MY VC'S * DONE BABY DONE!!*

Thanks mate.

This is going to be one very cool ute once done,

Great job,  

That's just plain nuts mate, where did you learn these skills? I don't have enough brain power to work that much overlap out.
But seriously that's looking awesome mate, you're doing the old girl justice  
Glad to see another Mopar back on the road again

70cudatj wrote:That's just plain nuts mate, where did you learn these skills? I don't have enough brain power to work that much overlap out.
But seriously that's looking awesome mate, you're doing the old girl justice  
Glad to see another Mopar back on the road again

Thanks guys,  TJ, i figured if i could do it on a roof the size of a cigarette packet, i should be able to do something on the real thing, thought it would be easier having so much more space, WOW! was i wrong, you don't get a sore back masking up a model, and it doesn't take 5 hours to lay down the initial plan. Wont be doing another one in a hurry, thats for sure. 

Awesome work Dale, looks well worth what you put yourself through. Cant wait to see it shine   

Holy Heck DeeCee, if you don't mind me saying..you are nuts!!! That looks killer, well done mate. Came up great.

Thanks Brett, have started blocking the silver back, can't wait to clear the roof, and i'm taking that as a compliment Retro.

Wow.

love the trick paint very swish

Thanks for the compliments guys,
Finally into the assembly stage on this, i've done more detail work on the roof, tried to give it some more dimension , and polished the whole thing. Made a perfect grill from 3 crap ones, almost ready to put windows in and rego.!! Spent all day saturday making a sunvisor fit, now to paint it to match the roof, and some 8" hotwires on there way for it.

looking good

Bloody awesome Dale. Just makes me wanna get rid of the Zook and get an old VG VIP 4 door (My fav Valiant) with a nice little 318.

To me it needs something down the sides .... nothing too much just something to break up all the silver.

Keep it up mate.

That's one very cool Valiant ute, great job on the roof. 

baZOOKa wrote:Bloody awesome Dale. Just makes me wanna get rid of the Zook and get an old VG VIP 4 door (My fav Valiant) with a nice little 318.

To me it needs something down the sides .... nothing too much just something to break up all the silver.

Keep it up mate.

Thanks guys, Dean, i'm going to wait until i get the wheels on,  ( 14x8 hotwires), and the bumpers will be a darker metalic silver/grey, as with the trim around the top of the tray, i'll see how it looks then.,as the silver does change  up a bit with the body line, it goes very dark when not in direct sun, but i see where your coming from, i'm thinking a pin stripe maybe, a red to match the roof or a dark grey?? not sure yet mate, but thanks for the input, 

wow, you're a smart bugger aint ya? Bloody awesome mate, it looks great.

Yea just a red pinstripe down the side would do it I recon.

Jealous muchly mate!!! 

Cant wait to see what you do when you find a wagon ...Ya have to have a matching set !!!!!!

Wheels arrived the other day, staying with the ERA style old school look, assembly almost done too. Dean, if i found a wagon, i would sell the P/T, thats for sure, and the wagons have an incredibly detailed pressed roof, which would really lend its self to lots of airbrush work.
 











Only got windows and bumpers to go.

lookin good

That's one very cool looking ute, great work on it, there is a old guy up here driving a wagon its the only one I have seen for years.

Anymore done to this one must be close to going on the road

I love your roof design Dale, awesome job man! Really nice work, it looks amazing! Wow!!!

Those wheels rock Dale! Old school but still very cool and the spinners top them off. Can't wait to see how the old girl looks all done with bumpers and chrome.
Another    beauty hits the road again

allan wrote:Anymore done to this one must be close to going on the road

Sorry Allan, no updates mate, down to the $$$$ part, $400 for window rubbers, which i don't have yet, bumpers have been beaten straight, will paint them as nobody in Tassie can actually do a descent job on re-chroming them, and i don't have the coin to ship them to the big island and get it done properly either. Sun visor is nearly ready for a touch of paint too, something similar to the roof, so Won't be too long, 2 months maybe, hopefully.!
Thanks too Clutch and TJ, i though if i can do it on a model, why not try it on the real thing, it can't be that much harder.   And yes, the wheels , i am extremely happy with, they do suit the silver PERFECTLY i think.