Salvino's Pre-Production Richard Petty 1971 RoadRunner

[Art Laski]

Just completed this Salvino’s Roadrunner sample build for them to display at the NRHSA Convention & Table-Top Expo in Las Vegas this week. Tamiya spray paint on most of the chassis and parts, and Splash paint Petty Blue and 2K clear for the body. Since the kit is not yet released, the decals were a mix of a Power Slide Yesterday’s sheet and miscellaneous Salvino’s decals.

You can pre-order from Salvino's now, but will also be available at ScaleProShop.com around November.

[Street Rod]

Great job! 

[satterwhite78]

Well that's a treat! Any other "tantalizing tidbits" in the box?

[Dave Van]

Nice work on the build!! Body looks about 99% as good as the MPC vintage unit.

[catpack68]

Nice! Looking forward to purchasing a couple?

[TooOld]

Looks great , I preordered mine a few weeks ago !  I still have the MPC kit that I built way back in '72 , it's one of my favorites . 

 

[Art Laski]

On 9/12/2022 at 7:22 PM, satterwhite78 said:

Well that's a treat! Any other "tantalizing tidbits" in the box?

Charles, the tree I had had two front valences and two rear bumpers, so I think you'll get a choice of year.

Thanks for the comments, everyone! I think you'll like the kit. 

[oldnslow]

Wow , that looks nice .

 

[Pierre Rivard]

Beautiful build Art. I'm no expert but the body appears to be a good representation of the real car.

The one thing holding me back is their poorly designed generic chassis/engine that just does not cut it for me.

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Sir!

Nice build, bravo!

A question: I see small light reflection points spaced evenly in the joint between the top of the front bumber and the upper "valence"... Are those created by locating pins that secure the bumber at the proper position at the edge of the front body cavity?

Just curious... 

CT

[Dave Van]

1 hour ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Beautiful build Art. I'm no expert but the body appears to be a good representation of the real car.

The one thing holding me back is their poorly designed generic chassis/engine that just does not cut it for me.

Salvinos seems to be getting up to speed on accuracy, still room to grow. But HOW did they get that chassis so WRONG. Wrong type suspension on their early releases. Then they issue a fix.....that was WRONG TOO!!! I know many folks that consulted with Monogram on their series offered free help. It was met with 'start your own model company'  I have supported them by buying kits.....but if they were more correct I'd have hundreds like I do with Monogram. 

 

Just for your info.....The issue with suspension was the early kits offered only leaf springs on kit leaf spring would have been illegal on the real car. The fix was add a trailing arm set up.....but it was 1/32 scale!!!! (see below) Correct set up from a AMT kit, Salvinos on right. The transmission hump on the chassis is way to big, not a biggy but so easy to get right. 

 

We need Salvinos and I think they are becoming more open to outside help......Monogram used LOTS of outside help aand this made them better. Thanks

 

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Dave Van

[Merkur XR4Ti]

23 hours ago, Art Laski said:

Charles, the tree I had had two front valences and two rear bumpers, so I think you'll get a choice of year.

Thanks for the comments, everyone! I think you'll like the kit. 

Jim mentioned on Jay Savarese's build that he'll be making an adjustment on the spoiler to move it to a more upright position and reduce the height before it goes to full production.

[Shark]

I will by some, appreciate them getting involved.

My two cents: the nose looks a little long, especially the area between the hood and bumper. 

[JustJake]

 

 

Edited September 17, 2022 by JustJake

[yellowsportwagon]

On 9/15/2022 at 5:51 PM, Shark said:

I will by some, appreciate them getting involved.

My two cents: the nose looks a little long, especially the area between the hood and bumper. 

On the 72 Petty car that area was stretched. I’ll see if I can find a picture that shows it

[yellowsportwagon]

11 minutes ago, yellowsportwagon said:

On the 72 Petty car that area was stretched. I’ll see if I can find a picture that shows it

Here you go

[Shark]

You are right, never really noticed that. I guess I was so used to seeing the old MPC Petty kits that were very stock and not "fudged" as they would say.

[yellowsportwagon]

16 hours ago, Shark said:

You are right, never really noticed that. I guess I was so used to seeing the old MPC Petty kits that were very stock and not "fudged" as they would say.

But what they really screwed up is the C pillar shape and rear windshield.

[Brudda]

Nice build Art. 

[Danno]

Sweet. Very nice build, Art.

[Art Laski]

14 hours ago, Brudda said:

Nice build Art. 

Thanks, Bruce!

[Art Laski]

53 minutes ago, Danno said:

Sweet. Very nice build, Art.

Thanks, Danno!

[gks1964]

On 10/2/2022 at 9:42 AM, yellowsportwagon said:

But what they really screwed up is the C pillar shape and rear windshield.

That's a major fix job!!

[slusher]

Beautifully done!