GaryR

Looks very good to me Scott! I think guys either gorget or don't know that sometimes a stock wheel well was simply streeeeetched out to alter the wheelbase instead of cutting it out and moving it forward! You have done the best of both here. NICE WORK MAN!

Thanks Tom! This is what I'm looking for, REAL WORLD advice. Guess I'll just have to use the awful 63 nova and Falcon AMT grilles!

Thanks, but I have seen them. I'm looking for real world feedback on how it worked for users, not a "how to" really. I want to know how practical it is really from car guys that have actually done it. Thanks though.

I recall back in the 90's this was kind of a thing, or was it? Has anybody done it? how was it? I remember Radio Shack had inexpensive kits to etch circuit boards, can these be used to make grilles etc? Is this practical? Here I go again!

This is very cool! I need some of those shocks. I really wish Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland had a web site! OR at least an updated product list. Where did you get them?

How about a user created chart for commonly used and needed mixes of ordinary brush paints. for example: 2 parts model master grey with one part silver for aluminum. And so on.................. I just made that up for an example. I do not use an air brush, I live in a small apartment and must paint outside using a carboard box for a paint booth. I use rattle cans, but STILL find brush painting small parts the easiest and most practical way to go! BUT I am constantly re inventing the wheel by trial and error trying to get the effects I want for interiors, metal parts etc. SO....what do you think?

Here's muh plan! well, kind of. I plan too much, there's always something that throws the plan off......so I shelve the project and start a new one. AND REPEAT.......... I'm thinking I'm going to make maybe 6 small block and 6 big block drag Chevy motors that I can use in anything. Various FI setups, maybe a couple supercharged. No headers for now. The idea is to create an arsenal to use in projects, move on then to deciding which cars get which motors. Going to use the Revell parts pack small blocks.Too small? Don't care, great block and head detail! Gonna use the AMT BB? Little detail? Yep! But I have a zillion. Not gonna hold out for the Revell or MPC annual motors. I have some accurate Speed City manifolds, look pretty good. AND, maybe just use a trans that fits without reworking the whole interior. Not use the Hydro, this racer just went through a ton of 1937 GM transmissions! Junk was cheap then. I have a ton of Caddy/La Salle trans, they are very small! Sometimes I think I have just TOO MUCH to choose from! UH OH! Got answered the door! Got my Galaxie 47 Chev Coupe in the mail.

Yes Steve, it is! I am just going to paint that Pontiac 421 blue. Not really sweat it. I'm not going to rebuild all those chassis, they look fine from the top! LOL I'm going to just slice off the front end of that Nomad, like I did when it first came out.Put a brass tube for a hinge and i have a tilt front. Not going to build the inner structure or door hinges either! I hate Bare Metal, might just mix some silver and brush paint the trim. THE HORROR!

Let me clarify a bit more. As a teenager I had limited options, I built what AMT and Revell offered at the local variety stores and at Safeway( yes, Safeway ). Instead of building replicas of SPECIFIC race cars, I built generic race car replicas using the limited parts I had. Used the kit decals, a ton of kitbashing, went through a BUNCH of Auto World dry transfer lettering. I named my cars after my family members, friends, local auto businesses or just fictional cars and racers. I didn't try to make an anywhere near accurate replica of say, Nicholson's Comet, Hayden Proffit's Corvair. I made similar cars in my own style. A wanted to capture the FUN, fire and smoke of the times I was able to go to the strip and watch a blazing 6 or 7 second nitro run. The excitement, the drama of 1960's racing. One great thing about the internet is there are HUNDREDS of pictures of obscure local cars in all classes from throughout the nation instead of just name racers that were in the magazines. Almost everything and anything you can think of hit the strip. Cars pretty much unknown until recently. The aforementioned AMT Mustang is perfect for a raft of S/XS-B/XS, C/XS, altered and "match race" run what ya brung cars. The kind that didn't win the whopping four National events, but were typical at local strips. AMT kits , being tooled 5-60 years ago are FULL of pretty accurate speed parts from back in the day. I am not looking for a "perfect" anything, as most cars then were not show pieces or pro build like today. Just the opposite! I want to indulge my imagination again.

