The 2015 /16 Red Hot and Rollin Automotive Group Build--Ended

Ok folks it looks like there’s been enough interest to continue the “Official Group Build” out of this so welcome to the 2015/ 2016 “Red Hot and Rollin’ “ Automotive Group Build. For those of you who know me, I usually stick to aircraft subjects but have recently been bitten by the automotive bug. So I figured , why not run an automotive GB for a change? No co-hosts. I’m finished with that. It’ll just be me running it so lets have another good year of awesome building here.

The guidelines are:

  • It will run from 1 Jan 2016 until 2 Jan 2017.

You can enter models in any stage of completion, as long as they are around the 50% completed stage.

Crossovers are welcome to join.

Any scale, anything automotive but no military vehicles here please. Only street type cars and trucks.

Aftermarket items are allowed. The sky is the limit!

Please share progress and pictures as you build.

No bleeding allowed! lol

You can enter at any time within the one year group build time frame

And finally as my usual final rule/ guideline: Be social, encouraging and have fun!

The participant roster:

1.) Midnightprowler: 1/25 Revell 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda

2.) Ruddratt::1/16 Tony Nancy “The Loner” AA/FD Dragster–Completed

4.) ewheeler454: AMT ’51 Chevrolet Belair

4.1) ewheeler454:Monogram 70 Plymouth Roadrunner

4.2) ewheeler454: Revell '66 Chevrolet Impala

4.3) ewheeler454: AMT Dirty Donny’s Superbee

4.4) ewheeler454: Lindberg 1953 Ford Victoria

4.5) ewheeler454: Revell 1969 Camaro

4.6) ewheeler454: 1/25 AMT Dirty Donnie 1970 Super Bee

6.) Seabe: 1/43 Tameo Jordan 197-Monaco GP–Completed

6.1) Seabe: 1/43 Tameo Williams’ FW30–Completed

6.2) Seabe: 1/43 Tameo F310–Completed

6.3) Seabe: 1:12 Tamiya '84 Honda NSR500

6.4) Seabe: Nissan Dakar Truck

7.) Aussie Mick: 1/25 Lindberg ’61 Impala

8.) Modelcrazy: 1/25 AMT 1967 GT-350 Shelby Mustang–Completed

8.1) Modelcrazy: 1/24 Fujimi BMW M3 E30–Completed

8.2) Modelcrazy: 1/24 Monogram '65 Vette Street Machine–Completed

9.) elass0wyp0: 1/25 AMT 1957 Chevy Belair–Completed

9.1) elass0wyp0: Revell '66 Chevy SS 396 Hardtop

11.) BlackSheepTwoOneFour: AMT '62 Chevy Impala SS Convertible

12.) Rob S.: 1/25 AMT '25 Ford Roadster–Completed

13.) Raven728: 1/25 Revell 2009 Dodge Challenger–Completed

13.1) Raven728: 1/25 AMT 1968 Z-28 Camaro

14.)Pyraman64:1/25 Revell 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT8

16.) Mopar-D: Dodge 9 Car Transporter–Completed

16.1) Mopar-D: 1939 Custom Hauler–Completed

16.2) Mopar-D: Dodge Bighorn Short Nose–Completed

16.3) Mopar-D: Brockway 758–Completed

16.4) Mopar-D: Resin 1968 Belvedere 4 Door–Completed

16.5) Mopar-D: 62 Corvette Gasser–Completed

16.6) Mopar-D: “Spurrow’s Dodge Transporter”

17.) Pawel: 1/24 Hasegawa 1967 Volkswagen Bus-Completed

18.) taaron76: 1/24 Revell Shelby GT350H Mustang–Completed

18.1) taaron76: Revell 1962 Chevy Impala SS–Completed

18.2) taaron76: Revell 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda–Completed

18.3) taaron76: AMT '53 Ford Pick Up (Trophy Series)–Completed

18.4) taaron76: Revell 1967 Chevelle–Completed

18.5) taaron76: Revell 1965 Chevelle SS396 Z-16–Completed

18.6) taaron76: AMT 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500–Completed

18.7) taaron76: AMT 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350–Completed

19.)taxtp: Tamiya Porsche 911 GT1 EVO–Completed

19.1) taxtp: Tamiya Ford Sierra RS500 Gr.A–Completed

19.1) taxtp: Tamiya Williams FW13B Renault F1–Completed

19.2) taxtp: Revell Pro Finish Jeff Gordon NASCAR Monte Carlo–Completed

19.3) taxtp: Tamiya 1/20 Lotus 102 from the 1990 F1 season

  1. Misty: 1/20 Tamiya MP4/13–Completed

21.)mailwalker: AMT 76 Chevy Nova

22.) J Hockey Jr: 1/32 Mack R Conventional–Completed

24.) Tucohoward: Revell '68 Hemi Dart

28.) Mustang1989: 1/24 Monogram 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A–Completed

