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I too have seen the BB Chev referred to as a "semi-hemi" many times. Since both "semi" and "hemi" mean half (so does "demi"), I guess that means the BB Chevy is one-quarter...of something.
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Modelhaus Kits, Rookie Question..
Snake45 replied to 10thumbs's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
3 to 3.5 weeks isn't "fast" service anymore. I deal with several suppliers who have their stuff to me in under 7 days. In some cases, WELL under. It's not horrible, but I don't consider it "fast." But it's predictable and can therefore be taken into account. -
'69 Chevelle SS396--A "Then and Now" Build. "Now" pics added.
Snake45 replied to Snake45's topic in Model Cars
Yeah, it was mainly the engines that were nonstick--no stock induction or exhaust systems. I think the Corvette and Camaro and Mustang might have been the same way--I'd have to look at the old instruction sheets. I think more recent issues of the Chevelle now have a 4-bbl and manifold and stock exhaust manifolds. The Crower injection in the Chevelle kit was pretty cool, though. -
Show me your cars with wings
Snake45 replied to Greg Myers's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I wouldn't want to be sitting in that thing when the wings retract and decapitate everybody inside! -
I'd like to see that too. I was about to start "improving" the headlights of the '74 snapper but will hold off a couple days if help is on the way.
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Best kit to build 1964 GTO?
Snake45 replied to allegheny's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Very interesting thread. I'd never taken a GOOD look at the PL but after reading this I google-imaged it and looked at many pics. I don't think it's horrendous but I can kinda see what y'all are talking about. It ain't perfect, that's for sure. Meanwhile, I have an original AMT to restore. Undecided on the color, but have it down to Marimba Red (metallic) and dark metallic blue. Any votes for one or the other? -
Buying ugly buildups
Snake45 replied to ChrisPflug's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Here are a few of mine that I hope/plan to rebuild. I've actually been working on this one and the finish line is in sight: Of these two, the '68 is rebuilt and on the shelf, still trying to come up with a plan for the '69 pieces. Original MPC '72 annual, stripped and ready for rebuild. Have definite plans for this one involving original vintage '60s custom parts. It's an original, first-issue '63 AMT annual coupe. Or it WAS. This one will become a vintage '65-66 road racer. Seems to be an original AMT annual '68 (kinda inaccurate). Thinking of turning it into a VW-powered "kit car." This one will get rebuilt as a mild custom Vette Van, using as many original 1967 parts as I can find. Got quite a few more, but no photos (yet). -
Modelhaus Kits, Rookie Question..
Snake45 replied to 10thumbs's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
Modelhaus makes excellent stuff, and their prices are pretty reasonable. I'd caution ordering from them 4-6 weeks ahead of your anticipated need as they can sometimes take this long to get your stuff to you. But you WILL get it, and it WILL be good stuff. I've even heard that they've improved their delivery time lately, but can't vouch for that yet. (I'll be placing an order with them sometime soon.) -
Revellogram '69 Superbee and '70 Road Runner/GTX are 1/24, and they look like a "big" 1/24 at that next to true 1/25 models. AMT's '68-'69 Road Runner/GTX has nice chassis, guts, etc but the bodies were never as nice as the original JoHan annual kits of these cars. Definitely second rate by today's standards and due for a re-do. Personally, I'd like to see a good 1/25 '68 Coronet/Superbee and a good 1/25 '69 Road Runner 440+6.
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Show me your cars with wings
Snake45 replied to Greg Myers's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
You'll put your eye out with that thing! -
'69 Chevelle SS396--A "Then and Now" Build. "Now" pics added.
Snake45 replied to Snake45's topic in Model Cars
And here's the old and new together. Notice that the MCW Hugger Orange, which is a perfect match for the '69 Chevy showroom color chip brochure, is slightly "redder" than the Testor Orange. I believe that Hugger Orange (AKA Pontiac Carousel Red, as seen on many '69 GTO Judges) is a fairly good match for Ford Calypso Coral/Mercury Competition Orange as well. At any rate, I think that's what I'm gonna use on a '69 Cougar I hope to get to sometime soon. Oh, just noticed that I need to add the side marker lights, too. I sanded off the incorrect '68-type markers, and will get around to replacing them with foil copies of the correct '69 style from the Revell '69 Camaro. -
'69 Chevelle SS396--A "Then and Now" Build. "Now" pics added.
