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Could it have been the Olson Brothers or Fireball Models? I think they're both still in business but I don't know how to get in touch with them.
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One of my first jobs was as a medical supply delivery driver. I drove an old 82 version of one of these. It was a 300 six with the three speed column shifter. It wasn't speedy, but it never broke down. I have a couple of this kit waiting to do a replica.
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I bought several of Revell's other tractor kits, in hopes of encouraging them to do more. Now I hope they'll do a series of American tractors as some of them were either built or imported into Europe and the UK as well. I'd love to have a couple of Ford 9Ns!
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I'll get one, even with all the shortcomings. I like seeing these old trucks hot rodded and can see a couple of ways to make this one interesting. What I really hope is that MPC will backdate their Deserter to produce a mid 70s two and four wheel drive version.
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I have a nostalgic attraction to Monogram's old 1/24th sports cars. Their Datsun was one of my favorites of the batch. Love your builds.
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On 4/3/2024 at 4:07 PM, Sledsel said:
That is a really nice kit that goes together well but in my opinion the provided tires are way to small
Until I looked it up, I forgot how small the tires were on older cars and how high they rode. My dad had a 1968 Mustang and he talked about how he had wide tires on it. I found a picture of it a while back and those wide tires were probably narrower than those on a stock Camry these days.
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Not sure where the mental glitch happened, I guess I'm going senile. The pack in the photo literally said Evergreen on it and I was still searching under Plastruct.
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I wonder if Salvinos has these molds too?
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46 minutes ago, Bill Eh? said:
I keep a copy of the Evergreen catalogue on my laptop. It is still listed. The product code for the 12" x 24" sheets is 14109.
Thank you! I was looking for it as Plastruct not Evergreen. Appreciate the help.
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How did I miss this kit? I didn't know they made a Square-Bird. Looks like you are making excellent progress, have fun on it!
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I'm thinking of making a Winnebago and I'd like to use something like this. Years ago someone sold this sort of plastic in larger sheets, like 12x24 or so. It has raised lines on it and would look pretty close to the stuff used on a 1:1 Winnie. I bought some when building a spaceship for a failed low budget local TV show. Now that I'm looking for it, I can't find it anymore. Am I just overlooking it?
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There was a Texaco station in my hometown that looked like the one in the picture when I was little. It had survived being torn down and was still in use. This station was built in the late 50s-early 60's and my dad told me it had been delivered on a flatbed truck and assembled on site. The whole thing was made of white enameled steel panels. The panels were probably 8 feet each and were embossed in a 2x2 foot pattern. I think it was finally sold, dismantled and moved somewhere else to reassemble.
The reason for this long story was that Plastruct has a sheet called sidewalk, I think. The pattern would come close to those 2x2 panels. It might be a good option to use, bonded to balsa or maybe modelers plywood.
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32 minutes ago, Mattilacken said:
The Porsche got to the finish line in time!
Looks amazing with excellent paint and love those wheels!
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42 minutes ago, CaddyDaddy said:
And, by the way, that “Win This Car” give away was for real! That speed shop REALLY DID give away a full blown nitro funny car!
I think I remember that. I used to steal my uncle's Car Craft magazines when he got through with them.
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8 hours ago, kelson said:
This mornings arrival...yup,! another Dodge Van!!🤷♂️
I definitely want one of these! Are the windows precut or does it just have scribed lines?
I keep asking Round 2 to backdate their current issue of the van. Maybe some day they will.
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There is someone in our town of less than 20,000 that has good tastes in daily drivers. Several times I've seen him in everything from Aston Martins to Lamborghinis to various Porsches. This is one of the few times I've seen one of his cars parked.
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2 hours ago, White Rabbit said:
Agreed. The Yates book is certainly closest to a documentary as there is (and a great read!).
It's certainly a challenge to find references of the original winners, let alone the rest of the runners. For example, the link in my post to the RX2 is the only photo of that car that I was able to find; and even that was a surprise. There is a Facebook page dedicated to the Run with unique pictures: https://www.facebook.com/realcannonballrun
Like you, I set out to build the original winners. I was able to acquire all the kits (though, the Cadillac is a body only). Thus far, I've completed the Daytona (less the decals which I've been a bit lax on making). The biggest challenge of the build was finding good reference photos, of which there are few. As for the Cadillac, the only photos that I've come across are those in the book, so a lot of inference is going to be needed to complete it.
