Well im starting a new project. I saw a while ago some one was making a wide body shelby series 1. So i found mine and i decided to do a wide body on it. This is going to be my first putty model. I practice with it and seems easy enough. Im going to put the putty on soon. But these pics are what i have so far. Any comments are welcomed.


Parts of the frame are painted.


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Small putty added. From the front fenders to the back fenders. Going to work more when it is dry. Nothing to big. Just to add some width on it. Sorry for the bad pics. Lighting isn't all that great. Going to put the rear bumper on and work on that.

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sounds like a cool idea

Nice=) but put the lower peace on the body on before you do anymore. Because it makes it alot easier.

damn.... must finich my one now... I am still moding on the hood damn!:P i have alot of shool stuf to do... so i cant work on mine...but i hope i can on the summer holiday...

looks good :)

Nice=) but put the lower peace on the body on before you do anymore. Because it makes it alot easier.

damn.... must finich my one now... I am still moding on the hood damn!:P i have alot of shool stuf to do... so i cant work on mine...but i hope i can on the summer holiday...


Thanks every one so far. Do you mean the rear bumper. If so it is all ready on. I might have to make it bigger. Looks to small. I don't know what to do with the front end and the rear end yet.

Sounds good Steve.

Yep mike. Got some of the frame but together. Motor will be mounted soon and same with the suspension. I need ideas for the front and rear bumpers. Any good sites with pics of moded shelby's

Yep mike. Got some of the frame but together. Motor will be mounted soon and same with the suspension. I need ideas for the front and rear bumpers. Any good sites with pics of moded shelby's

there is no moded shelbys that is the prob. the first one i have seen that is'nt originla in the body is my model....
now when i looks at my i loves it... i did't earlier. but i think the shelby hould looks fine with a bigger oval airintake in the front... just to make it look more hungry...

there is no moded shelbys that is the prob. the first one i have seen that is'nt originla in the body is my model....
now when i looks at my i loves it... i did't earlier. but i think the shelby hould looks fine with a bigger oval airintake in the front... just to make it look more hungry...


Man that sucks. But if you make the opening larger the air duct will not line up.

Maybe i'll just make the fog lights go away and make the lip bigger. I'm still thinking.

what putty are you using? i still need to get putty and work on my first putty project too. lol...but yours is lookin great. nic estart man and good luck. ill be watching this one.

The putty i'm using is Tamiya epoxy putty smooth surface. The stuff in the blue box. Thanks for the thanks. Going to put putty on the front soon. Taking out the turning lights and maybe the fog lights.

Well got new pics of the putty so far. Just learned i could turn off the flash. You can see the work alot more. Shows the work on the front bumper to the rear end. Need more work on the rear bumper but the exhaust is in the middle. One pic of the frame at the momment. Sorry for the blurry pics. I need ideas for interior painting.

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Needs a lot of sanding yet...there are a lot of wide Shelby's going on lately

Needs a lot of sanding yet...there are a lot of wide Shelby's going on lately


I havn't got to the sanding part yet. And i think this is the second one so far.

I havn't got to the sanding part yet. And i think this is the second one so far.

Yours, Antons, and I have seen something else widebodied. Oh yea, it was a Shelby GT500.

Oh yeah the wide body GT500. I wonder what happen to it.

well it is taking part;) but you have the funniest job left:P the sanding;) i am almost finished with the hood now:P are you making any difrence to the engine? i am mounting a superchardger and intercooler...

i like this project,keep up posting!

well it is taking part;) but you have the funniest job left:P the sanding;) i am almost finished with the hood now:P are you making any difrence to the engine? i am mounting a superchardger and intercooler...


Yeah i hate the sanding. Started to sand some stuff last night. Didn't get around to much. The motor is all done. I might paint the motor cover and air filter the body color. Going to add more detail to the shocks. I found good pics of the rear one. Nice to see you adding a supercharger. Is that why your hood is different. My motor is going to be stock.


i like this project,keep up posting!

Thanks. Updates of my small progress are going to be here later tonight.

okay well yes i know... i am lucky that i had a mutch softer putty in the begining.;) sound good what color are you going to use?:) can you poste that pic of the shocks? yes that is why my hood is diferent... the chardger did not fit otherway... but it is that kind that the have fitted on the AF 350Z..

good luck with the sanding;)

cheers

Yeah i'll get pics of the shocks. They are not done yet. Some part of them are gold.

