Post by Grandpabeast on Feb 11, 2021 14:24:07 GMT -7
The builds are getting so nice its hard to pick, but here is our winner for February ! Congrats on a great build and a hobby lobby gift card will soon be on its way !
Feb 2021 Bracket Race by David Keim, on Flickr
I really don't know where to start in introducing this build. I was on the far end of the emotional spectrums while building this car. I either wanted to do victory laps around the modeling room or I wanted to go out in the front yard and scream my fool head off. Never have I had another model test my abilities and patience like this one did. What I can definitely say is that I have learned more about modeling from this build than I have any other model I've ever put on my bench.....hands down ........and I feel like a better modeler because of it. I plan on building another Maverick in the near future and with the knowledge that I learned from this build I'll be able to turn it out a little quicker and hopefully....a little better.
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 the Jo-Han kit were the body, base interior tub (which got heavily modified at that) and the engine. The rest....went into the trash. The chassis is from AMT's 67 Mustang Fastback kit, interior is mostly after market items 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 interior parts count ended up being a whopping 125 parts. Extensive mods were done to the the Mustang 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 that I had with this car was trying to figure out how to model the shock tower / inner fender wells for it because I just couldn't get anything to work. The OOB Jo-Han offerings were just out of the question because they looked like they belonged to a 67 Impala and NOT a Maverick. The 67 Mustang plastic offerings looked right but wouldn't fit the car because of some of the mods that I had to do to the frame. After MANY hours of thought and experimentation I ended up fabbing some workable copies of the inner fenders out of aluminum from a soda can. I then cut the shock towers from the Mustang plastic fender wells and adhered them onto the aluminum fabbed up parts and painted everything. Wallah!! Problem....solved!!
I used Tamiya's Pure Red decanted from the can and shot through the airbrush and cleared it with Testor's Wet Look Clear again decanted and shot through the AB. All exterior decals were from an Ebay supplier that I've since forgotten who it was. lol . Wheels and tires are from the parts bin except for the rear wheels which I used from Revell's 41 Willys Gasser kit. All tire lettering was from Slixx Decals. Engine details were supplied from so many different suppliers that I forgot half of where I got everything from EXCEPT for the carburetors which were from Futurattraction. Those ARE THE BEST out there IMO. Cooling fans were from teh Revell Rick Dobbertin Pontiac J2000 kit and again....were heavily modified to fit into this car. This was definitely a true test of my abilities as a modeler to say the least but I learned ALOT from this build . There are innaccuracies that will be noticed by anyone who knows anything about this car and a few liberties were 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 scratch build a set but the longer I looked at the car the more I thought that they would only detract from the overall looks of the car. Anyhow.....I present here....after ONE YEAR....the finished product.
The real car:
The scale version:
Feb 2021 Bracket Race by David Keim, on Flickr
I really don't know where to start in introducing this build. I was on the far end of the emotional spectrums while building this car. I either wanted to do victory laps around the modeling room or I wanted to go out in the front yard and scream my fool head off. Never have I had another model test my abilities and patience like this one did. What I can definitely say is that I have learned more about modeling from this build than I have any other model I've ever put on my bench.....hands down ........and I feel like a better modeler because of it. I plan on building another Maverick in the near future and with the knowledge that I learned from this build I'll be able to turn it out a little quicker and hopefully....a little better.
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 the Jo-Han kit were the body, base interior tub (which got heavily modified at that) and the engine. The rest....went into the trash. The chassis is from AMT's 67 Mustang Fastback kit, interior is mostly after market items 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 interior parts count ended up being a whopping 125 parts. Extensive mods were done to the the Mustang 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 that I had with this car was trying to figure out how to model the shock tower / inner fender wells for it because I just couldn't get anything to work. The OOB Jo-Han offerings were just out of the question because they looked like they belonged to a 67 Impala and NOT a Maverick. The 67 Mustang plastic offerings looked right but wouldn't fit the car because of some of the mods that I had to do to the frame. After MANY hours of thought and experimentation I ended up fabbing some workable copies of the inner fenders out of aluminum from a soda can. I then cut the shock towers from the Mustang plastic fender wells and adhered them onto the aluminum fabbed up parts and painted everything. Wallah!! Problem....solved!!
I used Tamiya's Pure Red decanted from the can and shot through the airbrush and cleared it with Testor's Wet Look Clear again decanted and shot through the AB. All exterior decals were from an Ebay supplier that I've since forgotten who it was. lol . Wheels and tires are from the parts bin except for the rear wheels which I used from Revell's 41 Willys Gasser kit. All tire lettering was from Slixx Decals. Engine details were supplied from so many different suppliers that I forgot half of where I got everything from EXCEPT for the carburetors which were from Futurattraction. Those ARE THE BEST out there IMO. Cooling fans were from teh Revell Rick Dobbertin Pontiac J2000 kit and again....were heavily modified to fit into this car. This was definitely a true test of my abilities as a modeler to say the least but I learned ALOT from this build . There are innaccuracies that will be noticed by anyone who knows anything about this car and a few liberties were 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 scratch build a set but the longer I looked at the car the more I thought that they would only detract from the overall looks of the car. Anyhow.....I present here....after ONE YEAR....the finished product.
The real car:
The scale version: