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  1. Straightliner59
    I want to sincerely thank everyone for your kind words. I am stunned, and honored. I accomplished the vision I had for the car, and the model, and it's gratifying that others appreciate that vision. Anyhoo, before I get too sappy, I enjoyed the process and learning a couple of new techniques (Thanks again, Steve Milberry, for the tip for the headlights!). I'm trying to decide what's next. If I can make a set of Enderle injectors and manifold for a small block Chevy, I might see if I can't finish up my junior fueler...or, I have an Ideal Toy Company BMW R69 motorcycle that I've been looking at. Or, there's the Badman, or...
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    Thank you, Dave and Oscar. I'm pretty happy with it. And, it always feels good to put something new in the display case! I appreciate that, Dann, very much! Thanks! It does look like it would be a fun ride, no?
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    Thank you, Carl. Much appreciated!
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    Thank you, Peter! Check it out, in all its finished "glory", here:
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    This car was inspired by the late-'60s Trans Am series Camaros, and Mustangs. By the time the Monza was introduced, most of the road racing cars were wearing those big, pontooned IMSA-type fender flares. I always hated those, so, I went a little retro,with my design. This represents something that would have been built around 1977 (I wanted something I could use those beautiful Bicentennial Montana plates on!). It's built for speed and safety. It features a basic roll bar, four point harnesses, and a big fuel tank, for those wide-open spaces on the highways under the Big Sky. I've always loved the "H"-bodied GM cars, especially the Vega and the Monza. This is, actually, the third Monza I've built! Funnily enough, they've all been green! If you're interested in the process of this creation, you can follow the entire project here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/…/130953-1975-monza-all-parts-…/ Questions/comments always welcome!
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    Thank you, Tom. They are a lot of fun! It's going to be nice to put it in the display case!
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    Well, all that's left is some touch up! All the parts are on the model, with the additions of side mirrors and the fuel tank. I am going to flow some very diluted black acrylic into the door, hood and hatch lines, and touch up the paint chips. Once those are complete, I'll take some better photos and post a thread over in Under Glass. It's got some warts, but, I am happy with it!
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    Thanks, Tom! That's the article I was looking for!
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    Found a link to a re-creation at HRM. The car ran 9.0s at 150 MPH. Pretty quick! https://www.hotrod.com/articles/9-0s-at-150-mph-in-60s-recreating-the-ultimate-show-and-go-t-bucket/
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    That kit is pretty much a replica of the Geraghty and Crawford "show 'n' go" T, called The Grasshopper. Trying to find photos of it.
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    Thank you, Bill. Now, I'm going to have to find one, and see how well it mates with their '70 snapper body, and the firewall and cowl I installed in it. Looks promising!
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    As Picard would say, "Make it so." :-) I'm kidding, but, I am anxious to see how it looks. I didn't get a chance to go look for one, while I was out at work. I'm hoping it will make me want to swap the chassis into my '70 Modified Production class racer.
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    That Micro Superfilm is excellent stuff! It definitely should be able to save some decals, for you.
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    Ahhh, John! Music to my ears! Thank you, kind sir.
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    Thanks, Steve! For me, it's getting better, because it is almost finished! ;-)
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    Hahaha! Wrong Xanadu! But, I'm happy if she's happy!
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    Here are some better photos of the wiper assemblies. I dug around in my various drawers/boxes of materials, and found a small piece of rubber membrane,which is essentially inner tube rubber, but flat. I cut some strips as thinly as possible, and added them to the wipers, to create the squeegees. They might be a tad too large, but, I think I can live with them...
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    Thank you, Dann! I appreciate that. I'm pretty dang happy with it. It took a while to find side mirrors that I liked, but, I've decided on those from the AMT '67 GT 350. I wanted to use small, rectangular ones, and, it seemed like everything in my parts boxes, and most of the models I was going through, only had round, or the teardrop aero looking ones. It should be done within a week. Then I can try my hand at taking "sexy" car model photos!
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    Thank you, Tommy! I really appreciate your kind words. The promos were made by MPC. The AMT Monza has always looked a little off, to me. That hasn't kept me from buying one, but, I think the MPC version is far superior. Thanks again, Rick! It's not perfect, but, I am pretty happy with it. I have a four-day weekend, the next two weeks, so, I am hoping to finish it up, before the new year!
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    Thank you, Dave. That's much appreciated! I can almost smell completion, from here! Hahaha, Mike! It does seem that way! Thank you for your kind words! I got some black ink down in the cowl vent louvers, and touched up the B-pillars, as well.The wiper arms are a cheat--I made them to cover the fact that I didn't remove the molded-in arms. :-) I need to trim the BMF along the bottom of the driver's side window, and find a set of mirrors that I like. I also need to foil the door locks and highlight the lug nuts...again. I have some chips in the paint, mostly around the headlights. I am considering leaving those, if I can find some properly-sized mesh, since this car would be built to be driven, hard, and there are a lot of cool gravel roads, in Montana, so, broken headlights, and dinged paint are quite plausible. But, maybe I'll just fix them. A couple of new shots, wipers completed and installed...
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    I finally got the wipers built. T shot them with Krylon Semi-Flat Black, but haven't got pics of them, painted, yet. I will paint the molded-on wiper blade assemblies with flat black, and another color to represent the squeegee. Man, I hope to finally have this thing finished, soon!
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    I looked around the web at other similar methods of making wire wheels, and did some refining, incorporating some of those ideas into this technique. First, I found one variation that cut slits into the inside of the wheel rim halves. This is an excellent idea, as it creates a more positive way to hold the spokes in place, which facilitates the second change I made. This time, as I laid the spokes in the opposite direction (The second lap around the rim), I slipped them to the outer side of the hub flange. Align them as closely as you can to the hub "cap" (also new), so that, after they are all laid in place, you can flip the wheel half over, and align and cement the outer spokes to the flange, with no, to minimal distortion. Mounting the spokes to both sides of the flange provides more "depth" within the pattern of spokes, and , a more prototypical look. The earlier edition of this tip also left the spokes atop the inner face of the rim, rather than nestled in it, which led to a slight gap, between the rim halves. All that said, here are a few shots of the outer half of a new wheel. I haven't done the inner wheel half, yet.
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    Looks great! Nice job with the Zolatone!
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    Glad you did, Dave. What a cool freaking model!
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    One of the very best builders I have ever known, Dave Abell, built cross-legged, on his living room floor. He drilled holes with an Xacto knife, and painted virtually everything with those cheap water based craft paints, from Walmart. He built a Caterpillar that nearly won Salt Lake, in 1990. The hard-facing he did on the blade, and the ripper was astonishing! I just saw it in an old issue of SAE, a couple of weeks ago (GSL coverage). Sadly, I believe he's gone, now.
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