AMT30142. 69 Ford Falcon modified stocker,rollcage,rear inner fenders,bumper bar and other details

building the roll cage battery box rear inner fenders and other changes
#amt #scalemodelcars #modelcars #scratchbuilding #revell #monogram #fordfalconmodels #fordmustangmodels #shorttrackracing #shorttrack

[@LSCModels]

Pete those scratch builds are the most fun, you can get really creative, good job. Cheers 🍻

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

You need creativity with this kit. There's nothing to it.🤔😧 I'm glad I got the damaged Mustang to help👍😃

[@davidchin350]

Nice mock up on the stocker Pete.😊

[@theintake8961]

Your falcon is looking cool Pete! Cool details. I'm looking forward to your final. 😎👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Great,but I'm far from finished making the missing parts yet😲. Lucky the weather is so bad over here I've got lots of time to build them all😢😅. Thanks for watching and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Thats some serious wheels there Pete! Its an awesome build my friend. Keep up the great work

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

This is one of the poorest detailed kits I've ever seen,Steve😩. I'm having to convert or make 50% of it including grafting half of a different chassis into it😒. I'd rather be doing your build than this one😧

[@DB.scale.models]

This was a very good update Pete 😊 I like the stacks with filter too.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks Doug. I had a lot of odds and sods to go through there and thought it might bore people really. But I do feel that doing these little bits make a difference in the end🤔😃

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Your doing a good job on the ol' Falcon Pete 😉 Nice update 👍🏁👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks Tim 👍. I do seem to find the crapiest kits 💩but I do enjoy the challenges of improving them. It certainly makes me think🤔

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 😉 🤜🤛

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It is driving me bananas🍌🍌🍌🍌 though as if I wasn't mad enough already🤣🤣🤣🤣😉👍🍻

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 Yea, but it's fun 😉I'm going to send you ALL my grills so you can sand them down for me. 😊

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@THROTTLEPOWER I look forward to a big bag of them to take into the asylum with me. If I can sand them down in my padded cell🤣🤣🤣

[@ramblers69]

Stocker is looking good Pete, nice work mate

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Still lots to do,Tom. I've had to narrow the mustang front end,😣which I had hope to be able to work round 😢

[@busterscustoms]

cool project thanks for sharing

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

This is a bit of a discussion on it really,some of the other videos on it are more informative,if you are building one👍

[@ronstewart9792]

Man that is looking great Pete. Ron

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Its taking a bit of work to change it all,Ron,but its been very interesting and given me some good ideas👍🤔. Thanks for watching and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓

[@seamybmw]

Sounds like you have your work cut out for ya Pete on this build room for lots of improvements enjoy 👍👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It's such a crap kit,💩Seamy,but it's the only Ford I could get in this style. I don't know if the other versions are any better.🤔😢

[@ModelCarMinion]

That roll cage sure can be improved on. Nice work on the modifications.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It's all good fun ,Steve👍😉. I still don't understand why you didn't change that front grille but continue to watch me do much harder things

[@ModelCarMinion]

I'm not as keen on putting extra details into my builds now, I'm doing it with more detail painting. I still like to check in on most of my subscribers car build videos.

[@franky_p_CarModelArt]

Nice to see someone build a modified stocker. Looks wild already. I just started the Pinto modified stocker.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I hope it's a better kit than this has been🤔. I've spent a lot of time getting this,this far😢. Thanks for watching and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓

[@franky_p_CarModelArt]

I just glued the roll cage together and that went well, the rest remains to be seen 😓@@petesmodelcarcustoms584

[@J.B.Scale.Creations]

Hi Pete, just been catching up with videos and got to say this one is really evolving into a great detailed period short track race car. All the little details are bringing this basic kit to life. It's a shame that the DNA from this kit and all the others from the modified stocker series we're all really nice end of line 3in1 annual kits... They just modified the body tools beyond repair with the opened up wheel arches and hence why the chassis were so basic and again just modified from the original stock floor pans. We lost some really nice tools including the 65 Chevelle and the 64 Galaxie in the series was a really nice highly optioned kit with full custom and detailed NASCAR versions.. luckily I have one of those in the collection. Anyways keep up the good work Pete and looking forward to seeing this one done.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Cheers John. It does look like a very nice early mould was destroyed to make this model,which I do think is a shame. On the other hand,with the damaged Mustang to use as a donor, it has become an interesting project. I'm having good ideas and trying new things,which does seem to be what I enjoy the most👍😃

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

Pete that grill is a great touch for sure, but it's crazy that it didn't have a master cylinder !❤

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Cheers Shawn. The list of things it and that Mustang haven't got just gets longer. The Mustang is missing a heater and steering box😲,. Both of which I'd hoped to nick for this kit, although I'd do a heater delete cover plate,I wanted the the heater as a shape guide🤓. Back to looking at the real car again for something to scratchbuild copies of😣😣

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

@petesmodelcarcustoms584 that's the way a lot of kits are and you'd think they'd have more details, but unfortunately not! Lol

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681 i understand it with the old promo kits,Shawn and in the early 60s when injection moulded plastic kits were a new thing and had basic moulding systems. But Revell's more modern kits should not be as Spartan as they are nor have the moulding limitations of that time. They are just cost cutting with the missing details and hope that no one cares😢😢

[@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681]

@petesmodelcarcustoms584 that's exactly what it is for sure! Money hungry bastards lol 😆

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@thescalemodelcarguychannel8681 Revell's modern armour kits are no where near as badly detailed,although they do rebox a lot of Dragon and ICM kits, which can easily have 300+ parts in a 1/35 scale kit. Why doesn't a 1/25 scale car kit have 200 parts at least. Brake details, windscreen wipers, door handles and winders, all could be moulded properly

