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• Miscellaneous Mopar Madness *PICS*
• For Frank...here's a few photos of my own 1/1 scale 1973 Duster 340...my first new car! TB *PIC*
  • Gorgeous Mopar!!!! *NM*
• It's that time, yet again.... The answer to all the questions you never knew you asked.... Friday Evening Randomness.... ENJOY!!! *PICS*
  • Great stuff sir...... *NM*
  • Love the 1:1 scale cat pic!! *NM*
    • DITTO!! *NM*
    • Likewise! *NM*
  • Not sure what year that blue Nova is because I could never keep 'em straight, but I'll take it!! *NM*
  • Thanks Marty! *NM*
  • Oh My, the 1965 GTO is fantastic !! *NM*
• Interesting article. They have had several lately. Here's a couple of shots of the one down at Pima in Tucson. Glad they're not doing the Gannet in 72 or I'd have to get it since its such an odd looking plane. I'm pass due for another trip down there. *PIC*
  • This should be below Bruce's post, Need my afternoon coffee. *NM*
  • Wayne, all good, both the 1/48 Gannet & 1/48 Avro Anson are to have Oz RAN & RAAF decals so I'm saving up already.....lol....that Airfix article/blog? was quite good....thanks. *NM*
    • I don't get many plane kits so I've put a strict rule to keep everything at 1/72 both for scale comparison and to keep the space down. That's why if I was just getting serious about cars now would probably go with 1/32, maybe even 1/43. *NM*
      • Wayne you & Boomer need to compare notes.........lol..1/72?....the Mono B36 in that scale is only a 36" wingspan.....perfect for the small display area........lol.. *NM*
        • You mean like the half hour walking around this one at Castle AFB Museum. Luckily most of the stuff I like are vintage civil light aircraft *PIC*
          • Half your luck to experience them in the flesh....thats looks like a Staggerwing from that angle....didn't AMT do one in 1/48th? *NM*
  • Funny but I jut received a 1/32 P-47 the other day, and finally came across a sealed Gulfhawk I have been wanting for a long time. :-) *PIC*
• Here is a in depth article of making a new kit - *LINK*
• 1 of 7. *NM* *LINK*
• '64 Thunderbolt - Sports Coupe 1/1 (link to FB enclosed) *LINK*
  • That is sharp! *NM*
  • Is that the same guy that did the Dick Brannan Thunderbolt book? *NM*
  • I'm curious...
• Wonder what would be the better kit to use for the chassis on the 68 GTO…,Revell Chevelle or 69 Olds? *NM*
  • '69 Olds 442 - probably the simpler of the two to fit
  • I built 3 original annual 1968 GTO's and put the 1969 442 chassis under all 3. They worked out great. *NM*
• I too have a parts request if it's not too much. I need the front and rear bumpers for the MPC or Model King 1975 Chevy Laguna Stock Car. Thanks everyone. *NM*
• Did/does anyone resin cast separate grilles/bumpers for the Revell/Monogram '71 GTX / Road Runner? Sure would be nice if it were in 2 separate pieces for painting. Or if I could get a couple complete bumper/grille castings to try to separate? *NM*
  • Harts Parts has the Satellite grill and bumper. There’s also a photo etch grill set out there. *NM*
    • I hate to say this, but I think you'd better check. I believe his parts are for the MPC kits which would be 1/25 scale. *NM*
      • Re: I hate to say this, but I think you'd better check. I believe his parts are for the MPC kits which would be 1/25 scale.
        • OK, thanks, good to know. *NM*
          • Thanks guys! *NM*
            • I just checked the Harts Parts site, nothing for the 1/24 Revell kits. Anyone know who makes the photoetch grille? *NM*
              • There is a set for the Satellite on EBay right now. MCG is the manufacturer. *NM*
• Parts request!
  • I've got a complete factory stock hemi engine from the Revell 1967 GTX. Would that help you out? Let me know. *NM*
    • Re: I've got a complete factory stock hemi engine from the Revell 1967 GTX. Would that help you out? Let me know.
