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Post by geezerman on May 28, 2015 16:03:21 GMT -6
Plymouth is done and waiting for a foto shoot.
A while back, my friends at Skid's Place got together and sent me a BIG box of their discards, I've been working out of that ever since. A 2 square foot box of everything imaginable. Long story shortened. Looking for material for another Mad Max type build, I found a baggie all wrapped up that I had overlooked. Lo, and behold, it held most parts for a VIPER !!.
Boy, how great would it be to ride off into Armageddon in a souped up Viper !
My first job was to primer the frame. Next I made an adapter to replace the missing fuel pump on front of the engine. I'm excited, getting into this new genre of modeling.  
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Post by bob29579 on May 28, 2015 16:14:14 GMT -6
Nice friends you have...
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Post by geezerman on May 28, 2015 16:41:13 GMT -6
Yes they are, Bob !!
I've been with this core group since 2008. We're on our 3rd forum, Skid's Place. We've had two of them fold out from under us.
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Post by geezerman on May 29, 2015 9:53:35 GMT -6
Making some tubing axles for the wheels !
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Post by geezerman on May 30, 2015 11:34:00 GMT -6
This probably appears a tad retarded, putting a blower on the top of a Viper intake, but that's what I do !
Deal with it !
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Post by bob29579 on May 30, 2015 14:07:52 GMT -6
That'll be cool sticking out of the hood.
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Post by geezerman on May 30, 2015 14:42:59 GMT -6
This must have been a Snap-On kit,a lot of stuff had snap tabs, and there is no way this was meant to go together like I'm used to.
Had to cut some around the engine bay. Body wouldn't fit down over the engine. Like the valve covers and hoses forward had to be put on last !
But it'll work !!!
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Post by geezerman on Jun 2, 2015 7:31:32 GMT -6
Small update.
I don't have the grill piece (or windows) for this model, but no prob, I'll be making a crash bar of some type for it. I'll have to bite the bullet and drive 30 miles to the hobby shop in Ocala. Running low on styrene strips. (Been cutting some out of flat styrene stock, but this'll make things easier and , maybe, nicer)
I had to break the blower loose and re-position it better centered for the hood opening.
Made a tread plate platform for the rear interior out of the same coffee seal material.
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Post by dogfish7 on Jun 2, 2015 11:15:26 GMT -6
You're on a roll and lookin good!
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Post by bob29579 on Jun 2, 2015 18:02:04 GMT -6
Nice window bars, that's styrene ? Looks like metal already.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 3, 2015 2:48:16 GMT -6
Bars are aluminum tubing, Bob. Just mashed down the ends.
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Post by harron68 on Jun 3, 2015 17:12:59 GMT -6
Tubing?! I never would've thought of that. Good luck with the "free form" RE-V.I.P.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 4, 2015 5:54:31 GMT -6
Waiting for adhesive to cure, I got totally sidetracked and built a machine gun, tripod, and a belt of ammo.
 
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Post by geezerman on Jun 6, 2015 5:04:38 GMT -6
Small dinky stuff yesterday. I wanted the guard to simulate made out of pipe. Ended up with coiling some fine wire around a drill bit and then slicing thru to get some small ringlets. They had to be spread to slip over the round stock and then squeezed back around after placement. Needless to say, it was a bit fiddley. Sure would have easier, had I used some forthought and placed them as I was assembling the tubing.
Also, had no dashboard with the parts, so found a Camero dash in the stash that was close to the right width. A little bashing to make it into a dash/console to fit the Vipers interior tub.
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Post by bob29579 on Jun 7, 2015 12:34:32 GMT -6
That pipe came out really well.
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