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Thanks guys!

I finished up this Leo Cleary modified yesterday. The hardest part turned out to be the front fenders and after messing around with sheet plastic and aluminum from a soda can, I ended up cutting them ...

Beautiful work on this one and the Fleming car! I love these kits too, which will you do next?

I saw on Wes's weekly video that he has a new sprue of corrected parts that will be in future kits ...

If you've got photos, look for where the front and rear hoops are in relation to any windows and then get them in place first, making sure they contact the roof when the body is in position. Nothing ...

I just finished this Buzzie Reutimann coupe. I cut up and rearranged a Monogram 1950 Ford pickup frame and put a slightly reworked Wild One coupe body on top. I built the cage from plastic rod, the ...

I will try that. Thanks. Your modified looks great.

Thanks, I really like this kit a lot.

I'll tell you about a couple other things I did different from the instructions that you (and others) mi ...

Did you have a problem with the engine sitting down into the frame? I did, and wondering what you did to make the engine fit. Thanks

I did! I spent a bit of time test-fitting and opening up holes ...

Finished this up last night. This is the second one of these kits that I've built and it went a bit faster than the first one because I knew what to expect and didn't do all of the plumbing this time ...

Thank you everyone!

-Dan

Here's a McCredy / Bill Wimble coupe that I just finished. It started out as an MPC "Wild One" frame with all of the suspension pieces removed and replaced with a scratchbuilt Flemke front ...

Danh4, Great looking build. One of the cleanest and most undented Lazzaro cars I think I've ever seen. Lol.

Thanks! I know what you mean, the real thing probably wasn't this clean the first day it ...

Thanks! I would not have thought of the aluminum tube being bendable enough. I've got some K&S annealed brass tube that is intended for RC fuel tank pickups that is very bendable but I think too ...

NEAT! You captured the original quite well. Did you make the headers yourself? If so may I ask what you used?

posted on the Modified forum.
Plus Lots of other posts i"ve made from the early days. Check them out...

I spent a very enjoyable amount of time yesterday looking through all your past builds, ...

That's a beauty!

My latest (37 Ford) modified that I'll be posting in a few days on the modified
forum. I used the tires that came wit the Revell 30 Ford Model A kit. Look almost period correct & don't have to be ...

I have used the D-6 & the D-13 from mikes decals.
I like the narrow D-13 for the early modifies. In my area
The cars were transitioning from the narrow tires to the
Wider tires (late 50â€™s - ...

Groove them yourself! I usually use a razor saw.

Actually, I just found what I was looking for at Mike's Decals, don't know how I missed them before!

You list of parts used sounds like one of my modified builds !!
Those MPC kits are a good starting point, and Ron Coons Resins ships fast.

Nice work. Love those early sixty modifiesâ€¦

Thanks, ...

Great job - you really nailed this one.

Thanks!

Wow, beautiful job of scratch building and combining parts from different sources. Looks like the real thing. Excellent build.

Thanks! I was surprised at how much resin stuff is available, decals ...

Amazing replica, nice job! Saw Lou race many times, he did more with less than anyone else I can think of.

Thanks! Me too, at Fonda many times in the mid to late 80s.

I just finished this Lou Lazzaro Sportsman car from around '60-'61. I started with an MPC Ridge Runner frame, a '37 Chevy resin body from Mike's Decals, and brakes, wheels and tires from Ron Coon Resi ...

Spooker- thanks for the info on the axle tubes. I can't remember if there were any flat spots on mine or not, I'll look closer on the next one (Ole Blue, coming soon!). But like you said, without th ...

How does the rear axle line up? The instructions are less than clear and Iâ€™ve had to strip this kit down a couple of times to get stuff lined up correctly. Itâ€™s not the kit thatâ€™s bad, itâ€™s th ...

Looks great - what paint did you use?

I used Tamiya's bottled lacquer and the orange was mixed from LP-51 Pure Orange and LP-39 Racing White. Their Racing white is actually an off-white, cream col ...

Fastest looking Pinto I've ever seen.

Thanks!

-Dan

Fantastic looking Build!!!! The Rapid Roman!!! They don't make them like him anymore.

Thanks! They sure don't.

-Dan

Excellent work Dan! Even being a kid from the south, I used to keep up with Richie Evans and the other modified driver's up north. Every year at Christmas, my list always included a subscription to th ...

I started with the MPC Ridge Runner kit and built it pretty much out of the box as far as the frame, engine and body go. I did cut about 1/8" off the bottom of the firewall so that the front of ...

Did you have any issues fitting the engine in properly? Iâ€™ve tried everything and I canâ€™t get the engine to push down and into the tunnel without the belts catching on the front wheel carriage. Iâ ...

Thanks guys. It is mostly OOB except for the resin ignition module and shifter that you can see in the interior. The window net I made from strips of Tyvek paper.

-Dan

I just finished this up, really enjoyed working on it!

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-Dan

I'm working on Salvinos Frank Fleming modified and I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to car models but have a lot of aircraft modeling experience. I used Tamiya lacquer paint for the first time to pa ...

Hi all, first post here. I'm usually a 1/72 aircraft modeler but I love the modifieds so I had to build this kit. I bought a few aftermarket wiring and seat belt sets to use on it as well as some bo ...