Message Index

• Friday Evening Randomness..... ENJOY!!!! *PICS*
• The side panel of the Box art caught my attention on the AMT 68 Corvette Custom..... *PIC*
  • The kit does have possibilitys for a fun build. The mismatched seats and fender flares are from when it was the Greenwood GT Vette in the early '70s and the wheels are from a drag version [AC-cellerator?] , , ,
• Last evening Frank sent me pics of his latest completed project.... I have to admit that I find it just WAY too cool!!!! *PICS*
  • Holy Kow! That is pretty Kool! *NM*
  • Very cool! *NM*
  • That is sweet!! *NM*
  • That's awesome! *NM*
  • Re: great looking *NM*
• Survivors that I got today...built in the 1960s by the man I got them from :) :) :) *LINK*
  • I remember building a Johan 61 Cadillac like that one. *NM*
  • You Lucky Dawg! I've been looking for a 62 Dodge but always too late or too expensive...Oh well, glad you got one! *NM*
    • I will probably leave the unpainted ones as-is :) *NM*
  • That Duesenburg brings sure back a lot of good memories. *NM*
  • I realize that leaving old builds like this, in "as found" condition, is the popular belief, but it they were mine the Pontiac convertible and the Revell Dart 4 door would get blown apart and rebuilt into something much cooler. *NM*
    • Rebuilding is a good option :) *NM*
• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
  • Re: Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS* all nice , but the 70 Charger ....WOW! *NM*
• I purchased a Revell 71 Greenwood Corvette this past weekend and am missing the instructions. Of course, I can't remember the website to find old instructions. I promise I will write it down this time. Thanks. *NM*
  • Here's the link Terry https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/ *NM* *LINK*
    • Thank you sir, see you Sunday. *NM*
  • Scalemates has a PDF copy, too
    • Re: Scalemates, that was it. Now l need a place to write it down that l can remember when l need it again, thanks. *NM*
      • Make it a Favorite or a Bookmark in your browswer. *NM*
• Don't know why but this reminded me of Bill Geary... (I haven't seen a finished model of his in years other than his 3D printing experiments)...
  • You have got to be (you-know-whatting-me). That is unbelievable! *NM*
  • OMG!!! *NM*
  • Unbelievable! Even with those couple of little glitches, that is amazing! *NM*
  • I'm impressed .I have a 1/25 scale retractable that one of the Mints (forgot if it'a Frankiln or Danbury), and that is interesting. *NM*
• Our club subscribed en masse - we received our copies on Tuesday. Been busy reading every page. GREAT MAG!!
• I’m working on building a Bobby Allison stock car with a new ‘64 Malibu kit. It’ll be a curbside, but I’ve half the paint finished, along with the interior and chassis. No pictures because I’ve forgotten how to post them here ! *NM*
  • You need a hosting site like Fotki or flicker..etc *NM*
    • At one time or another I've used Fotki and Flickr. Last few years I'm using "free" sites. Mostly Imgbox.com. *NM*
• Straight Line Saturday......err Friday! *PIC*
  • Love the Corvair! Kind of an ahead of its time grille-less look of the Teslas nowdays. ;^) *NM* *PIC*
    • well, They were air cooled! *NM*
  • Where was that last picture taken, and when? *NM*
    • I can't really say, but for whatever reason, The "Dirty D" Detroit Dragway comes to mind, but that's only a guess. They ran 4 wide there on occasion. *NM*
  • Always thought that Charger was an interesting subject. *NM*
    • Yeah, 1/2-way between a funny car and a Pro Stock? Or something. Is B/A some sort of "altered" class? It sure is cool! *NM*
      • B/A = B / Altered *NM*
        • Not sure how competitive it was as an Altered, but it probably could have been a gasser with a bit less engine setback *NM*
    • Is it me, or is the top chopped? I'd swear that the whole body is fiberglass. *NM*
      • The tilt front end is fiberglass for sure. Bumper is molded in and the grille is painted on. The rest of it is likely sheetmetal. I think that was probably a rule. It looks chopped to me too. *NM*
    • You should give it a try Frank. *NM*
  • The Austin pickup would make an ambitious project with the Revell Austin and Willys Pickup kits *NM*
• Brian R...did Chris Roldan ever attend any of our meetin's? Seems like that's where I know him from. *NM*
  • I don't think so, just from the contests *NM*
• Is there any aftermarket source, resin or 3d printed, for a bench front seat for an AMT or Revell '64 Chevy Impala? *NM*
  • The Revell and AMT 64 Impala are SS only and no bench seat. The standard 64 Impala has different side trim and interior with a bench seat. Having lived with my Dad's 64 Impala for 40 years there is lots of difference between SS and Impala. *NM*
  • would the AMT 1962 Pontiac Catalina be of any use tho' the seat pattern would not be correct. *NM*
  • Do not know about the fit but the '61 Chevy Bel Air kit has a front bench seat. *NM*
    • Yeah the 62 AMT Belair has a bench seat and really easy to sand off the detail. Been there done that a few times. *NM*
    • Thanks, I'll check out the 61 Impala kit. I already knew the SS cars were bucket only, as I had one years ago. *NM*
  • At one time, MCW Resin sold a Z-11 conversion for the '63 Impys (could be either AMT or Revell) assume you would have to do some real scratchbuilding...
