426-Hemi

DANG!!!! That was a close one, it looks pretty big too! WOW!

-I am gonna be stuffed with Turkey bird, & stuffing, mash taters, and only God knows what else, YEAH I'll be a happy modeler after a nap later!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!!! -Eat much and be stuffed!!!!! Table Manners: This fine days, feast, and thanks, with a word of thanks....... "Dear Father, I set down to have a nice meal, so I say THANKS, Open the mouth, thru the gums, look out stomach HERE IT COMES! -Then I take a nap! -Amen!

Jeff, thats AWESOME work! Question, the headers on the engine, they come with the kit? (I got the '64 Dodge Polara "330") -Been trying to locate 6 cylinder headers, of on the slant 6 I have..... NOT an easy task I can say..... GREAT work on the fuel & brake lines!!!!!

Then while I was looking for parts, I totally forgot all about the spare tire, rim, and its mount! I got everything together and put it in place! Now as you see it, isn't the way its gonna stay! I plan to add a rectangle of wire soldered to the slot of the screw to look like a "grab & twist" that would be like a ring in a bulls nose, BUT not "hinge" as this is also going to remain "REMOVABLE"!!!!! With a little soldering work from me, it should work GREAT as the wire will be HARD music wire! -Ought to strong enough to be grabbed by tweezers for removal! While the truck was up-side-down, I got to looking at it for placement/design of the exhaust pipe and muffler (and this time a CAT!), and how and where the pipe and things were gonna be! SO, got to thinking, Dad was said to have put a single "Glass Pack" muffler on this truck in real life. Sadly, Thats a detail I know I didn't have, not one to look the part anyway! SO, off to the scrap plastic I went..... grabbed what looked bigger then what I needed and off to the lathe I went! This is what it came out looking like: The top "piece" is the slug I used for the part, turned down in the lathe it went to looking like what you see on the bottom part. (Just happened to be red plastic too!) As these "Glass Packs" would have been a bright red anyway! This shows the "end" of the Glass Pack muffler, it was "center drilled" while in the lathe, so that I could turn the pipe connection as thin as I could get it.... Looks good, BUT these "ends" on both ends is made long and got trimmed before they were painted! Once it was dry, it was glued to the "Y" that I made, that is pictured above! Here it is in place: Looks pretty good, if you look, I even added the pipe hangers! The pipe is painted Testors "Steel" the Catalytic converter, is painted Testors Metalizer "Titanium" polished, then coated, The muffler itself is painted Krylon "Bright Red". The exhaust pipe hangers are simply blackened copper wire. NO PAINT! Then, I went to adding the "tail pipe". I had to remove the spare tire in order to make this, BUT I had to keep it in place to route the pipe and judge the bends to get around everything...... Turned out VERY WELL if I do say so, myself! Looking from the front to the back, to see how the exhaust pipe is bent and is made to fit around everything. Looking from the back to the front, to show how the tail pipe is mounted, as well as the hangers, The pipe itself, is cut off "long"..... As once the bed is in place, I'll adjust this and add a polished tip (probably Aluminum tube polished, to look like chrome!!!!) -That will be done, on my lathe when I go to do it! Fits perfectly around the spare tire, and allows space on the frame, for the class 3 hitch I have yet to make, that my Dad had for pulling his camper (I may TRY to build this too at some point, as it will have to be "scratchbuilt", 100% of it!) Thanks for looking, thats it for now more to come as more is done!