[@modelcarmadness5119]

Always looks better when the roll cage fits the body rather than being so low.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

It would do the driver more damage than offer protection at that height Ted 🤣🤣🚑🏥

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

It is an old mold. Your new cage will be a Nice improvement. Mock up looks Good. I'll be watching

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I should think it was originally a promo style car but there's some odd parts still on the sprue. The stock dashboard but also a blower belt. I bet quite a nice kit was ruined by this release😭. It's been a lot of hard work especially as the Mustang kit was more Spartan than I'd hoped as it doesn't have a steering box or heater,which would have been helpful

[@scalemodeloutlaw]

Great mock up but yeah i felt the same way about lack of detail on the kit. But i guess that leaves room for upgrades lol

[@stig800]

Coming along great 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Lot of work though,Bob. How are your builds getting on?

[@stig800]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 haven’t built anything for ages .just haven’t had time.hopefully soon going to build something

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@stig800 Better to do the things you feel like doing when you feel like doing them. Hope you enjoy whatever you do. I changed to cars as I was pee'd off with keep doing armour and painting everything green. I'm only doing modelling again because my health is stopping me doing more outside stuff.

[@michaelcooke2559]

I think it is a great idea to work on the roll cage. It really looks bad the way it is. In most stock type race cars the battery is mounted behind the drivers seat or in the trunk. That may be why there is no battery. Thanks for sharing.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I thought about that and if I take my battery out of the battery tray I am still left with a battery tray. That doesn't disappear 🤔. I'm thinking of relocating it into the rear,buy with option of in this simple form of racing,it might not have been

[@michaelcooke2559]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 I do agree with that.

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

i like how it looks! Already bada$$ before colors! ; )

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I always make the parts to build a kit before I paint it. Especially if I don't know if it goes together. I don't understand these builders who start their kits by spraying it,unless they intend plain,out of the box builds,which I don't do anyway😀

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

same here, test fit, or trial and error for mods, followed by paint job :D

[@goforitpainting]

Cool 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Very odd car model🤔😃

[@daddyclubrc]

Lookin' good Pete! 👍 I jumped in on your grill challenge and opened up grill for the vintage IMC Shelby Cobra I'm restoring/restomoding. It was surely a much easier grill to open than the falcon or anything on your shelf back there. Looks awesome when they're open though.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I saw your name on a couple of vids I watched during the week and I'm glad you've had a go at a grille. Everyone I've opened looks,to me,🤓 far superior than the original part🤔. They've varied in difficulty to a vast amount,the Plymouth coupe being by far the hardest due to its fragility but I was quite euphoric when I'd finished it😃. The big holed ones are simple to do and I have no idea why people paint black paint in them😮😣. The one in front of the windscreen,on this one was rather testing and has had a couple of spars broken which I had to stop and repair😣😢but still looks good now I've added the duct inside it.😀

[@daddyclubrc]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 you're definitely turning into a grill opening master by now! 🙌 I haven't tried any other grills yet.

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I found doing a lot of them,all at once,kept my eye in and my brain on track and just continued to test myself. I've just remembered you're the chap who made lots of good chassis's. I thought I'd subbed your channel. I have done that. Good work👍😃👍😎

[@daddyclubrc]

@@petesmodelcarcustoms584 yeah I'm kinda the same way. I get brain fog on how I did things in the past sometimes if I don't continue doing them over and over 😅

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

I have to write things down in my notebook most of the time nowadays😣getting old sucks🤣🤣

[@greybeardmodels]

Nice work there Pete, but shocking lack of detail in the kit?? I'm sure you'll be able to correct things. Have fun. Cheers 👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Cheers Bob.👍🍻 Even the newer Revell Mustang had a lot missing that I expected to be there😢

[@modelcars2978]

So many kits have poorly designed roll cages. The size of styrene you are planning on using looks more in scale. Most race cars have the battery in the rear. I look forward to the progress, I love dirt racers. My dad raced dirt oval for about 15 years.🤓👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

Thanks for the info and I was thinking of putting the battery elsewhere. But even if you do take a battery out there would still be a battery tray in the original position and it hadn't been included. I also thought the heater would have been removed from the engine firewall and then blanked off,so I want to add a blanking plate. There is no fuse box or regulator on the fire wall nor is there a steering box. I doubted these would have been removed so I'd hoped I could take them from the mustang, unfortunately they are not modelled in that kit either

[@modelcars2978]

A dirt car will have the engine bay gutted. You'd only have the essentials: motor, steering, radiator, brake system, fuel lines, coil and maybe an ignition box (not everyone runs one). Everything else has to go, including the inner fenders. They will have weight limits. So, the idea is to remove all excess weight, then you can add weight back in where you want it. Some rules don't let you "add weight" so you have to "innovate." If you know what I mean.🤓👍

[@petesmodelcarcustoms584]

@@modelcars2978 .As in all racing,weight is the enemy. I'm trying to make the most out of a crap kit. It hasn't got a steering box,either. But then nor has the mustang that I'm trying to scavenge parts from. Niether has it got a heater and that was meant to be a stock car🤔. These model car kits are all simplified to allow children to play with them or novice builders not to get to frustrated by the amount of parts needed to make accurate models. Like moulding in door handles,window winders, folding seats or seat belts.A lot of builders,on you tube have over looked all these faults and would not bother opening the radiator grilles on their kits or adding radiator hoses let alone fixing any faults or improving the level of detail to adult model levels