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32 minutes ago, DonW said:
What's happening?
I can't see where this has originated.
I can't see where anyone has spoiled the quiz recently. Was some stuff deleted?
Please enlighten me.
Cheers,
-Don.
Yes, someone posted the answer as the first reply. 🙄 Must have been deleted since.
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19 minutes ago, TarheelRick said:
Wondering about the rear suspension? I was under the impression early Ford trucks of that vintage all had leaf springs.
They did. The Monogram kits weren't stock - they also had a small block Ford engine and Plymouth Volare front end,
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18 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:
Thanks much for sharing that .
What are decals "1" and "2" supposed to represent ? They appear to be the 1972 & later "universal" side marker lamps -- what do the instructions call for ?
Now , why in the deuce didn't that decals sheet find its way into the U.S. market kit ????
It indicates those are for the F&F version, or as an alternative for the stock version.
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On 6/23/2021 at 11:13 PM, mrmike said:
I wonder what the decals and the instruction sheet for the Revell of Germany kit looks like. I heard that the decal sheet is bigger!
Here's the full decal sheet. The instructions are a 20-page glossy A4 size booklet, and they do call out the caliper decals.
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That's come on quickly. You might inspire me to finish my stalled BRBO entry - http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/139459-brbo-mack-dm600-dump/
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23 minutes ago, PatW said:
The Meastro was produced between 1982-1987 by British Leyland. As our 1965 Beetle was a 'C' reg that must be 1983 I think.
No, as per the link posted by @Earl Marischalit's a Bulgarian one built much later, presumably one of the "Apple" conversions mentioned in the link. First registered in 2001, DVLA seems to think it's black though...
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22 hours ago, Mark said:
The J is a "typical" Revell gasser, it uses the same chassis as their Willys pickup and Austin kits. Those were (I think) among the last car kits Revell did with the sheet of DIY window material.
That is probably the best out-of-box build on one of those that I have ever seen. It uses the original steerable front axle and original Ansen mag wheels from the first couple of issues. The axle was always in the kit, though later issues added a non-steering, ridiculously dropped axle. But the wheels were replaced, as was the original rear axle. I wonder if this kit has gotten some rehab work for this issue.
The only rehab that will help that kit is to throw away everything but the body. The engine is a joke, the wheels are hopeless, the working steering manages to be both clunky and extremely fragile, rear axle is BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH... Even then, I think the body was compromised to fit the generic chassis. I might buy another if I found one going *really* cheap, but at today's prices for a new kit? No way.
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17 hours ago, peteski said:
Flowery Twats was a brilliant show - too bad there are only 12 episodes. Of course this type of a show (just like All In The Family) could never be produced today.
It's a pity. Repeats of TV and radio shows are now preceded over here by warnings such as "this show contains attitudes and references of the time", in case any sensitive souls are offended. 🤬
I find that a lot of the TV I enjoyed when I was young doesn't stand up as well now, but I still love Fawlty Towers and Reggie Perrin.
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34 minutes ago, Casey said:
They do appear to be deep dish-ish, so maybe? I don't have any to look over, so maybe someone else can help more.
Too big - same diameter as the T-Bolt ones to fit the old Revell tyres. The ones from the Fireball 500 aren't perfect, but probably as good as it gets for readily available kit parts.
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I see this reissue has the hood from the original '80s Satellite issue. I might have to get one of these, despite my aversion to the F&F branding...
Neat idea with the bench seat, but before you get too far into it, I believe that pleated upholstery pattern was only used on buckets. The standard RR bench was like this:
https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/colorAndTrim/1971/71_Satellite0010.jpg
This one being optional:
https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/colorAndTrim/1971/71_Satellite0006.jpg
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On 5/6/2021 at 4:53 PM, Snake45 said:
Still, there's just something about the whole front end of that kit that doesn't look right to me--just doesn't look like a '70 Cuda front end--and I cannot quite put my finger on just what it is. Maybe the bumper doesn't protrude enough?
