Steve Milberry

 

the earth is INDEED flat.  

Well,, it sure looks like you said it.  

Tom, you know Modelhaus has everything you need except the interior bucket, right?

Good luck with the project though, hope you do this one shiny

I used to speak up but I usually keep my mouth shut these days.

I usually just let it go and say "whatever"

 My time can be put to better use than argueing with someone I don't even know about something that dosen't usually even matter that much.

You guys do know that a 430 looks identicle to a 455 except for the direction the ribs on the valve covers run right?

There's one in the AMT '69 Riv. Not anywhere as nice as the Monogram 455 but it's 1/25 and slightly underscale at that so it's a pretty good size for a 350. Just sand off the valve cover ribs and add new ones, You really should even if you do use the Monogram engine as the 350 has one less rib. 

BTW, I just went out to the grage and measured the set of Stage-1 valve covers I have hanging out there and they're about 2 inches longer than a small block Chevy valve cover. Only less than 1/2 an inch wider though. I'm pretty sure that the 350 Buick covers are almost exactly the same size as the Chevy ones. ,, But I haven't had a small Buick engine in ages, just the big block now.

SO ,,,, if it was me ,,, I'd use a Pontiac engine [for the plug area detail in the heads] with the front cover/water pump/distributor fom the Monogram Buick with a modified set of sb Chevy valve covers.

 I bet there's a buick expert around here somewhere.

I know a guy on here who's owned a '69 and a '72 Riviera, a '70 Skylark and '72 LeSabre convertibles. a '73 Centurion, took his driver's test in a '74 LeSabre with a 455 in it and is currently in posession of a '68 Electra.

Wouldn't call him an "expert" though.