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Exotics_Builder

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  1. Love Gen 1 Camaros. Unfortunately, this got stolen and totaled before its second anniversary.
  2. If not in a kit, they are here https://www.3dscaleparts.com/search-results?q=swan
  3. Went to the Portland Roadster Show the other day. A lot of interesting vehicles. Here are some examples and a link to the Flickr Album for the rest. If anyone is interested, I do have hi-res versions on my computer. Link to the Show Album
  4. If you check the Model Car Garage PE set for the 66, it does have almost all of what you're seeking. Can't quite tell what the last emblem is?
  5. Off the top of my head, the Revell 32 Fords with the Small Block Ford V8 has one. Called a Pump in the instructions, Part Number 70. The Revell 66 Chevy has the AC Delco style, part number 30 AMT 68 El Camino has one, part number 10 Other model car kits have different styles. More modern GM engines have the rotary AC compressor. Late version 62 AMT TBird has the Ford piston version.
  6. Off the Sprue does a 3D print version of an A/C Compressor that is close https://offthesprue.com/product/3d-ac-compressor/
  7. You can get the Cosworth Vega engine and wheels from Canuck 3D, in the USA it would be through Geroge Bojaciuk (who posts on this forum). I have those parts and they are excellent quality. Got the decals from Keith Marks (I believe). This is the base kit I'm using
  8. Before moving back to Washington state, a club I belonged to in Illinois did a bulk order so folks wanting only one or two parts could benefit. We had a focal point collect and make the order then distribute it to the parties in the order. A tad of work, but helpful to those of more limited means. For me, I build up an order for myself and go as big as I can. That was especially true when a lot of the Ferrari focused parts were available from Norm.
  9. Loving it. I got some Geromino wheels to finish mine (still on the shelf)
  10. Just to relate what kind of person Norm is, he contacted me recently when he read my write up on Custom 48 Ford. In that, I had mentioned the grilles being rubbery. He wanted to know about any other problems there may have been and see about digging out the mold to recast. This was on a product that is almost 30 years old. I have interacted with him for years, but never actually met him. Yet, he was willing to try to help out because of who he is. I declined the offer as I have found out that the grille is very similar to a 41 Lincoln. I happen to have an unbuilt Monogram kit on the shelf and, sure enough, with some surgery it can be made to work. The Monogram kit is now a parts kit (everything there but the grilles). I have scads of his product, including the Ferrari pieces he did years back. And I will continue to order from him until the day he decides to hang it up. A GENTLEMAN, pure and simple.
  11. Okay. This is getting a little crazy. I happen to have Norm's latest (2024) catalog in PDF form. I ran it through my editor and got each page as a JPG file and they are here attached.
  12. I checked an AMT 49 Mercury kit in my stash and they are in there. Even have the Weiand logo. Not sure what Mopar engine is in the kit, but the valve covers are there
  13. Went to a swap meet yesterday and came back with these. Some are on the edge of my interest area but could be future trade fodder.
  14. Maybe. I'd have to check the parts box
  15. That is the technique I used. Closest to actual texture I've seen on the 1:1's. Color depends on what the effect is to be.
  16. Been thinking about popping for this one, but too many on the shelf to be built as it is.
  17. Sure sounds like it. I'd ping Jameston with the info you provided and any photos you might be to take and get his advice.
  18. I use a Helping Hand base with a single alligator clip. I then use a wood clothes pin to cradle the transmission. I will attach the clothes pin to the alligator clip. This allows me to rotate/adjust the engine as necessary for detailing. I then paint the trans. For engines with transmissions (rear transaxles), I will use a bamboo skewer and insert into a hole with white glue (so I can break the bond and clean it up). If the torque tube is attached to the engine (think C5-C6 vettes) the clothes pin will grasp that.
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