The Bird is the word! 80 Turbo T/A

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Some more progress:



A/C bracket. Not 100% accurate, but more accurate than hanging by the belt.



Turbo gauge



Front suspension detailed out



Hit the wheels with a thin coat of flat clear, just enough to knock the shine down a notch.



Interior tub married to the body. I went ahead and used the tinted glass; too many curves around the edges of the windshield to make one that looks good.



Starting to look like a car now.

[Old Busted Hotness]

9 more hours of it today:



I meant to do this before paint, but forgot. Half-round added to make weatherstrips.



Mask for the taillights



Unmasked!



Engine installed on the chassis



Body installed.



Master cylinder detail



Steering column with rag joint & slip joint



Extended radiator and fan shroud



Getting crowded in there. Air cleaner isn't installed yet, but I had to see how it would look.



Overflow hose.

[sydeem]

Geez - your transformation from beaters to show cars is phenomenal. You are the detail master .

[Old Busted Hotness]

I've been having so much fun with this one I might do a beater twin, if I can find room for it. This is a humongous model.



A/C plumbing installed. It's not as accurate as it could be, hoses need to hug the compressor more, but it's in and looks good enough for me. The crimp connections were made by heating the tube and rolling it under a dull knife.



Overall engine room pic



The hood is still a mess, but at least it closes. My trick bracing job pulled it a little too flat, so I hit it with a cigarette lighter a few times to get it tweaked back into shape.



10 points if you can tell me what classic Who song was running through my head when I painted these

[Old Busted Hotness]

I would have thought everyone knew "So You Think 21's Gonna Be A Goodyear"



Sitting on all 4 wheels now.



The left exhaust tip was missing, so I made a replacement. This is the first use of filler in the model.



After hand-painting this sucker I'm half blind and hungry for bananas.

[Old Busted Hotness]

I saw another build where the modeler filled the back of the turbo plumbing . I skipped that step because I thought I'd never see it. Well, guess what, it's ALL I see when I look at the engine. Not the dipsticks, not the plug wires, not the AC, just the back of the stupid hollow downpipes.

So I decided to fix it.



Bent some styrene rod, mashed it in there, sanded...



Much better now. And speaking of details:



Support bar for the puke tank



Bracket for the wastegate actuator



Dome light



And final clearcoat on the hood. Could still use a rub-out, but not til it's good and hard.



Almost there!

[kmeaders@q.com]

That's a fantastic model there. You are truly amazing at detail. I'm not a big fan of production cars but that one could change my mind.

[Old Busted Hotness]

And now the exciting conclusion!



Seat belts



Sun visors (can you spot the rare option in this pic?)



Overall interior shot



Overall exterior shot



A little paint on the T-tops. Not shown is the thin ridge of .010 styrene that holds each panel in place.



The boiled chicken



Backside



Headlights



And the engine. It really should have a big spaghetti-puke all over the driver's side, but I decided to draw the line here.

Hope you enjoyed the build! Now it sits on my TV table so I have something to look at during the commercials.