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Karl LaFong

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  1. I finished the Hudson altered today. Decals are by Slixx, WIP info can be found here:
  2. Nice job! Glad to see a drag car that doesn't have an OHV V8. Dare to be different!!
  3. Almost done - I just need to add some details. Next stop: "Under Glass"
  4. Outside of the interior, the gurney does look narrow, but once it's in the interior and the window decals have been applied, you don't notice the size.
  5. Wow!! NICE job! Looks like someithing out of a 1960-ish Rod & Custom.
  6. Got some more work done on the altered. The color is Tamiya Metallic Orange. The engine is basically stock, except for the Replicas & Miniatures carb velocity horns and 2 sets of exhausts from the Revell Tony Nancy Plymouth engine.
  7. I admire drag racers who use non-OHV powered cars. When I was researching the Hudson 6, I was surprised to learn that the racing version was bored out to 308 CI, which puts it in the neighborhood of small block V8s. While it seems that most racers used Chevy/GM inline sixes,there were a few Hudson powered drag cars. The engine is from the Moebius 1952 Hudson. The only non-kit item is a magneto from the Tony Nancy drag kits, which also supplied the front tires & wheels. The rest is a mixture of Revell & Atlantis parts - the chassis and Austin body are 1962 Parts Pack pieces, the front axle and rear tire/wheels are from the 90's issue Miss Deal, and the rear axle is from Atlantis; so this build will encompass parts from the past 62 years.
  8. I started by modifying the interior of the AMT Surf Shark, and used the wheels/tires, decals, siren, and siren from the AMT 1959 Cadillac Ambulance (and I have other plans for the 1959 Ambulance!). Paint is Tamiya Gloss White and Italian Red; I snagged the license off the internet, and photoreduced it, and printed it on photopaper. Not my usual subject matter, but I love th look of old Caddies.
  9. I received the AMT Surf Shark as a Christmas gift (via Ollies!). The Surf Shark interior was still the Ecto1, so I needed to modify it with some Evergreen styrene. The completed version is in Under Glass
  10. I got mine on Wednesday; yes the lines were removed.
  11. WOW! Talk about turning a lemon into lemonade! Job well done.
  12. FWIW, the marks for hood hole for the HCTJ version are still present, as are the marks for hogging the rear wheel wells for slicks (this is one of the 90's versions of the kit, I assume this hasn't changed?). In the old "Vegas" '57 T-bird, short shots of the HCTJ front radius rods were present. Since the front springs of the Comet and Falcon are sort of small, maybe the front springs from the 33 Willys would work better?
  13. An early 60's service station truck - I seem to remember that some were this color.
  14. All, Thanks for the leads! I'm leaning towards the Chrome Yellow - I've never had a bad experience with Tamiya (except for the dent their paint puts in my wallet).
  15. Does anyone make a styrene-compatible School Bus Yellow? I'd prefer not to deal with 'hot' paint like Rustoleum, Duplicolor, etc. Thanks!
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