Message Index

• Thank You Matt and Dawn. I received my 2 Ford trucks today. *NM*
• A question for Charlie (C.O.F.)....have you ever built anything based on a REO? *NM*
  • Yes. pics below.
• NNL North 2024 (link to show flyer) *LINK*
• NOT SURE I WANT TO WAIT AGAIN... I was killing time and I started to widdle night before last and let's see where I end up with this. I did one late in 23. Will see. PIX and thanks for looking
  • I know I know............WHY! *NM*
    • Why not? ;-) *NM*
      • Why not indeed! Nice! *NM*
    • Frank LuQue.... Plastic surgeon! *NM*
      • Dr LuQue to surgery ! *NM*
  • Because you are fearless! *NM*
  • Amazing Frank! I'm not that good, so I'll wait for April. *NM*
• Thats awesome thanks! *NM*
• Think AMT or resin could work up a 38-41 body for their 41 Plymouth kit?
  • I'd buy '39 Plymouth coupes or sedans....PICS.
  • Yes something like this? *PIX*
    • Those are cool! *NM*
  • Well...I could supply my 1:1 scale Oz 1940 Dodge Sedan (based on the US Plymouth with Oz made body shell)....I even mastered a 318 Poly that I could supply.........lol...if they were gunna do a 1939 car, why not do an Oz 1939 Plymouth or Dodge 3 Window Coupe?....lol. *NM*
    • I'd buy it! *NM*
  • Still got the 1940 Dodge after 53yrs & also had a 1941 Plymouth ASC Coupe, a Detroit built, factory RHD car assembled in Sth Africa......had it for 7yrs, sold it like a dope.....duh! *NM*
• I have been streaming quite a few "car-centric" movies lately.... Sunday l watched a pair of early 80's NASCAR themed movies... Stroker Ace & Six Pack... Now, I have a set of Fred Cady decals for the Stroker Ace car, but did anyone ever offer decals to do the Six Pack car? *NM*
  • Marty, Powerslide has a sheet that does the camaro and the tbird. If you just need the tbird decals, I have a set you can have. Tom *NM*
    • Just went and looked them up.... I see that they also have a Stroker Ace decal set. Should be a lot less hassle than the Fred Cady decals set that I have... Looks like there is a decal order is in my near future! *NM*
  • There is also the Tim Richmond #2 car that had Clyde Torkle's on it. I offer those decals. You can email me off the board if interested as I won't post a link since it's not from our board hosts. *NM*
• And while we're on the Camper Kick... would the shell from either the current ElCo or the past Open Road (?) work with either '60 or '63? *NM*
  • Not even close. Bed length/width and cab roof height are way different. The El Camino camper doesn't even fit the '59 *NM*
• Doing some work on my 60 Fiffy (PICS)
  • Qusestion to the wider board: Was that a real camper shell, or, was that a flight of fancy of the AMT engineers and designers? *NM*
    • I can't see it in 1:1, with that inaccessible area over the roof *NM*
    • I’d say it could represent a “pop-up” camper cap. Which would give access to the weird lump at the front. I intend to cut it apart and try to make it look normal. *NM*
  • Looking good! *NM*
  • Storage over cab roof *NM*
• Great show and pics! Thanks for sharing. *NM*
• I love this photograph. *PIC*
  • Oh yeah, 100% *NM*
  • I think I just soiled myself... *NM*
  • A question for you NASCAR guys among us: I see the yellow car in the middle of the pic is a Cadillac, but what is that blue NASCAR one with the central three segment grille behind it? *NM* *PIC*
    • It's a "Camaro". *NM*
    • Lotsa info on google but here’s a link to one story about it *NM* *LINK*
      • Ha, too funny, just received my latest car and driver issue and there’s a cover story/pic about it there as well, lol *NM*
    • I think the central three segment grille is the air intake scoop on the Cadillac in front of it. *NM*
      • this is exactly what it is. *NM*
      • Thank You! *NM*
    • Sure looks like a Toyota badge on the hood. *NM*
  • A monster lurks in your rearview. If you have notheard the exhaust on the Garage 56 entry, you need to YouTube it on track. *NM*
• Changing wheels... *PICS*
  • Nice wheels. How many miles do you have on that truck? *NM*
    • Just turned 51K this weekend. *NM*
  • Nice Ride!! *NM*
• Red 40 ford coupe is unreal to me , the smoothed firewall and body lines along with the finish, not crazy about the wheels but they are not ugly *NM* *PIC*
• Nice. that was the inspiration for this one. *PIC*
• I like both sets of wheels.... Now, with the brakes being so much more exposed, you need to dress up the calipers. 😁 *NM*
• They're probably AHRA Pro Stockers running NHRA Altered class. AHRA allowed the "captive imports" early on, NHRA did not until about 1978 *NM*
• To clarify more about my not liking factory wheels, I should mention that the factory wheels that I'm referring to are the ones for just the last 10 to 20 years or so ago only. Before that time, they're fine. I especially like the 1960's thru 1980's. *NM*
  • It's kinda funny.... I feel pretty much the opposite. I feel that the factory wheels of the last 15-20 are a huge improvement over the factory rally/sport wheels offered in the 60's/70's/80''s 90's.... But, as they say, different strokes 😉 *NM*
    • Seems like a lot of factory wheels these days are just black. Yuck. Or they have pinwheel/spiral designs with lots of machined sparkly areas to add bling. Not for me either. *NM*
      • I have a love/hate relationship with these. 2017 Accord Sport
        • I like 'em. Just be careful when parking at the curb (and watch for potholes!). *NM*
  • Thats pretty funny. I love the factory wheels on my ‘14 F150. Every F150 FB page is full if guys showing off their new wheels, and none of them are sharper looking than mine. *NM*
    • A guy in my apartment complex years ago (he moved out in a year or so) replaced the fctory rims on his F-150 Lariat 4x4 with new rims, and he tossed the factory rims in the trash!
