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DanL

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  1. super build with a great color...
  2. Very, very nice work on a great looking kit. Would like to see more of your work Cheers DanL
  3. Loved the show as a kid... don't remember the car but it should turn out neat Cheers DanL
  4. Krylon is my fav too... I gat mine at Micheals with 30% off coupon
  5. Built one last year and it is a very nice kit... Looking good Cheers Dan
  6. Start with one of the original masters... H.P. Lovecraft.
  7. Very nice build... excellent detail on the engine Cheers Dan
  8. Nice collection of cars...loved the Pontiac Tempest 421 cu in.... good to see that most people have abandoned the ugly black wheel look Cheers Dan
  9. These are great cars... I like the Jagermiester livery as well. Super build with wonderful detail Cheers Dan
  10. Super cool model build... really creative and well executed Cheers Dan
  11. Paul is very good... has a good sense of humor and builds some great models Cheers
  12. Very nice... the wheels are spot on
  13. 19701/2 Z-28's seem to be quite popular... so I added a few more pics of my recent build. It does bring back fond memories of my old street car Cheers DanL
  14. Nice job... great pictures Cheers
  15. Don't mind the EV cars as much as I hate the self driving craziness...Seems more like the marketing departments are telling us what we should have no matter how stupid or dangerous. I can imagine those cars trying to deal with Edmonton streets in January when it's -40C and you have to consider braking half a block from the intersection..... I say if you don't want to drive take a bus. Cheers
  16. Thanks Patrick... sometimes you have to just mash the throttle and hang on!
  17. Thanks for all the positive comments... Cheers DanL
  18. For those of you considering building this AMT kit. It is not a properly designed kit... it does not go together well. The initial build up , painting and detail goes OK but when you attempt to fit it all together the pins don't fit the holes and the worst is the dash, windshield and windshield surround all want to occupy the same space. This is not a simple fix either. It requires major modifications to get it even close to fitting. Of course you have to do all this modification with painted and detailed pieces which just destroys them. It fought me to the very end, even the rear license plate holder didn't fit. Two bits of advice... Lower the entire dash in the interior tub before you start cutting the windshield and secondly, do not attach the two pieces of the chassis together until the very end. This is the first AMT kit I have built and it probably will be the last one, but I really did want to build the old Z-28. Here's a few more pictures....
  19. Yes... they really are a great design and look good from any angle. It's just too bad we don't have a properly good model kit to represent them.
  20. My original car ran American Racing slotted mags in the rear and Cragar SS mags up front with Mickey Thompson tires. It was common to see cars with two different types of wheels back then. Of course it had the LT-1 350 cu in engine along with 4.11 gears and Muncie 4 speed. 4000 RPM got me about 65 mph on the highway. I ran Gabriel Hi tracker air shocks in the back along with the yellow Lakewood traction bars as well as a shackle kit for clearance. The engine used Mallory dual point ignition, Holley 780 double pumper, Edelbrock manifold, Crane solid lifter camshaft, Ported and Polished heads and Hooker headers (in white of course). Exhaust ran through Thrush turbo 400 mufflers. Finished off the drivetrain with a Hays 3-finger racing clutch inside a Lakewood steel bellhousing. You really needed some leg strength to push that clutch pedal. I owned it for about 3 years, sold it once and bought it back and finally sold it for good. Made money on it each time. Good memories. Cheers DanL
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