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AMT 1957 Chevrolet Cameo
maxwell48098 replied to Jonathan's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Sure would be nice to see Round 2 re-release the 1957 after seeing all of the 1955's released over and over again. A.J. -
The tread width of the MPC/Ertl/AMT DM800 and DM600 is too wide for them to be correct for 1/25 scale. So these chassis will work fine with 1/24 scale casting. I have a feeling that Jim Etter the original proprietor of AIM purposely made his castings a little wider so that the MPC chassis would work. If you've ever built the DM800 or DM600, the tires actually extend past the edges of the fenders, but this casting fits them perfectly. A.J.
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I use thee different types of liquid glue. What I have to done prevent knocking over the tall glue bottles of Plastruct Plastiweld, Plast-i-weld by Flex File, and MEK Substitute is to rubber band the three tall glass bottles together to form a triangle shape. Haven't had a problem with knocking this over for decades back to the old Tenerex days. A.J.
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WHATS GOING ON HERE?
maxwell48098 replied to CaddyDaddy's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Boy, I can remember getting a McDonald's Hamburger for 15 cents, fries set you back another 10 cents, and a large (today's medium) Coke cost another 25 cents. And we think truck have gotten expensive. A.J. -
Gregg, I'm retired from Chrysler and the high performance versions of the Charger use HP Hemi engines which have their blocks painted orange while cylinder hears remain bare aluminum.
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The Exhaust Manifolds on all of my MOPARs were a dark, rusty brown. That is true once the engine paint burned off. Just running them on "the rolls" dynos in the assembly plant, the top 2-3 inches of paint would be burnt off. Once it got to the dealership and prepped for delivery, in about 20 minutes the last of the paint was gone. Park the vehicle in humid air overnight, ato life. nd that rusty patina came. Every engine that I saw leave Mound Road Engine, or Trenton Engine in the suburbs of Detroit had the manifolds installed before paint. A.J.
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Here's one source of high quality custom decals. https://stsdecals.com/
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Johan tooling is long gone. It's a subject that has been discussed over and over for years here.
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Having worked on several 1:1 versions of these old Mopars, I must say that nearly every single one had various panel gaps and fit far worse than those on your model. On 1:1, we've spent days getting them even close to being equal and tight. Kudos on your efforts. A.J.
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Inexpensive solvent based glue
maxwell48098 replied to Oldmopars's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Yes, "MEK substitute" does work fine, and its odor isn't nearly as strong original MEK. I git mine at Lowes for $8.69 for a quart can. I just put some in an old Plastruct cement bottle, and have even mixed some into other liquid cements to stretch them out a little. No noticeable degradation of the other cements. A.J. -
I wonder if Round 2 will issue a 4X4 Dodge W100 using the 4x4 suspension pieces from Warlock? Seems pretty simple, if they can do the reverse for the warlock. A.J.
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My spray bomb technique, and why.......
maxwell48098 replied to JollySipper's topic in Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
Looks like I'm not the only one you uses the bottom up technique. Been doing it that way for maybe 50 years now. A.J.