      • That's like a lot of the Harley guys. Replace the seat, handlebars, pipes, and gas tank, toss the originals (or sell cheap), then they're looking for those items ten years later *NM*
        • Back in the 60's-70's, throw away the factory carb and air cleaner, smog pump, factory radio (and cut up the dash), factory wheel covers. Today, track them all down for big $$$ to restore one. *NM*
• The most recent issue of CARtoons is disappointing. The K&B story's artwork looks like a bad computer scan of the original artwork. *NM*
• Exactly! Not always oil just spilled on the mat; I've seen more than one glovebox and owners manual thoroughly annointed by leaky bottles of Hoppes #9. *NM*
• Cool stuff, Scott. (That 70 TransAm, Lordy, that is 1 crisp, clean build--makes my eyes hurt...) *NM*
  • Yeah, I fell in love with that build as soon as I saw it. It made me decide that I'm going to build one just like it........and I've never been a fan of the color blue. But that car looks awesome. *NM*
• Much cleaner, Scott. Those factory mags are just too busy. *NM*
• How good (or not) is the John Wick Chevelle?
  • Tooling was cleaned up for improved bumper and grille fit ....
  • I think the Revell '70 is a very nice simple kit that captures the look of the real thing quite well... *PIC*
  • I thoughtTim Boyd declared the Revell snap-together "70 SS to be the most accurate of all the kits, several years ago. *NM*
  • Everyone's entitled to an opinion. And Jason is right about the Snap kit/Promo being deemed the best. I don't remember if it was Tim that did the review, but makes sense. BTW, that one Marty built is pretty darn good looking
• Okay, I remember that now...
• Thanks for the great pics! Looks like a good show. *NM*
• I thought Cliff would chime in to tell you for sure but whether he chose 1/24 or 1/25 it was whichever fitted the best visually... *NM*
• belated thanks to Chuck Cady
• Love the Vega. Glad you saved some pics. Still have the model? *NM*
• I know you were building a replica and it looks great, but just for the record the reason the 1:1's wheels have open holes at the center hub is that the stock chrome caps are missing. *NM* *PIC*
  • Thanks, Yeah I knew that. that's why I left one on the LF wheel.
    • About the decals, , , I'm not sure but maybe the rest of the decals besides the ones on it could be optional , , ,
      • The option list/dealer order sheet/ build sheet shows them. *PIC*
        • Like I said, only a guess. But it looks like it was a nicely optioned out car. *NM*
          • Agreed, look like the only thing left off was the automatic trans......but who can argue with a 4 Speed? *NM*
          • here's the full reference album for that car if anyone's interested. Should have posted it with the build. *LINK*
• Looks pretty faithful to the 1:1. Good stuff! I love this kind of build. *NM*
• Looking good! *NM*
• Thanks for sharing the PICS! *NM*
• Because, well, 1960 Effies: Clint Black Build on PowerNation *LINK*
  • Thanks for the shout out but I closed the business down about 5 years ago. *NM*
    • Sorry to hear, but I hope the masters live. Best to you and your hobbies! *NM*
• Right there - nailed it. *NM*
• Being courteous and attentive is a good policy - casters are busy but sometimes need a pleasant reminder *NM*
  • Re: Being courteous and attentive is a good policy - casters are busy but sometimes need a pleasant reminder
• What scale are the Peugeot and BMW hybrids? Are they diecast? *NM*
  • I don't know what scale they are or if they're diecast or not. *NM*
  • Not diecast. 1/24 kits. See inside for manufacturer name.
• Far better! *NM*
• Nice job. *NM*
• That's a nice-looking build. *NM*
• Thanks for the pics. Many great builds at that show. You did a nice job of showing them off. *NM*
• Looks like you knew what you were doing. Very nice improvement. *NM*