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perhaps they used the windscreen specs from this 3500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexgray/4637648604/

have you considered using BMF on the horn ring?

interesting tie-in with Haynes but there is no difference in this version of these kits than the previous releases of these Airfix kits, and if you figure in the exchange rate for a 13 UK Pound to USD currency, that's about $26 before shipping. IMHO a bit pricey for a 1/32 scale kit with no chrome parts in it. these can probably be acquired cheaper from a popular auction site or at a swap meet. P.S. I think they are NOT snap kits, I have some older releases and they're all "glue together" kits.

wow, they certainly spent some time making the molds for the Holley carbs in that t-bolt kit, best castings I've ever seen of these from a major manufacturer. anyone that wants a proper looking Holley on their model should be using these if they can't find a good set from a resin caster.

I built one of these in the late 70's, only I built it with a SBC, put a pickup bed on it with a gen4 Vette tail light panel. It was canary yellow, wired, plumbed, upholstered (black terry-cloth carpet, hand-sewn black leather bucket seats), it even had mirrors and alternator bracket. It was awarded either a 1st or a "best in show" (been so long I don't remember anymore) at the 1979 Arizona World of Wheels model contest. it's currently in pieces because a few years later the plastruct sheet I used for the bed started to warp and I decided to rebuilt it with some better stuff, unfortunately "purple pond" wasn't around back then so I put it away for a few decades...

You know that is the wrong cowl for that outfit...

It's nice looking but I wouldn't go that far...

I'm hoping you figure out how to do torsion sprung front suspension...

Dude, the countermeasures launch from those port holes...

You could try taking a profile foto and photoshopping colors on it to see what looks good.

I vote for the gold, tangerine and green.

My list of worthy traders: Alan Wickham "realgone58" A. Rich "thatz4u" D.Bishop "Darren B" Sam Grabenhorst "Sam I Am" (multiple trades ) Eric Ragis "outragis" William Just "jbwelda" Daddyfink Deathgoblin S. Svendsen

when I had my Vicky, I learned that there was a Bendix electric wiper motor that was a direct bolt on, I thought I had heard it was from a Chevy application but didn't care because it worked and was an easy upgrade to a poorly designed wiper drive system. They should have added a vacuum reservoir to the wiper system. The y-block that replaced the busted 6 in my vicky didn't have the "top hat" carb either, my genius mechanic father adapted a 70's vintage carter 2bbl to the small bore 4bbl manifold that came with the motor. one of these days I'm gonna finish the replica of my first car, a factory black (enamel way back then) 4dr hdtp.

Your distributor has enough tilt on it, my first car was a 57 Town Victoria 4dr hdtp, the wiper motor on these was vacuum powered, usually fed from a diaphragm on the fuel pump.

not trying to threadjack, I just wanted to let Derek know that dremel sells replacement parts cheaper that whole dremels and it's really not that hard to take a dremel apart, so if you can build a model you should be able to fix your dremel. if you have any questions about how to fix it, start a thread in the Q&A thread.

this is a monogram kit and should be easy to find, I saw one on the shelf yesterday at a local hobby shop. I have the "Lemon Crate" (yup, it's molded in yellow) version that monogram marketed in the 80's.

I have these points to offer: 1. Remember Harry's pet peeves, make sure you put rear view mirrors on the vehicle if you're building something that would have them in real life, no "magic alternators" that hang out in space without a bracket (we'll get into inner fenders later). 2. If you're trying to build something that exists in real life then try to make the parts of your model look like the real thing, IE: there are no mold seams on car drive shafts, no injection points on car chassis/floorboards. 3. Test fit everything before gluing, if you're going to be painting parts after making sure they fit together remember to make allowances for how the paint(or thickness of the paint) will affect how the parts fit together after painting. 4. Research and be creative in the materials used to make your masterpiece, craft stores and hobby shop areas not usually associated with model cars have a ton of materials that can enhance or create the perfect effect on a model. 5. If the model is not cooperating with you, set it aside and work on something else or a different part of the model. 6. Preparing the parts properly can not be stressed enough (there are books and lots of free internet tips on this). 7. Browse through model galleries and/or car sites to find something that interests you enough to build it, then get as much info/photos on your new project as you can so you'll have reference to see how it should look. 8. If you don't like any of these points, that's okay...free advice is worth at least as much as you paid for it.

I think I've seen a customized Ford that Barris did with what looks like 65 Riviera headlight covers. Maybe I'll make similar mods to a Rivy that I did to the Galaxie and see if I want to build that instead.

nice work/save, kinda reminds me of what a Pantera Roadster would look like.

That's exactly what I said to myself when I got to the point of posting it.

Harry P., making model car building better....one pet peeve at a time. There is a mirror and a generator bracket on Ron's Henry J, maybe Ron didn't know about Harry's other modeling pet peeves. but seriously, no one attacked Ron directly, Harry made an observation and an inquiry, which was followed by what looked like a direct attack. that was unnecessary and Ron could have replied: "That was how I chose to build this one." rather than saying "Seems you don't know much about cars or modeling....... maybe if you can't do anything but find fault with the builds on this site you should just keep your mouth shut!". Anyway, I'm done with this thread, won't be back, PM me if you want to yell at me.

I like it, I see you have the helium-filled coils also...a very rare bolt-on from JC Whitney. Really luvin the detail work on this!

or maybe some of us just like to stir the gears when we get the chance...

here is my concept for what Ford might have made if they had made a beefy "big brother" to the 67 Mustang: a 67 Galaxy Sport Coupe Here is the original in case the changes are too subtle.

It would seem that I had not expressed a third option for model builders regarding the inner fender issue in that they may have decided to build their model in the style that has no inner fenders. My apologies to Ron if he thought I was criticizing how he executed his well done Henry J. Sometimes we forget to ask a builder why they chose to build in a particular fashion rather than expressing how we feel about it. That being said...maybe we need to have a section where people can post their builds and only nice things are ever said about them.