Sorry the pics are bad.

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Looking good Steve.

Thanks. More and more hours of sanding and still getting now were. Still don't know a interior color and body color yet. And no lime green.

nice;) are you using the tamiya putty? that thing is a bitch to work with... i used a soft car putty and it was raly good.. and when i was done i putted on a thin layer off that tamiya epoxy putty and then it got hard as stone... goodluck!

Yeah im using the tamiya epoxy putty. It is so hard. But im learning from it. Painted up the shocks black. I'm thinking of doing the interior up in a sandy color.

the original shocks is gold with dark blue spring and metalic blue schock those bridges is gold..

the original shocks is gold with dark blue spring and metalic blue schock those bridges is gold..


Yeah i found some pics of them. But it is my car. And i build for my self. Interior is painted. Waiting for it to dry.

Lets see some more pics of the exterior!

Lets see some more pics of the exterior!


Ok mike. Only got a small part of it sanded. Intake area and part of the front and rear fender. It is a slow build. I have to wait untill the other computer is free. It has the linking stuff hooked up to it.

It is a slow build.

You think this is a slow build, look at my damn Hot Rod...

Good to know pictures are on the way though.

Yeah your hot rod is really slow build. Yes pics are on there way. Waiting for mom to get up or something. Need to take pics first.

Updates are here. Worked more on the interior then the putty work. Just have to paint some more things then the work on the body can start.

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Looks good Steve. But IMO all the painting should wait until the very end. Go ahead and complete all the body work then paint and build the rest of the model. Thats how you should do your next model IMO.

Looks good Steve. But IMO all the painting should wait until the very end. Go ahead and complete all the body work then paint and build the rest of the model. Thats how you should do your next model IMO.


Yeah but i was getting bored so i wanted to get most of the painting done. Few more little parts and then the body.

Body updates will come later. I sanded most of the body. I need to add some putty to a few areas. Well off to to french.

Cool. I cant wait to see!

damn:P you are mutch faster tahn me;) but i have no time to work on my...:/

damn:P you are mutch faster tahn me;) but i have no time to work on my...:/


Yeah i only work on it at night. Well updates are comming soon.

never tried painting the interior and parts before doing the bodywork and body. i always do the body first so just incase i mess up i dont waste paint on the parts. but none the less it is looking sweet!! cant wait for some more pics.

Updates of the sanded body are here. I need to add some putty to some of the bumpers. These pics show that i filled the reverse lights in the back. And the fog lights in the front too. Also the air intakes in the front too. Need more work on the fenders. Comments please.

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Also sorry for the bad pics.

The front and rear are looking pretty good, but the sides are still looking lumpy dumpty. Definately a good project.

Anyway, I have an idea for the vents, but Im going to draw it up on paper real quick to show you. If thats ok with you.

The front and rear are looking pretty good, but the sides are still looking lumpy dumpty. Definately a good project.

Anyway, I have an idea for the vents, but Im going to draw it up on paper real quick to show you. If thats ok with you.


Yeah sure. I need to work on the sides too.

I got to busy too sketch to I'll just explain it. Extend the fends almost to the quarter panel with putty. So they blend into the normal body really nice. Instead of the widebody of the vents stopping where the vents do, bring it back.Do you understand?

I got to busy too sketch to I'll just explain it. Extend the fends almost to the quarter panel with putty. So they blend into the normal body really nice. Instead of the widebody of the vents stopping where the vents do, bring it back.Do you understand?

do you mean like mine?

I got to busy too sketch to I'll just explain it. Extend the fends almost to the quarter panel with putty. So they blend into the normal body really nice. Instead of the widebody of the vents stopping where the vents do, bring it back.Do you understand?


Yeah i understand but how far. To the middle of the door. Or more.

Yeah i understand but how far. To the middle of the door. Or more.

3/4 the back of the door. About a 1/4 past the middle. It would make the car flow real well and create the sense of motion.

3/4 the back of the door. About a 1/4 past the middle. It would make the car flow real well and create the sense of motion.


Hmm yeah i was thinking of the same thing. Well when i fix some small putty areas i add more to it. Any other ideas people. I may extend the wideness up onto the hood.