Snake45 replied to Snake45's topic in Model Cars
So the other day, the Decal Mood finally struck me. The job turned out to be even worse than I'd been dreading. They were a pain to cut out, they were too long, and it was MUCH harder than you'd think to get them on straight and in the right place. Later, they even fought me about cutting them away at the door lines. About the only positive thing about them was that they were properly sized to slip between the door handles and the locks, as they should. If I'd known they were going to be THAT much trouble, and add THAT little to the look of the model, I'd have completed it as a "stripe delete" car. Oh, and the taillights on the "new" AMT kit are totally hosed. I spent several hours trying to modify and work with them and finally just gave up and "borrowed" the old rear bumper and taillights from the green dragster in the "before" photo above. I'm gonna order the Good Stuff from Modelhaus, eventually, and replace these parts. So here it is. Have I gotten any better over the years? Or would you say I'm in a rut? -
Very, VERY nice! Your wood grain looks very much like the Pontiac stuff of the time. I started one of these on an MPC '69...back in 1969. You're making me want to rescue it from the Shelf of Doom and drag it across the finish line! Well done and model on!
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Thanks all for the replies and ideas. I have something I'm gonna try. Will post pics if it works, will slink away quietly if it doesn't.
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I wonder if R2 listens ?
Snake45 replied to w451973's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Facts and truth, what a concept! -
Back in 1969 (I was 14), I built two then-new AMT '69 Chevelles, one as a Modified Production dragger, the other as a “day two” street terror. (Most of the AMT '69 annuals couldn't be built factory stock. Virtually no one noticed or cared at the time.) Paint was Testor Orange, vinyl top by holding a can of flat black a foot or two out and dusting it on. I see that I didn't remove the incorrect lower body chrome strip (left over from the '68 body), but I also didn't paint or attempt to “chrome” it. Hey, what can I say? As Warren Zevon sang, “Time treats everybody like a fool,” and this is how these two once-proud models looked around 2005 or so: Couple years ago I had a fit of industry one day and decided to do a quickie clean-and-fix on the orange one. Didn't change anything, just blew it apart, cleaned it all up with dish soap, put it back together, and did some minor touchup. Contemporary Testor “little bottle” orange was an EXACT match for the 40+ year old Testor spray paint. You gotta love that kind of consistency! Thus endeth the "Then" part of the story. Meanwhile, back in the early '90s (I know because Model Car World paint had just come out), I decided to do another one using my adult skills. This time I did remove the incorrect lower body chrome strip. The MCW Hugger Orange paint went on like a champ, and I clearcoated it with Testor Clear Top Coat enamel. Everything was going just fine until the clearcoat rubout, when it looked like I polished through the clearcoat on the trunk lid. Onto the Shelf of Doom with it (also known as the Museum of Broken Hearts and Other Disappointments). For about twenty years. While rebopping my original old build, it occurred to me that I could just mask off the trunk lid of the “new” one, clearcoat ONLY that, and drive on. I dug the poor unloved thing out and took a look at it under an Optivisor and discovered that I hadn't burned through the clearcoat at all, everything was just fine back there. Happy happy joy joy! BTW, if I were doing this project today, I wouldn't have clearcoated the MCW paint at all, just rubbed it out direct. Live and learn. I finished up the rubout job, and everything else, and then it was time to apply that white side stripe decal, which looked to be a Big Stinky Mess. Back onto the Shelf of Doom the thing went to serve another two-year sentence. I have to be in the MOOD to do decals, dimmit, and the mood did not happen to strike me during that time. More to come...
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I'd rather they did the '68 Coronet grille, and then tooled us up a '68 Coronet around it.
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I wish Revell would tool up a new, standard Malibu body for the '65 Chevelle Z16 kit. The trim and badging of the Z16 are distinctive and not easily converted back to "standard" trim. They only made only, what, 201 of them, and in only three different colors, which kinda limits one's building optioins. Give us a standard body with a small-block in it and you can put me down for a half-dozen. Failing that, I could get by if someone offered a resin repop of the back panel from the old AMT kit. While waiting, I might break down and build a "what-if" Z16 AWB funnycar or FX or S/S. The only real Z16 racer I've ever run across was one that had a turbine unit attached to the rear end, and that's not really of that much interest to me.
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VERY sharp build! I'm glad this rose to the top so I got a chance to see it!
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That's a nice collection. Well done!
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SSSSHHHHH! Don't tell Tim Boyd!
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Fabulous pictures, thanks so much for this!