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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 17, 2019 13:11:34 GMT -8
I haven't done a race car in I don't know how long but I've had this Jo-Han Maverick in my stash for a couple of years and wanted to build it but didn't know what theme I was going with until I saw Don Nicholson's ride. I knew right away that I HAD to build it....and so.....along with my re-intro here I'll give this my best shot. The kit (I bought this kit a couple of years back for $50......you don't want to know what it goes for these days....WOW!!) The subject will be the restored car that's got ALOT bigger tires in the back. Just looks a little more sinister to me:
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Post by afx on Dec 17, 2019 15:26:26 GMT -8
Looking forward to seeing this one come together Joe.
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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 18, 2019 5:34:52 GMT -8
Thanks JC! The Jo-Han Chassis leaves a little bit to be desired; So.....after doing a little research I picked one of these up and will use the chassis out of it for this build:
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Dec 18, 2019 7:14:40 GMT -8
Good Call on the Mustang chassis..... going for a modern look or more of a vintage? Chris
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Post by mustang1989 on Dec 18, 2019 12:03:45 GMT -8
Good Call on the Mustang chassis..... going for a modern look or more of a vintage? Chris Thanks Chris. I think I'm going to go with the vintage look. I could drop 'er down and make 'er look a little more modern pro stock but I really like the way the vintage style looks.
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Post by sam on Dec 18, 2019 14:31:31 GMT -8
Will be following as well. Great subject!
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Post by Joel_W on Jan 10, 2020 7:13:54 GMT -8
Mustang1989, Looking forward to following your build as the kit isn't exactly mainstream these days. Already intrigued with the use of the AMT GT 350 chassis as mod #1. Joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 13, 2020 11:49:20 GMT -8
Good Call on the Mustang chassis..... going for a modern look or more of a vintage? Chris I'll be going with the exact look in the picture Chris. That's the way it is as of current and I do like the way it sits. Looks nice 'n aggressive.
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 13, 2020 11:58:56 GMT -8
Thanks Sam and Joel. I didn't like the interior much on this kit. For one....I cannot STAND molded in foot pedals and I don't care for the ejector pin marks in all four corners of the flooring either. And they are like in painfully obvious and highly visible places. It's not "correct" but I had to modify the rear of the interior to move those slicks further inboard so they don't protrude outside of the rear fenders all crazy looking. I also had to modify the rear of the chassis alot (which I am still working on) for the same reason. Secondly, this kit is severely lacking in detail so I'm hoping to improve on that as time goes along here. A shot showing the OOB molded in pedals and flooring. another shot showing the interior mods a little clearer:(as well as those nasty ejector pin marks): We start the mod process by sawing off the foot board/ lower firewall area of the interior: and then after the new Evergreen floor and lower firewall area were cut to fit and moved into place. There....much better. The chassis has undergone extensive modification in the last couple of weeks as well. Initially I was headed in a direction with the rear suspension that just wasn't looking right but have since made some changes. First off the front subframe area was shortened by 5/16 of an inch which looked ok but I had to acquire another Mustang kit in order to cut the rear frame rails from it to use in bringing both frame rails further inside to allow those rear slicks to further UNDER the car like the reference shot. Still gotta work on a transmission tunnel for it as well but we're making progress..... Before: and after repositioning the rear frame rails: Before the chassis mods the rear tires were just hanging out there waaaay too far: This will be alot better. Gotta get the ride height correct for the rear as well as in the front but that shouldn't be much of a problem. Just gotta work on getting a better set of wheels and a little bit smaller tires up front. I think I've got the tires in the stash somewhere though.
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Post by Joel_W on Jan 13, 2020 12:49:53 GMT -8
just excellent fabrication work on the interior to solve those pesky issues. As for moving in the rear frame rails, Gotta say that if you didn't post that you did in fact do that. I'd just take they were molded that way.
Joel
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 13, 2020 14:50:32 GMT -8
just excellent fabrication work on the interior to solve those pesky issues. As for moving in the rear frame rails, Gotta say that if you didn't post that you did in fact do that. I'd just take they were molded that way. Joel Thanks Joel. Still gotta long way to go to get as good as some of the folks I've seen on here as well as abroad but I'm workin' on it.
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Post by Joel_W on Jan 14, 2020 6:18:10 GMT -8
I have no doubt that you'll succeed just from the level of your work to date.
Joel
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Post by arcticwolf on Jan 14, 2020 9:24:05 GMT -8
This build has caught my interest for sure. One of my "to-do" projects is a Gremlin street racer, so I'm all in on whatever mods you're making and "how to solve...etc".
Please keep up updated.
cheers mate
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 14, 2020 11:05:33 GMT -8
Thanks for the interest and the encouragement fellas!
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 4, 2020 14:47:14 GMT -8
I've been haggling over the tires for the last couple of days and after conversing with Ted Bowe from Ted's Modeling Marketplace back and forth through emails, going through photo shots and doing ALOT of measuring and head scratching I've come up with a new set of slicks that I'm going to use for this thing. Additionally I was concerned with how the front ride height was going to be but once I test fitted everything into place...…….it pretty much fell into place. I might go just a tad lower in the front but I'm pretty happy that I don't have to do much here as this has been quite the gaggle in the way of mods on this car. This is the way this car is going to look now and it seems like it's a lot closer to the reference photos that I have of this car. Now I've just gotta score a Goodyear decal sheet to put the scripts onto the tires. Back to the reference shot: Updated tires and stance: BTW.....did I mention that I found a set of aluminum slots for it?? Yeah.....those are on the way to me from Canada:
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