      • email sent. *NM*
• Scott Liggett.....Got my package yesterday and a very big thank you. *NM*
  • You're quite welcome Frank. *NM*
• My email just had the latest Autoworld Flyer
  • Moebius Mopar kits are 3rd Quarter.....a little bird told me just last week *NM*
• Matt and Dawn, I got my 2 kits today. Thank you for the excellent service !! *NM*
• Petty 71-72 roadrunner again. I was very surprised (and disappointed) to see that the parts are molded in different colors. I want to make a Pete Hamilton #9 from the kit and Pete's car was white. Are all of the Salvinos Jr kits molded in differnt colors? ..... *PIC* .....
  • Next Gen kits are molded in colors.......MOST of the 70's kits are white. But this first issue of the RR are blue and silver. A coat of silver spray cures the blue body. *NM*
    • It may not be a problem anyway. I've never had blue and green plastic bleed, just hot colors like red, yellow and orange. BUT, I would test on the inside of the body or hood first. *NM*
  • A bigger issue for me is that the Petty kit doesn't have chrome bumpers, so you will have to use some kind of chrome spray or BMF to build other cars. Doable, but a bit of a pain vs just having chrome parts in the kit.
    • In 1971 Petty ENT ran painted bumpers on the #43 RR and the #11 Baker Charger.......but yes others ran chrome at times. *NM*
      • Yes, that's what I'm saying. The kit is fine and correct for the Petty version that it's meant for, but the Pete Hamilton car that Scott wants to build has chrome bumpers. *NM*
        • I'd hit the bumpers with Motolow spray can......
  • Use flat black primer. Works every time. *NM*
    • Put white color paint over black? Hmmmm. What brand of flat black primer are you using please? *NM*
      • Yes, white normally covers black very well! I'd normally use regular Tamiya flat black if I needed a black "primer". Just tried some actual black primer, MR Hobby 1500 Black (B526:700). It's the best spray bomb primer I've ever used. *NM*
• Just saw that David Crosby has passed. *NM*
  • He's been ill, for a long time. *NM*
    • Re: He'd been ill, for a long time. *NM*
  • He did well to make it this far. A big fan of his for a long time. *NM*
    • He was a big drug user, a"boozer", made no bones about it, but he was always a "straight up" guy, from what I've read about him over the years. *NM*
  • Rats.........C,S,N &Y....sounds of my youth. *NM*
• Found some new (to me) sanding blocks at my LHS....pics....
  • Interesting. I think that I'll look for those on that Jungle website. Are they wet / dry? *NM*
    • I use them wet. *NM*
  • Thanks for the review. Probably at the HobLob stores. But did you know your quarter is facing the wrong way..lol *NM*
  • I bought some of those too. They were really expensive. But I do like them. *NM*
    • Really!? Mine were well under $10. *NM*
      • Mine were about that price. *NM*
• I just got my first Salvinos Jr kit. 1971-72 Petty roadrunner. Looking at the instructions .....................
  • We went into detail about all the Salvinos 70's era kits recently......
• "FROM BEHIND THE SPOTLIGHT" The AMT 2021 Dodge Charger R/T came in today along with a couple of other new kits.
• Raided my parts and decal stash to finish my AMT '60 Ranchero / toy monster truck kit bash. I like the way it turned out.
  • That's pretty cool. *NM*
  • WOW!! *NM*
  • Sweet!!!! *NM*
  • Looks like fun little quick build!!! *NM*
  • WOW !! That's a super build. I like how your mind works. *NM*
  • Works for me *NM*
  • Very nice! Really like your paint fade. *NM*
  • Really creative! Colored headlights are a great touch a la Grave Digger *NM*
• If you only handle your chrome once and with gloves why worry about durability?
  • Well, Irv, I'm not as good a modeler as you. I have to test fit multiple times--still blows up in my face occasionally. *NM*
    • Ditto! *NM*
• Even in the 70's kids were a lot more responsible than they are today, long hair or not! 8^)) *NM*
  • AGREED.......I took a LOT of pride in that job......maybe my favorite job I had. *NM*
• This is for Irvin Arter Jr. You've probably fielded this question a hundred times. What did you make the parking spots you have Shirley Shahan's Plymouth on? Are the parking blocks painted wood? What did you use for the yellow parking lines? Is the "pavement" sandpaper? *NM*
  • The blacktop is just thin black foam from Hobby Lobby. Curbs are balsa wood cut and painted yellow
• Looking for help from a resin caster
  • Can you be more specific? Might help to find a caster. *NM*
    • Re: Can you be more specific? Might help to find a caster.
