r60man

Finally got some build time tonight. I have decided that this will be a full out race car. Meaning that all this stuff needs to go. Door handles, trim strip, the tiger on the side and the side marker lights need to go. Also the Sunbeam on the front and back of the car. Gone. And so now they are. A lot of work, about two hours worth. I have not done the finer sanding yet. Then puddy in deep places then primer. Then fix up the bad spots that primer didn't hide. I also took the opportunity to deepen the door lines. There was a lot of flash on this, and that had to go too. Down the top front the fender was basically pointy from the flash. Not sure how I am going to tackle this. I already sanded down the back of the hood and it still isn't sitting right. I do not think the hood is curved properly. I may be able to trim down some of the apron. I was thinking of building this with the hood opening. The Sunbeam hood is hinged at the front, so if I display it this way I would not have to worry about it too much, but that seems like cheating. Helpful hits would be very appreciated. Side before the sanding. Top before the flashectomy.

Amazing work. I have tried a couple of wood kits, but haven't finished one yet. Maybe someday!

There was a little bracket holding the battery, but that was it. Nothing covering the top either. Point was it was designed for little people in the back not adults.

The battery was under the back seat. Caused me some issues when I had a couple of 200 pounders in the back. Seat started to heat up and I had to remind them to "roll the cheek a bit" to get it off the battery. The seat spring were making contact. Yikes!

I typically save all the instructions from past builds for just this purpose. Let me look through my stash and see if I have them, if so I will scan them in for you.

I have built that kit. It is excellent. That blue is a really nice color. I painted my 1:1 bug powder blue, then when it rusted some more I painted the bottom a royal blue, nice two tone scheme.

Thanks for that info! I guess I will need to add a filler to the valve cover?

I have discovered that, but thanks for the heads up. I usually put everything together before glue just for those reasons.

I will most likely be deleting the headlights and just blanking them out. The grill for the MK II was basically a straight up and down waffle pattern. I am searching for something to replicate that, I think fiberglass screening may be the best. Because I am building a race car I do have a lot of freedom to vary from the original.

My local club has an upcoming theme, "Anything 1967". I pretty much only build race cars and unusual subjects so when I saw this AMT kit I snapped it up. The Sunbeam Tiger was produced from 1964 to 1967. 1967 was the only year that the Mk II was produced. While the body remained the same for the Mk II the engine was upgraded from the 260 ci engine to the 289 ci. Luckily the blocks were the same size so the 260 engine that came with the kit can be build as the 289. I plan on plumbing and wiring the engine as well as scratch building headers for this one. I plan on drilling out the spark plug holes before painting the engine. While this is a more modern version I will use this for the wiring diagram and location of the spark plug holes. Here is the engine at home in the Sunbeam. Being a race car the engine bay will be a little cleaner and more sparse. Here is the box art. But it also comes with the "custom" pieces to produce this: I will most likely scratch build a roll cage instead of the fiberglass version. Also the body will have all of the side stripes and markers deleted. This should be a fun build and I m looking forward to it.

The very first time I flew was in a vintage Stearman, like the first one. Awesome flight. There was a grasshopper on the wing at take off. He was there when we landed, we never went fast enough to blow him off. Really nice models.

It is like Mad Max meets North of the Wall. Very cool stuff!

Really cool work. I have seen the larger Ban Dai kit at my local hobby shop but the price tag scared me off. After seeing this, I may make the investment.

That is really cool. Love it!

You guys are great. I am loving the Toyota 2000GT, now to see if I can find one at a reasonable price. Thanks again.

That is awesome. Really nice job, LEDs have made lighting our projects so much easier than it was in the past. A WIP for you other project would be great. My wife loves dragonflies, who makes that kit?

So my local club is having a contest in a couple of months, "anything 1967". I typically build race cars and I have poked around on the web but nothing really peaks my interests. Any ideas? The more unusual the better.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I have a quick NASCAR history question as these cars are a bit before my time, but they are the coolest in appearance by far. I know they removed the headlights and put in "dummy" covers to avoid broken glass in an accident. Did they run with normal tail lights? Or were they "dummied" too.

Looking really good so far. I love the front end and that front wheel is killer. Can not wait to see the new can top. (Spoiler Alert)

Subs are pretty cool. I found that you can get the Mikr Mir kits from Amazon, which is pretty cool. I think I might build the Hunley.

Wendell Scott is a great role model. Any word on when the AMT kits will be available?

Great job on the build. Love the car, it looks great.

Really a cool car and a nice build. I may have to pick this kit up.

Welcome!