Snake45

And then there was Sonar Sub Hunt, another way to turn a game that anyone can play with two pieces of paper and a pencil into a high-priced, battery-powered profit center: https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1216/08/mattel-sonar-sub-hunt-game-original_1_abd23110c2ae398629611e4f8286294a.jpg

For future reference, you can quickly determine the current value of almost anything by searching Completed Auctions on eBay. And FWIW, I think you've come here and abused our good will. You apparently have no real interest in model cars. Is your name really "Joe Smith"?

I use Testor (MEK) routinely for styrene. If I need to bond ABS or other plastic, OR if I need something to cure quickly, I use Flex-I-File Plast-I-Weld, which is methylene chloride (and available at Hobby Lobby). The main problem with this stuff is that it dries SO quickly it can be a challenge to apply it before it dries. Usually you have to have two good-fitting parts you can hold together, and then let a drop of the hot stuff "wick" into the joint. I only use it where I really need to.

+1 on everything he said. "Diecast" covers several different worlds. One is the high-end stuff like Franklin and Danbury Mint. Another is the moderately priced stuff, but in 1/18, a scale most here really don't/relate to. Another is 1/43 kits, again, not of much interest to mainstream car modelers. Another is the 1/64 (and similar) "Hot Wheels" sized cars (and Matchbox, Dinky, etc.) And then there are the 1/24-1/25 diecast cars of moderate (or even sometimes downright cheap!) price. In many cases these are attractive because they are of subjects that would be of interest to "mainstream" car modelers, but have never been kitted in plastic (or are long OOP and now very expensive). Some of us (me, Randy, Gramps, Geno, and a few more) really enjoy MODELING on these things. Sometimes this involves only a few minor changes and details, other times we rebuild them completely including painting and customizing. Personally, I like having the separate Diecast section. But I also enjoy posting my diecasts in the "regular" section if they're 1/24-1/25 and of subjects I think many here would be interested in.

Why is this now in General? It should be in Diecasts.

Two rounds of filling, trimming, and priming later, I think I have the hood about where I want it, more or less. 'Taint perfect, but it'll do. Meanwhile, I "de-radiused" the rear wheel openings by about two scale inches by gluing a strip of .040 styrene around the rim, then filing the lip off. Big improvement in looks for about 2-3 hours of work accomplished over 24 hours. The slicks no longer look "lost" in there. And here's a "preview of coming attractions" set-together, on a chassis I built last year for an AWB Falcon also on the workbench. I'll be building a new chassis for the Mustang, but this shows me I'm on the right track, more or less.

Okay, here's where mine is today. Got it worked down. The "shadow" above the cutout is superglue gel, squirted in last night from the backside. If I hadn't done this, I'd have a gap there after filing off the lip. The .040 reduction (.080" diameter, or a full two scale inches) makes a big difference. The opening no longer looks outrageously/comically oversize with normal big slicks. BTW, it's sitting on a chassis I built last year for a Falcon AWB, just to see what it looked like. I'll be building a new chassis for the Mustang.

This week Walmart had one of these in bright red. I forgot to see what kind of wheels were on it, probably the same thing. I've grown kinda fond of my black one.

A fourth idea occurred to me--a '65-'66 match racer that has ended up as a late-'60s/early '70s street racer. Kind of a "street outlaw" of its day. It's rumored that a few well-known race cars ended up this way.

I don't know how well Bondic bonds with the styrene. The SG gel is on there to stay.

Yesterday I did the same thing, except I used .040 instead of .010 and .020. I'm hoping that's enough. Hope to get the whole hot mess filed flush today.

It was the one with Street Rod Pictorial #2 on the cover.

Inspired by the pic you posted in my Mustang thread, yesterday I did something similar to mine. I used one strip of .040 on each side. I curved these somewhat by "curling" them under a steel ruler, glued them in place with a HOT liquid cement, and strapped 'em down with masking tape while it dried. Last night I pulled the tape off and filled the backside with Loctite Super Glue Gel (and you know why this HAS to be done). Today I hope to get the whole stinky mess filed down flush. Dunno if I'll add a lip later or not, we'll see how the quarters look "flat." Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks! Not sure if I have that issue or not. I found another pic, though--in Street Rod Pictorial #2. It's a 2-page spread near the front of the book. It was obviously taken at the same time as the R&C cover shot, but with no people at all in it, just the cars. Runs in my mind the story I'm looking for was one page, right-hand page, near the back of the magazine, and had two or three B&W photos only. I've only found about half my old R&Cs so will have to keep looking. Thanks again!

Well you've got more than I do, then. I checked the COPO book and the All American Musclecars book, which has as much info on Nickey as anything I've ever seen, and neither of them mention anything about Nickey '69 Camaros though both have quite a bit about their '67s. I'm sure Nickey dealt some COPO 9561s. I suppose you could do just about any kind of "Day 2" work you want on a '69 Camaro and call it a Nickey.

That matches my memory exactly. I need to see if I can find those old Rod & Customs. I can't believe there's not one pic of the thing on the Net!

I'll see what I can find out about '69 Nickeys for you. I have a couple books with relevant information.

Very pretty! I saw one of these at a fly-in at the local airport a few years ago. I was surprised at how small it was.

Last night I was scribing out the door lines while watching TV and the more I looked at the rear wheel openings, the more I hated them, especially the lips. I'm thinking seriously of filing those flush and doing something like you're doing here.

You sound like me preaching to the Hyperscale crowd whining about the inaccuracies of the latest model airplane kit. You familiar with Hyperscale? It's from your Land Down Under.

You'll be glad you did.

That's a beauty!

Huh. Maybe I've misremembered about it being his, then. But thanks for the backup that the car existed.

Exactly! It's in a group photo in one of the first Peterson Street Rod Pictorials in glorious color. I have a vague recollection of a one-page B&W feature on it in either Rod & Custom or Hot Rod, too.

Maybe the buyer thought there was a $100 bill hidden in it. Or maybe three fifties.