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Here's what I did to mine. The Dart was just begging for a 340.

Nice! I did something very similar last winter using the same parts and kit. I converted the car over to a four speed, though. Fitting the engine was trickier than I thought: it's a tad longer than the kit big block and I had to shave the oil pan slightly to get the engine lower. I'll be watching your build.

Um.... no. Thanks, but no.

I don't really have any pet peeves for other people's builds. As long as someone enjoys the building, it's all good to me. I think I've been guilty of just about everything mentioned in this thread, at one time or another. ... But sometimes I see stuff and wonder "Why didn't they try to fix that?". The thing I notice the most is poorly fitting tires and rims... where the rim sits way out past the bead edge of a tire or the assembly sits far too far out past the wheel openings. At that point I think "Nice build except for..." $.02

Yeah, it is pretty awful, but like most Mopar guys, we only see what it represents and what used to be. The '64 Dodge is very high on my "what I would buy if I won the Lottery" list, and the odds of winning that are slim, so I'll settle for the inaccuracies of the Lindberg kit.

Those are all excellent pics. thanks for posting them!

Yep. I played with the idea of much narrower tires, and decided that, for this particular build, it would be too much work to offset the rims so the tires weren't buried back inside the wheel openings. So I went instead with some tire decals and spun discs and called it good enough. The whole concept was "...if Roger Penske took one of his Nascar racers to the salt flats...", so most of the Nascar stuff stayed. Probably not what would REALLY happen, but it is a model... After a little research on flats racers, I think I'll be building more. Fascinating to see all the variations that did and do race out there.

Yup. Any new owners are in for an up-hill battle, and would be even if the France's hadn't hoovered most of the genuine out of Nascar. Motorsports are changing: the new norm is going to be smaller fan bases, no matter what. I'm pretty sure the France family sees this and wants out while the Nascar name still holds some value. ...But, there are no guarantees any new owners will make things better.

Thanks all. The pre-painted body was a bonus, the scallops seemed to fit right in on a salt racer.

Actual paint strainers from my local Carquest do it for me. A box of 100 is under $10.

A bit of a slump buster... If The Captain - Roger Penske - were to take one of his Nascar racers to the salt flats, I'm thinking it might look a bit like this. I lowered the front end a bit, shortened the rear spoiler height (no need for big downforce in a straight line), fitted a driver's side window, and eliminated most of the Nascar-specific stickers. Oh yeah... and crafted those nifty spun aluminum discs out of some Pepsi cans. This is only a snap-together curbside kit, but it was dead-nuts easy to do and got me over a bit of a hump, so here it is. Comments always welcome.

Very nice!

It's my understanding that Priority shipping across the border by individuals - not business - is difficult to guarantee a definite delivery date. Still, paying for something you didn't get is kind of hard to take, especially when it's in the $25-$40 range... I waited two weeks for my stuff. That won't deter me from buying again, but I'll be calling the Hut first to make sure we're both clear on what's going to transpire.

It took a tick over two weeks for my stuff to get here, but in my experience, that's about normal lately for stuff coming into Canada via USPS. The shipping wasn't cheap, but then again, the parcel was big enough for three kits and it arrived without a scratch, so I'm not complaining. Too bad about the Manx. The purple and flake is awesome! Transparent, too...

... And it was delivered today, in great condition.

Mine made it to Canada Customs last Thursday. Should be here mid-week. Fingers crossed...

Mine are taking the long route, it seems. No surprise for anything coming to Canada lately. A week to get from Washington to LA, California...

I ordered a Manx buggy too!

I spent my model car budget for the next few months there... ordered Saturday night and got the shipping notification yesterday. Some really good buys, but shipping to Canada is about normal (meaning: expensive). Still, no complaints at all!

Yup, it's a Lindberg. Nice job on a not-so-great kit! I built it a year or two back and ended up using very little from the kit. You've done a very nice job with it.

Nice job! A pretty good model can be built from that kit, as you've shown. I'm another of those guys that like Volares.

I've only ever had one sheet of BMF not stick well, and it was a brand new sheet of Ultra Bright. My local hobby shop had just got it in, so no issues with it sitting in his shop too long. I set it aside and used a much older, partial sheet that i found in my desk. Worked like a charm.... I ended up going back to the new sheet and toughed it out. No problems once it finally stuck, though I found wiping things down with rubbing alcohol immediately beforehand worked well. There were a few places where i handled the foiled areas excessively, so I coated the foil with Future.

Nice work!

Yeah... some of my RR buddies are pretty distraught over them shutting down. I just ordered some stuff from them. Talked to them on the phone - Super Nice folks!