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People have complained about the front tires, but it is the rear tires that matter the most since they are the ones that fall apart in the original kits. The Front Funny Car tires are decently sturdy, but the front Dragster tires are also on the brittle side when they get old. Both of these can be dealt with by using O Rings for the dragsters and other kit tires for the front. It is the slicks that matter the most here as both Dragsters and Funny Cars used the same ones. And from what I have seen, these slicks are pretty good. Sure, more correct resin ones are out there, but they are more than $10 bucks a set.

Ah! I did not think about that part! Maybe MENG will do them! LOL!

This is great! Lots of the original Revell kits have some seriously brittle tires by now, and this is a great fix! Just wish they would also issue the last rims made for the Hawaiian Thanks for the heads up!

Purple Power, it is easy to get and probably cheaper! And Denatured Alcohol works pretty good on Lacquer, like Tamiya

This thing is so out there, and that makes it cool to me! I definitely will be buying one!

Found another Walmart with kits! This time at the Walmart at the Fletcher Parkway mall

I like it! That is some serious creativity! And no real birds where hurt in the making of such a beast!

Oh yeah, it also happened to Skip! He decided to decant a whole can and it had some very colorful results! Luckily he did it outside and managed to keep it to one spot, a rather large spot! LOL! It is amazing how long that paint stays gassed up.

I have decanted Tamiya spray and shot it through the Air Brush with great results as well. This is a necessity with old cans that have bad nozzles, or if there is not much left in the can and you need that color. Using the airbrush will stretch out the paint pretty good. And I shoot it straight from the can as is, some will thin it out a bit more to suit taste, but out of the can as is works just fine. But, let it gas out a bit after decanting and don't decant too much at a time.

Makes you wonder...

Looks like a new future episode ahead.....

Tamiya rattle cans is what I mostly use, unless it is a strange color that has to be airbrushed on, other wise, warm up the can and shoot! Less airbrush cleaning is nice.

Just in Resin, as far as I know. http://www.rocketfin.com/resin_product.cfm?id=2502

I was lucky enough to score some from a fellow Club member and they are really nice paints. Brush on well and Air Brush even better! Hopefully they will get them into the U.S. somehow, but I still have not tried the Lacquer bottles yet. I need to grab a couple and try them out soon.

I look forward to seeing this restoration. And yes, NOTOX, what a frustrating glue to use when you are kid with little patience! LOL!

I am very happy to finally have one again, but, I do wish they would have included the original decals for it. The new ones are nice, but I wanted that original look. Molding it in color is very period correct, not many of us kids had spray paints, or allowed near them! So for a kid, this works out great. I can primer and correct the color, but the decals, that is a different matter. Looking forwards to seeing more great re-issues from Atlantis!

Found these at the LHS! They also had the Groovy Grader, but I already have one in the stash and I am way more excited about the Roller!

So far I have only found them at one store out of three. So don't give up, someone has them out there.

You can get the Motor Trend app through Amazon Prime and watch it that way And so much boo hoo about cutting up kits. Get over it, they are not yours, so don't worry about it.

I used the Revell Parts Pack SBC to make it more period correct. The engine in the kit is the HEMI with those goofy valve covers and it is total junk. I also used a Tony Nancy FED front axle, AMT Garlits rear wheels and tires, parts box Moon tank and modified headers out of the Nancy kits. These threads on the H.A.M.B. have some great info on the real car. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/more-american-graffiti-dragster.123698/ https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/john-milners-dragster.432838/

They need to install more curbs!