Petty Dart, progress

[StyreneStylist]

Hey guys finally got one of these awesome kits! picked it up from Elm City Hobbies! and got started on it right away.

so far i got the roll bars all glued up. just need a bit of sanding.
also got the front suspension fixed up. i thought the front tires stuck out way to much, so a simple fix for this is to use some AMT wheel backs and they pull the tire in a lot!

i also thinned out the body and got the front and rear valance panels or whatever you call em glued in, and on the rear you need to fill in the extra panel line that it makes!

 

[Timbaux]

Great Progress! Those old Nas Car's look awesome

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

That definitely didn't take long! Looking good!

 

[Junkie]

Nice.

 

[dazed1]

That's coming along quite nicely. Look forward to seeing the progress on this.

 

[StyreneStylist]

thanks for checking it out!

I got some Petty blue on the chassis, obviously i still have to do all the detail painting on it!
I also installed the motor, I built the motor completely box stock and only did paint detail on it.

 

[StyreneStylist]

did a bit more work,

bent up some new exhaust pipes. did a bit of weathering on the chassis. and started to detail paint some suspension parts.

 

[dazed1]

Very nice. Subtle weathering is adding nice detail to it.

 

[Junkie]

Nice work. Exhaust is real cool. Gonna be another great one man.

 

[StyreneStylist]

more work tonight!

I made up a new dashboard and gauge panel using aluminum sheet.

 

[StyreneStylist]

just working on a new spoiler for the deck lid. made from some aluminum

 

[StyreneStylist]

here is a quick test fit of the new spoiler. I think it will work out nice !

 

[Quaralane]

Nice touch with the spoiler

 

[StyreneStylist]

couple pics with the rear end mounted in.
also made the chin spoiler.

 

[StyreneStylist]

I finished detail painting the wheels, adding the lug nuts etc and a little weathering on them.
thanks for lookin!

 

[StyreneStylist]

I added the mesh screen over the grill. i used a tea bag for it.

this green tea comes in a silk tea bag and is perfect size mesh material!

 

[Belugawrx]

Cool details
Cheers ;D

 

[Junkie]

Great work as always. Smart tip with the tea bag.

 

[StyreneStylist]

i got all the parts stuck to the chassis now!
just gotta finish up the body, hope to be finished in a few days. stay tuned!

 

[dazed1]

Very nice! Looking very Pettyish.