Message Index

• Can I put a cross ram manifold on a 426 hemi and be accurate? Thanks. *NM*
  • Sure can! Check out the '65 Belvedere and Coronet, and '68 Dart and Barracuda Super Stock cars *NM*
  • No, not a "cross ram" like was on the Max-wedge 426 or 423 engines. *PIC*
    • If you mean this type of "cross ram" yes they were used on 426 Hemi Super Stock cars *NM* *PIC*
    • No, not like that one, like the other one. I forgot about that one. Thanks. *NM*
      • Oops...that was supposed to go on your other post. *NM*
• Revell Austin Healy, how many times was this issued? Was it Revell's molds, or was it from another company? *NM*
  • It's Revell's. There were two versions, stock and racing...
  • I bet someone is looking to build a certain BB/GS drag car........ *NM*
    • Am I that easy to figure out? 😁 *NM*
    • I can't stand ebay pricing.... ugh. The hunt continues.... *NM*
• My next build will be the MPC 34 Slammer modified. Are there other kits in this series, and if so, could they be re-issued? Not the Super Stockers.Thanks. *NM*
  • There's a '36 Chevy coupe, a Vega, and a Pinto. I know Round 2 has reissued the Vega and Pinto, not sure about the Chevy *NM*
    • Also a Gremlin and a 40 Ford. *NM*
      • Those are AMT *NM*
    • I think those are AMT. *NM*
      • Those four were MPC *NM*
  • Boxart of others in the series *PIC*
    • )K, so there are 3 more that are MPC. Cool, thanks. *NM*
    • I have the '40 Ford and Gremlin. *NM*
    • I have the Vega and the 34..... *PIC*
      • Do those NASCAR tires fit on the kit rims pretty easily? *NM*
    • AMT and MPC boxed kits have different chassis. MPC is based on '55-'57 Chevy while AMT used a (fabricated) Tobias chassis *NM*
      • That and the tire issue is why I would prefer to build MPC kits. *NM*
      • I’ve mused about putting a ‘55-‘57 Chevy body on one of those chassis… just because! One of these days…. ;) *NM*
  • The AMT ones are "dirt" cars, with the 4 different sized tires, tube chassis, and muti-piece bodies. The MPC kits are more like asphalt cars (although could be for dirt too) and have 4 more typical tires, one piece bodies, and stock-ish looking frames. *NM*
    • I’ve always looked at it as the MPC modifieds being ‘old school’ and the AMT cars being new technology… circa 1970s, of course. *NM*
• Straight Line Thursday.....on Wednesday?.....
  • My favorite stuff! *NM*
  • Outstanding stuff, CD. And that Thames Panel...Oh My... *NM*
  • Diggin' the '37/38 Chevy coupes! Thanks for the pics. *NM*
  • Bob Ida's Healy had to be a monster! *NM*
  • What a GAS!!............when cars looked like cars.........thanks CD. *NM*
  • Great photos...thanks for posting *NM*
• Trivia question for the Mopar freeks: Would the '65 Coronet have been available with the Magnum 500 (chrome) wheels when new?
