R. Thorne

By the way, if you’re building a “period correct” gasser, Hoosiers weren’t around back then. Think M&H Racemasters, Caslers, Bucron, or possibly Goodyear’s.

“Building plastic models” by Robert Schleicher. While dated, (published 1976), this book has some of the best basic modeling information I have seen and an excellent reference source. Available on Amazon or EBay for about $6.00 shipped (used). Well worth the money for new and old modelers.

Home Depot has a 12 pack for $29.34.

Get some straight duct, at least for the first foot or so and the first elbow. The flexible stuff causes buffeting and back flow due to the ridges. It’s hurting you more than most because of the length and turns you have to make. Consider contacting Pace. I am sure he could guide you.

Outstanding.

Just watched the last episode (Little Red Wagon build). Interesting info on the Hot Rod story and the original purpose of the car(truck) and it and the model’s evolvement.

Really don’t understand all the negativism about this show (and kit bashing). Doubt that there are many on this forum who don’t kit bash to make their model fit their specific needs. Watched the third show last night in which Steve recreates his old 1968 hemi charger. How many other tv shows are there that are about building model cars?

I like it a lot. Where did you get the injector velocity stacks? Fuel pump and log scratch built? What did you use for the steel lines? Thanks in advance.

Excellent place to do business with, as is scalehobbyist.com.

Well, I, for one, think the show was great, and am in awe of steve’s Almost encyclopedic knowledge of cars and, more specifically, drag cars. Are his models works of art (like Guy Beaudette) ? No, of course not, but his show will help “popularize” model building. I don’t see a down side.

New show on MotorTrend streaming with Steve Magnante (sp) called super models.

Duhhh. I did not notice he said 1/24 scale. Sorry about that.

Divide by 25 or multiply by .04.

Headers??? You might consider modelcarworld or perhaps there are others. They show fender well ones. Don’t know the quality and/or fit issues, but I am thinking of giving them a try myself as headers are a continuing problem for me in most of my builds (pretty much all early drag cars).

Nice tip about pushing the body down to set the height of the cage. No more tedious measuring. Duhhh, why didn’t I think of that? Thank you for sharing.

I feel better now (lol).

I like it a lot. Just for your information, the stock exhaust would have started at the collector end (held on with 1 bolt and swung out of the way). It would have went to the rear axle only and consisted of fiberglass style mufflers for weight reduction.

Very nice. Makes me remember Buddy Ingersol’s 1956 chevy from years ago (also from Illinois, by the way). Might we look under the hood and the chassis?

Very nice. Were you at least tempted to convert it to a sedan with some scratch built door posts?

Great, common sense tutorial and much appreciated. Thank you.

I use double sided tape on the base of my Tamiya cement. This allows me to unscrew the cap with one hand and yet move it around if I need to.

Any progress and anyway I can be of assistance?

Geez! The engine is great. How did you make the velocity stacks?

Clear thinking. I will try it. Thanks, Ron.

LOTS of tedious work there and well executed. Where is the carb from? Looks like a wcfb, so I assume this is a replica of a 265 chevy? Great job.