blunc

I got over avoiding multi-piece body kits, now I bend them to my will.

cool pix, first time I've seen plug heat shields on one of those. is that a tach drive distributor? here's a tidbit, the fuel pump has a vacuum pump built into the top to run the windshield wiper motor and anything else they decided to tack on.

that's nice replication of your car... but the rivet counter in me says your engine would have run like doodies due to some missing spark plug wires. (Hah! the "swear filter" doesn't have "doodies" in it yet. )

I wanna be like Scale-Master when I grow up... (yeah, like either one of those things is gonna happen)

have you considered reinforcing the seams from the inside (as long as it won't bee seen or interfere with other pieces) in order to toughen it up for polishing and handling later?

I think you may be looking for something like this which will lift up then forward:

(going to get my popcorn and flame resistant pants...)

FaceBorg is a huge time sucker...I'd rather detail something than see what someone else had for breakfast or how their stool looks like some non-denominational icon.

that's a beaut! needs some time (and photos) in the sun, I'll wager that color will really pop out in the sun.

Marvin must have been Scottish, he wore a kilt... and he got very angry.

I have the unchopped version of this kit (which originally dates way before the 1990's) so I know what you went through to get this build looking this good. Nice work on a tough kit.

Thanx for the link, I'm no longer skeptical. I guess none of the 10,000 cars I worked on was a Q-jet optioned Cobra Jet.

I am a little skeptical about your recollection of a Rochester Q-jet on a FoMoCo product although I can see that it's easy to mistake the Autolite spreadbore carb for a Q-jet. Personally I preferred working on a Q-jet to working on the Autolite spreadbore carb. I spent 6 years in a high through-put tune-up shop and never experienced what you assert. I only encountered Holley carbs as a substitute for any factory optioned carb and I had my hands personally on about 10,000 cars in that time period.

fascinating...it's a "hot glue" pen.

for anyone interested in kart racing, a website www.localflavor.com currently has a coupon on sale for kart racing at this facility, it's half off for 2 adults. be sure to put phoenix as your city if you wish to see the deal, and you can buy them as gifts also. the coupons are listed as "good till august", so they should be valid till after the model contest.

It may also help to consider the item your are trying to replicate. Most standard (from the factory) plug wires since the mid to late 70's were considered to be "resistor wire" which really had no actual wire inside the temp resistant sheath. Inside was a flexible carbon compound that acted as the conductor (and resistor) that a metal end got crimped onto and then connected to the spark plug and distributor. I've made hundreds of them during my time in a tune-up shop. Resistor wire itself doesn't maintain sharp bends (until it gets heat damaged or burnt) so car makers had to add plug wire looms to help guide the wires around the engine and keep them from fouling linkages or getting burned on exhaust manifolds.

try looking in electronics supply stores (or web sites like Digikey.com or Mouser.com) for "wire wrap" wire, it comes in several colors and would be my guess as to what is used to make the pre-wired distributors that have been suggested. I would also guess that is the same wire as when you purchase plug wire from Detail Master since it can be had in 100ft rolls. this engine was done with wire-wrap wire, the wire looms are made from evergreen sheet plastic. Here is two different scales using the same size wire, I am replicating an upgraded HEI distributor on the 1/32 scale engine.

I have heard that some builders have used the 67 olds chassis to replace the chassis in the 67 GTO kit. I have parts to do this but that project is so far down on a list that is superseded by my wife's list that I don't know when I'll get to it.

I like it over all but the back end of the car seems to fail with the regard to the vibe of the rest of the car. I suggest reading up on their 36 Ford Aerosport, a lot of fascinating ideas and features on that car.

I think something close was included in an MPC Datsun pickup kit. http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=9540&page=82

Revell sponsored (possibly a joint sponsorship) a contest on Stacy David's "Gearz", that show is no longer on the channels I receive but when it was, I looked forward to any announcements regarding the annual model contest. Television media car shows could help themselves (and us model builders) by sponsoring and/or holding model contests annually which could capture the interest of the younger audience. I think there are very few model builders (of any type) that were not fascinated by their favorite building subject matter when they were younger and went on to build models as a creative outlet, or a design study or even as a proof of concept. Media exposure like this is problematic because everyone involved will want "their piece of the pie" in regards to how it benefits them and their "bottom line". Few will want to wait for the target audience (kids) to grow up enough to buy real car parts and very few (if any) model car companies are willing to divert the expense and time to model car contests. Most, if not all model contests are run/staffed by volunteers and a lot of the awards are paid for (or sponsored) by the host clubs or other interested parties...when I was more involved with a local model club, I helped with judging and sponsored an award for "Best Engineering". A cooperative effort by larger model clubs or organizations in conjunction with a model car company and a TV or internet media outlet (YouTube, Facebook, Google, etc) could get an influx of young model builders. I bring the model clubs into this because they will get exposure but they will also be the ones doing the contest judging, this would take some work load off the model car companies, the TV/media will gain viewers and the model car companies should gain sales. I've left the hobby shops out of this because their profit margins are usually so small that they won't want to participate...but they could.

My "smoking deal" of a 1/32 Lindberg IMSA Corvette arrived as a "steaming pile" of 1/25 Revell snap-together Corvette and the seller won't/can't replace it with the item I ordered. There won't be any positive feedback on this transaction!

paste this into your internet browser address bar: https://www.google.com/search?q=supercharged+pontiac+engine&biw=1920&bih=943&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=OVTeVImjBYKrgwS4kYSIBQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw#tbm=isch&q=pontiac+blown+engines there were several examples showing up in my screen.

are you implying that the interwebs is the wrong place to be opaque, oblique, or in any other way not totally transparent and blindingly obvious regarding personal information? You could possibly have worded your question thus,... "this is worded oddly, are you a politician?"

I could debate your assumptions regarding my comments or attitude as you see it but I feel your attitude is showing here a bit more than mine. Please take a chill-pill and soldier on.