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Greetings... Seen in brief would be a some light work performed to the 1:18th ACME Dan Gurney pilot car/press release '70 AAR 'Cuda, with distinct white strobe side stripe livery and numeral placement never run in competition. Doubtless something of a cash grab as ACME releases go, although I was very happily gifted this example by a friend maybe two years ago. Pre-season rollout of the then-new Barracuda at Riverside International Raceway with all involved projecting smiles to mark the moment. No spring loaded lug alignment/retention discs are seen on the Minilite wheels as of yet, no A-pillar mounted fresh air duct is noticed (also forthcoming), while early on it was naturally expected that both Dan Gurney and Swede Savage would contest every race across the 1970 SCCA Trans-Am series. - Concerning my limited effort, here the as-delivered wheels and tires from ACME have been replaced with a combination of old GMP Penske Trans-Am Camaro Goodyear Blue Streaks with fine blue line sidewall markings removed, the tires mated to hand cast resin Minilites representing a modification of the GMP '69 Penske Camaro tool for featuring what I hope would be perceived as better shaped spokes and better outer rim lip contour. Subject to further refinement to the extent of perhaps be shortened, the exhaust dumps were redone with brass tubing. The wheels plus tires seen were mated to the Hwy. 61/ACME E-body tool for use of 1:18th ERTL second generation Pontiac Firebird Trans Am wheel backs complete with the mounting system (basically a washer of sorts that spins within the wheel half facing back) that for modest effort (i.e. a round file was employed to open up the inner diameter of the washer) slips over the stock spindles front and rear to secure a reasoned press fit. Some material was shaved off the back of each of the aforementioned ERTL assemblies to adjust for track both front and rear, but in essence everything else was employed without modifications and sans glue. While the model won't soon roll off the shelf unannounced, for use of the more or less readily available ERTL parts, the wheels and tires displayed here still spin. Other light work would include the substitution of a stock interior rear view mirror for a hand cast resin Wink multiple element model fashioned long before, whereas the A-pillar mounted interior fresh air duct has been removed and discarded, the refueling inlet plus cap replaced with larger and better defined examples of each. Kind thanks for your review of this leisurely multi-project update. Mike K./Swede70

One can say Revell/Monogram entered the "modern" nitro racing era at the worst time back in 1985 with the Funny Cars kits and 1987 with the Top Fuel kits, the evolution in the nitro classes both technically and visually was so fast in the mid 80's and 90's so it was hard to keep up as it changed all the time, and every time Revell did updates to the kits they still fell behind as the progress in the sport was so fast...but that progress slowed down and stabilized in the early 2000's so if they had persevered and done the necessary updates they would have been a lot more accurate. The latest Top Fuel kits from Revell from 2002 are pretty close, but Revell did not do all the necessary updates on these kits and that I can't understand as it wasn't that much, they did some updates but not everything needed to even do the cars correct for what they were supposed to be. The things needed updating in the kits to be what they use today are mostly a different roll cage with a head shield and a larger wind whield, or a DSR canopy, the ignition should have larger 44 amp MSD magnetos instead of the smaller Mallory Super Mag III magnetos, the fuel system needs Sid Waterman inline fuel gear pumps instead of the old style side by side Enderle rotor pumps, a set back 14-71 blower and intake manifold, new titanium valve covers with spark plug shields, a one piece front wing mounted in front of the nose instead of the two wings mounted to the sides of the nose, a 3 element rear wing with updated side panels instead of the 2 element wing, a larger puke can, and a belly pan...and that's about it...there are also some explosion blankets and hold down straps on the engines but they are easy to do. If Revell had done most of these updates to the Tony Schumacher ARMY Dragster and the Kenny Bernstein Budwaiser King Dragster wich were the last issued from Revell they would pretty much have been up to date even today 23 years later...except for wheels wich change all the time, the rest is what they still use to this day. For the Funny Cars they need to do the same things to the engine as with the Top Fuel Dragsters, a fuel tank with a dry sump oil tank beside it (funny cars have dry sump systems to be able to mount the engine lower in the chassis), change the roll cage some and put on a head shield and padding, and of course the bodies and the wheels.

Nice build, very well detailed and right for the time period.

Yes that’s it. Thank you so much buddy!

I believe so. The new AMT kit of the CO 4070A is based on the original ERTL release, and as they didn't have the tooling wich was altered to the CO 4070B Transtar II back in 1976 they scanned the old kit and made new and improved ones.

To err is human Bill. But I do agree with your last post sentiments. Been there. Done that etc. Usually diligent and think things through first. Only myself to blame !

Nice build my..Welcome back to the modeling world..Sometimes it takes getting away from this to get your juices going again..The pandemic did it for me..I have this kit and didn't really think about it until I saw your build..You gave me some incentive to do something with mine..Again really nice job on your build.

Interesting to see a military fire truck. Nice model.

These look great! I totally apprecite tht you scratch built them. Much respect, for that!

More or less that same one, actually. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-24143-amg-mercedes--122891

Nice fab work, and the paint is looking killer! I love the color.

Looks great! It looks like you could put a splash of nitro in the tank and she'll fire right up. Now if only someone would make a modern day Top Fuel and Funny Car kit.

Wow outstanding work looks fantastic!! What a great old kit save!

Outstanding work!! Love it !!

I'm ready to read it when you write it, Sir! Your Knowledge of this historic car is breathtaking.

Very nice indeed 👌👌

Well, I happen to have the following in the stash (unbuilt) so I could do a check out of what may or may not fit. What pieces are you specifically looking for? BTW, the MPC is in my To Sell stash

Triumph TR4a IRS greg

You pretend you can only have one. What would it be? For me it's the '72 Porsche 911S coupe. I could live with one every day and never get tired of it.

My 32 Tudor build id under glass so got to do some work over the weekend. I colour sanded 3200 through to 8000g during the week taking my time and leaving it to sit and gas out some more between grit sizes. The Tamiya acrylic takes a while to harden and the wait time between paint and sanding of about 3-4 weeks was worth it Got some shine on it over the weekend and some work on minor stuff Thanks for looking

Kidding or not, you're correct - I'm happily single.

Seconds later it bursts into flames and burns for a week releasing all kinds of delicious toxins and heavy metals into the ecosphere...all while saving the planet.

Thank you Michael!

Looking good James. I mixed a similar colour mix for my 32 coupe build and the finish off the gun was very flat. Even flatter than yours. I had to pour the clear to get it to shine but it did in the end Like the colour matched plug leads too