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The funny thing about that whole deal is that if you listen to it, it's not a cowbell, it's a wood block.

That chassis is based more or less on the McEwen '65 Barracuda chassis. The body didn't flip up on that car. Flip bodies didn't start becoming common until '66, and didn't completely take over the class until well into 1967 or later.

IIRC, a major component of WD-40 is just kerosene. I wonder if plain kerosene would do the job without the contamination from oil and other ingredients?

That grille looks pretty darn good--almost certainly better than the homebrewed fix I was planning. I'm definitely interested in buying two of them, perhaps three, as long as I don't have to buy the rest of the parts as a "kit"--I don't need the rest of that for the projects I have in mind.

The new Revell '67 Camaro. What a disappointment that backbirth turned out to be. I WILL get it built someday, but it sure won't be the shake 'n' bake job I was looking forward to.

I can't hear that song without thinking of Beavis & Butthead.

That white one above is the one I was calling a "supersized Fad T" a few posts back. I want one.

Oh, and I thought of another objection: BMF doesn't really look like chrome or stainless trim. It looks like...well, it looks like BMF.

True. It removes BMF residue most rikki-tik. It also removes Future, Testors/Model Master lacquers including One-Coat Wet Look Clear, Glosscote, Dullcote, and many of the Krylon paints. In fact, it removes pretty much everything except cured enamel.

The high price and the fact that the last two sheets I bought just broke up and were useless. (I guess that's "shelf life" issues.) Nowadays I use kitchen foil with Micro Foil Adhesive (wonderful stuff!), a silver Sharpie, and, in rare cases, Testor Chrome Silver (which is much improved over the silver paint we used in the '60s).

I used Testor Stop Light Red (which is now also available in the little bottles) for a couple decades with complete satisfaction. Last couple years I've been using Testor Acryl Clear Red for taillights, and it is AWESOME stuff. Great color and easy to use--what's not to like?

The AMT '66 Riv engine is pretty good but also pretty rare. I think I have the parts to get one, maybe two of them together. I liked the FI setup on that, but I've lost some of the tubes on mine. How does the engine in the '66 Wildcat compare? I have that kit but have never taken a good look at the engine. Couple years ago I started a "good" resto of an original AMT '66 Skylark. It didn't have an engine so I swiped one from the '65 Riv. I filled the axle hole but that's about as far as I got with it. Only thing wrong is it's a 2X4 engine and I don't think dual carbs were available on the '66 GS Skylark. ETA: Stupid me. I thought y'all were talking about the original annual '66 Riv engine, and you were obviously talking about the new-tool kit. Never mind.

I wish I'd bought a few more of these when they were available. I got one, now I'm saving it for some "special" project of some kind.

I always liked that car too. And you're building this old-school. Good for you. I would have just put it on the AMT '66 Nova pro-street chassis and said "good enough."

Sail on, sail on, I will rise each day to meet the dawn So high, so high I've climbed the mountains of the sky Without my wings you know I'd surely die I found my freedom flyin' high I've climbed the mountains of the sky

It took me a while to find three consecutive lines I could quote from the Office Space song I used.

Foghat, Fool for the City.

So do architects, city planners, manufacturers, and so forth.

Thanks, Tim. I don't remember what frame you used on yours. A few months ago when I was rebuilding my ancient AMT Sand T model (AMT '25 T), I tried several different bodies on the completed "rolling chassis" just for fit. IIRC, it was a bit short for the Revell '29 RP or truck body...it needed more wheelbase for the proportions I wanted. Yeah that frame could always be stretched with a plastic graft but I was trying to think of something cool to do with this new '29.

Lemme axe a stoopid noobie type question (I’m fairly new to rod modeling [pre-‘48]). About 20 or 30 years ago, Tim Boyd did a build article on a ’29 roadster pickup that was sort of like a supersized Fad T. I always thought that was cool. Recently I was looking through an old ’60s Rod & Custom mag and saw a real car that was very similar to that—a ’29 roadster pickup body, shortened pickup bed, overall Fad T proportions but just a little bigger all round. Would this kit be suitable to build something like that, using the Revell ’29 RP body and bed? Come to think of it, such a car would be even cooler with the closed cab. Hmmmmmm….

Foreigner, Blue Morning Blue Day.

I'm not a fan of '29 roadsters at all, but I have a feeling I'll be picking up at least one of these just for cool parts.

Is that a Fisher-Price My First Pro Stock?

Bee Gees, Jive Talkin'.