I've been thinking about doing this one for a couple of years now, but 1/43rds got in the way for a while and now with the dash side pipes available I couldn't resist any more. JL Vega Modified

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Nice Nice work Mike....thats so very cool...

I like the colors and everything.. Nice work man!! :thumbsup:

Wes

very creative use of the dash pipes on a cool car, I may have to get cutting soon.

Good looking car . show us more please. fcb

Hi Mike,
Nice Car! :thumbsup:

Boy you are on a real modified kick lately!
Greg

Hi Mike,

this beast is simply awesome!!! Cool color combo, too!!!

Hmm, now I think I know what to do with my spare Modified kit...! Thanks for the inspiration! :tongue:

BTW: What did you use for the front and rear bars? Q-tips or brass tubes or...?

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

I love it!

Mike,
Good looker for sure! :thumbsup: rr

Thanks for the compliments.

The front and rear bumpers are q-tips.

nice job Mike! :thumbsup:

Hi Mic-


Another great job!
You are quite deft with an Exacto knife.

You are one of few who do this type of extensive modifications.
It sure paid off--with matching wheels to boot!

An excellent job all the way around! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


Cheers..

Great modified! :thumbsup:

I like to paint the exposed chassis black, but that's my hang up

Nice car! It would look great finishing right behind this one! HEE HEE

Both of these great cars really get me thinking....
I have many spare bods that would lend themselves to the dirter scene. Why I have never explored this venue, I am uncertain. I have a tyco rough rider Gremlin and have never found the right pinto stable-mate. I believe I may just have to build my own!
many thanks for the inspiration! The details are fantastic!

Thanks Joe,

mytoder, I got my inspiration for this about a year or so ago when I saw a pic that you posted of a group of modifieds. (I think it was you).

The car you just posted looks great too. Where did you get the pipes?

micyou03,

You have a knack for picking cool colors for your rides, lime and orange, perfect against the white. Funny, I've used Q-tips for roll bars, placing wire inside to make "bends."

Before someone says I’m nuts relative to the Q-tips. My rides are most always 1/32s. So they match up well for inside roof roll bars.

Really like the white base color, don't see many rides done in white, very nice go on the Vega as on your other rides . . .

Cheers,
Jas

Yeah I posted this car and some others a while back. The pipes came from a jl die-cast hotrod kit. They've bee modified alot.

Great work Mic and Yoder. Definitely a class of car that is loads of fun to work with.

Joe... I've noticed up here in CT Walmarts they had a Pinto diecast along with Gremlin, Pacer, Maverick, and even Mustang II. I think they are 1/60th Motormax? Maybe a tad big... can ya shrink'em?

Joe... I've noticed up here in CT Walmarts they had a Pinto diecast along with Gremlin, Pacer, Maverick, and even Mustang II. I think they are 1/60th Motormax? Maybe a tad big... can ya shrink'em?

Fresh Cherries!

I have a few of these in the line-up for casting. I don't mess around with the shrinking. That particular art takes alot of dedication plus much more time than I have. I may look into trying it when I retire in oh...say....25 years or so! heh ;)

Same here, the shrinking things very time consuming, I know Roger Corrie does it. The fresh cherry cars probably would mount nice on an afx car without shrinking.

Time to start another one of these.

Nice!

I may have todo one of those myself. :D