TheRX7Project

This should be an awesome build. I'd leave the color alone- it fits the car nicely and looks like it's in good shape. The one and only thing I want to point out is that having worked on and been around many "tubbed" pro-street cars, I've never once seen a square tub. They are always round. I only point this out because the trunk is hinged, and if you want it to be "correct" the tubs should be round. Not that yours look bad at all, you did a great job building them.

Oh, that paint scheme hits the nail on the head! Well done!

So you swapped that big block into your '37 Ford, got the radiator in place, and then you came across a little problem: what are you going to do for radiator hoses? The stock ones obviously aren't going to fit, I suppose maybe you could try bending them out of sprue but what about when you have a bunch of tight bends to make? The soloution: solder wrapped in black (or, any color if you're into that) heat shrink tubing. Simply cut a piece of solder a little longer than you think you need- you can even mock up the new hose before hand then straighten it back out. Put the heat shrink tubing around it, shrink it, then bend it back to the shape you need. Not only does it let you make hoses in whatever shape you need, it looks good too!

Wow can't wait to see more. I think gold injector stacks would fit the green nicely.

I don't remember who made the kit, but it was a '56 Ford F-100 with a flip-nose front end. And AMT's AMC Matador.

#26: If you drop your recently-painted body and it hits a textured wall, you end up with an irremovable scuff, and a missing door hinge.

I'd drive it!

Love that stance!

That thing looks downright evil, nice!

I'm not sure about the Hellaflush style on a Model A, but that paint scheme is pretty awesome. EDIT: I see you changed it up... now THAT looks cool!

Someone step on that thing! I love FIAT 500s but...

This exact thing happened to me with AMT's AMC Matador. How I lusted after that kit, in the "collector" section of my local hobby shop. Hemmed and hawed about buying it. Finally ponied up the cash and bought it, $35 (which, at the time, I was 15 or 16 and that was a good amount of money, back when new kits were like $9). I still have the old glue bomb in my basement. Maybe one of these days I'll give it another go. It came out pretty good for the time.

Wow, the paint on the '67 Coronet looks delicious! What color is that?

What kit is this?

Lesson #20: Just when you think you're not going to win anything on eBay, you'll win everything you just bid on. I've got these kits coming: '69 Olds 442 '53 Corvette Some sort of custom early Corvette '66 GT350 Mustang '67 GT350 Mustang '71 Cuda

Wow that's interesting...

Thanks. They did help a bit, but the motor that's in it is tired. It's from an '82 and has over 100k on it (rotaries typically die between 95-100k) and it has a few symptoms of "not much longer". Thankfully I've got the original motor at my dad's shop waiting to get torn down and rebuilt. The chassis has less than 70k on it, and is very clean underneath (was a Texas car). Last year I changed the fuel pump, and didn't even need WD-40 to get the bolts off!

I must admit I laughed pretty hard at this one... Thankfully here, nothing before 1995 gets tested. It used to be 1967 and earlier- so all my stuff was registered out of the county!

I like the color choice as well, and man, does that engine bay look clean.

Speaking of Triumphs, my brother had a Spitfire that our dad and he swapped an old Mustang SVO turbo 4-banger into. It would spin the tires through 3rd gear. It was so scary of a ride my brother ended up pulling the motor and junking it (the body was pretty much gone anyway).

So much truth in this thread it hurts!

On the note of these two, I decided this morning I was going to rub the body parts with rubbing compound before I clear coat them. I broke off a door hinge, and there are two nicks in the paint now. I've determined that I'm just going to go ahead with the clear coating. Perfection be damned.

I've been working on a '31 Ford Model A (Revell) over the past couple weeks and have learned a few things. #1: There is always glue on my thumb when handling painted parts. Always. Remember that part you glued 3 hours ago, and got a little glue on your thumb? It's still wet. #2: Even big parts can get lost. Such as the driveshaft and rear-end center section piece. #3: No matter how smooth it looks, no matter how smooth it feels, it's not smooth yet. #4: "Skill 3" apparently is code for "these molds were designed by someone who never intended on putting this model together. We purposely placed mold lines and pin marks in the most obvious places, on the front side of parts." #5: Apparently my thumbnail is harder than lacquer paint. #6: Just because you can see it, doesn't mean you can paint it. To be continued...

Thanks for the heads up on this, I still need to buff the last coat out anyway.

Wow, all it needs is some 1/24 scale gas!