TarheelRick

Very nice build of an iconic factory hot rod. Makes me want to dig into my stack of MOPARS and build one.

I am thoroughly enjoying watching this piece of art come together. Your scratch-building skills are simply amazing.

Once I read this post I also turned off my ad-blocker for this forum only. The ads used to be along the side of the page, now they are between posts. Makes it a bit cumbersome to follow a post, but it is not unbearable.

Haven't watched that show since Aaron left, can't handle Richard's arrogance and ego.

Hmmm, guess you are right, never thought about it that way. Just trying to avoid as much bodywork as possible, getting lazy in my old age.

Most excellent build of my favorite class of dragsters - the Gasser. Very convincing weathering and as the others said your photography skills are superb. That car looks like a lot from the mid 60's, two or three friends would drag a body out of a junkyard, throw some blood, sweat, and tears into it and go racing, having fun.

Going too be an interesting build to watch, especially with your master's touch. When I use alligator clips to hold pieces in place they always seem to mar the piece, especially if they are thin, how do you keep that from happening?

One fine looking Mack, nice color scheme. Also like your photo background, very convincing.

Good looking start, any colors in mind yet? I may build mine using the Revell 66 chassis, if it will fit; just got to have a stock class drag car.

Very pleased with the trade with Brandon br67. Thanks.

Some great pictures. Would like to find a model of that Mack Mobile Radio Station.

Working on an Academy Hyundai Azera for another forum CBP. The body is molded in black so I decided to try to polish it out. Got a pretty good shine, coated it with Future/Pledge/whatever and it looked fairly nice. Was trying to Molotow the fine chrome line around the windows and the pen leaked a large stream down the side of the car. Now I need to strip the car and try again, this time I am going to try BMF (if I have any that has not turned to dust). Also discovered my hands are nowhere close to being steady enough to try this again, at least without taping it first.

Very well built. Is the interior wood paint, decal, or real wood? Whichever it is , it is very convincing.

A bit of TLC and this one may be salvageable. That is some very convincing weathering, excellent job. Those year Chevelles tended to rust quite readily.

Not familiar with the ICON brand but their U.S. General boxes are very good quality for the basement garage. Many years ago I started with a Popular Mechanics top box and bottom roller unit. It sufficed, but as time passed my tool collection grew (I was a Craftsman snob). Later I bought another middle section box from Sears, can't remember the brand right off hand. Picked up some more battery-powered tools and needed more storage for them. I had been shopping HF for many years so I broke down and bought a U.S. General side-mount drawer set. What a difference. The drawers are deeper front to rear, the slides have ball-bearings and the metal is heavier. If I was not approaching my don't work on anything anymore years, I would go buy a complete set of U.S. General boxes to replace the others I now have. On to their electric tools, that is hit or miss. I bought a $19.99 (on sale) Saws-All and it has worked like a champ and I have had pretty good luck with their metal cutting blades. Picked up one of their 8" table drill presses, kept it in my retirement home basement for more than a year before setting it up on my new workbench. One thing I was really looking forward to using it for was sanding tire treads and slicks for my models. I can choke down the motor to a complete standstill simply by putting a lot of pressure with a sanding stick against a spinning tire. It will not drill a 1/4" hole through a 2X4. There is more torque in a slot-car motor than in this 1/4 or 1/2 hp motor. Of course I was well beyond the return and warranty dates before I set it up.

There is a You Tube video showing how to use a tire valve to clear blocked stems in spray cans. I haven't tried it yet, but I do have several older cans I may try it with.

Beautiful build. I am a sucker for the early Super Stock/FX classes, then racing was racing. Those launch pictures are brutal, sort of reminds me of these hydraulic cars doing their wheelstand dances.

CRASH!!! That is the sound of my jaw dropping at the fine work you are doing with this build. Keep showing us more tricks.

They are also one piece units in the '66 Ford Galaxie.

Just looked through my stash and found them in the AMT 66 Ford Galaxie, they were part of the NASCAR build.

Very nice Chevy, I like the little extra paint detail you put around the wheel openings.

Wow, just found this post. That is going to be one amazing Mustang. Like what you have done with it. As an afterthought on the headers, I seem to remember a kit that had those very headers in them, they had to be installed after the engine was in place. But for the life of me I cannot remember which kit it was, I have slung a lot of plastic in my 60 years of building.

You have done an excellent job on this build. Very clean and a good color choice. I have one in my stash and this build may make me move it up the line. These older AMT repops are fun to build. They are quite simple with the everything molded chassis and tub interiors. In their simplicity they give you an opportunity to experiment with some different building techniques.

That is why I specified RWD Chevelle, since the name sort of morphed into Malibu over the later years.

Very well weathered and a good semblance of a real one's rust. I like the way you cocked the front license plate, very nice touch.