Turbo T A build up

[The creative explorer]

Nice progress, but what happened to the engine? or are the pictures in backwards?
The dashboard looks crisp.

[jmf1964]

I should have said that, the newest pics are at the top

[hot ford coupe]

Nice work. I'm waiting eagerly for the completion but please don't rush.

[jmf1964]

tonight I did some work on the front bumper, added working headlights






and a short video 'cause the flash kinda washed out the lights, just click on the image
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[hot ford coupe]

Very very nice. That really looks great.

[The creative explorer]

it has even an aftermarket xenon set lights on it, hehe. Looks nice, perhaps you can shorten the leg's of the LED's? you will find it would be easier to make them unvisible

[jmf1964]

thanks guys,
I am going to clean up the wiring a little before final assembly. the headlight assy's are
only in place for the pics right now they're coming out again for painting.

[jmf1964]

added a little more detail to the engine today

throttle cable



speedo and shifter cables



my crude attempt at a power steering box and hoses



and some tranny cooler lines.





Don't ya hate it when this happens !



luckily it didn't spill on the model or I would have lost it!

[jmf1964]

I built up the interior this week...









... and the weather was unusually nice today so I base coated the body in flat white.







Still need to sand out some of the rough spots, but if the weather stays nice I may get some color on it this week.

[kmeaders@q.com]

Nice job. I love the attention to details.

[jmf1964]

It's been a while between updates but I kinda got stalled on the paint job.
What you see here is actually the third go around. The first paintjob was an absolute disaster, the second wasn't too bad I just wasn't happy with it.
Third times a charm I guess. It looks kinda brown or maroon in the pics but it's actually candy apple red over a black base.







Also did a little work on the rear spoiler, some detail painting and built light boxes for the led's that will light up the tail lights. I'll post more pics when that is ready

[EstebanLoco]

Nice work John. I love the headlights. Are you doing the taillights and side markers also (and maybe the dash?).

Keep up the good work.

Steve

[Don Garrett]

Had to grin when I read your post John....I tried candy apple red over black a few years back myself thinking I'd wind up with a really cool black cherry.....nope.
Try as I might it always came out brown.
It is a good lookin' brown however.
I've yet to try a transparent smoke over the red candy (gold base) in my pursuit of killer black cherry, short of buying or mixing a custom automotive paint I haven't found the magic bullet yet.

Some of the best colors happen by accident.....trial & error rules I guess.
Your build looks great.

[jmf1964]

Thanks for looking, guys.
Tail lights, yes. I was going to light the side markers but there is no room behind them for light boxes at least in front anyway. I'm still debating wheather to do interior lighting or not.

Don, my second attempt at the paint job was actually Candy Apple Red over a gold base, I made the mistake of sanding the gold base to get rid of some dust specs. The sanding streaks came through the red paint, other than that it looked great.
I'm gonna try it again on an 1/8 scale iroc I have.