  • I need to get the same thing done on some
• Welcome back! *NM*
• Terry Jesse, I forget, is it Wyoming where you live?? Thanks. *NM*
  • No, a little north of there. *NM*
    • Huh. I would have said east of there. *NM*
      • Dave, take another look at USA map. My 2¢ *NM*
        • Doh! I read Wyoming, but pictured Idaho in my head. I'll go back to sleep now... *NM*
          • I picture things in my head ALL THE TIME!😎 *NM*
• Really not into diecast, BUT, at GOODWILL, the following , followed me home, '36 Chrysler Airflow in Army green,missing hood ornament(1/32nd scale)?, black '53 Cheby lowrider, missing hood ornament, black '59 El Camino lowrider, missing driver's side wiper, and right
  • Ya done good Boomer, only wish you could post pics. *NM*
  • LOL.... You're never gonna guess who dropped off the Airflow and the 53 Chevy there a few weeks ago...
    • Small world!! Yup, there was a few VWs there also. *NM*
    • That's funny!! *NM*
• I think the bottom 2 pics' '63s label is a typo. Aren't they '64s? *NM*
• Cool.... Glad to have you back! *NM*
• Have not checked but it should if it is a true '67 (1967 was the last and only year for vent windows on Camaros / Firebirds as well as some others. *NM*
• This "Crushed Car" pic makes me laugh as it was one of my more poor decisions back in the 90's.... *PIC*
• I have always just accepted that most Revell equivalent kits compared to AMT or MPC are "slightly" bigger. I just assumed it was the Monogram influence.....
  • Monogram may have done 1/24 scale because other model companies outside the U,S, did 1/24. 1/25 is U.S. only, but with a twist, from what I've read.
    • To expand a bit, the 1/10 was what the auto manufacturers used for their engineering drawings (standard engineering decimal use). So that was the drawings the promo producers got to work from. *NM*
• 1965 Plymouth S/S Drag Car (photos)
  • Looks cool.....but isn't the front end way to tall for your taste ???? LOL !!! *NM*
    • It's the way it came. I did add taller front tires *NM*
  • Way cool! *NM*
  • Nicely done!!!! *NM*
  • Nice build! *NM*
  • Very cool build. I worked with an old hot rodder who raced against her in the late 50s. *NM*
  • Great Looking Build! *NM*
  • I have three words BEAU-TI-FUL *NM*
  • Two thumbs up Irvin!! *NM*
  • Awesome build!!! NM *NM*
  • Nice! *NM*
  • Tricky paint scheme that turned out real sharp! *NM*
  • What decals did you usse?? *NM*
    • I listed it in the original post *NM*
  • That came out looking great. *NM*
  • Awesome looking build, you did great. I really like the dash panel, excellent work. Where did you buy or how did you make the asphalt surface that the model is sitting on? I'd like to use that for a diorama. *NM*
    • look near the top of the page there is a separate post on my parking lot materials *NM*
  • When I checked Slixx Decals.....
• Thanks for all the well wishes guys!!! Nm *NM*
• OT...I used to know this but forgot...how do you check if there is a short to ground in car wiring? My brand new battery doesn't like to stay "up" after a week and a half or so. Thanks. *NM*
  • What are you driving? *NM*
    • '56 Chevy, with a generator and regulator, which are both good. *NM*
  • Ask google, they even have a short video on what to do. *NM*
  • Sounds like you may have a "draw" in the system and not really a "short"......
    • Yes, that's how I now remember what to do. Unfortunately, I have yet to see the fuse block on this car. Of course, I haven't really looked hard for it. But thanks. *NM*
  • I bought this tool in the early '70s and it's still sold... *PIC*
  • Pull one of the cables off and put a volt meter in between the post and cable see how much draw you have. *NM*
  • Jim, a quick way to check your system
    • Thanks Al. *NM*
• How do the two bodies compare?
