Jantrix

Would I use to turn the Revell 67 Charger into a period Nascar stocker? Decals? Any help would be appreciated.

I'm really enjoying this. Still some shaping to do, but I really like where you're going here.

Ron, I like what you have going on here. One thing that stands out and makes me scratch my head is that piece of frame rail you added to the front so that your monoleaf would mount. It is really too large and does not resemble something a builder would have done to a real car. There must be some way to mount the front suspension and have it all look in scale. Aside from that, I think you're looking good.

Very interesting. Why does the engine make me wonder if I'm leaning though?

I haven't heard of any resin chassis for the Camaro, but the best solution would be to kitbash a Revell 67 Chevelle, AMT 70 Superbee or AMT 66 Nova, all available with a pro-street chassis and just back-half the chassis.

Guys, please. I never suggested that the kit was "bad" just more difficult than my son was expecting. He bought the kit because it has that wicked retactable top and he was jazzed about challenging himself. It's just a bigger challenge now. He IS going to built it! He's now 18 and playing with the big boys when it comes to competing and he's doing very well. I'll post up pics when he's ready to start it.

Thanks for the advice. I'm glad the kit isn't a turd. If you guys say it's build-able, I'll let him know. I'm sure he'll do fine. He's 18 now and is quite a good builder. Much better than I was at that age.

Well said Art. Thanks for chiming in.

Only to get it home and find the multi-piece body! Man you should have seen his face! Any advice for the poor guy?

Very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing this come together.

Real nice Chuck. I have something similar on the back burner. Thanks for the inspiration.

You are improving. Nice work. This is my all time favorite car and kit. Well done.

Some of the guys in my club earned themselves some recognition in the latest contest annual. Never mind which magazine put it out, for the sake of this discussion, it has no importance. I'm very proud of my compadres. They do fine work. But it reminded me of the year I had gotten my work in the annual. 1990. It seems like yesterday. I'd bought the magazine in mid 91' and it was the woman who would later become my wife (of 20 years now) who noticed that my build had been featured. A very cool day. So nostalgia being what it is..........I dragged that old magazine out and flipped through it. Wow. What a difference 21 years makes. In the 1990 annual, pro-street was king. It's hard to find a page that doesn't have at least one. The AMT 66 Nova, Tim Burton Batmobile and the Revell Pontiac Banshee were the hot kits. Monochromatic paint was trending big time. I find much of it real ugly now. Weathered builds, which are certainly enjoying some time in the sun now, were pretty scarce in '91. The same for traditional hot rods and the only rats were big block Chevys. All car models sat on four wheels and the only high-riders were for swamp stomping. There were some names there that we are very familiar with today. Jairus Watson, Ken Hamilton, Ross Gibson (I assume it's the same guy) and Juha Airio. One thing that really jumped out at me the most is the lack of aftermarket goodies. We really made do with what we had back then. Very little resin cast or machined parts. The cottage industry was just getting rolling then and really didn't go much farther then wires, hoses and air cleaners that I can recall. I know a lot of builders that would probably just fold up tents and find something else to do if there was no Pegasus wheels to give their ride that perfect look. Painting also seems to have improved by leaps and bounds thanks to Tamiya, Testors and Duplicolor lacquers. Although I admit I desperately miss those awesome Pactra colors. But I must say, the most improved thing between now and then...........is the creativity and to a lesser degree, quality of the work. It seems to me that (judging by the work in the annual) there were fewer builders that understood that the shape of a model kit fresh out of the box is only really.... a suggestion. One possible end result. And the reason for this vast improvement? This forum and others like it. In 1990 our only contact with other modelers was through local clubs and contests. By and large if you had a problem, you fixed it yourself (for better or worse) and if you needed a part.......yep you were buying another kit. So in closing........nostalgia is a fine thing, but to quote the esteemed Mr. Billy Joel, "The good ol days weren't always good, and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems."

Yep, what he said.

Where are they?

Work has begun on the flatbed Ford. Not much to show yet. It's a very old kit. Lots of flash and injector pin marks. Aside from an engine swap it's going to be mostly kit supplied parts. I have decided on a 1/8 inch chop to the top.

Walgreens.

For me it's the AMT 73 Cougar. To use the word fitment and this kit in the same sentence is almost criminal. The interior is terrible. However the engines are very well done. Kit's like this bring out the artist in me because I feel no matter what I do to it, there's no real loss if I screw it up. It's still good for parts or a paint test body. The Revell IMSA Monza and Mustangs are also good examples here. Body is great. The rest is junk. EDIT: CORRECTION. When I mentioned bad fitment in the 73 Cougar I was thinking (for some reason) of the AMT Rat Pack Chevy II. The fitment on the Cougar is decent but the interior is not molded with much detail and it is unremarkable.

Or at least use some one elses.

I'm told I don't have any class, so I guess I'm not eligible. Seriosuly though.......................... what the heck are you talking about?

Danny, I sent you a PM.

Here's a couple for instance. http://mac.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/La-Carrera-Panamericana-Desktop-Wallpaper-Screenshot-38771.html

Mark, I'm doing a 53 Stude racer for the Carrera Panamericana rally race (as well as for my Cannonball CBP). Last night I rebuilt my roll cage to look more professional and I'm going to add window nets. I've done some Google image searches and on a lot of the racers, I can see nets on both sides. Here's the wip shots. http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/Jantrix/53%20Studebaker/ EDIT: I may have a solution I just thought of but will have to wait til I get home from work to check it out. I cut out some mesh from an old baby play pen a couple years ago. It might work. Pics later.

Has anyone fabbed a racing style window net? I'm going to need to do two for a rally car.

Okay this brings me to a question that has been bugging me concerning the legality of resin casting parts. I can see that no one would get in a twist about someone resin casting old Johan/Pyro/Aurora parts but we're talking about casting parts from Revell kits that are still in production and on store shelves. Anyone know the rules here concerning this situation?