Roadrunner

Front end, while not yet 100% complete, has been tidied up a lot; still some sizing/cleanup to do around the grill area. (This shot reminds me of a happy face, for some reason.) As has the rear. I'm debating whether or not to scribe in the fender attachment lines, front and rear. It seems the Revell '41 Willys has these correct, whereas this AMT kit does not.

Looks real good to me.

This looks wonderful. It certainly reminds me of the days of my youth.

Indeed it does.

Excellent, and thanks.

Now how cool is this? I was completely unaware of this miniature model kit box in the bottom of the kit until a few nights ago. What a cool display companion this will make, eh? (I really like these Round 2 kits.)

Very cool. I don't really care much for the wing or the holes in the fender, but aside from that, this is much more like what I have in mind. Thanks a bunch.

Yep, I assumed as much, but I'm wondering if the narrower tires and wheels represent the earlier gasser configuration. It seems that I read somewhere that the "nose-high" attitude was, naturally enough, designed to transfer more weigh to the rear end, but with later wider slicks, using better rubber became widely available, the front end really didn't need to be raised so much. Thanks.

Nice! I really go for this old school stuff.

As close as I'll likely ever get to doing a rotary anything, but I will be doing at least one (or more). WNW Fokker Dr.I

I'm already thinking mine will be one of the earlier gasser designations; A/G, B/G, etc., but really have no specific knowledge about such things. I just need to figure out what the heck they're referring to regarding weights, I think. Interestingly, the kit decals have no option for gasser classifications,... none at all.

I'm working on the rear and front body parts right now and noticed the same problem with the Coupe kit; the front and rear don't really line up well at all, so I'll be epoxying them together (it's a curbside anyway), then correcting any alignment problems. Also, for whatever it's worth, I'll be removing the raised fender seams at the rear, then re-scribing them to look more like the actual car.

By and large, one of the worst things about some of these old kits (this one dates back to at least 1963, as far as I am aware), are the fairly prominent molding seams; necessary for sure, but still a pain in the neck. Also, a lot of aircraft modelers tend to complain about flash;... Ha! They should try building an old car model.

This will be of special interest to me, as I currently have more '32 car kits than any other, all of which seem to have issues of one kind or another that need to be dealt with.

Possible replacements for the kit-provided slicks, are these excellent AMT M&H Racemaster “Jumbo” slicks, also pad printed. For some reason I don't seem to have a photo of my own set, though I'm fairly sure that I actually did buy them, so I just snatched an image from the web.

They're all good with me; Roadrunner, GTX, Cuda, Challenger, Duster, Swinger, Charger. In fact, Mopar didn't make anything that I didn't like back then.

Excellent. Thanks for the info.

Interesting stuff. Thanks for providing them.

Some interesting rides there. Thanks.

Very classy ride.

Nice job on an interesting car.

I like it.

Again, quite an excellent job.

Nice job. Foil, I'm afraid to say, is something that I really try to avoid.

Sadly, I've as yet not finished even one car model over the 5 years I've been a member here, but this is my favorite of the lot so far; Revell/Monogram '70 Dodge Challenger.