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Outstanding build! Jason Myers! One of my favorite drivers from Bowman-Gray's Madhouse! The other of course is his multi-championship winning brother Burt! Also, it being Ford powered makes it great too!

Looks like a great project! You can see the DNA of Tom Daniel's Badman.

First picture yes, has to be a 1966 Impala or Caprice because it's a hardtop and the Bel Air line did not offer hardtops. Second Picture is an early seventies Datsun 1200 Coupe, the middle truck is a '67-72 Ford F-350 Dually, and the last is a 1964 Chevy. Third picture, that's definitely a binder. Hard to tell the year because that style grill and fenders were built from 1962-1978. The car looks like a '63-64 GM full size roofline

It looks good! Pillarless! How would the doors secure? I'm not sure Ford ever offered a four door wagon in any form but sedan style doors.

For the 1963 model year Cadillac redesigned its V8 engine, modernizing the tooling used in the production line while optimizing the engine's design. Although it shared the same layout and architecture with the 1949-vintage engine, the revised engine had shorter connecting rods and was 1 in (25 mm) lower, 4 in (101.6 mm) narrower, and 1.25 in (32 mm) shorter. The accessories (water pump, power steering pump, distributor) mounted on a die-cast aluminum housing at the front of the engine for improved accessibility. An alternator replaced the former generator. The crankshaft was cored out to make it both lighter and stronger. The revised engine was 52 lb (24 kg) lighter than its predecessor, for a total dry weight of 595 lb (270 kg). The revised engine shared the same 4 in × 3.875 in (101.6 mm × 98.4 mm) bore and stroke of its predecessor, for an unchanged displacement of 390 cu in (6.4 L). Power was unchanged at 325 hp (242 kW), as was torque at 430 lb⋅ft (583 N⋅m). (Wiki)

I believe that's Gunze Sangyo

Not sure why there's lines around those either. The box art is incorrect and always was. I plan to build this, I'm hoping these decals are better than all the disappointing aftermarket ones I've gathered all these years.

Not a current picture, but pretty close. The area to the right is usually and currently covered with works in progress and I have a portable table in the middle for overflow.

Thanks Larry!

This is nice! I'm curious though, why you've titled it Dart Sprint Car? I was a Chrysler "Kit" car meant for Late Model Sportsman racing.

That's pretty cool! Henley Gray is the only NASCAR driver I've known that drove a big bodied T-Bird. Of course it was the 1970-71. The green Model King release has the decals in it to replicate his car.

Great looking car!

Thanks Bob! I never realized these were problems when I purchased the kit along with the #98 LeeRoy Yarborough car years ago. The kit had other issues that made me put it away and then when I pulled it out to complete it, I found a few other builders had fixes and had shared via the web. I don't regret selling the #98 and all the Talladegas I never started. I got pretty good money off of eBay for them. Thank you JC! Thanks Dave! I appreciate that Pierre! Sorry to hear you didn't have good luck with yours. I can understand though. It is a frustrating and poorly engineered kit. Thank You Mike! Thanks Steve! It was a challenge, definitely! Thank You Harold!

Very nice! One of my favorite years of Galaxies!

I have two diecasts, Danbury's Tucker Tin Goose prototype and Franklin's over-produced blue one. I've wanted a plastic kit to reproduce the one off NASCAR racer driven by Joe Merola in 1950 at Canfield, Ohio.

Oh, where do I start. Polar Lights had something that could have been so good. A subject that builders wanted, and it looked on the surface to be well detailed. Somewhere it was lost in execution. It’s not the kit is unbuildable, it just takes a lot of patience, knowledge of the subject, and good building practices. I was fortunate enough to find some information that still existed on the web to guide me through the problem areas. It took every bit of my fifty plus years of building to get through this. One, the Boss nine engine is too wide to fit. You must either relocate the under-hood roll cage or grind it down. Also, the upper A arms must be ground for clearance. Two the hood is incorrect. I do not know how this made it into production completely wrong, but there it is. Both the Cyclone II and the Talladega used the stock Montego/Cyclone and Fairlane/Torino hood with the corresponding leading chrome trim removed. The Fairlane/Torino hood has a relatively flat leading edge. The Montego hood has a raised center section, and it extends out forward and slopes off at the front. This center prow is about an inch and a half forward of the rest of the leading edge of the hood. I’ve attempted to duplicate this with plastic, filler, and a lot of patient sanding. Three, the front fender openings are huuge! Like dirt track huuge! More plastic, filler, and sanding. Four, the instructions where items are located are just vague or incorrect…Good thing I have some knowledge about stock cars. Five, there’s probably more that I missed, but there's lots of massaging of parts to make them fit. AMT, old Revell, and MPC kits are cake compared to this. Info on things I used. Paint is Tamiya TS26 pure white, the red is Tamiya TS21 gold, TS74 clear red, and TS65 pearl clear. I sprayed the top colors one after the other only long enough for them to flash dry. The simulated Zolatone is a cheap gray primer with white and black paints sprayed from a distance for affect. Decals are mostly Power Slide with a few from the stock Slixx in the kit. I should have used the Power Slides because the Slixx were as usual, brittle. But the Slixx were prearranged and I’m lazy. Hood pins are Pro Tech and excellent! The tires are stock, terrible, and wished I’d used PPP, but I’d already spent too much money on this thing. I doctored them with a blue gel pen and Power Slide decals. I’m glad it’s done, and I sold all the other one’s years ago on eBay. My son gave me the rereleased fictional Bobby Allison Coca-Cola Cyclone Spoiler II a few years ago…Well, at least I’ll know what I’m getting into. Thanks for looking! Over twenty years to finish, but it's done. I must have tossed it in the box out of frustration. I cut the back glass to fit flush in the opening Hosted on Fotki The Box Stock compared to some diecasts I have on hand. On the left is a GMP 1969 Spoiler II and on the right is a University of Racing Legends 1968 Bobby Allison Cyclone The Allison hood isn't quite right either Hosted on Fotki My inspiration Hosted on Fotki Way too wide Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Much better Everything is freshly painted and out of the incubator Not perfect, but better than box stock Comparing to the 1968 UoR diecast Ready for final assembly Stock compared to racing

