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I've found chain saw files down to 1/16 at a chain saw, yard equipment dealer. Not at the general home improvement/hardware stores. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edit - sorry, just went to double check and the chain saw file I have is also 1/8" - same size...

Well done - great looking model. Dale had Hank Parker Jr on his show - the Dale Jr Download. some crazy wild stories two hour audio - ‎The Dale Jr. Download - Dirty Mo Media: Hank Parker Jr.: Let the Feathers Fly! on Apple Podcasts 12 minute YouTube video - Dale Jr. Download: Reliving Tales with Hank Parker Jr. - YouTube

Looks like it might have been a temperature or humidity problem - I had that happen painting in a cold garage. Usual prep work - I had the model and paint in the house and took them out to the garage for painting. Best if paint, model, (air supply if air brush) and room temperature are the same temperature and are within the proper working temperature range.

kind of off the original topic here... but it looks like a good place. AMT engineered the stock and optional engines in the trophy series Fords with mounts in the some location so the that they could be swapped around between kits - more information here. Some of these kits also had the engine stand. What "Classic" AMT Kits Had Interchangeable Engines? - Model Building Questions and Answers - Model Cars Magazine Forum

Every time I see one of those 1978 Pace Car Corvettes at an auction on TV, I think about the story of a local guy who bought two in 1978 for $30K apiece. Astounding price for the time - at my pay level, even a sticker price on a base level Corvette was out of range. I believe Chevrolet built one for every dealer so that makes about 5,000 of them. Hardly rare...

The availability in stores may be as simple as each hobby shop will want to (or have to) reduce their inventory of Testors to clear some space for the Revell paint displays... The date will vary by store.

I'll call it lamb stew with key ingredients from good people. Friends at the local gas station gave me a bottle of Ecliptic Brewing Tiramisu Stout a couple of days ago - it's in the stew. Needed flour to brown the lamb so it finishes cooking in the stew. A small package of four is five pounds, use a cup for something and the rest goes in the cupboard - no idea how long it's been there. Bakery gave me a cup of fresh flour yesterday morning. Added onions, mushrooms, yellow pepper, potatoes and a little garlic, salt and pepper. 350 for three hours. Cooking now, house smells great. Will add some fresh tomatoes when it gets down to 15 minutes to go. Visiting friends yesterday and also picked up a couple of other goodies for dinner - Pecan pie for desert (but it's gone already) and fresh home baked rolls from an old family recipe About an hour away from primetime.

Real mags! - these Revell slot car wheels were cast in magnesium and came in a couple of different widths.

I'll take Casey's picks and add the 1968-1969 Charger and 1971-1972 Road Runner/GTX. Put them on the more recent Mopar chassis - wouldn't that be cool! The Charger deserves new tooling to replace the modified annual tooling that is past its prime time.

There are a lot of definitions and several origins out there for 'hot rod" - the adjective "quintessential" in the original post's poll question narrows it down to a more specific car or group. There are going to be a lot of different correct opinions... it's like asking what is the world's best painting.

Neither, The definition of a hot rod has evolved and expanded over the years - Even John Force and many others call his funny car one fast hot rod - and I agree it's one fast hot rod. Adding the adjective quintessential means something - (def. representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class) (def. of the pure and essential essence of something) There are a couple of possible origins of "hot rod" after WW II - one is the the contraction of "hot roadster" used to describe a modified Ford Roadster, T, A, 1932, and sometimes a 1933-1934. '32 Fords had a strong appeal with the flathead V-8 and light weight. If you want a quintessential hot rod, you have to go back to hot rodding in the late 1940's. Everything since is not the most perfect or purest form. The quintessential hot rod is a roadster. I've been going back to that since I talked to my dad about an early 1940's picture in the family album of his Model A coupe, chopped top, Kelsey wheels, dropped axle, deuce shell, dropped front axle, three piece hood. I exclaimed "that's a hot rod" - he said it couldn't be a hot rod because it wasn't a roadster and it was before people started calling cars hot rods anyway. here's more - History - "Hot Rod". What is the origin of the Term?? | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com) History - quintessential hot rods & customs | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)

Hood #1, the original 1968-69 hood was probably retooled into the #2 1970 annual hood - and with all the changes that kit has gone through, it may have been retooled again several times into ?? So hood #1 is gone and would require new tooling for a good 1968-69 hood. Altogether, that kit is a tired old tool and the best way to fix everything would be modern tooling for the whole kit. We may not see that happen. Overall, I think MPC did a better job getting the shape of the body and hood right on the original 1968 annual than Revell did but the changes haven't helped MPC kit.

The annual 1963 Chevy II wagon was also available as a full on customizing kit with the 6 cylinder engine. - the same tooling for the body, hood, and chassis was probably used in the craftsman kit, the customizing kit and the promo

A little clarification... The 1/25 Revell Funny car kits with the early chassis - Ed McCulloch Duster, Jungle Jim Vega and so on - first issued in 1970 or so, have a hemi based on a stock cast iron block - they were before the aftermarket aluminum blocks like Keith black were available. One of these engines would be a bit of work and look small in the Plymouth. The 1/24 funny cars first issued by Monogram in 1982 and later became Revell kits have an aftermarket aluminum block. Careful, the later kits have dual plug heads.

In my conversion long ago, very long ago, I used the single plug heads and valve covers from a Monogram 1:24 funny car on the 440 block. Can't remember, but probably with the intake from an MPC hemi. The wedge and hemi blocks are almost identical so it looks good in the car. I also can't remember if I had to cut the intake to fit under the hood. Hope this helps.

Man, there's a whole bucket of cool! in that one - love it.

you're good, rules here Race Entry Wildwood — T.R.O.G (theraceofgentlemen.com) It's down the page a bit. Aftermarket OHV conversions are OK on four cylinder engines

Friday after Thanksgiving lunch - leftover turkey sandwich. Sorry, no pic, but it was good!

Good to see a kit in 1/16 of the Green Elephant Vega, great looking car and it ran hard, too. I've always though it deserved to be a kit. Jeff Farris and Dave Holmes - Atlantis picked some good people to go over the 1/16 kit. The new wheels and tires in the 1/16 Charger Hawaiian funny car were an improvement over the originals, but still a little off.

Sam, This turned out very well. I like the simple use of green, white and black with very minimal chrome on a couple of accent pieces - Clean paintwork and assembly - Well done. I have a partially built original kit that a buddy gave me long ago. He acquired it from a thrift store - I can see him now opening the box once, saw the soft vinyl interior parts and that was enough. He upholstered cars and air planes for a living. I figured with his experience, if he couldn't wrestle the vinyl pieces into place, there was no way that I could do it. You get extra respect from me for making that work.

Mine was at the LHS this morning - looks really good, I'm glad to have it back.

I won't ever be sending any money to Perry's again... I hope somebody else comes up with one.

Wow, that thing sits right! Nicely done - love the colors - like both wheel choices, maybe the steelies a little better - looks good

Looks like an idea with strong potential - Moog shows the same replacement lower control arm part number for S10 2-wheel drive 1982-2003. P/N rk62051

I hear you - First rule of plumbing - any plumbing project, even the simplest most basic job, will take at least three trips to the hardware store... I just resign myself to that before starting. and I even worked in a hardware store in high school.