Furiousgeorge

XYHarry, thanks! I’ll see if I can track those books down. I live in a small town, so I doubt out little library will have them.

Thanks! I’ll look into those! Neither sites came up in my previous searches.

Hello! I’ve been an avid car modeller most of my life, but I’ve recently made the switch over to ships. I’m working my way through a 1/350 Lusitania, and I’d like to have an accompanying u boat with it. The u boat that sunk her is SM U20, a type U-19 u boat (say Wikipedia). After googling around, I’ve realized that not only do I know nothing about u boats, but that there are so many different kinds. Im not after perfection, just good enough. What kit comes close enough to the design of U20 (if there is one)? Ive also got The Graf Spee and Bismarck to build, and will get the Exeter and Hood to go along with them. Space will be an issue before too long….

Thanks for all the info! I’ll order one, and see what I can mash together!

I’ve been eyeing up the Salvinos and Charger kit for a little while now, and I’m wondering how it stacks up against the old Polar Lights Chargers? I have a few of the PL’s in my stash (both Petty and Baker), but the few PL kits I’ve done we’re sub-par. Are the Salvinos much better?

Thanks! The pic is really helpful! I’ve done the primer/color overspray chassis for a while now. It gives a nice factory fresh appearance. I’ve never been real sure on suspension/cross member colours and whatnot.

Awesome! Thanks!

I’m starting a ‘68 Roadrunner (AMT), and I’m wondering what color the front sub frame would be from the factory? I seem to recall reading that the engine/transmission were installed onto the sub frame, then the whole setup was installed onto the car as an assembly. I’m shooting for a factory accurate build with this one. I generally paint the sub frame primer gray with the rest of the chassis, not sure that’s right though.

Thanks everyone!

Thanks! Bills72sj, the whole kit is the Revell F&F ‘70 Charger.

Captain Spaulding and Claude Tibodeau, thanks! This one was in the works for a bit over a year. I’ve got a few other MoPars that might get the same treatment.

Thanks! The V10 fit great! Though if I were to do it again, I’d move it a bit over to the passenger side to center it a bit better. It does sit closer to the rad support then the V8, so I relocated the rad to the grill side of the rad support and added an electric fan. This V10 was from the Revell Viper ACR kit.

Finally finished this one the other day. I bit outside of what I usually build, but was fun modifying the suspension and such! ‘70 F&F Charger with seats, steering wheel and V10 from the ACR Viper, wheels and tires from the Sidewinder Dakota, brakes from MAS (I think? I’ve had them forever just in a pile of other stuff from them). Colour is Dodge Surf Blue Pearl from Galaxy Paints.

It took a while, but I finally got this one finished. Only the second finished Tamiya kit I’ve done, and it went together pretty good. A lot of detail that ends up covered in the end, but I’m pretty happy with it. Painted Tamiya TS-60 Pearl Green. I wanted to get away from red/yellow/black that most Ferrari’s seem to be. Done box stock. I didn’t really enjoy all the masking that comes with this kit, but it worked out. Planning on doing the FXX as well, once I’m back to work and can afford another Tamiya kit!

Thanks! Yeah, I’m a bit of a MoPar nut. I bought my first when I was twentyish, about 17 years ago (a ‘66 Plymouth Sport Fury) and been there ever since. Prior to that I had a few Chevies and Nissans, and Dad was a Ford guy for a long time. But I got so tired of the constant fixing, even on low mileage vehicles. I’ve had Dodges with over 400,000 kms that ran and drove perfectly. So I stick to what works for me!

Thanks everyone! The carbs are from Fireball Modelworks, he makes awesome stuff!

Not a super productive year, but I got some out onto the shelf! ’70 Dodge Super Bee ’69 Dodge Charger ’67 Plymouth GTX ‘09 Dodge Challenger ’70 Plymouth GTX ‘69 Dodge Daytona ‘71 Plymouth Duster ’70 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda

My latest Charger build.

dwc43- I’m not particularly concerned about if I do a non factory colour for the elastomeric bumpers, good info to know, but I tend to just go with whatever strikes me at the time! I’ve heard people talk about using guitar strings for stuff, but I’ve never tried it. I don’t have any, so next time I guess.

Ah, learn things every day! I’m going off a picture I found online, so I guess the car had been updated!

I can’t decide between chrome bumpers/grille or colour. I’m going with bronze exterior. Thoughts? I’ve decided to do a bit more detailing then I generally do, so I scratched a voltage regulator and ballast resistor, and I’m going to try to wire everything up as it should be (charging and ignition systems), as well as brake lines off the booster. Should be a learning experience!

The more I look at what paints I have on hand, the more I like the bronze! Spent some time building an ignition module, tiny bits, and hard to get a good picture with my phone! Ingot some primer down, and found all the spots I need to smooth out, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

One of the few common MoPars I don’t have on the shelf. I figured I’d practice cutting and scratch building on this before I cut up my JoHan ‘66 Fury. I attached the front panel, and had to extend the drivers side a bit to match the fender, and add the chrome strip to both sides. I removed the overflow? tank and battery, and am in the process of filling the holes. I’ll add some detail to the firewall, and call it good for primer. The plan is to stick with the 440 six pac, though I’m not sure if I’ll keep the auto or go with a stick (the ‘70 GTX/Superbird engine fits perfectly). The kit 440 auto was already built and painted, but if I use the stick shift 440, and can use a Fireball Modelworks six pac set up. Big decisions... I don’t know about colours yet, thinking bronze or copper, since I don’t have a build those colours yet.

Thanks! Alas, there’s no sun here this time of year. Slightly less snowy is the best it been so far. Maybe one day.....

Might as well throw some of mine on here.