  • I don't think those existed in '65 or even '66. The earliest ones were all chromed (even the outer hoop) with no trim ring *NM*
  • According to the linked page from Mopar Connection, the wheels were first offered OEM by Chrysler on B and C bodies in 1967. *LINK*
    • That is my understanding as well....TB *NM*
  • Mopar didn't use Magnum 500s until '67, according to the internet. *LINK*
    • Thanks to all for the info - must have dreamed it I guess, or saw it on a Day Two car. As always, I appreciate the scholarship! *NM*
      • Don't use "collector car dealer" sites as reference! They'll stick those wheels on a four-door sedan, or even a station wagon (if they can't find a surf board to stick on the roof) *NM*
  • Motor Wheel was selling the Magnum 500 retail in '65 so someone could easily have bought a brand new Coronet and had them put on then. *NM*
    • Before the OE cost cutting and the tool wear, the Magnum 500 was a darn spiffy wheel - paired with a pinline redline... *NM*
      • You could even see the Magnums on A-bodies like Darts and Dusters. Although I don't think the factory EVER offered them (due to 4" bolt circle on the majority of the small cars). *NM*
• FWIW, the table build looks pretty good
• Where did you source the engine? *NM*
  • Steve-O printed it and gave it to me. *NM*
• Purple/SC will dissolve the vaccum plating - literally - in a few minutes if it is the older type
• Very interesting story from the Barn Find Hunter about MacWoods Dune Ride Ford F-Series Trucks *LINK*
  • Back in the 80s I had rode the Mac Woods Dune Rides at Silver Lake Sand Dunes. They were converted International Travelalls back then. *NM*
  • Still do the dune rides *NM* *LINK*
    • When we would stay in the area near Silver Lake, we would take the kids for the dune ride, even got the same driver a few years
• Great job! *NM*
• I have always thought the Morgan is a little goofy looking, but some of my best friends have benn a little goofy so that is not a bad thing in my book. ;^) *NM* *PIC*
• Didn't some resincaster once offer a Packard grill like this one? And can anyone ID the year/make of this car?Thanks. This could go into my "Floats my Boat" file. *NM* *PIC*
  • I'm not sure about the Packard grille, MCG offers a photo etch 1938 and a 1940 LA Salle grille, each set available in 1/24th and 1/25th. *NM*
    • I looked at these again and the grilles come with a resin grille surround too. *NM*
      • I have somebody's Lasalle grill that is supposed to fit the '36 Ford, but it doesn't fit very well, so I never used it. *NM*
        • I fit mine to an AMT 36, but it did take some work to fit the resin piece to the body and the grille to the resin. It worked out ok, then painted the body and am not real happy with the color. Now which moving box is it stashed in? *NM*
        • If you were trying to fit it to the AMT kit and it didn't fit well it may have been designed for the Monogram kit or vice versa *NM*
          • Mine didn't fit the AMT, but I never thought to try the Monogram. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion. *NM*
          • So I tried it on the Monogram kit, and it looks like it will fit real well. You have to cut off the 'chin' under the grill, but then I'm sure it will fit well. *NM*
  • Dunno about the Packard grille but I've an ACCO Pro La Salle photo etch grille. *NM*
  • As for the car, I'm thinking '40 Plymouth? AMT '41 would be close enough *NM*
  • Close...its a 1940(or maybe 1941) Chrysler, giveaways are the hood catch on the side,headlight surounds & pointed bumper, also smooth fenders, 1940 (&1941) DeSoto/Dodge & Plymouth all had stampings in their fenders. *NM*
  • I did this AMT '36 coupe with an MCG Lasalle grille...
    • PIC in above post. *NM*
    • I'm not seeing this picture, how about others? *NM*
      • I can see it and it's a beauty! *NM*
      • It's there for me. It sure does look good. I'll try posting it here *NM* *PIC*
    • test *NM*
    • That's not the grill I have, but that's a really nice build. *NM*
• I had similar issues with ELO...brushed it on, let it sit, and when I brushed the ELO to loosen the paint, it took off some of the plastic. The plastic was literally disintegrating.
  • I had that happen also with ELO. The plastic "delaminated" as though it was plywood. Never seen that happen before. *NM*
    • I've never had an issue... most let it sit to long. You'll have to babysit it , put it on in small area let it sit for a few minutes then wash it off with 91% alcohol. Once off then rinse it in warm water the whole car. *NM*
      • Ditto - but test every time in a small area if you are not sure *NM*
  • There are other products that work just as good, if not better. Ever since it ruined that Eldo, I never used it again. Heck, even brake fluid, which many here frown upon, didn’t give me any problems on Johan plastic even on another Eldo snap kit I stripped. *NM*
    • Jo-Han plastic is brittle to start with. I've got a '65 Chrysler that someone else stripped before I got it; I did so again and the thing is like a potato chip, you just look at it and it crumbles *NM*
