papajohn97 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I've had '60's super stock drag cars on the brain since start of the pandemic and have built twenty of them since late 2019, here are my latest three: AMT/ Round 2 (Lindberg) '62 Chevy Bel Air 409 A/S "Northwind": OOB except for Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master ignition and linkage parts. Old AMT decals are incredibly brittle, I had to spray these with acrylic spray to get them to hold together. AMT/ Round 2 (Lindberg) '64 Dodge 426 Hemi (the Ramchargers kit) - Dick Landy's original SWB car before he altered the wheelbase. I used the excellent Slixx decal set and added Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master ignition and throttle parts to the engine and some after market seat belt parts and tach, otherwise pretty much OOB: Moebius '65 Comet A/FX w/ Ford 427 SOHC - the Dyno Don kit car: This one's pretty stock other than Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master distributor and plug wires and throttle linkage parts and after market seat belt/ harness parts. Unlike other Moebius kits I've built, these decals cracked on me so I suspect there's a limited shelf life on the kit decals (build 'em soon if you got 'em!): I still have like a dozen or so sixties super stock kits in my stash so hopefully I'll post more in '22 if you like them. Cheers, John 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Keep them coming John....your builds have been pretty awesome👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinger 340 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Very nice builds. Very clean. I like how you fixed the stance on that Lindberg kit. I always thought they were to low for a 60's super stock car. Keep 'em coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Super nice work! They all look great! I really like the Bel Air, it's probably one of the best builds of that kit I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaldrumm Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Really nice clean builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I like you style and quality. Keep 'em coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Those all look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Great looking Stock cars. Nicely done. I like the 409 in that 62. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Magnificent work! Very VERY well done and model on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Be still my heart; 60's Super Stock racing filled every thought of my teen years. These are some beautiful examples of the cream of the crop. Now if you were to add one from the "bad boys of Burlington" - Sox & Martin, that would only make it better. Please show us more of your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Thanks guys for all the kind comments and encouragement, a lot of amazing builds on this board so it’s an honor to even be noticed! I do have a set of Sox & Martin decals for the AWB ‘65 Ply along with sets for Shirley Shahan’s Drag-In-Lady, Gumpy’s Black Arrow, Dick Brannan’s ‘63 Galaxie, the Seaton’s Shaker AWB Chevelle and Dick Harrell’s first AWB Nova all in my decal and kit stash which I hope to build in the coming months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveracer Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 love the clean builds especially in the engine compartments! Keep em coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Thorne Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Beautiful. The carbs make the motors real, unlike the “blobs” that come with the kits. There can’t be too many accurate representations of these awesome cars. Please send more? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Man, these look great! Always like the Super Stock class since they look like the regular passenger cars but racy. Your engines are a great addition to the already good looking model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Very nice build !! 👍😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Super nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdrag1 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Great builds ! love your engine work !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, bigdrag1 said: Great builds ! love your engine work !! Fantastic builds. Sure wish that a 63 Pontiac Super Duty 421 Catalina was available for you to build! Can't believe the kit makers have overlooked those championship winning beasts. Would like to see how you could make it pop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Ego Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 These are very cool. Nice work my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajohn97 Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 8:09 PM, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said: Fantastic builds. Sure wish that a 63 Pontiac Super Duty 421 Catalina was available for you to build! Can't believe the kit makers have overlooked those championship winning beasts. Would like to see how you could make it pop! I agree Robert. MCW offered a resin ‘63 Catalina set but they’ve been out of stock for sometime. I would love to to kitbash a ‘63 resin body with the ‘62 AMT chassis to make this Arnie Beswick car: With dark decals on a silver car, I might be able to do my own decals at home. Decal availability seems to dictate what I build as well as kits. When you look at George Klass’s website, it’s amazing how many hundreds (thousands?) of super stockers that burned up the strips in those early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Those are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The big Pontic Super Stockers were great cars. I'm building a '62 Catalina right now but stock, probably should have gone the drag car route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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