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"Bits 'N' Pieces" Dune Buggy--Finished Pics Added 9/26
Snake45 replied to Snake45's topic in WIP: Model Cars
I know it doesn't look like it, but this is another four or five hours work. I can't seem to get the front roll bar struts to line up with anything, especially working around my scratchbuilt and slightly oversized pedals. Oh well, I have some plastic rod of the same diameter so I can made some that will fit somewhere when the glue dries on what I've got nailed in there now. Much of the new effort went into the engine. One of the original intake manifolds and carbs was missing, no hope of finding such a tiny part. So I swiped the smallish carbs (with air cleaners) from a Revell '29 A truck, and made manifolds for them with some .045” Evergreen rod and a handy .045” drill. Good enough. Cleaned the old glue and flash and ejector pin marks off the original headers, and remounted them. THAT was a nasty little job, and I said a bad word. Several times. Drilled out the exhaust. When the pipes are good and dry, I'll touch up the “welds” with some more superglue and then touch up the welds with flat white paint. Engine finished, and I'd been dreading it. -
Is that Zepplin? I've never understood that lyric at all but reading it out loud just now I THINK it's the first line of a Zep song.
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Here's one from an obscure cult classic, which has been remade several times, and was itself a remake of a previous film: "Ya can't argue with a confident man."
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That's actually part of #6. I bought the thing, I'm gonna bitch about it, and I'm gonna build it. Prolly with some fixes of my own and some aftermarket help. Or I might get creative with the little backbirth.
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I've got a '66 Skylark and a dune buggy in the Workshop section, and an in-progress '65 Chevelle in the Drag section. When I get those two finished, I think at least one and perhaps two '69 Camaros will be next. Coming up soon should be a MPC '68 annual Camaro resto, and an AMT annual '67 Camaro resto. My problem is I have about 20 projects started, and I need to bear down and work on one or two of them at a time until completion.
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You're not missing much. It was an okay kit in its day, but definitely second in accuracy to the AMT '67 annual. And definitely behind the AMT '67-'68 kits that originated in the '80s. Probably behind the new Revell, though I think in certain body areas, it's prolly more accurate. Definitely inferior in interior, chassis, engine, etc.
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Thanks for the kind words, everyone. This got a much warmer reception here than I was expecting.
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Is this kit 1/24 or 1/25? Anyway, the kit looks interesting and I'd like to see what you do with it. Go for it and model on!
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"I've had nothing but good thoughts about that bridge since we left!"
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Right song, wrong artist--though Dylan did cover it in concert at least once. (Pretty badly, too.) David Letterman once asked this artist his opinion of Dylan. "Well, he did invent my job," was the reply.
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Following this logic, we wouldn't have a brand new '67 Camaro from them.
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Yup. And they could have been banking profits on them for years now, too.
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Really? You think a new-tool '65 GTO wouldn't sell, or even a '67? How about any Skylark GS, '64-'67, or a '65 4-4-2? I'm not a huge fan of the '70-'72 GTOs but it's been a while since the old MPC '70 was out and I bet a new '70 would sell just fine. And I KNOW a '68 Chevelle would. About the only thing I'd ever buy a '72 Olds for would be to use the chassis on my old JoHan '70.
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I've wondered why they kitted that in the first place. I can think of at least a half-dozen more desirable subjects among the '64-72 A-bodies.
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You wouldn't believe how many times I've been through this on the model airplane boards. And I've been on both sides of the argument, depending on how fanatic I am about the particular subject in question. Many people happily nail together kits I just HAVE to correct, and I'm sure I do the same with kits of subjects other people are passionate about. I happen to be a fan of the first-gen Camaros, so I'm here. When one of these bad kits comes out, you have about six choices about what to do with it: 1. Fix it. 2. Buy an aftermarket fix for it. 3. Start with a better kit, if one's available 4. Build it and live with it. 5. Think outside the box and do something creative with it. 6. Put it back on the shelf (yours or the hobby shop's) and wait for something better to come along. Which might never happen. I've done all six of these things and I'm sure I'll be doing all six things in the future. Oh, and life's too short to build bad kits of subjects you don't really like all that much.
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I'm with you two.
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I recently built Revell's diecast American Graffiti '55 Chevy from about 2000, and was stunned at how well everything fit. In fact, fit was so nice everywhere that most of the model is just press-fit together. The only glue I used was on the engine block halves and the seat backs. Accuracy of shape was impressive, too--right up there with AMT's '55 Bel Air sedan. It made for a FABULOUS slump-breaker and got me back into the mood to build again after about a 2-year layoff.
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'69 GTO Exposed Headlights
Snake45 replied to Snake45's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I click the "Parts" link on your website, but no parts are listed. -
They made hypocrite judgements After the fact But the name of the game is Be hit and hit back.
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Desperation, Desperation's in the air It leaves a stain on all your clothes And no detergent gets it out.
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Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A-Comin'? If it's not that, that has similar lyrics.
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When the lights came up at two I caught a glimpse of you And your face looked like Something Death brought with him in his suitcase Your pretty face....
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That's the fabulous Thomas Petty Orchestra!