the stance change the stock seat will not fit into the roll cage as the rear end sits higher...I sectioned the seat at the top just below the tin section, about 1/8 inch removed, the tins were then glued back on started populating the chassis Did a little plumbing, added the fuel tank and main and return lines, not sure how correct it is., but it fills the space. The engine has been detailed with scratch built fuel lines, butterfly control valve and injector hat lines, along with plug wires, not gonna do much more in the way of detail here as I plan to display this with the body down...no sense correcting the stance if she's gonna be flopped Then did some work on the rolling stock, I had ordered Bear claw rear wheels as that is what Lew ran in 73, but one got misplaced so it's kit wheels in the back

Yep chrome is gone, been toying with the idea of a log..., have a few pics...

HI All, I haven't updated the log for a while...I've taken a bit of a brake from the Hanna build for a couple reasons...firstly the shop was flooded from a catastrophic water heater failure...things were at snorkel depth there for a while but all is well and drying out now...will still be a few days/week till I can get everything sorted and back in order. No fear the Hanna build will continue... so while I wait I'm finishing an old Funny Car I started about 15 plus yrs ago, inspired by Popeye's build https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/19775-revell-revellution-funny-car-116-scale-by-popeye-the-sailor/, , Thanks for your time and attention

Ditto...well except for work...

Hey Denis the paint looks like you just need to polish it out, here's the Mopar firing order Firing Order 2.pdf

hummm shinny

Those are some great pics Denis...JJ ran a Vega, Camero, and a Monza at one time or another... Here's a site with a lot of great old Funny car stuff...http://www.70sfunnycars.com/FunnyCars1.html

Hey Denis...looks like you got quite a few of us strolling down memory lane...OBTW I started on the Brutus Mustang

Thanks Kurt...I've always used Testers and Model Masters exclusively till I made the switch to acrylics...for airbrush I've too have relied on Badgers line Thanks for your input

Thanks all, may have to drag out the enamels...