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Looking good!

Maybe it's just because of my affection for cars of this era, but that looks perfectly normal to me. Thanks very much.

Thanks guys, I was unaware of this. Bill, for some reason i seem to remember smoothed running boards, my mistake. I'll look for this kit, thanks.

I built this one as a kid. Went together pretty easy. However when I was a kid that style of hot rod was what I was into. Now at 54, I'm more into nostalgia hot rods. At least on the outside. There is something to be said for a hot rod that looks old but is modern beneath and ultimately lets you drive it as much as you like. Has anyone tried to backdate the Eliminator to look a bit more old school? I'm thinking of replacing the headlights for something on a crossbar, maybe from a Revell deuce. Lose the smooth hood sides, and the rear rolled pan. Bob the rear fenders a bit. Wheels and tires from the Revell '29 RPU. The running boards will take some real work though. The engine, I'd leave alone aside from replacing the billet ZZTop valve covers and air cleaner with something older. I'd love to hear if anyone else has given this a go.

The easiest way to do this for anything related to scale, is to remember that that 1 millimeter is one 1/25 scale inch. So, if you need 2 inch tubing for a roll bar you are looking for 2mm tubing, or something very close. Both Plastruct and Evergreen add the sizes in standard and metric on the packages.

I've been following Mikes Model A for a while and have chatted with him online. Real nice guy. Here's what the A looks like now.

H.G Wells thought so too. ?

Great bunch! What's left?

Very nice. I have an Early Iron release of the Monogram 1930 Ford tourer, that I'm planning to do something similar with. Terrific work.

I'm diggin' it.

I've been tempted to get one and try to back date it so that it looks nostalgic/old school hot rod on the outside, but modern-ish running gear. Probably will.

I'm gonna agree with these two gents. I've been a member here forever and we just DON'T see many Hubley kits get built. Much less get customized. Outstanding work.

The Mr. Horsepower decals are VERY common. You can find them on lots of different kits. Especially old muscle car kits that come with drag options.

Very solid work. I'm not a big fan of outlaw hoods but you did that one very well. Most impressive.

I'm afraid so. Or rather the right kit at the wrong time. The initial release had the nailhead. This release. The 30 Coupe that came out after it, had the blown SBC. When they released the roadster a second time, they changed to the SBC for it as well. A real shame. As modelers were up to our ears in small block Chevys, but a good nailhead is a grail item for us. Revell really didn't read the room. Good luck.

Terrific work. That kit is a life long favorite.

As far as sheer scariness, for me it was Stephen Kings IT, and his novella collections, Skeleton Crew and Night Shift. I read a few other horror writers like Dean Koontz (awful writer), Robert McCammon, Brian Lumley, John Saul. None are as good as King, frankly. Let me reiterate, about Koontz. He writes well, spins a good story, but his endings are the most disappointing of any writer I've encountered. A 340 page novel should not end and wrap up in six pages.

That looks very slick. I'm impressed.

While I haven't done a Halloween theme yet, I have done a villain car, a fictional one based on Stephen Kings villain Randall Flagg. I figured something big, loud and aggressive without a lot of reflective surfaces. This '73 Cougar fit the bill.

With some imagination, you can turn just about anything into a Halloween themed vehicle. I'm going to turn the Revell '37 Ford Panel into a horror ice cream truck. I mean you'd buy ice cream from this guy right? Get creative.

I think this Nascar Pontiac hood is a step in the right direction.

One other major alteration I'm kicking around, is the front ram. This batmobile always looked a bit too vulnerable in the nose area. While researching design changes for this kit I came across this image from an animated series' concept art. One detail that has shown up many times on comic book batmobiles in the 60 years of Batman, is the front ram. As you can see this design already borrows a lot from the Batman Forever batmobile. So I'm planning to add a similarly stylized ram to the front. If I have to knock a bit off the nose to do it, I will. More soon.

One issue with this kit is the level difference between the "hood" and the nose. It's even visible on the box cover art. Not acceptable for this one. After a bit of sanding and grinding, I've got it sitting flush. Just a bit of work left on the center fin delete option. It's close.

Acrylic gel pens maybe?

I built one of these as a kid. I know it was molded in opaque green, so I'm assuming it was the Duster. I'll have to buy one and built it out of sheer nostalgia. How's the tires on these? Two piece?