'97 Vette almost finished

[coldwar68]

Hi All,

I have been working on a '97 Vette and have some almost finished pics. It is not the best, I have noticed some blemishes so far, but I am trying to get one finished.

Jerry











Here are the "pretty much" finished pictures of it. There are a few things that I am not happy with but it is the first that I have finished this year and hopefully it will get me into finishing more. I hope you like.

[71superbird]

nice vette dude!!!!!!

[coldwar68]

Thanks! I appreciate the comment. Welcome to the board.

Jerry

[71superbird]

finnaly im getten noticed

[coldwar68]

Ha ha ha...it has been a bit dead around here lately. I don't get to post as much as I would like due to work and all. I try to respond to comments though. I noticed your moniker there, I am a big Mustang fan, but I do like Mopars...well, and cars in general. I used to build a lot of cars and planes and am trying to get back into it. I like Star Trek ships too. What all do you build?

Jerry

[71superbird]

i build musclecars i hate tuners i once built a model of the uss foresstal and a 1:220? titanic my favorit stangs are 1969-1970 gt500 and 1968gt notchback and cobra2

[71superbird]

I ALSO LIKE BABY BLUE 1972 CHEVY YENKO VEGA'S AND 1978 ROADRUNNERS

[jantrix]

Great work.

[coldwar68]

71superbird...my favorite are 68 to 70. I have owned a few, but the one I miss the most is the 69 Mach 1 that I had. I sold it because it needed a bit of work and I didn't have a lot of experience working on cars then. I am learning now. I actually have a 1992 Prelude I am getting ready to stick an engine in. I like my big old American musclecars though!

Thanks jantrix, and a hearty welcome to you too! What all do you build?

[71superbird]

change the prelude to rwd and put a mopar 383 stroker with a holley 750 double pumper carb and a 4 speed transmission

[peglegrc]

coldwar68 said:

Hi All,

I have been working on a '97 Vette and have some almost finished pics. It is not the best, I have noticed some blemishes so far, but I am trying to get one finished.

Jerry











Here are the "pretty much" finished pictures of it. There are a few things that I am not happy with but it is the first that I have finished this year and hopefully it will get me into finishing more. I hope you like.

WOW!! Is all I can say Jerry!! What a beautiful paint job!!!
The detail on the dash area is the best Ive seen in a long time !!...Please tell your secret! How you did the fine detail?!...Is it a decal? Or did you dry brush.. What?!! Its perfect.....Youve got to enter it in MOM....But Please tell how you did that detail on the dash area... .... Thanks in advance ..."RC"

[coldwar68]

71superbird said:

change the prelude to rwd and put a mopar 383 stroker with a holley 750 double pumper carb and a 4 speed transmission

I was really thinking hard about putting a 318 in a 1992 Eagle Talon that I put an engine in that run great for 1.5 days before throwing the balance shaft belt and bending the valves. I am new to a lot of this major mechanic work and that pretty well did me in on that car. I found that the rear end out of an S10 could probably fit with a little modification, but the car had already lost me by then and I gave it to a friend to tinker with.

Jerry

[coldwar68]

RC, I painted the instrument dials with Testors enamel gloss white and did the highlighting with very fine tipped red and blue Sharpies. The tips are very small like the old pilot fine tip marker pens. After that I just went over them with some future floor polish. They turned out way better than expected. I also coated the dash in multiple coats of future to get a nice glossy finish to the dash. I went over the seats once to get a little bit of gloss so the seats would look a little bit more like leather and then did a little bit of "weathering" on them to bring the seams out a bit more. Thanks for the compliment.

Jerry

Jerry

[71superbird]

try a dana 60 rear axle