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That is much cool! Looks good, beautiful craftsmanship. Ready to go. Aim that thing at Floating Mountain, push the pedal on the right side and go fast!

so Cool! great color, well done

Thank you for the post, Good tip, great tool - It is something that I will use on project that is getting closer to the workbench.

Thank you for posting - it's very helpful. and here is Westcott's 1932 chassis diagram for the modifications to install a Model A body J:\Wescott Catalog\Catalog Illustrations and Photos\Frame Diagrams\FrameDiagram1929Hiboy.vcd (wescottsauto.com)

Nicely done and I enjoy the presentation with the magazine. Also, one of my favorite cars although it was far away on the other coast. And I would also like to see this one available again.

Sits right! well done

Box art isn't for us... Hobby shops have a range of customers from the regular customer that knows the products better than the help to first time shoppers. Let's say someone is going into a hobby shop for the very first time looking to pick up something to do that may be interesting - anything - could be a train, could be a Gundam, could be paint, could be an RC could be a plane, could military, could be a ship... Might be for a birthday gift for a grandkid that asked for a model car. Model car box art is competing for customer's attention against all of that. Model car companies are probably putting all that they can into box art.

I guess I'm old enough to remember whitewall paint that was generally available in small cans at most auto parts stores - wasn't the greatest but it was a lo-buck alternative to real whitewalls. Tire black was also available but too shiny and looked cheap. Generally messy to use and make look good. Ranger Tire Paint - The premium sidewall tire paint. (rangerpaint.com) There are paints (testors gloss enamel is one) that will never dry on rubber or kit tires.

Looks Awesome. Great colors and very well built. 1971 is high school time for me and the family was a Mopar family. I thought a Duster or a Demon would be my first car. I was a bit delusional and ended up with an old Chevy, but years later, the Demon feelings are still there. Thank you for posting your build. I enjoyed following along. I need to build one of these and your build has a lot of information that I can use.

I've never primered or painted on the tree... But, I always find things to fix after primer. I've been planning on using this method on the next project. A light coat of primer on the tree would really help these old eyes.

Glad I could help on the tires, I think you will be happy with them but sorry, I am not familiar enough with Tamiya Bright Red. it could be bright with the intensity of the red, or some bright reds have more orange. In the photo on Slixx web site, the red looks about the same as the Coke decal if that is any help. Also, the film photography and printed photos in the magazines at that time had a lot of trouble producing accurate colors in red. In other words, you're probably OK with whatever you come up with.

You're right, I forgot about the wrinkled slicks...my bad. I wouldn't use those or recommend them either. The Competition Resin CRT-510 tires do not have wrinkles. Imagine the 1980's Monogram Funny car, dragster, or ProStock rear slicks but narrower. The inside diameter, outside diameter and Goodyear sidewall lettering are the same.

Competition Resins - also available at Slixx Decals, makes a couple of good options. The CRT-510 is a copy of the taller and narrower slicks that were in the original Monogram Cuda and Duster funny car kits long ago. Monogram changed the mold to make the slicks wider in the 1980's. To me, it is the tire that looks right on these earlier funny cars and the Mongoose/Snake front engine dragsters. The wheel back needs to be narrowed to fit.

For what it's worth and I may be missing it altogether... I use Unread Content to find posts that I haven't read. The default search period is 365 days. Some history - a few years ago the default was only 30 days but some upgrades changed the default to 365. At that point, I played around with it and tried resetting my search period to five days It was quicker. However, the site was still pretty fast with the 365 default. Not worth changing every time I logged on. I've played around with the search period with the current slow search speed, and it speeds things up to revise search period to five days. Dave, thank you for all your work around here, it is appreciated.

Unfortunately, it's more likely to be consumed by the warehouse/industrial neighborhood next door... Would be nice if it remained a motorsport facility,

There is what is supposed to happen - and for me what does happen. I add a little bit when I start with a paint that I am not familiar with. Waiting for more paint because some of it didn't end up where it's supposed to is a bad feeling. (are we supposed to admit things like that?)

This is so awesome! I enjoy how you put your own AB touch on every model. Like others have said, the display brings back a lot of good (and old) memories. It took me back to my youth and every store that had the magazines that had that ad.

good bet there will be some great Blues guitar here - the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival. it's simul cast live on KBOO 90.7 FM Radio - or on the web here Listen Now | KBOO St Paul and the Broken Bones will be up in a few minutes, not really a guitar band, but without looking at the schedule for the next few days, I will say that there will be some.

All good stuff. I would go with something played live. There are lots of great, I mean great guitar sounds out there. Burt the best is live, not recorded in any way. Live adds so much to it.to add a place time, where, who you're with... there is more to that list. I'll go with JR Simms. He is the guy that took over when Stevie Ray Vaughn passed away. When - about 20 years ago, on a sunny Sunday in June. Where - at Timberline Lodge at 6,000 feet on Mt Hood following a hike to the cabin at 7,000 feet. There was an event with a concert playing at the front of the lodge. I came down the trail and could recognize JR Simms. A good hike turned into a great day. Great topic, I'm picking up some good things that I need to find.

Wow!,, I've been to the museum few times and always with plans to look closely at this car. I give it a look, but the other cars distract me... The Marmon will get more time on the next visit. Your work is incredible. It completely changed the look when the rear wheels went on.

That's a pretty cool truck. Although cameras for fuel economy in lieu of mirrors on trucks have been discussed for years, the safety regulations still require mirrors. Cameras can be used to supplement the mirrors but you gotta have mirrors. Nobody seems to be pushing hard to make a change. Tesla showed their prototypes with cameras and formally proposed changing the regulations. However, the pictures of the production trucks that I've seen have mirrors. Cameras may provide a minor improvement in aerodynamic drag. The mirror requirements are NHTSA's responsibility and they are concerned with safety. The data to support a change may be lacking. There may be something that the video didn't show, but it looks like just reaching the cameras to clean them would be tough to do.

picked it up at a local hobby shop yesterday, opened it up and 224 looks like another great issue

sorry, I can't wrap my head around calling them "transitional cars." "Come out Saturday night and see the Transitional Cars" just wouldn't work in the screamer drag race commercials on AM radio... This Chevelle probably raced before they were called funny cars late in the summer of 1965, but that is what it is. Things were changing fast in those days.

Alan, that thing has a look that means business, things are going to get rowdy once in a while. Well done and way cool!