R. Thorne

Some chassis work. Undecided about what type of exhaust I will use. Probably just extend to the rear axle with the pipes and maybe use some glass pack mufflers. Also, may make up some traction bars like these.

There are a lot of helpful people on here. Thanks, Ace. Scrounged some headers from the 66 Nova kit and going to put a couple of coats of white primer on them. White high temp paint was very common on 1:1 cars back then. Also, painted the car with ts14 Tamiya spray paint. Got a Double Dragster kit and took the scattershield out of it as the cast iron unit was about all that was available at this time.

Still a few things to finish, like top radiator hose, etc. Talked myself out of the single wheelie bar, mainly because I would have to remove the fuel tank. Maybe I am just getting lazy or want to move on to the next 2 cars I have already started on. I really like the looks of this car, even though there were a few runs in the paint job (that clear red is very touchy). Anyway, this should wrap up the WIP thread and I will post some more pics in the under glass thread. I like the opening and shutting hood retaining method on this car and will try to include that in future builds.

I saw that kit, too. Also, a bit pricey. As for the width, that can be rectified.

After some more research, these are Monocoque wheels and come in some Revell Pro Street kits like the Beretta and Corvette and some others. Unfortunately, they seem to be kind of high priced kits. Oh, well, I will keep my eyes open.

Thanks to this forum, I have the hood scoop I am going to use on this car and a future Gene Moody D/G car. I am going to make a mold and cast some with the part I got from Trevor. Thanks again, Trevor.

Put the body in my Castro Super Clean tank and let it soak overnight. Came out ok. Then sanded the ribs off the side molding to use the photo etch material included in kit. Also sanded the hood and trunk emblems off. Sprayed it with Tamiya white spray can primer.

Did some interior work with good old ts30 Tamiya spray paint and some Mr. Hobby semi gloss.

Thanks, guys. Paper clips, huh, Michael? Sounds interesting. I have made some progress and will try to post some updates tomorrow.

Just happen to have one of those, Scott. No chance of “debonding” the hood, I guess, Tim? Always a shame to hide a hemi.

Thanks, guys.

Those are similar, but have 12 holes. Thanks for responding.

This is what I drug out of storage in the kit box. This kit came with plug wires, photo etch parts, and even bare metal foil type material.

This car was runner up to Joe Lunati in Street Eliminator in 1964. A couple years ago, thanks to a local Facebook site and some internet searching, I obtained some more pictures of this car.

I had painted the car with some Testors gloss enamel thinned with lacquer thinner in my new paasche gun. I believe this was the first paint job with an air brush and it turned out “ Ho hum” okay, but I was dissatisfied with it. I built the engine (283 type) with a tunnel ram and 2 fours. I case you are interested, here’s a copy of the rules for Modified Production classes.

Looking for some wheels like this with 10 holes.

This project was started and stalled almost 5 years ago. This was a car I watched at my local drag strip in Chandler, Indiana in the early 60’s and was one of my favorite cars. I decided to build a model of it using only the pics I took off the television while watching coverage of the NHRA 1964 Indy Nationals. This is the kit that I used and the tires and wheels I came up with then. More later.

Almost forgot, I was kindly informed on my WIP post that I had installed a Road Runner horn on the firewall (according to the instructions) instead of the wiper motor. I fixed that.

Sorry for being so late to the party and thanking you all for your kind comments. I appreciate ALL comments (good, bad, indifferent) as they help us to grow and do better next time. Posting my builds on this forum helps to keep me motivated and moving forward. Thanks again. You people are the best.

Glued it on with Tamiya extra thin after prying horn off. I knew better than using Tamiya on painted surfaces, but got in a hurry. Smeared the black paint around as I was not using my good neoprene coated tweezers (still another dumb mistake I won’t (hopefully) do again). Anyway, considered this an opportunity to try a new tool designed to remove panel line smudges. Used some 91 IPA and it didn’t faze the smudge and was not impressed with the new tool as it was way too soft (silicone type material). Finally ended up with some Mr. Color pure white and a micro brush. Not perfect, but it’l do. The wiper motor still looks small in scale to me, but, hey, thanks, guys, for pointing out the error of my ways (well, one of ‘em anyway).

Found it. It was smaller than I thought it would be. Pardon the blurry picture. It’s in the SuperClean container soaking and will be installed on the car. I ALWAYS appreciate comments, suggestions, critiques, etc., to improve the product. I will post a pic later. Thanks, again, to you two gentlemen.

Great info. I stand corrected and duly humbled. I could not find anything else on the chrome trees that resembled the description given by Oldscool. I shall dig through the box again later. Thanks to both of you for pointing out my error.

First of all, thank you all for responding. Second, I always welcome critiques, questions, and suggestions. Lastly, while I admit the wiper motor is a bit of a blob, it certainly doesn’t look like a horn, Road Runner or not. In perusing my box, indeed, the horn is still in there. Painted it but did not install it (my bad). As far as the hood, I have no idea.

Well, I’m kinda partial to the GreenStuffWorld (non air brush version). Daubed this on with a micro brush.

As explained in my WIP posts, this was a quickee build in between other more “serious” builds. It was built to emulate a car my 1970-1971 Army Buddy, Joe Bowen, had when we were stationed together. Nothing particularly detailed about this build, but, every time I see it, it reminds me of those days. Almost forgot, I used this kit.