• Always on the lookout for something unusual, I just happened upon a neat little Dollar Tree find.... *PICS*
  • That does look pretty good. Are you thinking of modifying it at all? *NM*
    • That's a silly question! LOL!! *NM*
      • My thought exactly. 😁 *NM*
    • Slammed, custom paint, custom wheels.... If I can figure out how, a custom grille. *NM*
      • I'm all in for that! *NM*
  • Cool! Is it actually 1/24 scale? It looks larger , like 1/20 or so as compared to the cars in the background but may be due to it being in foreground and depth/perspective *NM*
    • I'd say it's very close to 1/24... Maybe something like 1/23.5... Definitely much smaller than 1/20
      • Makes sense just looked large in the pic *NM*
  • Keep expecting that the Bee's going to come out with a headline something like "GMC now offering McKinley letter sets for Denali owners wanting to update". :) *NM*
• good guy shout out to Frank LuQue. Tires came today, thank you so much! *NM*
  • So Welcome CD *NM*
• Don't know much about short track cars....so, does these wheels work with this car? Thanks *NM* *PIC*
  • I think the tires are too big (toy-like). *NM*
    • The tires and wheels are more typical for an open-wheel modified. You need to find some "stock car" wheels and tires. The ones
      • So it is mystifying to me why Round2 still puts these wheels/tires in their closed car Modified stockers, such as the '65 Chevy, '64 Galaxie, and the Falcon. *NM*
        • Because it's an old tool and they will most likely never update it. You can build them OOB, but they can sure be improved, just like any old kit. *NM*
        • They're duplicating the kit as it was originally produced *NM*
  • I'm partial to the tires found in the "MPC" Super Stockers, vs the 1/20 scale slicks in the AMT Modfieds
    • That looks good. Unfortunately, Round2 doesn't offer those wheels/tires separately as in a parts pack.. *NM*
      • Been hoping/asking/begging for that for a while - they transform the AMT kits
  • I don't dispute that they look cartoonish, but if you lower the ride height it helps.... *PIC*
    • I built that Olds several years ago, and I think it turned out OK. *NM*
    • Some of them are disliked because the modifications made the 3-in-1 versions impossible to reissue. But most of those hadn't sold well in reissues not long before *NM*
• Scott, what did you use for the "wood" accents? *NM*
  • A bottle of Tamiya XF-64 red brown. I been using that for wood accents on dash boards, consoles and door panels for a long time. *NM*
• I'd look at something closer to the factory color(s)
• Can someone remind me what purple power, or the purple pond is? I'm having not much luck with alcohol, or LA Awsome which I used to use. Thanks. *NM*
  • What are you trying to strip - ?
  • Castrol Super Clean (CSC). Don't buy Purple Power--crappy knockoff--doesn't work. CSC strips chrome including the Lacquer undercoat in most cases--when it doesn't, I use ELO. *NM*
  • Sometimes known as just plain "Super Clean", still works great, will strip paint and strip chrome down through the clearcoat to bare plastic *NM*
    • Thanks. I had googled it, and all I found was Super Clean, and I was gonna ask about that. *NM*
• It's all in the prep - primer, sand, polish then send
• Are there gunsights in the '59? *NM*
• This is a TON of work to document the show and Tim does a great job! Thank you for doing this cos my phone is no match
• Frank, I sent you an email. *NM*
  • Responded *NM*
• Marty, I sent you an email. *NM*
• I have 2 of those kits...
• ..... PIF..... the last one. 1/24 scale, I think Monogram. Chrome 5 spoke rims with low profile tires. Big n littles. ....... *PICS* .......
  • Me. please. *NM*
    • OK ! We have a winner. Email me your mailing address please. *NM*
      • Email sent. *NM*
  • Anyone recall which kit these were in? *NM*
    • I was looking at them earlier...looks like the ex-Monogram '78 El Camino to me *NM*
      • I knew that. Sheesh. Thanks!
• ..... PIF #2..... 1971 Dodge Demon rear spoiler. First responder gets it. ....... *PICS* .......
  • Same style that's used on late 60's Fords? If so, I can certainly use it! *NM*
    • I think that it's a lot like the late 1960's Fords. Either way, I'm giving it away for free, so you can't lose. Email me your shipping address and I'll get it out to you. *NM*
  • Done! Sent you an email, Scott. Thank you! *NM*
• I don't remember seeing this proposed before. Anyone seen or know anything on this Ford? *NM* *PIC*
  • No answer? Hmm... is this a spoof? *NM*
    • That would be my assumption. *NM*
  • It would be great - hoping for 3D industry to get interested in the early rigs *NM*
  • Haven't heard of that truck being offered in 1/25 scale, or by AMT/Round2 before. First Gear does it in diecast in 1/34 scale, though.
  • With all the test shot previews that are happening at shows, I think we would have heard about it by now, or at least before any box art was released. However, I will say that a kit like that could make a truck builder out of me. *NM*
• ..... PIF ..... 1971 Plymouth Duster rear spoiler. First response gets it. .......... *PICS* .....