So as the holiday continues, HOPEFULLY I'll get more & more done! A lot of "fine" details to go, even under the hood! Anyway, as I had last posted, I got the heater hoses in place. As you all seen, BUT this Mopar 318 ALSO got an A/C too! So, I had to get the parts organizer out to see what I had for A/C hose, to connect it to the firewall. WELL turns out, the A/C hose that I THINK goes to this A/C pump on the fan belt arrangement, but wouldn't "fit" the application (this truck) SO..... I used parts of it, to make it fit. I made my own "hose" for it and hard plumbing..... Now for the most part, the engine and all is piping and even hose "work" is done, EXCEPT the radiator core support wiring and hose-work, will follow as that has to be looked at to see what all needs done to get it up to the standard of this model truck. -I HAD to get all this small pipe and hose work DONE before the radiator and core support went into place! SO, I got to looking at the core support, and the factory kit radiator. Both are done well, BUT the radiator needed some sort of "stand-off" from the core support, (I didn't like how it looked mounted almost "flush" to the core support so. I made some "stand-off" mounts, and put them right on the radiator, where the factory mount is! Looks pretty good, for the distance gained. SO, I went with it.... (Gets the radiator cap just a little "away" from the core support.) Which is what I was out to achieve! Then, I got to thinking, while working on the radiator, The A/C needed a Condenser too! (radiator-like part) that was to be somewhere in-front, or behind the actual engine cooling radiator! SO, no real space for that behind, so in front its going! In front will allow it to be "sunk" into the opening of the core support just like for the radiator to allow air to blow through it.... BUT the question was, "What do I use?" Off to the parts bin yet again, to see what might be lurking..... All I had was a radiator, with a fan shroud on it, and all one piece connected to the core support, Wasn't interested in using this for a A/C condensing radiator SO, off to junk piles..... I got some old beat up die-cast models from my Step-Son, and low and behold a radiator thats thin enough and small enough to fit the space, with little work to do so! Came out of some car, he gave me some time ago, missing a lot of parts, so I stripped it of things I thought I could use on the model cars, so..... Core support, painted to match the trucks body color, then the radiator after it got the stand-offs added top it, and below that is the A/C condenser. Then while I was diggin' for the A/C condenser, and just before I put my parts organizer away, I seen a fan shroud!!!! So, it too will be on this truck! -I don't recall the model kit having one, but both my old Dodge Power Wagon, and Dads Adventurer should have had (My ole '78 truck did but it was badly cracked at both bottom mounts so I removed it when the 360 was pulled and before the 440 went in! So, my model in this build will not have this detail!) All put there to see.... The fit! Now granted, the radiator is merely just sitting on top of the core support here, but that being said the A/C condenser slips right under with no issue at all, meaning I'll have to make some sort of bracket on the front of the A/C condenser, that will connect it "hang" onto the core support. Hopefully, the front of all this together will be seen between the grille and the front of the core support and all its parts when in the truck as there should be just a little space between the back of the grille, and the front of the core support..... This whole thing when done, WILL not be glued in till I know for sure it all will fit as it should! I'll have more in a day or so. Hopefully with the holiday of Thanksgiving upon us, I'll be getting a bit more done to this build! Enjoy for now, more will come!

That turned out GREAT!!!! What did you use for the welder lines?

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Thanks Gator!!!! Much appreciated.... -I've been fighting the way I have to make the exhaust, be to fit...... Just NOT what I'm used too, NOR used to doing on a model.... Specially a truck! -So its a bit strange in a few ways, one its a single exhaust (I'm used to making "duals" out the back) and two, its a truck, that well, I can say this be thee only one I've done to date to have single exhaust, single muffler and a SINGLE "Cat" so. (don't normally put in the Cat on a truck is this age) so.... plus it will exit the truck VIA behind the driver's side rear tire..... Not used to that either! Always pushing my own limits I guess!

Thats always the way Joe!!!! Thanks tho, A lot to go yet, I'm meaning to get the exhaust system designed/worked out, so I can get it on the truck too! Thanks tho man, much appreciated!!!!

1/10th scale R/C size, you plan to make it run? -NICE start, Nevermind, I see that you are doing a true "realistic" frame..... Doubt you'd have the space to make it run! NICE tho! What ya plan for a motor?

LOL I "like" how you stressed "real" LOL

Joe, never-the-less man, that looks GREAT!!!!! You done a great on the shadow painting!

Brett, Would you happen to have or know where I could see these? (I'm just interested in seeing what it came with!)

NICE job on the Camo Wayne!!!!! NICE freakin' work!

Joe, that BMF on that emblem? WOW!

Those "dual" valve covers are 392 Hemi valve covers. MOST those come with the breather on the chrome tree, you just have to look close! The 426 Hemi valve covers, well those are another story, as the K/B is for Keith Black, I do not think he's given permission for them to be produced for scale models! You'd be better off looking for kits with the smooth plain ones like those on the '41 Willy's cars, and adding them to the 426 Hemi valve covers, and add a Mopar "M" to them out of the decal sheet for the '67 Dodge Charger under the Foose design kit from Revell! (Seat marking decal) is a Mopar "M" like this: (M) (M) (M) (M) (M) Just cut off the "(" ")" brackets, and use the "M" I did on my dream truck build from the 1990's placed on the aluminum intake! -I THINK it fit, I'm not sure, I haven't checked that with either of the 2 kits! -Just a thought!

-Thought someone said this "new" release '70 Challenger came with a Hemi in it? All I see is a 440 6 pack! I will mention here that I noticed that the exhaust manifolds are wrong! -I'm pleased to see the "R/T" hood instead of the T/A rendition! -I'd like to locate a few "R/T" hoods like seen here for a few builds I have! LOL