Aside from the chubby fenders, the thing that leaps out at me is that the headlamp surrounds need to be recessed more into the grille, and the headlamps themselves should be recessed in the surrounds. They're almost flush in the kit. The bumper definitely looks odd too.
Re the Chevy II, the windshield header is too low relative to the side windows, the roof looks too thick and the top is chopped overall. Look at the proportions of the rectangular door window versus the real thing.
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On 5/19/2021 at 2:52 PM, afx said:
I have used the Revellogram SBF in several AMT Cobra builds. A few detail changes can be made for it to represents a 260.
Nice. I'm planning to use a Spalding Flamethrower on mine too.
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45 minutes ago, tim boyd said:
PS - Jeff, the engine in the AMT Shelby Cobra Roadster Trophy Series kit is thought to be a 260 V8 as that is what was put in the early Cobra roadsters built by Shelby....TB
It is, but it's about .080" too narrow compared with the SBF engines in the AMT '67 Mustang and the Revell '32 Fords and the heads have no detail at all. I'm building one now. I've widened the block and I'm using the heads and a modified intake from the '32 Ford kit.
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On 2/19/2021 at 3:15 AM, Brian Austin said:
Coke truck in Turkey (photo from old encyclopedia).
A Ford Thames Trader, if anyone was wondering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Trader
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The Opel Blitz used a metric tooled version of the 216ci Chevy engine, so it should be about the same size in scale, notwithstanding the 1/24 to 1/25 difference. From what I remember, the Opel chassis isn't really accurate for a US truck, and the wheels are totally wrong, having a much larger European PCD.
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On 8/25/2020 at 1:36 AM, misterNNL said:
Spoiler alert.....this is not in English.
10/10 for observation. I figured people would be most interested in the photos. ?
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The other thing everyone gets wrong with 1ton/wrecker conversions is the wheelbase. It was 133" for the 1 ton chassis, so in scale, 0.72" longer than the shortbed pickup.
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On 7/8/2020 at 9:34 PM, Tom Geiger said:
I ordered my Revell Land Rover from an outfit in UK. I shows up with a leantoo of cardboard wrapped around it, open on the ends. The very act of wrapping it like that damaged the box. Fortunately the kit was fine.
And then you get other stuff triple boxed and prepped to survive a nuclear blast.
On 7/8/2020 at 8:48 PM, stitchdup said:There's one shop in the uk that just used brown paper, I stopped ordering from them after 3 kits arrives squashed and they tried to say it was sent in a box. Now i take photos of the packaging as i open them
Please let us know who these businesses are. We can then either avoid using them, or request that they pay some attention to packing,
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Beautifully done.
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Definitely AMT. Early trophy kits had narrow slicks with no markings; the Firestones came a bit later. I have some of the 9.00x15 ones in a soft rubber compound, rather than the usual PVC found in kits. I was told the rubber ones were sold as slot car accessories.
AFAIK, Revell only had M&H slicks, in 8.00 and 11.00 widths.
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On 4/25/2020 at 6:48 PM, Bucky said:
That's great! Thanks, Steve. And thanks for the undercarriage pic. That's a good reference shot.
Don't paint the front chassis rails black though, that isn't a separate subframe on B bodies. The K member and trans mount (middle part only of the trans crossmember) were painted black, but the rest was part of the body assembly.
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That (marking as read) seems to have done the trick, thanks. Must remember to do that periodically.
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Same here, still very slow on Unread Content.
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29 minutes ago, afx said:
I hope the software vendor can find a solution, the slow loading speed is becoming tedious and sucking the fun out of the forum for me.
I'm finding individual threads aren't too bad, but I usually have Unread Content as my starting page and that's taking nine or ten seconds to load.
Chip Foose kits.....
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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I'd rather have an accurate stock kit, then *I* can customise it, if I want to. Can't stand most of these shows, especially that Kindig idiot - obtain project car, throw away the chassis and engine, buy in generic chassis and LS motor, then complain nothing fits....