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Post by fredmellini on Apr 18, 2007 22:48:22 GMT -6
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Post by zeppy on Apr 19, 2007 1:00:06 GMT -6
l really like were you are going with that Fred
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Post by theflame on Apr 19, 2007 3:17:02 GMT -6
brilliant work, love them both. Where did you get those tall injectors on the ford block? theyre gorgeous!
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Post by rickg on Apr 19, 2007 6:30:16 GMT -6
They Both Look Great Fred.....But ....I am Shocked that You didn't Make The Station Wagon Vette into a Hearse/Vette/Gasser !!!!  ;D |
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Post by chief on Apr 19, 2007 6:35:23 GMT -6
 I'm with Rick, No HEARSE/GASSER  BUT still a really nice build ,can't wait to see this finished  Chief
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Post by fredmellini on Apr 19, 2007 7:15:55 GMT -6
I am making a hearse out of the vette van!!! ;D ;D ;D...........That is why I put "hearse-gasser project" in the first sentence above  ..........I just made it metallic silver instead of black........I will paint the roof area black and use landau bars on the sides and a curtain in the rea window. The injector stacks are fromthe Georgia Shaker kit, the awb ford falcon kit from the model king............................................Fred |
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Post by rickg on Apr 19, 2007 8:00:54 GMT -6
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Post by JerryG on Apr 19, 2007 9:42:15 GMT -6
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Post by kettlekettle on Apr 19, 2007 9:57:15 GMT -6
We've come to know you never do anything normal fred.... love the vette.... keep us posted on the impala.....
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Post by ShowRodFreak Don V. on Apr 19, 2007 10:18:07 GMT -6
Good looking builds Fred
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Post by modelmaster1958 on Apr 19, 2007 10:41:17 GMT -6
Excellent Fred........Thank you also for the info on clear Tamiya Yellow
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Post by rustybill1960 on Apr 19, 2007 19:38:55 GMT -6
fred you are so sic....... how do you find the time to do your builds? i can bearly juice what litle time i can for what little i do.... what is your secret ;D
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Post by Honest Charlie on Apr 19, 2007 20:11:40 GMT -6
That really is cool Fred.
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Post by davea on Apr 19, 2007 21:32:21 GMT -6
More good lookin' stuff, Fred!
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Post by fredmellini on Apr 19, 2007 21:38:04 GMT -6
Well rustybill, I just love building models and it can be any form, r/c planes and cars, to figures, to cars, planes, tanks etc!! I have grown kids (well at least not little ones to chase around) my oldest is 17 and my youngest is 14 (Michael the other builder) which alot of my building is done with him. We have a modeling room with an 8 ft work table and we sit side by side building models. I figure it is quality time spent with him. My oldest has his own vehicle and between high school and his two part-time jobs (at a vet's office and country max store) he wants to be an animal vet. (oh god!!! college tuition!!! ) so his time is pretty booked up. My wife who has had a long career in nursing, starting from the bottom has been able to enhance her career by working her way up to a Director of Nursing at a Nursing home. Her job requires long hours and with myself being retired from 21 1/2 of law enforcement (you can retire after 20 yrs of service) I pretty much take care of the day to day stuff at home with the boys and our many pets. I do have a little side job detailing full size cars that I have always done even when I was working as a cop, but model building is just my true hobby....I do not hunt or fish,golf, I do not collect guns (big hobby of most cops) I do not smoke, drink, gamble, go out to partys/bars/fill in the blank ;D ;D ;D, do not chase women (LOL). I do have my real cars- the 73 hearse and 80 malibu but they do not require much work so in a nut shell I guess I just have my hobbies to keep me entertained ;D ;D ;D.......................aside from the haunted house in October, I lead a pretty boring life ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by rickg on Apr 19, 2007 22:57:51 GMT -6
Your Amazing Fred..the Best of the best.
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Post by dumpydan on Apr 21, 2007 6:25:36 GMT -6
Very cool, I just got my Vette Van in the mail a couple weeks ago, don't know what I am going to do with it yet. But you are giving me insperation.
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Post by otto69 on Apr 22, 2007 20:39:32 GMT -6
I love that dashboard. Reminds me of my grandmas old Olds, the speedo had a color coded horizontal bar that turned reddish the higher the speed  . |
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Post by Paul B. Canney on Apr 23, 2007 10:32:19 GMT -6
a good addition to the custom vette gasser club
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Post by RatRod on Apr 23, 2007 23:10:39 GMT -6
Is it me, or are your paint jobs getting better & better with every build? (of course you have been building like a madman lately Fred....lol) The vette gasser is a kool project, can't wait to see both finished!!!
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Post by fredmellini on Apr 24, 2007 20:37:27 GMT -6
Well thanks guys!! ;D ;D ;D............Thank you for noticing Ratrod, Now that the weather has warmed up here in New York the paint flows alittle better now. ..............Actually was done out of a tamiya rattle can but this one was wet sanded between primer coats, paint coats and clear coats........I haven't even put any polish on it yet, just the 3200, 3600, 4800, 6000, 8000, and 12,000 grit polishing pads........It definetly pays to do a little extra work on the prep and paint!!! ;D ;D.........I do the majority of my painting out of a rattle can, very seldom use the airbrush, just hate having to clean it out ........Fred |
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I'm with Rick, No HEARSE/GASSER 
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