  • Mark, its been a few years, my memory is vague. I remember putting the interior side panels into the AMT they were too tall. Also putting the 2 bodies next to each other the Revell is taller and longer than the AMT body. The Cyclone is MPC I think. Maybe that's why it works. *NM*
    • I'm thinking the AMT Torino body is the odd one out, smaller than the other two...
• Welcome back. Look forward to seeing your postings. *NM*
• New chrome pens--packaged alot like Molotow--bought some on modeling supplies/tools site--more to come *NM*
  • I have the Gundam Marker EX that I like a lot better than Molotow. *NM*
    • David, please tell us why. I'd really like to know. *NM*
      • It's much more durable. Not as sensitive to handling. And I like the chisel tip better. *NM*
        • Will test mine, soon. Found one at the chain store - had to look very close at the packaging, though *NM*
        • No matter which brand I use I cut all the tips into a chisel point with a razor blade much happer with the results *NM*
      • Here's what it looks like. *NM* *PIC*
        • Thanks!! *NM*
    • David, I like the Gundam better than Molotow too when using it as a Pen. I airbrush Molotow and like it it sprays and how it looks, but it's still fragile. Have you, or know someone, who has sprayed Gundam thru an airbrush? Any special preporation, thinning or anything else? *NM*
      • I have not tried and know of no one else trying. *NM*
• I agree with all the others!! *NM*
• This was a Revell '65 Chevelle chassis, stretched to line up with an AMT '64 Chevelle, yes you can make the Starsky and Hutch chassis fit the '71, it just takes plastic and glue! Cheers! *NM* *PIC*
  • Here's a pic of that '65 chassis under the '64: *NM* *PIC*
• Here's what was required to fit a Revell '72 Cutlass chassis to the AMT '64 Cutlass, never mind the mini-tubs: *NM* *PIC*
  • Here's a pic of that '72 chassis under the '64: *NM* *PIC*
    • Did you use flat sheet styrene to fill in the extended floor pan? *NM*
      • Yes. *NM*
• Doc Craft published an internal Ford memo detailing a test at Daytona in late '65
  • Think Ford ran a prototype "NASCAR frame" Fairlane in the sports car race at Daytona in '64...or was it '63? Vaguely recall the driver was Curtis Turner...or was it Fireball? Car was built by Holman Moody. *NM*
    • That is a gap in the Ford GN story
      • Thought Bonner was the drag racer with the Sport Coupe-based Thunderbolt, but that car resulted from a crash when a dealer mechanic WRECKED the car during a trip home.
        • You comment that the Sports Coupe was a longer wheelbase. I think all 64 Fairlane's were 115.5 wheelbase. *NM*
        • PBJ recalls the 500 as a purchase from H-M. Thunderbolt conversion was a large deal, took a Dearborn Steel Tubing to execute properly...
  • The first '66 Comet (Bud Moore build) had shock towers, everything after that one had the Galaxie front stub. Leaf springs out back though, same as the showroom cars *NM*
    • Correct - and Ned Jarrett ran a '66 shock tower car briefly, wondering if Ford just gifted him the test Fairlane? *NM*
• Much chopping involved - a hybrid of the S+H and GN chassis is the play
  • I hope the builder will post in progress as well as finished pics. *NM*
    • Basically, started with the GN Torino and the SH car...
• In the review I read on a German website it appears to be moderately more durable than Molotow. I'm hoping with some curing time in the dehydrator it may be even better. I have some on order at my LHS, but it appears it's out of stock just about everywhere. *NM*
• Juha,many thanks for taking the time to reply,I am honoured that you have done so as I was & am in awe of your modelling skill as has been shown via the number of articles in the old SAE,your comment regarding the Audi TT roof is something I had not considered & has given me
  • Re: Juha,many thanks for taking the time to reply,I am honoured that you have done so as I was & am in awe of your modelling skill as has been shown via the number of articles in the old SAE,your comment regarding the Audi TT roof is something I had not considered & has give