the mongoose's duster

Started this the other day,so I'll quickly bring you up to speed. Tom "Mongoose "McEwan's duster funny car circa early 70's. In paint

frame and motor started

decals looked mouldy seemed to go on ok

if it looks like a lot it because its a two car set, funny car and dragster

decals looked ok in the most part so cleared today

all further progress should be in real time lol

Nice 3 tone paint job and all those decals sure do bring it to life. Do you use some sort of setting solution to get the decals nice and flat?

awsome man i remember the days were these old girls were a dime a dozen and now huh cant findem well ya can but you know wot i meen anyway looking good mate

Not when I can avoid it Joe. These laid pretty flat I was just worried about the brown mould spots, Biggest problem turned out to be some of the glue went a litle lumpy and some of the clear bits around the edges arent as nice as I would have liked.
Boothy ,I know exactly what you're saying mate and thanks

hey dsf are you guys gettin or going to get afected by the cyclones mate

Great work dude !Love the paint scheme and decal application . Thanks for sharin !

boothy wrote:hey dsf are you guys gettin or going to get afected by the cyclones mate

not me but no doubt the government will allow a few thousand more in

Let's hope you're right doorslammer - best of luck.

Nice model and great work on that body and decalling. Keep the pics rolling.

got the engine about done



and the chute mounted, still have to the anchor line( the one that attaches to the car)

Awesome attention to detail. Motor looks real to me.

hey dsf shes lookin good mate , how do you do the little plug lead ends (the black bit) cause they make it look so much more realistic ?

thanks guys

boothy wrote:hey dsf shes lookin good mate , how do you do the little plug lead ends (the black bit) cause they make it look so much more realistic ?

flat black paint. I have made boots


but unless I'm doing an all out "this is what Ild enter if we had competitions over here" type build Painting as you've noticed looks pretty good.
My method is paint the dizzy top then, cutting off ONE nub at a time drill that hole (just makes it easier to see). Repaint if needed then add a drop of superglue to a piece of glass on my desk.Then I'll dip the end of the plugwire(cut slightly longer than needed) into the glue SPARINGLY. Put it in a hole in the cap then repeat 8 more times (coil as well). Leave to dry this is when I usually glue it in place on the engine. When dry/set I start routing the wires to their respective holes (90% of the time my firing order is correct but thats more for me). Trim to lenght and break out the black paint to touch up the ends( both of them) then add a smidgeon of glue to the head end of the wire as you slide it home for the last time.

cool thanks mate this i will have to try and keep them sweatly detailed engines comeing as they are some wot out of my league at the moment but one day i will hopfully be able to make mine as real looking as yours and other builders on here (not a mines better than yours thing) but for my self
thanks again for the tip
boothy

Nice work so far, great engine detail.
Adam

thanks for the comments guys

suweeaatt mate well done

That looks great , well done

Another cracker for the collection Brett, nice job mate.

Nice.

thanks guys