Well now that the frame's 95% complete, I thought I'd get right into the detail of the engine! I had to add the fuel line to the mechanical fuel pump..... What a fun little hose to make FIT! You can see it bare copper right below the alternator! Once that was in to stay, and painted to resemble a hose, the fun began! The power steering hoses from the pump on the belt set up, to the gear box on the frame. the first one was made, "formed" and the hose "pipe allowed to look the part, and a sleeve over it to look like a "hose" also "formed" and once fitted, the "pipe" was painted to look like a steel pipe, on each end. There are 2 of these hoses. First one: Good GAWD is that chrome bright! "Hard line" painted to look the part. Shaping this supply line was a fun task, OMG if you guys only knew, (the pump is only glued to ONLY the pulley and belts!) Makes doing these type details a real PITA! BUT, the detail factor is worth the trouble! Then the real fun was the return line to the same thing, goes from BEHIND the power steering pump to the steering gear box, and kinda winds around you might say. (trying to get that "factory look" here...... THEN you'll notice in the picture, I also had got the heater hoses in place, on the passenger side of the truck over the edge/corner of the inner fender well! These are done from the engine run through a fitting on the fire wall, left long out the back till they were "in-place" as they have "mounts" along the fenders edge. There really aren't many more "connections" to the engine to be made, upper and lower radiator hoses, and the alternator wire to the battery, and then the battery wire to the starter.... Then the whole engine compartment will be done! -I'm working out the stuff thats going to be on the radiator core support, next! More to follow as things get done!

NICE! Now I'll be trying locating one!

Exactly what scale is that? Might make a GOOD "Daisy Duke" by the looks of it with some work!

-I got a few of those "promissed" ones too, one of 2 is DONE... I have one to go..... Your doing the right thing..... (I said I'd make a model in Panther Pink, which is done, its a '57 Chrysler 300. Then a model to represent her pet rabbit, all white with pink in it (will also be Panther Pink) so...... A '69 Dodge Daytona Charger, all "Pearl White" with a Panther Pink deck stripe and "wing" with a Panther Pink Hemi in it, that may also get Panther Pink hood "blocks" in the "indents of the hood. THEN to have "HEMI" written in them, BUT that we'll all see when I get that far.... So my model building friend, you are doing he right thing! I know how that feels!!!! -Very clean build man! NICE job!

Well as mentioned, my next task was to get the rear shocks picked out, and painted, and then by all means, in place! WELL what seemed to be the fun was finding the shocks to fit. As the truck itself, was "leveled" front to back to keep a stock height 4x4. Just as my Dad had it. Problem being, was that the box stock truck was a 2x4 truck, that had the rear slightly lifted, to give the truck a "raked look". Having said that, The rear shocks for this were slightly longer, then what a leveled 4x4 truck would have had. SO, making the task a bit more difficult. SO, off to the parts organizer that I had shocks in I went. SADLY, I didn't then and don't now have a lot of choices for shocks. SO, then I went to hit the kit boxes! (I have a BUNCH of kits that is getting the "stance" changed), requiring custom made shocks (I didn't want to have to go that route this time. SO, I found/looked for what I had left or would from other builds, that had the stance changed.) I plan to lower a this kit I have, so will need special made shocks when the time comes. SO, the box-stock shocks in the kit were in question for this build. Turns out, these work GREAT! So, off to making them the Monroe shocks that my Dad kept under his truck these went. White and Dark Blue. With the mounts made to reflect the rear and floorboards there were to connect too! I got a little touch-up to do..... BUT so far, this whole truck frame looks GREAT!!!!! Now that I got the suspension done, I have to go through do a quick paint touch-up and then I can move on to getting the exhaust piping done. Then the rest of the fine details. So while I was waiting for the The shocks to dry once they were painted, I began looking at the frame to see what I had to do to get the exhaust pipe started. Needless to say this truck, with its Mopar "LA" 318 engine and my Dad being well, my Dad, he left almost everything stock, UNLESS it could be easily seen or HEARD. SO, Having said that this truck Dad left it have a single pipe exhaust, meaning it needed a "Y" pipe to have the 2 exhaust manifolds crossover to one pipe exit. Meaning, I had to make my own "Y" pipe for it! SO..... I sat out to make a "Y" pipe. Now granted, its only as-is as I have a LOT of "forming" yet to do, BUT thats not to say I will even "try" to form it as it is. BECAUSE one wrong bend in the pipe, means I'll be making a 2nd one! SO...... I might do as little "forming" as I can get away with, and cut it to length to have other formed pipe, meet up to it, with a pipe joint. This will save me the headache of having to do things over again that aren't exactly easy to do in the first place. This whole thing will be made to have a single muffler and will exist the truck just behind the driver's side rear tire! -The only thing I can think of at this point my Dad did to his real truck was one, put on a single "Glass Pack" muffler, AND a chrome exhaust tip. Which means, BOTH these 2 details, I'll be making custom from bits I have around the shop. My Uncle told me that Dad spoke of doing a full exhaust on this truck over the last winter he had it, BEFORE the spring flood took it from him, as he wanted to put dual exhaust out the back on it, but never got around to doing it so it will be made in reflection of what his real truck had. Thats it for now, More to come when I got more to add!!!!! -Thanks for lookin'!

Thanks Gator!!!!! I got a update coming yet tonight.. LOL Its been a GREAT build! I'm very pleased with it to date!

Good question Greg!!!!! What ARE we talking about here? In models, as the REAL "Crate engines" (built for racing) OR parts pack engines? OR modeling a "Crate Motor" as delivered by the manufacturer only in model form??