Nice model! I have a Bburago Daytona I finished in that same color. Let me know it you decide to do the decals, I could use a set.
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I stole this picture from who knows where and forgot about it. Now I'm thinking it would make for an interesting car carrier.
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Not sure where I got this picture, but I think this trailer originally came from AMT. Has it been reissued recently in any kit? I'd like to have one.
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Tamiya's Racing White is pretty close to Ford's Wimbledon White, so it won't work for the FHP cars. You want something more like a light sand color for that.
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20 hours ago, White Rabbit said:
Hello Cannonballers! I hope you're well and that your builds are progressing.
This year, I wanted to also wanted to introduce some Cannonball history and trivia to enriches our scale version. Oldcarfan has already posted a link to an interesting article detailing a previous record holder. Likewise, if anyone wishes to contribute with Cannonball facts, history, or anything of interest; please feel free to post.
To begin, and because I'm entering a Mazda in this year's Run, I thought I would post some details about Mazda cars and their participation in the original Runs.
1972: Mazda RX2 driven by Fred De Van and Paul Solski that finished 6th with a time of 39:29 minutes and an average speed of 73.8mph.
Image: Instagram Image
1975: Mazda RX4 driven by Tom Kozlowski, Jeff Martini, Pierre Honegger, and Ray Walle that finished 8th with a time of 39.22 and an average speed of 73.6mph.
The picture was taken atop the RedBall Garage in New York prior to the race start. The (e-z wider) RX4 can be seen just behind the Porsches. (Image and article link: 1975 Cannonball Run)
1979: Mazda RX7 driven by Richard Doherty and Tad Richardson that finished 6th with a time of 35:17 and an average speed of 80.6mph.
The picture was taken at the conclusion of the race at the Portofino Inn. The RX7 can be seen at bottom center. (Image and article Link: 1979 Cannonball)
I'd pay good money if they were to do a good detailed documentary of the OG Cannonball runs.
I wish someone had taken more candid pictures of the individual cars. At one point I considered trying to make a model of all the original contenders, but the lack of pictures and viable model kits ruled that out.
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If you want to read it from the horse's mouth, this is a good book to get. In 2019 our kids were graduating High School and getting ready to move out so we took a long delayed family road trip. We drove from Austin, Texas to Lake Tahoe, then down to San Francisco and back to Austin. We hit all the attractions, stopping in Roswell, New Mexico to see the alien themed museum, the Grand Canyon, and of course Bonneville. This is a picture I took on the interstate as we neared the Salt Flats. My wife had just taken over the driving after she noticed I had us cruising at 97 mph. Even then we had been passed by several SUVs, a few sedans, and a Highway Patrol car who zipped by and pulled off the road shortly thereafter to go into a fast food place.
Also, here is another article on the last original Cannonball Run. They had done all the others with no issues, but I think Yates felt it was getting too commercial and too crazy. It was just a matter of time before something happened. The second article is about the official Cannonball successor, the One Lap Of America, a more organized and controlled, but still fun followup. In between were a few off-brand unofficial races, the US Express, and some others.
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15135751/the-last-cannonball-feature/
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/one-lap-origin-story/
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You did a great job on that! Wouldn't it be nice if Atlantis or Revell still had this tooling and could reissue this?
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4 hours ago, Can-Con said:
What's wrong with the MPC kits, Mike?
I think they have an excellent engine and suspension and very accurate bodywork. Only weak point I can think of is the interior. They didn't update the dash from the earlier trucks and the seats could be better but beside that?.
I grew up building the MPC kits so I have a sentimental attachment. I'd definitely love to see them invest some money into updating the kits, maybe redoing and updating the tools, and maybe fixing some of the poorly done retooling they did over the years.
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Any news/rumors of what Round2's gonna reissue for 2025? Here's my list.
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I would look forward to any of these. AMT has reissued the Chevy van many times and it seems about time they bring back the Open Road Camper version.
I really hope to see Round 2 backdating or cloning many of the old MPC tools. I'd love to have an early style Pinto in the Runabout and wagon versions and really all the old car, truck and van kits they did would be nice in their earlier versions. Perhaps they could backdate the Dodge van, add the windows back to the clear tree and do a proper Cannonball van?