Roadrunner

Looks just great.

Me too.

I did, and there is some great inspiration there, no doubt about it. Back in the 70's (my personal not so better days), I sold off a ton of these type magazines at al local flea market for next to nothing, and I could just kick myself for that now.

Not a bad idea, but I have several rolls of 12 and 14 gauge electrical wire here, so I'll probably just go that route. 12 gauge, in particular, is pretty stiff anyway. I might even have some 10 gauge, but not really sure.

Way before my time.

I had really hoped to find the cover of a 70's car magazine that featured the most beautiful paint job I'd ever seen in my life, but no luck.

Here's the completed chassis, such as it is. I think using the front wheel plastic pins may have been a mistake, but I'll resist adding the front wheels until the last minute. Either that or I'll drill them out and use 12 gauge wire instead, not real sure yet. I have a whole new respect for car modelers for having to deal with this sort of thing on a regular basis, I can tell you that.

It did indeed, but I sanded them off. Thanks for the input though, that's something that I'd hate to have missed.

I'm not that sure it's important enough to me to go through all that, but thanks anyway, I appreciate it. I'd tend to agree.

This should be better http://99wspeedshop.com.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/

It looks just excellent, Joe. Are you going to be able to match the subtle differences in the colors of the real machine?

I''m seeing a pattern here, and not a bad one either.

I recall that when I was a kid, none of this really mattered to me (accuracy and whatnot). I didn't know the difference anyway, so rather blissfully built whatever was in the box. How I sometimes long for those simpler days.

Looks like something out of a 1960's Popular Mechanics magazine.

I seem to be dealing with a lot of those, Joe; just comes from building 60 year old car models, I guess. And it certainly doesn't help that I fail to see things in the instructions until after the fact.

Me too, I had a big fly land right in some fresh paint. He got stuck pretty bad, so I waited until he was dead and sanded him off.

That looks great, Dave. I so want to get my hands on a stock '74 Pinto. I had a real one and just loved it.

They do look pretty classy at that.

And yet another great looking gasser.

After dealing with some ejector pin mark interference issues, I've now got the dash assembled. Some Mister Surfacer has been used to fill minor voids., though this will obviously require several coats.

Nice! I could have used those dump headers on a Willys gasser I'm working on right now.

While we're on the subject, it pleases me to see that all of your velocity stacks are lined up properly; I've see quite a few that are all cockeyed.

Excellent, you're absolutely correct. I'll still go ahead and fill them in though, as I don't want to see them from up top. Thanks a bunch. (I probably need to start paying more attention to the instructions, such as they are.)

Just this.

I was wondering what the four holes in the floor are for, then discovered two are for a roll bar, so I've now installed that. I have no idea what the other two holes are for.