28.1) Mustang1989: 1/25 Revell “Street Demons” Ford F-100–Completed

28.2) Mustang1989: 1/25 Revell “Street Demons” '54 Chevy Panel Wagon–Completed

28.3) Mustang1989: 1/25 AMT “Der Beetle Bus” OOB–Completed

28.4) Mustang1989: 1/24 Monogram 1969 Camaro SS

29.) lewbud: 1/25 Revell 69 Camaro convertible

29.1) lewbud: 1/20 Tamiya Ferrari F189

30.) djjeavons: 1/24 Revell Audi R8–Completed

31.) djjeavons: 1/24 Tamiya LaFerrari

32.) greentracker98: 1/25 GMC Crackerbox COE and Revell Car Carrier Trailer w/ '65 Chevy’s

33.) crown 7: 1/25 Monogram '55 Chevy Belair–Completed

33.1) crown 7: 1/25 Revell '56 Chevy Del Ray–Completed

33.2) crown 7: 1/25 Revell '57 Chevy Belair

33.3) crown 7: 1/25 Revell '58 Chevy Impala

34.) simpilot34: Revell '65 Impala SS409 convertible

35.) lostagain: 1/20 Tamiya Lotus 25

36.) Rigidrider: 1/25 Revell Mustang Cobra (Pro Street)

36.1) Rigidrider: 1/25 AMT 1967 Mustang Fastback

Group Build Badge for this year(already sized up and ready to go)

Mopar D’s: Lil’ Rollback C

Mopar D’s Dodge Bighorn Short Nose

Mopar D’s Brockway 758

Mopar-D’s Resin 1968 Belvedere 4 Door

Mopar-D’s 62 Corvette Gasser (Indoor Pic):

Outdoor pic:

Seabe’s 1/20th Tamiya Williams FW11

Modelcrazy’s 1/25 AMT 1967 Mustang GT350

mustang1989’s Revell '56 Ford F-100 “Street Demons”:

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mustang1989’s Revell '54 Chevy Panel Wagon “Street Demons”

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mustang1989’s AMT “Der Beetle Bus” OOB Version

mustang1989’s Monogram 1969 SS Restoration Build

crown 7’s 66 GTO:

crown 7’s 55 Chevy:

crown7’s Revell '56 Chevy Del Ray

crown 7’s 57 Chevy Belair

Seabe’s 1/43 Tameo F310

modelcrazy’s Monogram 1965 Corvette

Pawel’s Hasegawa 1967 Bus:

taaron’s AMT 68 Mustang Shelby GT500:

taaron76’s AMT 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350

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ewheeler’s Dirty Donnie Super Bee:

Rigidriders 1/25 AMT 1967 Mustang Fastback

Rigidrider’s 1/25 Revell Mustang Cobra (Pro Street)

Rob S. - 1/25 AMT Ertl Ford Model T Roadster

elass0wyp0 - 1/25 AMT 1957 Chevy Belair

taxtp - Tamiya Porsche 911 GT1 EVO

taaron76: 1/24 Revell Shelby GT350H Mustang

taaron76 (#2): Revell 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda

Mopar-D: Dodge 9 Car Transporter

Mustang1989 - 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A

taxtp: Tamiya Ford Sierra RS500 Gr.A

taaron76: Revell 1962 Chevy Impala SS

Seabe: 1/43 Tameo Jordan 197-Monaco GP

Ruddratt: 1/16 Tony Nancy “The Loner” AA/FD Dragster

taaron76: AMT '53 Ford Pick Up (Trophy Series)

Mopar-D: '39 Dodge custom hauler

taaron76 - Revell '67 Chevelle

Misty - 1/20 Tamiya MP4/13

Raven728 - Revell Special Edition 2009 Dodge Challenger

Modelcrazy: 1/24 Fujimi BMW M3 E30

taxtp - Tamiya 1/20 Williams FW-13B

taxtp - 1/24 Alfa Romeo 155V6TI touring car

Seabe - 43rd Tameo Lotus 97T, Portugal '85

djjeavons - 1/24 Revell Audi R8

Scarecrow Joe - MPC Ford “High Jacker” custom van

taxtp - Revell Pro Finish Jeff Gordon NASCAR Monte Carlo

I want badge #3 LOL!

