R. Thorne

If it (ps5 Tamiya) turns out pebbly, maybe use it for a vinyl top paint?

A little painting and engine assembly stuff. If you’re wondering why a 2 bladed fan, that was a little trick I picked up from Jack Mullins and was worth about 7 hundredths et on my Olds stocker.

Some small progress.

To err is human. Looks like you are right back on track and moving on. Nice work.

The rear end and leaf springs are ready to install and I painted the shocks yellow as Monroe shocks were the most commonly used. Forgot to paint the front bumper facia, so did that. Put some ts30 on the scattershield (to be finished with some orange) and trans.

Thanks, Guido, your encouragement is always appreciated. Some engine work yesterday, cut the Turboglide off in preparation for a scattershield and stick shift from , I believe, a 57 Nomad. The stock carb in the kit will be used and, actually looks a lot like the original 4gc Rochester carb. Gave it a bath to remove chrome.

I think you will find that they were made by Traction Master and were used to induce squat in the rear, also (thought to be a good thing at the time). Les Ritchie was one proponent.

Sprayed with Tamiya ts11 maroon. Looks ok so far. Let her dry overnight, then inspect.

No doubt about that. Mr. Waibel built some tough cars. Sanded down and rescribed the back window. Scribed the fender separation and sanded the body including 4000 for a polish effect. Washed it off with a tooth brush and getting ready to paint some Tamiya maroon.

In your 2nd picture, is this an early version of the car? Wally Booth is the driver?

Yes, I like the ceramic scraper, and the infini soft back sanding sticks. Some pics after primer. Tried deepening the front and rear windshield with different scribing tools. Went ok, but, slipped off in the center of the back windshield. Then, I remembered I had purchased an adjustable Dspiae scriber specifically for this purpose. That’s pretty sad when you can’t remember all the tools you have. Anyway, it worked fine, and I put some putty on the gaffed up area and am letting it dry overnight. Gonna take a night off to watch the PBR (bull riding).

Nice work. Shows a lot of careful thought and attention to detail.

Finally got a little work done. Scraped and sanded the fender seam line and put some primer on .

Made up some extra parts for the next race cars. Finished loop.

Forgot about driveshaft loop, cut driveshaft off of tail housing, cut some round tubing, and making some flat stock.

Engine installed, windshield installed, modifying the exhaust to simulate cutouts, no over axle pipe, just straight pipe to rear axle, per NHRA rules.

Put a quick coat of polish on, shifter installed, some final engine work (decided against plug wires), and installed battery in trunk along with spare tire (unfortunately no hold down bracket).

Thanks, Ace. I think last night the glare was affecting my trimming and cutting. Better in daylight today. You almost need sunglasses on with this stuff.

Did the left side today with much better results. Experience counts. Am I going to redo the right side? Maybe later.

By the way, comments (good, bad, indifferent), suggestions, critiques are always appreciated.

First time dealing with photo etch stuff and it shows. Too much ca on the door handles. The Hasegawa is shiny, but almost impossible to trim after it is installed (for me, anyway). I tried different type scalpel blades with the same result. Overall, chalk it up to experience and move on. Gonna do the other side and, maybe, try to trim closer before installing.

RIP.

My guess is most guys were brand loyal back then and the sbc was still relatively new. I would say a 312 (or maybe claimed a 272 lol) . I watched Gene Heidorn (lived 20 miles from me) race many variations of his Ford eventually with a big block and altered wheelbase.

Dug out a pic of the side view of a 57 belair. Put the photo etch side trim on. First with some Future glue, then gs Hypo worked better and quicker.

Finally, back on the 57. Working on the bright stuff with Hasegawa chrome. Experimenting with short scalpel to trim the edges with. Screwed up on the top front by cutting into the plastic too hard. Will try to fix that later. Better off cutting the thin strips first, then installing, as this stuff is harder to cut. Definitely different experience than bmf. A pic of the bmf type stuff that came in the Pro Modeler kit, which I decided against using ,along with some photo etch stuff.