• ATTENTION CALIFORNIOS! Inside is a photo of Chris, whom I met a number of years ago at a Victorville Model Contest. What is his last name? TIA----PIC
  • I wanna say Roldan....but that's probably way off, and somebody famous. *NM*
    • Jim that's it!!!! Thank you. That name has escaped me for years. Thanks for the quick response.👍 *NM*
    • Thanks Jim. Both Rich and I have been scratching our heads over his last name. *NM*
      • Chris Roldan. Talk about a blast from the past! He was a great model builder and was always coming up with new techniques and cool models. Great board contributor. I think we all picked up some great tips and ideas from him. He got a job building sets and props for the
        • Chris' builds were incredible, with creativity and build quality to match. I think I remember some Pro Touring or racing-inspired stuff. Miss having him and his stuff around *NM*
  • Pretty sure it was ROLDAN.......
  • Rich, I've been to that show 3 or 4 times way back when. We probably crossed paths and didn't even know it! *NM*
    • I was only there once. The photo excerpt is from 2009. Here's the original-------PIC INSIDE---------
      • Would you post names for those folks (left to right) please? *NM*
        • second from right is Hollywood Jim Fernandez and far right is Rich N.V *NM*
      • I saw this pic on the most wanted board at post office! LOL! Miss ol Albert too! *NM*
      • Far left is Chris Roldan; third from left is Albert; fourth from left is "Hollywood" Jim Fernandez; far right is Rich. I know the man second from left but my partstimers is kicking in and I can't think of his name. I know it's not Byedone. *NM*
        • That's me. *NM*
          • No, that's Dave Dale! LOL. Sorry I forgot your name, my friend. *NM*
• 2X Tribute Modified
  • Very nice! *NM*
  • Dan, what do you use for the throttle spring--scratched? That's a clean build--your execution is high level. *NM*
    • Thanks for comments and compliments gents. I used some fine wire from a cut electronics something or other cord. Stripped and wrapped around a straight pin. *NM*
  • Re: 2X Tribute Modified...wow, amazing details! *NM*
  • VERY NICE *NM*
  • Thanks Dog, Thanks Frank *NM*
• Quiet here. Everybody must be playing outside. :O)) *NM*
  • Here's some (mostly) resin stuff to look at. *PICS*
    • Great to see that Cougar again, the gold looks good on it *NM*
    • Outside? Nah! 90 deg and high humidity here near the Atlantic Ocean. *NM*
    • I like them all, but really liking the Offy sprinter! Is it resin? *NM*
      • Etzel Speed Classics. *NM*
    • Fun stuff! That Cougar looks great in gold! *NM*
    • You always have interesting stuff. *NM*
  • I was outside a few hours ago. It was HOT. Now it's 9:00 at night and it's 80°with 85% humidity. The heat and humidity is just terrible. This is pretty unusual for Northwester Connecticut. *NM*
    • Here in Clearwater it's 81 degrees and 90 % humidity. *NM*
      • I hope you have A/C! It's 70° in here. *NM*
    • Humidity? What's that?? (It was 7% over the weekend here. Now it's about 18%.) *NM*
      • OOOOO! Makes for very high fire danger! *NM*
  • Yes, the sprinter is a good one. *NM*
• Down the board a little ways is talk about Thickstun valve covers. It's this what you're talking about? Does the same manufacturer make the air cleaner on this motor?