I think many, maybe too many, modelers of all types are too obsessed with rivet counting, exact paint shades etc. While I DO strive for realism, I'm not going to defeat myself by being...well, snooty and looking down my nose. I see this at shows and sales all the time. I think Snake, you know exactly what I DO mean here.

While I'm not building Palmer kits or brush painting bodies, I'm done trying to build super detailed, super accurate models! I loved building my drag cars in the 60's, going to start cranking them out again without worrying about the proper engine color, exact style etc. Going to build the Psycho Mustang with the AMT Mustang Gt funny car kit. I have 6 of them! Going to build Brutus GTO with either one of mt AMT 65's or Polar Lights 64's , I have 12 of them! Going to do a fleet of 65 Dodges from PL, I don't care if they have "problems". Do not care anymore that the AMT 30's Fords aren't "right". Build what you like guys, I really enjoy you guys with great amazing skills, but I'm taking it down a few notches and just going with the flow! Anybody else feel this way?

I just face the fact that a lot of old stuff is 60 plus years old and gone forever. I don't "need" anything really, have 600 some kits, TONS of parts, I have plenty to build. I'd rather spend my money on less expensive items. EXAMPLE, I see a Revell dragster chassis for 99 BUCKS on ebay! Riiiiiiiiight. And others exactly the same for buy it now, 25 to 35 dollars. Like I said, not my money. I just won't pay crazy money, it's a HOBBY, for fun. Not a religion or way of life!

I don't care how much someone pays for a kit, it isn't worth it to me but it isn't my money! What gripes me are fake descriptions (RARE! RAT ROD,HOT ROD, AMT JOHANN, REVELL ) all on the same kit. I skip right over those listings, don't care what they are! PARTING OUT rare kits is just pure greed and shows a disrespect for the hobby in my view. To open an old kit and sell it part by part is ridiculous, I will skip right over those listings as well. Just got an order from a semi well known Hobby Shop that contains an old parts pack with half the parts MISSING, nowhere in the description was this mentioned! Do people really have to do this to make a living? Don't think so! How much of a loser do you have to be to cheat people on a model kit!!!!???? What's the excuse? I get supply and demand, but I don't get greed and dishonesty!

LOL Lost traction there! What slicks are you using?

So WHY does anyone care? The only difference is the decals, if you don't have a stash you ain't a modeler! I don't get this!

This should be a good one! Riceman KNOWS his dragsters that's for sure and a very good guy! The Surfers are legend!

Cool luxo barge! a great cruiser, an era gone forever, nice work.

VERY VERY NICE! Authentic look, I'd place it 62 to 64, more like 64 to me! You did a great job, a great model.

THANKS GUYS!

OH MAN! I built one in 66, candy green black top! long gone. I have three of these I got in a parts bin, missing lots of parts! I THINK I got what I needed from Modelhaus before they quit, not sure! I really dig this model, UNUSUAL and you did an outstanding great job!

I saw the article, very little info really. I did think of other A bodies, I do want an Olds motor though! I don't really trust that other mags reviews too much. I found MANY goofs! thanks Snake!

Him who?

I think I posted in the wrong forum. Any real world experience with assembling this with the Lindberg 67 442 donor kit? What fits, what doesn't? I'm not too concerned with minor accuracy stock details, this will be a MP drag car. Thanks guys!

WOW! That looks great, really nice. I have several 63's and a ton of Lindberg Dodges! Inspiring and VERY COOL WORK!

Are these guys in business or goners?l Almost everything on the site says Out of stock. I emailed them but no answers? Anybody know? Also, is Harts Parts OK? I've heard some bad stuff about them. I REALLY wish aftermarket guys were more responsible and reliable.