Cale Yarbourogh mercury cyclone - wip

[StyreneStylist]

starting to build this one. Polar lights kits.


heres something to check out too Cales singing lol http://youtu.be/pMEa1SSnGM4

cleaned up and painted the roll bars. I added some paint chips and dust around corners and stuff.
the padding is masking tape cut in strips and wrapped around it.

 

[TRM]

Great choice James!!! LOL...rember seeing him way back...many many moons ago brotha'~!~ Looks like you are off to a great start!! Keep it going!

 

[StyreneStylist]

tried to replicate the splatter paint that was commonly used back then.

i think it turned out pretty good. combo of primer grey, white and black

 

[TRM]

Pretty much spot on!!!

 

[StyreneStylist]

glued up the roll cage to the chassis

 

[StyreneStylist]

these polar lights kits are rough! the worst parts are the panel lines and thickness around the wheel arches.

you can see in these pics.

but a little re-scribing and thinning around the wheel arches makes a big difference!

 

[tiking]

Fantastic.

 

[spud]

Wow what an awsome build this will be

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Good to see this being built as I have a slew of these Polar Lights kits. Now I will use your build as a reference for mine.

 

[StyreneStylist]

thanks dudes.

made up the dashboard today.

 

[StyreneStylist]

some body work still goin on. I put a strip of styrene on the back of the hood to fill in the large gap there. I also sanded off the trim from the backside of the passenger windows just leaving the trim along the top edge

and major cleanup of the window openings. and the drivers side window trim needed to be sanded down to match the other side!

 

[ronrod62]

Great job.

 

[de3freak]

... Greetings ... :

Good work, very good subject, keep on my friend.

 

[StyreneStylist]

got some of the engine put together

 

[StyreneStylist]

I installed the engine in and the front hoop

 

[StyreneStylist]

glued on front suspension, just gotta add the shocks still

 

[StyreneStylist]

got the seat finished

 

[StyreneStylist]

tires/wheels finished

 

[spud]

those tyres look really good

 

[StyreneStylist]

hood painted, I drilled out the hood pins to use the ones from the 80's monogram kits and just added a loop of wire to them