• Motor Monday- does this qualify? ;^) *NM* *PIC*
  • As they say "It's all motor". So, yes! *NM*
  • Love that craziness! *NM*
• Big shout out to John Sharisky.... The PIF post cards arrived today.... These are VERY cool!!! *NM*
  • You're quite welcome. BTW, I have 28 issues of The Rodder's Journal that I'd hate to throw out if anyone's interested. *NM*
    • If you do not get a taker you might drop them off at your local library. *NM*
    • I'm interested. Drop me an email...?
• Hey MARTY !! I received the slant 6 today. Thank you very much. And thank you for the extra's too ! *NM*
  • Can't wait to see you put it to use in a build... Thought that the exhaust parts might be of some use as well. *NM*
    • Yes, the exhaust parts will make things easier. Thanks again for everything. *NM*
• Motor Monday? I can do that! *PIC*
  • Len, nice work......thats the IMC/Testors Lotus Ford engine isn't it ?....the IMC Ford GT & GT 40 kits have the Indy engine & separate pipes......very fiddlely...lol. *NM*
• "Motor Monday" **PICS**
  • Looking good! The kit's custom pully faces are a nice touch *NM*
• Looking nice and clean. Well done, Scott. Are you going with a factory color for the body? *NM*
  • Yes, I'm going to paint it a factory color. It's probably the most popular color that these came in. (Hint, Hint.) *NM*
    • Then that's gotta be Cameo White *NM*
      • Nope. I have seen a lot of them in that color though. Cameo White probably is the most common color. The color that I chose is popular though. You'll have to wait until it's finished. *NM*
• Got my Model Cars mag. Tim Boyd knocks it out of the park with another hot rod build. Also some very nice show coverage. *NM*
  • Wooohoooo! I think i'm a few miles south of you, maybe I'll see my copy tomorrow...Can't WAIT!!!... *NM*
  • 2X on Tim''s story - and don't miss the Ski Boat story in FSM *NM*
• Maxim Monday
  • Hey, thanks for the shout out. That's my one touch of greatness. Glad to be part of one of your builds. *NM*
  • I saw the word Maxim in your post and I couldn't open it fast enough. I was expecting a totally different subject matter. Hee, Hee. All of those builds that you posted are fantastic.......just like all of the builds that you always do. You always do super work. *NM*
  • I am always amazed at your mastery of the complex level of details in your builds. Thanks for posting.
  • Maximum great models! *NM*
• X2 ! *NM*
• From Andy Douglas. Heres a couple that I've built.... Revell Allison Turbo Prop & Revell Wright Cyclone and the Protar 1/8th DOHC Bugatti T50 Straight 8, the exhaust pipes are sprue corners drilled out
  • I'm sorry. .......*PICS*....... in above post. *NM*
    • Thanks mate.....appreciate it. *NM*
      • You're so welcome. Anytime. BTW, where's my 2 liter of Diet Coke? *NM*
        • I poured it into a large envelope & sent it.........hasn't arrived yet?...lol. *NM*
• Beautiful work Cliff, I've got the Protar 1/8th Bugatti DOHC 8, Revell Allison Turbo prop & Wright Cyclone & AMT 57 Fuelie....all great display pieces. *NM*
• I gotta be honest.... I fail to understand the excitement for that one. Calling it a "Pro Street" car is a huge misnomer..... At best it's a simple street machine. *NM*
• AutoWeek has run a new story today on model car history, this time on...MPC's '82 Dodge Omni "Sidewinder' kit. *NM* *LINK*
  • The Muscle car Modeler just did a what's in the box review of that same kit.
• Crime Dog, got the little buggy and parts today, looks interesting, thank you so much. Could you please remind me what kit this is so I can dig up some instructions? Thanks. I'm pretty sure a front axle fix should not be a problem. *NM*
  • Re: Crime Dog, got the little buggy andday, looks interesting, thank you so much. Could you please remind me what kit this is so I can dig up some instructions? Thanks. I'm pretty sure a front axle fix should not be a problem. *PIC*
    • Thanks! *NM*
• I keep hoping for exactly that..... Of course I tend to be a dreamer at heart! *NM*
• I'll get the 66 Shelby just for the box art! *NM*