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I've done a few decals for myself and some friends, and I'm trying to understand what you are meaning about "Bonneville Salt Flats/Speed Week" decals. Are you looking for decals of the different year races at Bonneville, or are you looking of speed equipment companies that racers used at Bonneville? I've found a website that has a bunch of different vintage decals, and I sometimes use it when looking for samples online of different images. They have a section called "Bonneville" but other than a couple of equipment companies, it is mostly race event decals: https://nostalgicracingdecals.com/shop/index.php?rt=product/category&path=52 Most of the nostalgia Drag Contingency decal sheets that are out there have most of the speed equipment companies that the racers at Bonneville used on their cars at the time. I'm not sure of any companies that were specific to only Bonneville racing, but I'm not sure about that. Steve A.

I can't remember where I saw this tip, but I tried it out and it works pretty good. What I did was buy a set of not too expensive tweezers, you can find them at a bunch of different places, then I went to a local bicycle shop and they gave me a used bicycle inner tube. I used 5 minute epoxy and glued a small piece of inner tube to each of the tweezers tips and then trimmed them with a sharp x-acto or scalpel. It helps with gripping small parts. Steve A.

Tom, if & when I can get my 3D printer set back up, if you haven't gotten one I can see about trying to print one for you. Can't say when I will get it setup, but when I do I'll let you know. Steve A.

Sorry to hear that about Kenny. That's one of the bad things about Facebook, that they don't take down pages by someone after they pass away. Not too long ago I received a reminder about it being Steve Hinson's B'Day. Unfortunately Steve passed away from cancer awhile back.

For the Fall Guys GMC truck decals, Slixx Decals offers a Mini Gasser sheet with the Fall Guy decals on it: https://slixx.com/8066.htm?id=5510 Also, JBOT decals use to offer them in various sizes. I had heard he was no longer taking orders on his website due to health reasons, but you might try emailing him to see if you can still get a sheet: http://www.jbot.ca/cars/misc/fallguy.shtml I seem to remember seeing a website where someone was reproducing the MPC kit decals, but I haven't been able to find the site yet. I'll keep looking for it though. After doing a little more looking, I found the decals I was thinking of. The decals were made by Kenny Terry, and he also did a Dukes of Hazzard sheet, but he no longer has a website. It looks like he is on Facebook though, so you can see about contacting him that way. Steve A.

There is a company that offers the 3D files to print a 1934 Chrysler Imperial Airflow: https://stlprintables.com/product/chrysler-imperial-airflow-1934-printable-body-car/ Steve A.

I've built a few emergency response vehicles over the years. The Dubai Police Audi R8 was built from the Revell Germany kit with Studio27 decals & aftermarket lightbar. The NOPD Crown Vic was built from a Testors metal body kit and I made up the NOPD decals. The fire truck was built from a Lindberg 1/32nd scale kit with decals I designed. It was given to the local fire department as a gift. While looking online one day I came across a pic of a Lamborghini that a couple had donated to the LAPD for use as a promotional vehicle. I thought it was neat looking, so I used a Fujimi kit and made up some LAPD decals, I decided to add an aftermarket lightbar because I thought it looked better with one on it. While on a business trip to Taiwan many years ago, I so the police used several nice cars, and liked the looks of the BMW 5 Series they used. I took a few pics of the car while at a rest area, and found a Fujimi kit to replicate it. I found the lightbar in my parts stash, and had to modify some Mercedes Benz rims from a kit to look more like the BMW ones. Since this was years before I got my Alps printer, I ended up hand drawing the graphics on the door.

I know for Alclad chrome that they offer an Aqua Gloss.

I've seen some modellers clean up the flash and seams on kits, then polish the bare plastic, especially with the larger kits. I personally like to clean the model, prime to check for scratches and sand to level, then paint. To me painting provides a more realistic finish, but sometimes doing a simple build can be fun too. You need to build for yourself and have fun doing it. Steve A.

There is at least one person on Cults3D website that offers files of flares like that, his handle is BlackBox, but you are just buying the files. You need to have someone with a 3D printer to actually get them printed up. I've seen a few eBay sellers offering 3D prints from this persons designs, but they are not cheap, it might be close to the same as buying a kit. https://cults3d.com/en/design-collections/BlackBox/body-kits I tried checking Shapeway's marketplace to see if someone offered something like them, but didn't find anything so far. Steve A.

Rafael, the current issue #215 that just came out of Model Cars Magazine has a lot of info in it about 3D printing, and one of the articles titled "3D Roundtable" is a discussion with several "trailblazers" in 3D model printing. One of them is Bill Cunningham that did the Maserati files, and at the end of the article they give the website of www.modelcarsmag.com/3dprintingresources where you can download the Maserati 3d files. It is a Zip file, so you will need to extract all the files afterwards. I hope this helps you out. Steve A.

I know it is a small block Chevy engine with something like a Turbo 350 or 400 automatic transmission. I think it is commonly referred to as an LT engine. I don't remember if a specific displacement size was listed on the box or the instructions. If you do a search on eBay you can see pics of the engine on some of the boxarts. That kit was based on the Monogram '37 Ford Street Rod Fat Fender kit that was orange on the box, but I think it used a different air cleaner. Steve A.

If you send Randy an email asking about the wire wheels you are interested in, he will usually email you when he gets some in. That's what I did awhile back when I asked about a couple of the Historic Racing Miniatures resin kits he had listed. Steve A.

