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I'm not sure if this is what you need, but check the pictures on this page. Riley two port Here is a pic from that page: Hope this helps! Thanks,

I've built a few of those. That is one of my all time favorite kits. A problem you may find is the front driver's-side wheel not properly centered in the wheel well. There are several ways to fix this. My recommendation is to make the mounting hole a slot to allow the wheel to move forward a bit. Don't forget to also adjust the brake rotors. One of my builds is in the January 2008 issue of the Magazine (#129) and it shows this fix. Other than that it is a nice kit to work with. Make sure the paint you use does not react adversely, as the plastic in this kit has a different formula. As for aftermarket, there is not much out there, but Fujimi, Aoshima and Pegasus wheels are very popular wheel upgrades. The corvetteforum.com is a great reference site, as well as eBay motors. There are also many built examples of that kit in ScaleCorvettes.com Hope this helps! And make sure you post pics of yours! Thanks,

Nice work Paul! Nice wheels. I'm working on this kit as well and it is a great kit! Thanks,

Cool! These snap kits are so versatile! Glad to see more young blood getting in!

This is sooooo cool I can't find the right words. I checked your progress album and ended up looking and carefully reading every single one of them. Absolutely FANTASTIC and inspiring! Thanks for sharing!

Welcome to the forum! Personally I don't mind the difference between the two scales but I know modelers that do. Keep in mind that scales are not 100% accurate. I remember measuring a Monogram model years ago and it came out to 1/23 and I won't be surprised if we see models out there in the 1/26 - 1/27 range. A simple trick is to put the 1/25 in front of the 1/24 when together. Or a little space between them and the difference will not be that noticeable. Thanks,

This is my personal opinion, and only mine, and I know many will disagree with me, but I try to avoid AMT kits, especially if made in the last decade or so.

While not my favorite of teas, I wouldn't call a rotary exactly torqueless..... That was a world record broken in Puerto Rico last year. Not sure if it's still standing. Check out the other videos of the local drag racing scene. Gregg was there Thanks,

Hello, I was never interested in promos. But when Indy Pace Cars were not available in kit's form or from aftermarket decal companies, that was the only way to go. So I got my first Indy Pace Car Corvette promo a few years ago (2002) and I ended up collecting Pace Car promos not available in kits. Here is a link to my promos album Here are my latest additions: 1997 Camaro. '96 Brickyard 400 Pace Car Aug 5 1996 Chevrolet C1500 1995 Official Pace truck. Brickyard 400 August 3rd 1995 Thanks,

Stepping a bit away from this original thread, GM did experiments with rotary engines. In fact, they paid about $50 million dollars in license fees to produce them in the early 70's. The Monza, was originally supposed to be powered by a Wankel rotary and there were other prototypes including the 4 rotor Corvette. AMC was to buy the rotary engines from GM for the Pacer but GM eventually cancelled the project in the mid '70s. Thanks,

That's a prototype rotary early Mustang. I remember reading something about it a while ago.

Nice!

Hello, First coat of second color. Again, the Scalefinishes paint flows nicely. I'll treat this as a colored primer coat. I'll carefully sand it smooth before subsequent color coats. Thanks,

Hello, Light color sanding, one more color coat and let it dry for the long weekend. Then masked using Tamiya tape to add the main color. Note that all lines will be done with paint. No decals for the stripes. Thanks,

Hello, As you will see this snap unpainted model is the most important for me. Bad weather made a holiday a very special one. My son, Marcos (7) has done a few diecast pre-painted cars and a few Tamiya dinosaurs. But this is his first plastic car, and his first Corvette to boot. Under a thunderstorm and heavy rain, we sat in my workbench and he did it by himself. My only help was to open a few mounting holes to make it easier, and helped holding the car for the stickers. The pictures show our pride. Next time we will try some experimentation with paint and maybe some glue as well. Ask not what the young or our hobby can do for you, ask what you can do for the young and for our hobby. Lending a helping hand. This picture says it all. Can you feel I'm proud? Thanks,

Duesenberg straight 8?

That is not a flathead, so I guess Bugatti or Deusenberg, who had over head cam straight 8s. Not sure if there were others. The louvers must be a clue.... They look like Cord......

Nice job on that pocket rocket! It looks very cool. Back in my college days (late 80's early '90s) that was THE hot rod. It was very popular. Unfortunately way too many ended up underneath trucks, wrapping poles or hugging trees in street races. Thanks,

Randy, That looks great! I consider myself a Ferrari purist, but your color and wheel choice work refreshingly wonderful on it. Love it! Thanks,

Looking forward to see you again!

Woooo! That's my favorite GT2 car in ALMS! Looking forward to it! Thanks,

The Scalefinishes paint flows very nicely. I thinned it a little bit more with PPG acrylic lacquer thinner because the temp in my workroom is easily approaching triple digits! (that's 100 F or 38C) This is only after a light and a medium coat. after it dries I'll check and do one more coat if needed, then allow it to dry for masking and eventual blue. I admt it is tempting to paint it all yellow.... Thanks,

Hello, The '33 Chrysler is almost done. The big show is one month away so I'll coast to finish it. I needed a break from its intensity and this just fits the bill: a snap curbside. I love this car and I want one in 1:1. The stars just happened to be properly aligned and I just got my first Scalefinishes paint and I need an excuse to try them. So......... inspired in this let's see what happens I have already promised in our local forum that I WILL NOT CUT, OPEN, or MODIFY anything on the body or chassis of this car. They made me promise no engine either First coat of primer reveals a very straight body. This body is so far ahead of the AMT ######! The Revell curbside snapper beats the heck out of the glue AMT POS. The AMT concept Camaro made me hate AMT for the rest of my life, or at least in the foreseeable future. Did I mention I did not like the AMT version? Thanks,

I'm not really sure but I would suspect that the 250 GTO and the SWB would have a fan because they were intended to be dual purpose cars: street/race. As for the 250 TR, I don't think it was really intentended to be a street car. But this is all my speculation: Your mileage may vary.

Thanks John! The original tool was MPC and this was part of the Gangbusters series. It still includes extra parts like guns, a safe, bullet damage windshield and such. It dates back to the late 60's early 70's. The tool is a bit tired as there was quite some flash, sinkmarks and a few mis-molded parts. Thanks,