Perfect!

Well it looks like we made it through the swich over! Moving forward…

Hey Mustang, Can I get in with an AMT 1925 Ford Model T Roadster?. It’s one of those 4’n1 kits: stock Roadster, hot rod Roadster, Stock ‘truck’ and hod rod truck. I too am a aircraft builder, but, I need a diversion, so, I have a love for antique cars, so, this one’ll be my build for this GB.

Going to do the black beauty Tin Lizzy in the background (not the goofy hot rod version, LOL):

Why yes you can Rob! I’ll get you in the intro post pretty quick. Say…what size are those rear tires and are you gonna use 'em???

Glad we got things set up correctly, thanks Tim!

Here’s my planned build, hopefully I’ll be adding another later in the year:

Looks like I’ll be doing it in red…unless my daughter changes her mind! [;)]

Hey, as I’m doing the old Lizzy, those hot rod tires (couldn’t say the size) would prob get tossed…want 'em?

Quick question - two-wheelers allowed - or just foer? Playing around with a couple of ideas of what to use. One will be the 09 Yamaha MotoGP bike with Rossi figure and another at this stage is the 12th scale F2002 (Ferrari, F1) with detail set, but that might take me (if it’s a good building year…) the entire year!

Are some other options also. Just finished up a very disappointed one, so I’m in a bit of a tussle as it is…

**Rob S.:**Hey bud I have you posted in the intro and yes…I’d like 'em if you’re willing to send 'em to me. I’ll get with you in a PM pal.[Y]

**Raven728:**Got you posted as well.[H]

**Seabe:**Go for it. I didn’t think about that when I started the GB but we’ll accommodate here.[:D]

Rob S.

I’d be interested in the Hot Rod engine. I’ve got an AMT 57 Chevy that has a big hole running through it for the axle that needs to be replaced. PM me if you want to let it go. :slight_smile:

Thanks.

It’s a regular model car boneyard around here. lol

I used to have a bin filled with spare kit tires of all sizes, rims, and other spare parts. Now I regretted I ditched them now.

I’m all too familiar with that !!!

Definitely, it would just get relegated to the parts box anyway. PM me with an addy.

Mustang,

Is it to early to start posting WIP photos? I did some work on the 37 Ford that I’m going to post in the 2014 GB, but since I’ll be finishing it up in this GB I thought I might post them here also if it’s ok.

L8TR,

Eric

We can work that one in Eric since its halfway in between.

OK guys, I have my group build project(s) lined up and this will be my list. My post might be a little long winded but I feel I should point out the intent of these builds I hope to complete. My whole project is the evolution of the Super Modified, at least the way the evolution went in the area I grew up in. The terms I use to describe some of these cars may mean something different to some of you in different parts of the country but this is what we called them and how they became what they were. If you are not old enough or never got a chance to see these wonderful machines race first hand, it will be hard to convey to you just what the era was like. I have many times thought it took a man with stones the size of a Bowling Ball and an IQ somewhere under 100 to drive these things but we all looked up to them like they were Superman. I saw lots of racing when I was young and nothing ever got my attention and shook me as hard as this form of racing. I hope you guys enjoy this ask any questions as we go along.

I will start with a 1927 Model T dirt racer that would have been in competition just before and maybe very shortly after WWII. I will use an AMT 29 Model A I picked up as a flea market find for a couple of bucks, tear it down and start over. I will use a Revell Model A engine with the Riley over-head valve conversion and lots of parts bin parts.

Here is a pic to give you an idea of the look I will be going for

Next up will be the Track Roadster or Hot Rod Racer. I will use a Flinstone 27 T roadster body and nose with lots of scratch built parts and hope to finish with something along the lines of one of these in the photos.

I will build my final Super Modified using the old Monogram Edmunds Super as a base. The kit is an old started kit I picked up off Evilpay for around five dollars and will make lots of modifications to make it a little more accurate. I won’t copy the Don Edmunds car but will come up with something like what I saw race around the midwest.

Last I will build up the Revell Offy Midget Racer out of the box. These cars always got my attention also and lots of the Super Modified Drivers I watched would at times climb into one of these for a special show.

With some luck and if the Corn grows well this year, I should be able to complete this project before this GB ends. I understand that this subject matter may not be “Your Cup of Tea” for some of you but you might find some of it enjoyable. The tools are clean, the bench is cleared off and I am just waiting for the go date.