The problem you are going to find with the resin hood from SMH is that it is based on one of the old 1/25th scale annual kits, and while the Revell 70 Trans Am kit is listed on eBay as a 1/25th scale, it is actually the old Monogram kit that is 1/24th scale. So the resin hood will be slightly smaller, and you will either need to add material to get it to fit, or try cutting out and grafting them onto the kit hood, but then it is resin to plastic and you have the hood scoop opening to deal with. I don't know if he still has them available, but Greg Wann use to offer a resin 70 Firebird Formula body & hood, though I can't remember off the top of my head what scale it is, and what kit to use as a donor. I have one of his resin trans kit in my stash, but after a recent move I'm not sure where it is at the moment to check it. It would be nice if one of the model companies would come out with an updated version of the Formula car, I like the looks of the car myself. I know the old annual kit molds were modified over the years, so they aren't available anymore, and if you do see one of the kits up for sale, they are usually going for a pretty good price. Steve A.

It may be possible that at sometime Norm offered it, but I just couldn't find any info. You can try emailing Norm directly and ask him. I've heard that he will take an item out of his catalog, but if he still has the molds, he might be able to make the part for you. I've emailed him and he has sold me parts that were offered as part of multiply items. Also, if the part had photo etched parts, I know the person he was getting the parts from quit providing them, so some items he could no longer offer because of that. You can send Norm an email at replmincomd@aol.com. Depending on how busy he is at the time, it may take him a few days to answer back, but I've always gotten a response when I emailed him.

I couldn't find it in the 2019 catalog I have, and I checked Craig Stansfield's Fotki album of some of his parts and found item #RH-109 from the Rik Hoving line that says the following. "1/25 '40 Ford Dashboard w/Photo Reduced Gauges, Steering Wheel & Column, Standard & Deluxe Gauge Bezels - For AMT Kit. Pattern & artwork By Rik Hoving" https://public.fotki.com/crstan/replican-and-miniat/replicas-and-miniat/100-3069-jpg.html It doesn't say it is for the Revell '32 Ford kit though. They do show a part #RH-508 Auburn Gauge Panel w/32 Ford Roadster Dash. Steve A.

John, I've been friends with Curt & John for several years, and I was the one that did the 3D printed parts for them. If you look at Curt's original post about the build in the "On The Workbench" section he mentioned me doing the parts for them.

I signed up awhile back, and replied to a few posts, but just haven't posted any pics of my builds till now. Haven't had a chance to work on any new builds for awhile, but hope to be able to start working on something soon. I figured you would be able to finally get the Curtis Turner Mustang finished a lot sooner than I could. Just finished the decal sheet for John, and hope to finish up the Multi Maverick decals for him soon & also do up the Corvette SR-2 decals for you & Andy also.

I have one of those Tamiya kits in the works, and tried finding one of the carbon fiber decal sheets made for the kit, but the only ones I found were from over in Europe and cost about the same or more than the kit itself. I figured I'll just try cutting & fitting a sheet from like Scalemotorsports.

A lot of you have seen my friend Curt Raitz's builds of the Curtis Turner cars that he raced in, mostly NASCAR and USAC & he even did a Pikes Peak car. I've help Curt out with some decals for a few of the builds when there isn't a decal sheet available. While doing some research for some of the decal sheets, I found a couple of cars that Curtis raced in that Curt didn't know about. The models Curt has built have been sent to the Curtis Turner Museum, so I thought I would have a little fun and build one of the cars I found out about. Back in 1960 when the big 3 automakers introduced the sport compact cars, Bill France decided to invite them to compete at the Daytona Race. Curtis Turner was asked to race on of the Ford Falcon cars entered. I found a few black & white pics of the car (mostly after he had rolled the car) so when I decided to build the car there was some guess at what the colors where. The info I found said the cars were taken off the showroom floor, modified slightly and then went racing, so looking at colors from 1960 it looked like the car was probably Belmont Blue, so I ordered some paint from Scalefinishes. I found a resin 1960 Ford Falcon body, used the AMT 1960 Ford Ranchero model kit, some parts from the spare parts box and made up the decal sheet for the build. I gave the finished model to Curt, and he has sent it to the museum.

Hey Casey, for parts for the Revell Bronco kits you should check out Fireball Modelworks, he has rollbars, tires & wheels, bumpers, winches, jacks and probably a few more things too. Also, check out Olson Brothers Resin Cast Model Parts, they offer a bunch of stuff for the Bronco kits. Steve A.

Alan, I sent you an email regarding the Magic Muffler decals. Steve A.

Thanks Bill, I was able to friend him on FB and sent him an email and received the files. It's too bad the engine isn't included in the files, but what is there looks really nice. I'm working on getting the files ready to print, and going to be printing 2 of them, one for myself and one for my friend Curt Raitz. Curt builds some great models, so I can't wait to see what he does with it.

Are the files to print the model available someplace, or do you have to know Bill on FB? I've seen his store on Shapeways, but if I can get the files to print myself on my 3D printer I like how they turn out better.

Any updates to this build? It's been awhile. I've always wanted to do a Belly Tanker, but they no longer offer the resin ones, or if you do find one it is really expensive. I've been watching for a 3D version, but haven't come across any yet. If you made your files available to purchase, that would be nice.