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3 hours ago, misterNNL said:
It had better be the former of those two cause in 10 years I'll be 88 years old:-)
lol yeah your a bit older than me so the former would be better… 🙂
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1 hour ago, misterNNL said:
Thanks for the update. I have a ramp rod cooking in the back of my mind based on a model A Ford hauling a belly tank racer. So many ideas and so little time.
No problem, I'll be looking for pics of that when you get to it. If your anything like me that could be next week or ten years lol...
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14 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:
Smart to check display case fit now! Unlike a guy who builds a diorama in his basement too big to get up the stairs and through the door!
Definitely one of my better moments lol...
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1 hour ago, slusher said:
Are you going to make it with single tandem drive?
I wanted to put a four tire single axle under it but decided to go with the single tire and axle and I’m going to make a 2 piece drive shaft for it. It’s probably a little light weight for what you would want in real life but I think it will work for viewing.
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36 minutes ago, misterNNL said:
This could be the start of something interesting. Any progress?
I did get a little done since then, time is limited right now but it’s making progress, I got the pieces in to make the wheel wells small since I’m going single axle but have to finish the body work and I test fit it in the case and it’s close but it fits
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I bought the 72 Chevy racers wedge with the plan of it being a stock 72 like my dad had in my youth so I had to used the car hauler for something. I had a 55 Cameo and a 55 step side that I started a looong time ago and lost interest in both so there is my donors. Used both frames so I could stretch the length of the frame and here is my progress so far...
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6 hours ago, CabDriver said:
Their sign is confusing - are the kits $19.99 or $9.99? (I know the answer…just saying)
Nobody said that people in my Ollie’s are the sharpest tools in the shed
What I picked up
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I was in my Ollie’s here is what they had... of course I picked a few up 😬
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2 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:
Unless you actually had an Eldorado Brougham, I personally would either look for one of the Johan/X-EL ‘58 Fleetwoods or one of the Imex ‘58 Eldorados. Both are better than the Revell ‘57.
Steve
Will do, thanks Steve... I'll put them on my want list. Man that list is getting long LOL...
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19 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:
I was a little excited when I first saw the '57 Cadillac too!
The box art is fantastic, but I soon realized that it was the same kit as this.
Big disappointment.
Wait till the "why do they give us unsuspecting noobs these lousy old kits over and over again" crowd starts getting their hands on this one!!
It's good to see the 1/32 scale '56 Buick coming back though.
For small scale, these old Revell 1/32 scale kits were pretty darn nice!
Even with the multi-piece bodies.
Steve
Thanks for the info on that one Steve, at least I will know what to expect. I almost bought a 1:1 57 Cadillac about 30 years ago and have always regretted not buying it. As long as the kit is build able I want one. I've always wanted to build a kit of it...
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Nice, I want the Jungle Jim cars and that 57 Cadillac. I like a few of those trucks too. Thanks for sharing...
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43 minutes ago, Zippi said:
Where are all the lids to your rattle cans dude?
I was wondering the same thing LOL....
My spray booth is 2 plastic totes glued together with a filter and vent out the back of the bottom tote. I have a bilge fan hooked on it and vent it out the window.
If I would have mounted some stuff differently it could definitely be portable.
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2 hours ago, Rodent said:
There, I fixed that for you. 😁
Bad fix I hate the beach, I would be at the BENCH or in the driveway working on my 1:1 86 F150... 😬
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I try to get an hour a day and just do a couple things, I build multiple kits at once so I can do a little on each during my hour. Only exception is I get a lot more vacation time than my wife so when I'm off and she isn't I'll spend a lot of time at the bench...
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16 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:
Actually, if it's a race-only vehicle, you only need a battery to run a distributor ignition.
Awesome, thanks for all the info...
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13 hours ago, CabDriver said:
I keep seeing that the Model Master paints are discounted in a bunch of different stores (down to a buck a jar, from what I can tell) but nothing in my local store just yet.
Anyone else seen this happening by them?
I’ve been keeping an eye in mine as well and have seen no sale on it as of yet...
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ok I got it, so I could put a regular distributor in it but I have noticed the kit doesn't have an alternator so I would have to add one some how to properly change over.
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ok cool, so it should come out of the top but the side of that top piece, Thanks....
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I'm in the process of updating a build I did about 35 or 40 years ago. I built it long before I knew of anything but Testors products for building but had a fantastic paint job for my knowledge then. So I decided to rehab it using the original paint job and just rebuild it using BMF and adding some detail like plug wires and such. I noticed on the engine that it has a magneto rather than a standard distributor but I have no knowledge about them at all, would it normally just have plug wires out of the top of it just like a regular distributor?
Pic of the magneto on the directions (#10) and a pic of the car before the start of the rehab.
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Good point that makes sense, I guess I could replicate either about the same way since I wouldn't be putting those wires on.
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You could possibly find a color in paint like this to use also, I've used the Dupli-color beige for a kit interior before worked good I thought.
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5 hours ago, bisc63 said:
Ok Cool, thanks for the info. I would bet even after they went to duel coils then that the switching was done outside the engine compartment and had something like that. I think I will work on making something to copy that then. Thanks a bunch guys...
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Ok, so I guess the wire on the other side runs to the coil then?
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The daulie is what I wanted to use but didn’t have one so I went with the single, like you said in the model world all is fine…