I have the Hemi Hunter in it's last release and a great set of correct LA Dart decals I hope to build this kit one day.

The first model I remember completing was Monogram's Tom Daniel designed "Thunder Bug" in green. Then a few Hawk models like the Ferrari D50 and their oddball rubber band powered Bonneville cars. This is what a five to six year old could afford on a fifty cent weekly allowance. There were also some Aurora 1/32 cars mixed in as well. They all met some disaster and never made it out of Las Vegas before we moved to Virginia.

I gave up on the discontinued kits in my area. I once asked the stocker why I wasn't seeing the kits out on display after being marked down and was told that they get sold immediately. Meaning it's an inside job and probably being sold on eBay or Facebook marketplace. I worked in an auto parts store and when our floor items would get discontinued markdowns, often times employees would buy these, before the items were available to customers.

You never catch up...

Thanks!

Revell '49 Mercury Custom Coupe. Painted Testors Extreme Lacquer Purple-Licious. The interior is flat white and Testors gloss grape. My son gave me this many years ago to build soon after it's release in 2007. I'm not much on building the Kustoms and was never sure or inspired how to complete it. Now that I'm building again, I had an idea and followed through. Glad it's finished. Not a difficult model. Looks good on the shelf. The kit comes with three grills. Stock, eleven '53 Desoto "teeth", and complete '54 Pontiac center bar and parking lights. Typical customs used the Pontiac center and '54 Chevy parking lights. That's what the built cover art used. Something was lost there. Other body options are a smooth hood or louvered as I used and stock fender skirts or the custom ones. There's two taillight sets, tunneled with pointy tips or '49-'50 Lincoln tri-bar. Both are kind of weak and a disappointment. I replaced my pointy lenses with longer ones from an AMT '64 Marauder that I had in the parts box. It can be built with stock bumpers or the ribbed ones I used. It also comes with a set of dummy spotlights that I'm not a fan of. It comes with several decal options. The decals as old as they were still did well and responded to solvent. I Almost forgot. There's another set of wheels and tires. Chrome reverse "steelies" and black wall tires in a lower profile with disc brakes all around. The biggest issues I had were the chrome was weak and the interior could have had better detail. Well, maybe not. It's hard to see through the tiny windows of the chopped top. Speaking of which. It's not quite proportioned right in my eyes. Someone commented the "b" pillar is too tall. Anyways, here it is in it's imperfect glory. The color really pops in the light Until I started this build, I hadn't realized how many Mercury Eight models I owned. Of course these are diecast, but anyways.

Thanks! I still have them. I'm currently building all the models I started and haven't finished in the last thirty plus years and the ones my son gave me. I look forward to getting them one day.

Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! I appreciate you noticing. I've been watching others detailing these over the years one way or the other, and thought I'd try different techniques with tinted clear acrylic paint.

Thanks Thank you! I like all the first gen Toros, but the '66-67 are my favorites and this in GT trim comes next. Thanks! I like it too, It was not exactly the color I was expecting but to quote Bob Ross “We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! I agree, there are a lot of them. Thanks! Thank you! They did have a lot of great colors to choose from back in the day. This wasn't exactly an OEM one, but it represents well. It's not a bad kit to build, the company just suffered from financial issues for years, so they never invested in the tooling other than the absolute minimum. Thanks! I feel there are a bunch of Jo-Han models in peoples stash just wishing to be built, but because the tooling is gone, they are only seen as investments. I'm building the ones I have. A started AMC SC/Rambler and a Chrysler Turbine. Thank you! Thanks! I agree with what you said. Moebius is the closest we have to this day. We can only hope they take interest in AMC or the odd subjects ignored by the others. Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! You know, turquoise is not on the Testors web site, but I purchased it new from Hobby Lobby. Maybe it's old stock. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you. I did build other models during that time. This one just ended up packed away and forgotten or neglected. I've never been an industrious builder to be truthful. Maybe I've 10 in a year at the maximum. Thanks, I like them too! Thank you! I do too! Thanks! I've always liked Toros. There was a kid in our school that drove one and it was so cool to watch him roast the front tires at will. Jo-Han even with all their problems, when it came to the bodies of the kits they made, they were really sharp. I've built several and to this day they have some of the cleanest body details of models kitted from that era. That's pretty good looking build you have there. Like your color choice! Thank you! Thanks! I guess this makes me an Thank you!