Greg Myers

They're speaking, but I don't know what they're saying. I know there were quite a few here on the forum that were really adamant about the shape and size of the openings. It would be great if they could impart their wisdom on this. The early Revell '55 and '57 Chevy's had this feature as well. The idea there was mounting a large set of slicks.

"parts for models(like wheels, tires, visors, and other misc parts" E-Bay "model car parts"

Let's see, your local hobby shop ? Your local Hardware store, or just Google ?

One and a half.

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Another thing to look for,Tire melt.Got a bunch of sealed kits? What's going on in there?

Phoenix AZ Bee Line Dragway on the Bee Line Highway.

Not in Phoenix, at least not in todays add in the paper.

A new trend:Here we go again Watch the video.

I talked my Son into buying a 2006 GTO this year, WOW!!!

A couple of things, just like a real gasser. First where do you want it to open from? Usually along the door and cowl lines. Next when you make these cuts, what needs to be replaced behind them? The third thing, take all the parts you will use for the front end and glue them together. When this drys, remove any radiator supports and inner fenderwells you don't want. The forth part is how you hing the front of your assembly to tilt forward. For this , check out some of the kits that have tilt front ends. It's not hard.

Yea, you're right. This is what Kustom is all about.Look at th "finess" no "Kartoonoony" stuff here, not a lot of "look at me " on this one,and "design integration or overall visual coherence" WOW ! This has it all.:P:)

P-H-O-E-N-I-X

Plastic? Resin? Vinyl? Rubber?

Were you there too? Back in the mid seventy's I bought several Pocher kits there for $20 each.:lol:

It's a secret

WOW! This works for me. I was always a little stand offish on Big Daddy's stuff but over the years I've mellowed and come to except his work for what it is. With him gone it's refreshing to see his offspring following in his footsteps and not far off. I think the engine is just right following BIGs lead and the moons on chrome take it a step further.Can't wait for the kit to come out .Thanks Revell.

and my Charger doesn't have a flag on it.

Seeing some fine builds of the CTH here and hearing all the talk of moving wheel wells, opening wheel wells, transfusing wheel wells from one kit to another, not to mention all the bellyaching about how inaccurate the sides are, do you really think anyone will notice? Do you think anyone will notice if you don't tell them:P

Aside from the over exaggerated hairpin ends this is a really nice frame kit. Along with the tee body and engines you'd think the folks at AMT/Round2 could come up with some really interesting kits.

So I think you are saying we shouldn't strive for realism? I wonder what Gerald Wingrove was thinking about when he built the lovely Bentley above, replicating 1:1 materials throughout his build?

"Oh well, I've gone on a bit long here. ART" Yes you have,but you most certainly have answered all the questions anyone could have ask on the subject. Thank you very much.

Self explanatory > > Read this thru slowly and try to comprehend the amount of force produced in just under 4 seconds! > There are no rockets or airplanes built by any government in the world that can accelerate from a standing start as fast as a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car! > > > DEFINITION OF ACCELERATION > > One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500. > > It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels. > > Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. > > A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger. > > With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. > > Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. > > At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg F. > > Nitro methane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases. > > Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder. > > Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow. > > If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half. > > In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's. > > Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence. > > Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. > > The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm. > > Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per second. > > The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06, Tony Schumacher, at Pomona, CA ). The top speed record is 336.15 mph as measured over the last 66' of the run (05/25/05 Tony Schumacher, at Hebron, OH). > > Putting all of this into perspective: > > You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo' powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. > > The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. > > Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course. > > ...... and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!

Self explanatory > > Read this thru slowly and try to comprehend the amount of force produced in just under 4 seconds! > There are no rockets or airplanes built by any government in the world that can accelerate from a standing start as fast as a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car! > > > DEFINITION OF ACCELERATION > > One top fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows of stock cars at the Daytona 500. > > It takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 6,000+ horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels. > > Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 1-1/2 gallons of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. > > A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive the dragster's supercharger. > > With 3,000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. > > Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. > > At the stoichiometric (stoichiometry: methodology and technology by which quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions are determined) 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture of nitro methane, the flame front temperature measures 7,050 deg F. > > Nitro methane burns yellow... The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases. > > Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder. > > Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After halfway, the engine is dieseling from compression, plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1,400 deg F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow. > > If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half. > > In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph (well before half-track), the launch acceleration approaches 8G's. > > Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed reading this sentence. > > Top fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. > > The redline is actually quite high at 9,500 rpm. > > Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimate $1,000.00 per second. > > The current top fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.428 seconds for the quarter mile (11/12/06, Tony Schumacher, at Pomona, CA ). The top speed record is 336.15 mph as measured over the last 66' of the run (05/25/05 Tony Schumacher, at Hebron, OH). > > Putting all of this into perspective: > > You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter 'twin-turbo' powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a top fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and pass the dragster at an honest 200 mph. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. > > The dragster launches and starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds, the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him. > > Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200 mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1,320 foot long race course. > > ...... and that my friend, is ACCELERATION!