  • Yes, and yes *NM*
  • Yep, AFAIK Thickstun made finned heads, fined head covers, intakes, air cleaners & fuel blocks, also finned heads for other flathead engines , I've even seen finned heads for straight 8 flatheads...lol. *NM*
• Moebius All New 1972 Ford F350 Tow Truck................What's in the Box *LINK*
  • I wonder if Pat Redmond will be getting this kit? Especially with the business his family had. *NM*
    • Don't know about Pat but I know I'll be getting a couple... They'll give me great ideas for super detailing my myriad of Midnight Cowboy kits I collected over the years... *NM*
• When you have a car that can think and literally fly who needs rotary power?? ;^) *NM*
• Still waiting here in central Indiana. JIM *NM*
• ...I know that Frank has built several cool Piranha chassis funny cars. such as a Mr Speed Studebaker and most memorably, a 69 Mustang that he built for a three way Piranha/Ford funny car build-off with me and Sparky.... *PIC*
  • The Piranha/Marlin hybrid is brillant. The T-bird would look great with a sectioned body, or chopped top *NM*
• Cool! *NM*
• That’s pretty neat! I have been looking at 1/64 lately…
• Questions about flathead Ford engines. I have the Rep & Min Thickstun head covers. First are these the same a Arden heads. Second, what kit has the best flathead Ford engine and would these work on it? *NM*
  • Those are not an overhead conversion, just decorative covers for L-head (flathead) cylinder heads. I've got a set of those; as I recall, the cylinder heads came along with the covers *NM*
    • Thanks, l don't know anything about flathead and they look like Arden heads but l guess that is there purpose. *NM*
  • What Mark said. RMCoM offers a flattie block, also I've had good luck with Revell flattie blocks--40 & 48 & 50 Fords with RMCoM flattie stuff. *NM*
    • Cool, thanks. *NM*
  • here is something basic that a lot of people seem to miss: On a stock flathead (meaning no ohv conversion like Ardun), there are three exhaust ports coming out of the upper part of the block. With the Arduns there are four exhast ports in the head, and the 3 on the block
    • Interesting, l never noticed that. *NM*
  • Revell 40 Ford/32 Ford & Lindberg 53 Ford flatheads are the nicest plastic kit ones IMO,the only kit Ardun is in the hot rod version of the Revell 50 Ford Pickup,the Thickstun covers are just that, covers for a flathead head,there is also resin Berry & Chung(Kiwi) covers. *NM*
    • Thanks! *NM*
  • I agree with all of the above. Note though that it was the second version of the Monogram '50 Ford Custom that had the correct Ardun heads; the first version had an incorrect three-tube exhaust configuration. Here's a R&M of Md Thickstun Flathead V8 build.... *NM* *PIC*
    • Thanks Tim, I couldn't remember what the issue was with the Ardun bits in the 50 P/u...the AMT 53 P/u DeSoto Hemi has a nice set of 4 outlet headers that fit the Ardun. *NM*
      • Andy....great idea on those AMT '53F100 DeSoto Hemi headers! TB *NM*
    • Thanks for the info. I'm learning most about flathead than l thought l needed to know. Cool. *NM*
    • And what bugs me is there is at least one resin caster re-popping those Ardun flatheds with the three pipes. I even wrote to one , a while back, pointing out the error. Response was : "I don't care. People buy them." *NM*
      • If they are copies of the Monogram ones (even the revised version) there's more wrong than that. They're not rounded enough. I was hoping Revell would have done a better set for one of the '32 Fords, or even the recent As *NM*
    • The Thickstun covers may have been designed for use on boats, to keep the plug wires dry. But they look cool, so guys used them on hot rods too *NM*
      • That's exactly hwat they were designed for Mark, to keep water off the plugs. They didn't provide any mechanical upgrade, but sure look cool. *NM*
        • What Mark and Craig said...! TB *NM*
    • Boxart reference to kits with and without correct Ardun headers--------PICS
      • Thanks Rich!!! tb *NM*
  • I might be wrong about this, but I thought those valve (really head) covers were for boats to keep water from messing up the spark plugs. *NM*
    • Could be but then guy would put them on the cars to have a different look. *NM*
      • They'd keep water off of the spark plugs in the rain in a hot rod with no hood too. *NM*
  • Re: Questions about flathead Ford engines. I have the Rep & Min Thickstun head covers. First are these the same a Arden heads. Second, what kit has the best flathead Ford engine and would these work on it?
    • Re: Questions about flathead Ford engines. I have the Rep & Min Thickstun head covers. First are these the same a Arden heads. Second, what kit has the best flathead Ford engine and would these work on it?
      • Bill, nice exploded pic of an Ardun, a guy in my 1:1 hot rod club has an Ardun in his steel 32 Vicky, our club auctioned the box the conversion came in a couple of yrs ago at our WinteRun, closest I'll ever get to owning an Ardun but had nowhere to put it.....lol. *NM*
• This was built from an older kit, but of course it could be done with the new release: *NM* *PIC*
  • That's awful purdy, Dennis. *NM*
  • Wow. That paint job and that engine bay. Just... wow. *NM*
• Awesome! Very creative and well done! *NM*
• Folks, if you have not seen any built yet, maybe be among the first to build one? Our host now has some in stock. See the *LINK*
• Neat! What are you using for a top boot? *NM*
  • Re: Chipster,i'm using the boot the transkit supplied,looks like a boot from the 65'GTO.Pic inside
  • Wow! I can't wait to see her finished. Nice work so far! *NM*
• It's got kitbash written all over it, but even just stock would be nice with one of those *NM*
  • Seems like the oft-released '63 Vette Roadster would be a great bash candidate ... or the '65 Elco... or the '65 Mod Stocker...
• Great concept, would be neat to see that done in real life *NM*
• I'm still waiting for mine. I'll have to tap customer service on her shoulder. LOVE the positive responses! ...
• I purchased a couple last week. Not sure how I'll build othem *NM*
• I see the Warlock is available now. Gotta put some OT in this week to get me one. *NM*
• I'm not into 1/64, but that's pretty cool. Could you imagine how huge that would be for 1/24!? 🤯 *NM*
• Charlie's right. It means no parking. And no, I bought this on Amazon. *NM*