Rob Hall
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25 minutes ago, George Bojaciuk said:
If you do a 6, you will need a sweep dash! I’m chatting with Wylde on that issue currently!
That would be nice. I thought cutting the speedometer area out of a ‘70 Impala dash and fitting it in. I think any non ‘70 SS Chevelle would have the strip speedometer? The round gauges were an SS thing, I think.
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Those base Chevelle/Malibu parts would be nice to have...all the kits of the '70 have been SSes, would like to do a couple as base 6 cyl or small block Chevelles.
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Unusually nice sunny Saturday for February in NE Ohio, took my 5.0 out for a drive on some great winding two lane roads nearby.
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17 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:
At 19:18, did he say they were going to do a Warlock in 1/18 scale? That's different
Another AMT trailer reissue. They just re-did the Great Dane reefer trailer a year or so ago, so I guess it was due for another?
This is the AMT Fruehauf reefer trailer, the Great Dane reefer was an ERTL tool... It's been a long time since this one was last out I think.
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Hard to tell without badges. Maybe a Suzuki Alto.
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Neat..never seen that video. There is a 3D printed '68 Galaxie 4dr like the car in the video, there is one on eBay now...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256134015225?hash=item3ba2c6e8f9:g:3H0AAOSwafdkqCkL
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4 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:
My dad just mentioned that to me ; I was unaware of that.
I only 'itemised' the films which I'm familiar with (I've seen Patton, but that was many years ago).
That I remembered...my Dad loved that movie, I watched it with him several times 30-40 years ago..
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8 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:
Bill Hickman also acted in Bullitt , French Connection, and Seven-Ups :
- Hitman in Bullitt
- FBI Agent Bill Mulderig in French Connection
- "Bo" in Seven-Ups
Sonny "Cloudy" Grosso was behind the latter, in addition to having a small role in the film.
Hickman was also in Patton as Patton's Jeep driver.
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Hickman is also known for being the driver of the Charger in Bullitt.
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Oh, yeah French Connection and Seven-Ups are good crime and car chase movies. Saw them first as a teenager in the 80s. If they aren't too grainy they would probably look good on my modern 65 inch HDTV. Have to watch them again, probably been 20 years since I've seen either...
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My 3 from Model Roundup just came.
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Got my 3 Demons from Model Roundup today.
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Great movie..didn't realize it was based on a book. The sequel was good also...Gene Hackman was always one of my favorite movie tough guys.
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1 hour ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:
I'm not trying to argue either, but the definition of a hot rod as defined by the rodfathers is an American made automobile manufactured before 1949 modified...etc...
I think a new term for what you are showing is needed, it may be innovative and cool but it's not a 'hot rod'. My $.02 and worth both pennies.
Over to you!
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It's kind of limiting to be stuck to those old time definitions...1948 is over 75 years ago. I get it, the diesel Tesla is an example of modern 'hot rodding', i.e. modifying a car in a non-stock manner. A while back, I watched a good series of YouTube videos from Rich Rebuilds where they put an LS into a Tesla Model S... a lot of work and fabrication went into it... the results were interesting.
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18 minutes ago, MrMiles said:
we got the ring camera. it is supposed to have a long battery life, but what they dont tell you is that in reality it only lasts about a month if you keep the motion detectors on and get any decent amount of foot traffic, say 10 people walking by per day.
last night at 4:45 am the ring starts ringing my phone because the battery is low again. apparently there is not a way to turn off this notification either. of course, with it waking me up like that, i had a hard time falling asleep again. i have since turned on bedtime mode on my phone, which is supposed to suppress all messages, but lets see if it works for the ring
When I had Ring cameras, I usually got about 6 weeks to a charge out of them. You can adjust the zones for motion detection and the sensitivity to get longer battery life.
At my new house I have 2 of the Google Nest wired door bells and six Nest battery cameras, I'm getting about 6 weeks out of them also. But the Nest cameras are a newer generation than the Ring cameras I had and have much clearer images.
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22 hours ago, Can-Con said:
The green one's actually the '79 annual, Jeff. MPV started using names on the annual kits for a while so they could be kept on the shelves longer without being seen as "old".
I think the only difference between them is the '79 has the turbine style factory wheels instead of the 5 spoke Z-28 rally wheels.
IIRC, the ‘79 kit had the redesigned dash like the 1:1 had. I built the ‘78 & ‘79 kits as a kid back in the day.
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1 hour ago, Waldorf said:
I just got this in the mail and I am very disappointed. After the BOSS 351 version came out I was hoping for a Ram Air 429. It is a basic non optioned Mach 1 with a big block. What a waste. I took the big block out of the kit to use with the BOSS 351 kit to make the Ram Air. Neither kit had the rear window louvers and the Mach 1 has NO spoilers and basic wheels. I will never understand this one. Are they getting paid to advertise for a Bond movie that has been out for years?
It’s a replica of the movie car, which was a base Mach 1. The kit is exactly as expected. Maybe down the road they will do a loaded Ram Air Mach 1.
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Just got an email from Model Roundup that my 3 preorders have shipped. Woo-hoo!
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Got these two built kits from the same seller on eBay. Both restorable and complete (the Vega is missing the steering wheel)—AMT ‘72 Monte Carlo and MPC ‘71 Vega.
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Fighting off the afternoon sleepys on a gray day while on a work Zoom call... muted so my team can't hear me yawning..
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I have a feeling this one like the Demon and Ford pickups is stuck in distribution hell as far as the US goes..
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20 minutes ago, gtx6970 said:
But there have been dozens sold on ebay the past few weeks . Some sellers even have 2nd round sales
I assume those were sourced via Wal-Mart. Seems like the distribution is really slow on these kits.
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On 1/23/2024 at 9:08 AM, gotnitro? said:
I emailed model roundup about my order and was told the same thing about inventory. They were expecting to ship kits next week.
They are saying the week of Feb 4th on their site...
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Speaking of non-SS Chevelles, I had not heard of the Malibu 400, googled and turned up pics of a convertible w/ the strip speedo, column shift automatic, bench seat, and factory stripes. Wild...