Snake45

In some ways it definitely is; in others, not so much. Your build is VERY nice looking, though. All those, plus slicks and 6-hole Rally Wheels. IIRC both engines are pretty nice except for the axle holes, which can be filled or other blocks and oil pans used. The rear panel and bumper can be grafted into the Revell body (with some work) for a MUCH more accurate Revell rear end. The front fenders (if you're parting one out) look good in a shop diorama or backdrop. And the rear part of the chassis is useful (the front suspension is pretty useless)--I'm thinking of doing an early Nova AWB funny car using this chassis with a scratchbuilt "bolt-on" front subframe with tube front axle. I cut off one of this kit's hood scoops, chopped it down a little, and reworked it for my '65 Chevelle wagon Modified Production.

Different and therefore interesting! It's gonna take me a little while to get used to the look, but there's no denying your usual impeccable craftsmanship. Well done, and let's hope you soon find more time to Model On!

I think MrObsessive is on to something here. If it were mine at this point, I'd move the door line back to just ahead of the rear fender "hump." Then I'd lengthen the side windows a like amount, which I think would also be an improvement. This would mean losing the fake vents on the C-pillars, but that might be a good thing too. Maybe someone can do a photoshop of this so we can see if I'm crazy. Of course, it's YOUR model, not mine, and YOU are the only one who has to be satisfied with the result, so, drive on!

I've compared the body directly with the 1/24 ZZ Top. Surprisingly, it's not THAT much smaller--a little, but not as far as 1/29. Its major problem is the hood is just way too short. If a correctly sized/proportioned hood were available, or could be scratchbuilt, the body could be used into a fairly decent model (IMHO). Meanwhile, as Mark mentioned, the Revell '34 snapper builds up into a sharp looking model. I believe Ace (Bill) has some issues with it, but it looks good to me. Here's one I recently "rescued" from the local toy show.

That should be my new motto for my Glue Bomb Rescues.

Thanks! I now see what you mean about the wheels--they might be a bit too big. Oh well, better that than too small.

I just paid less than that for SIX cans of the excellent Walmart white primer!

Those are both cool, and have been added to my "Buy On Sight for $9.99" list.

Score of the day! That Chev panel truck is EASILY worth whatever you paid for ALL of them put together--if not more! Congratulations!

Me too. I'm not a particular fan of anything Merc except a few early Cougars, but I'd definitely buy and build at least one if the kit were available.

Hmmmm. I don't have any of those kits so it wouldn't help me anyway, but thanks. I'm now looking at the VERY short injection stacks from the old AMT '69 Chevelle SS. They're probably not accurate, but would fit, should more or less "bolt on" to the BBC in the Revell kit I'm using, and give me the look I'm looking for.

The sidedraft arrangement wouldn't accomplish what I'm looking for with the hood slots. But thanks anyway.

Thanks Bill and Gramps. Reason I'm asking is, I'm building a custom Camaro and want to use this hood, which has already been opened up by someone long ago. Thought it might be cool to have Webers showing underneath it, but I'm not sure a big block would fit under that flattish hood with Webers (the whole reason for the bump on all First Gen SS Camaros was that the room was needed for the air cleaner on the 396). Looks like I'll have to try. It might work (using the setup from the reissue AMT Vettes). Or I might be able to piece together the 4-carb Man-a-Fre setup from the AMT '67 Camaro annual kit. I have at least two of those, neither one complete, but I might have one full set. It would be appropriate for this particular build, using so many original AMT '67 pieces.

Now I don't feel quite so stupid not knowing which year it was!

IIRC Chevy didn't have an orange in its paint range in the '60s until 1969 Hugger Orange, unless maybe it's a truck or fleet color. Or their orange engine paint of the early '60s. The posted color photo on page 2 looks absolutely typical of '65 Ford Poppy Red, which as you say has a definite orange bent to it. I'd go with that without hesitation. Good to see you working on this again!

Me neither--reminded me of a Triumph GT6 a little. Pretty cool!

Very nice! You don't see these very often so congratulations. Well done and model on!

Have any kits (other than the Accurate Miniatures GS Corvettes) featured Weber carbs on a small block Chevy engine? I have plenty of the carbs themselves, and BBC manifolds, but I want to put some on a small block. What kits have that manifold?

Bought this for $2 at a recent toy show, and the price was about right. Mine doesn't have a maker name on the chassis, but a net search shows them being sold under the names of both Sunshine and Superior. Overall shape is only a little better than the typical Palmer kit of the mid '60s, and actually worse than the notorious "unofficial" AMT 1968 annual. The chromed fender gills give it a particularly toylike look. To add insult to injury, this one is apparently suffering from corrosion under the paint, giving it small bubbles and blisters in some areas. $2 indeed! But you know me, I love a Snake-Fu challenge, especially a CHEAP one. Both front fenders had some kind of flaw running about 1/16" down from the tops of the front fender peaks, like a molding seam or something (it doesn't show up in the Before pictures). Since I was going to have to paint those toylike chrome fender gills anyway, I took some time and filed and sanded these flaws out, then masked off the sides of the front fenders, primed them with Walmart Primer White, and shot them with Testor #3 Red (at the same time I was touching up the spoiler on my Mazda RX-7 shown in an earlier post). When that was dry I sanded the tire treads, drilled out the exhausts, painted the grille, rocker panels and front spoiler flat black, Silver Sharpied the windshield and roof trim, and hit the Rally Wheels (which are actually pretty nice) with some Tamiya Flat Aluminum I just found last week. And just like that, I managed to turn a complete POS that would make you wretch uncontrollably at 12 feet into a semi-marginally-barely-presentable model that only causes moderate nausea and occasional gagging at six. Not fit to display in my home, but (just) good enough to put on my shelf at work (where its theft or loss would cause few tears). Might be a good one to let my new grandsons play with in a couple years, too, if they promise to leave my good stuff alone. Two bucks, 3-4 hours (much of which was filing, masking, and painting time), what do you think?

Very nice! I've often wanted to do this by bashing the AMT '62 with some other '58-'60 kit. You are inspiring me to actually do it. One question: Are your headlight bezels and the body from the same kit, or are they from both kits?

Oh I don't know. I used the coupon on it and would say I had $18 worth of fun with it.

The more I see of Jenna Elfman on Fear the Walking Dead, the better I like her. Liked her years ago on Dharma and Greg and she's aged pretty well.

I've spent a great deal of my life in Model Airplane World, where "accuracy" is the standard/watchword. Over here in Model Car World, probably half (maybe more) of our kits are built to represent no particular car, but to represent a car the way WE would like to see it. Phantoms, customs, Day Twos, street freaks of various degrees, race cars that never were--it's all good and fully accepted here. In Model Airplane World, the interest in "whiffers" (what-if-ers) is far less than 5%, and even most of that is only painting airplanes in the markings of nations/air forces that they never served with. Virtually nobody cuts up model airplanes and combines them in interesting ways to "customize" them. Yeah, there are a couple guys who do it, and some of their work is quite impressive, but they are definitely the mavericks and renegades of that hobby. It's more FUN over here.

I never can remember. Is the quote "The perfect is the enemy of the good" or "Good enough is the enemy of the perfect"? Whichever. I have my own groove, in which I am quite comfortable. SOME things have to be perfect, or as close to that as I can get. Other things, good enough is good enough for me.

I've been hearing radio ads for some kind of thriller novel where the hero "goes full-octane!" What could that possibly mean? Does it mean under extreme pressure, he doesn't detonate or "knock"? If so, that doesn't sound particular exciting.