R. Thorne

Outstanding! I expect to see more great models from you in the future.

Did you have surgery and, if so, how are the eyes doing?

Any possibility of a 1974 GTO now or in the future? Thanks, Ron.

Sorry about that, Rick. I guess I don’t throw anything away. 6 years ago on my first model car, I asked for assistance with taller front tires, and you were kind enough to send me some. Here they are on my Super Stocker. 1:1 car picture was taken in the late Seventies. By the way, the Chevy II i was racing against was driven by Darlene Wilkins.

Thank you, David.

Thanks, Carl, your comments are always encouraging.

Thank you, Marcos. I appreciate that. I have become a Tamiya spray can convert. This car had no primer, no clear coat, just Tamiya fine polish (and the only reason for that was to remove bare metal foil residue). Just one light coat and 2 medium to heavy coats of ts14 Tamiya paint.

Thank you, sir.

Finished this a couple weeks ago. Any questions can hopefully be answered in the wip section. #4 aa/sa is on hold for now as an A/SR 1932 Ford 427 SOHC has gone on for way too long. I am attempting to climb out of the mid 60’s Mopar hemi rabbit hole.

Calling this one done (well, for now, at least). Time to remove some dust with that great Tamiya brush and take some final pics for the finished column. #4 is on hold for now. Thanks for looking. Comments, critiques, etc., always welcomed.

Had to trim some of the shift light for clearance. Tried thickened future to hold the tailights on. Didn’t like it and used ca instead. Need to clean up some paint off tailights.

Glad to contribute. Thanks for all the helpful tips you have posted on this forum.

Don’t know where I had heard of this “technique”, but gave it a try. Had to use a different body (don’t ask) and didn’t want to go to the trouble of making another set of bobbed rear fenders. These were fastened with Tamiya extra thin cement and removed with the same product. I simply flooded the area where it was fastened originally with cement, let it sit for 3-5 minutes, and pried it off with my fingers. I had tried this before applying cement, but it would not budge. Stands to reason the cement would “melt” the original bond. Anyway, it worked for me, and the fenders and body suffered little deleterious effects.

The 1964 manifold (originally shown by OP) has a slightly bigger secondary opening for the afb carb. The later manifolds for q-jets are noticeably larger secondaries.

Geez, built 37 years ago, and turns heads today. Outstanding. Trying to get Super Stock racers Ed Terry and Hubert Platt into Top Fuel, huh? Your left slick has a spot on the inside and it looks like the right slick is rubbing the frame lol. So, if you could build this back then, what does your current build look like? Just kidding, of course. Thanks for posting these incredible models and writing awesome books.

Nice, sanitary, white Dodge, Marcos. Thank you for the words of caution on the grill work. My grill is the single headlight grill, so may be different. I was going to work on that today, but discovered a goof on the rear panel and had to fix that. This is the 3rd Ramchargers kit I have built and I somehow succeeded in gluing the panel on upside down. I was ready for major surgery, but, luckily, it popped off with just some firm pressure. I credit the ease of disassembly to the Ammo by Mig cement and tiny brush included (doesn’t flood as much cement on as Tamiya’s brush). No noticeable damage. Glued it on correctly, did some paint touchup, and set it aside til tomorrow (good excuse to work on #4). Well, my exciting New Years Eve party of model building awaits. Thanks again, Marcos, and happy New Year everyone.

Did the headlights and front turn signals. Used testors turn signal amber. Tried to narrow the thickness of the rear turn signals for a more accurate appearance. It was a complete failure (tried sanding first, then cutting with my nippers). Gave up on that painted some spare ones (this time with Mr. Color clear red, not Testors stop light red). Trial fit of body.

Tried to calm down the “shinyness” of the grill scrubbing with tooth paste and then applying Tamiya black then gray wash. Well, it looks a little better, anyway. Tried out a new Dspiae pen applying the wash and painting the tailights. Doesn’t flood as much as the Tamiya brush and allows more pin point painting. Will also use it for applying wash to door and trunk panel lines.

Thanks, Tim. My 3rd car (sigh) is in the wip section and is almost done. I have started on number 4 (geez, once you get started, how do you stop?). Each model has the same goal, but a different way of doing it. No super detailing on these, but definitely experimentation. When you have a number of kits you can try something different on each one. Your words of encouragement help spur people onward and are much appreciated.

You always impress me, Greg.

Put the windows in with clear double side tape (always experimenting). I had 1/8” and 1/4” to work with. Hardest part was taking the top covering off the tape. I used a hobby knife and kept poking on it to separate it from the adhesive. That worked ok, but was a bit tedious. The 1/4 “ was easier to remove. Anybody know a better way to release it? Overall, I like the way it turned out.

Thanks, Mike. Black is becoming my favorite color lately.

Cool car. I believe my next model will be a 1965 hardtop like yours.

Blasted bare metal foil adhesive. About ready to make my own like I used to. Anyway, picture doesn’t really show how much adhesive was left on the body. Tried wd-40 (spray it in an old paint bottle and dip a qtip in it to apply), then wash off with Dawn and warm water. After 2 applications and baths afterwards, there was still some residue left. Took that off with Tamiya fine polish which is what I should have tried in the first place. Enhanced the shine some also, but probably not worth the effort, if not for removing the adhesive. Lots of lint on the car in the pics. Keep in mind this is Tamiya ts14 only, no primer, no gloss coat, just a quick Earl Shieb (old guys will know what I mean) type of paint job.