BIGTRUCK
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All Indy cars, 40 Ford, XJ220 Jaguar , Dodge Daytona, Ford Probe, GhostBusters parts ,65 Pontiac G.P. and 71 T-bird have been traded...
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I think that door is on a few other reissues of that kit according to Scalemates. Should make your quest a little easier.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-h-1444-rodfather--972839
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These are duplicate or duplicate kits I have already built one already and wont build them again..Looking for AMT 55 Chevy any issue or Monogram Chevy car kits...RatFink kits...AWB (new or builders)...Showrods ( new or builders ) front engine dragsters..or semi truck (new or builders). I have many more extra kits ,when I find them I will add to the list. I will trade multiples for better kits. Let me know what you have I may need it and not know it..😁 and what you may be looking for.. PM me..On the open kits if you need inside pictures just ask.
All are complete, may be sealed or open and sealed inside or totally opened, but are complete unless noted.
Mercedes (I have 2 of them for trade)and Ford Tri-motor kit is sealed inside.
El Camino is complete has some writing on instructions, never started.
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I just noticed I put it in the wrong area, needs to be in under glass..😁
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This was the full glue kit by AMT.Pretty straight forward box build with the exception of tires, I used a triple white walls. Loads of detail painting on this kit.
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This is the full glue kit from 1989, its still a curbside build but detailing the roof rack and interior was really time consuming. Next is more bare-metal foil on the body. I need to make a chrome side trim piece for the rear fin...I know I had them both and now I cannot find one of them. The only thing I changed out were the tires, I opted for wide ovak multi thin whitewalls , also added (floss fill)smoke /fog to the roof rack and interior for a ghostly look. Just enough to be able to see through. Body painted Racing White.
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Got it done and boy is it long with that Bugatti front clip and sides. Since the new body did not have spare tire cut out , I cut the spare tire half and put one piece on top and the other on the bottom.
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I had this Rommels Rod but the body was missing. I have 2 others sealed inside but this one was completely open, so something had to be done with it. Tried the "wanted" section here and a swap meet and of course Ebay looking for a body or junk builder but nada. I had this Lindberg Bugatti forever, the fronts area was pretty close but the middle and back needed to be made. I used the interior and complete chassis including engine from the RommelsRod, the front clip , tires, wheels headlight buckets , trunk, hood and grille from the Bugatti, anything white was made from evergreen sheet plastic, 1/8" tube and various sizes of flat stock. Removed all chrome. The headlight covers fit right onto the Bugatti buckets, also modded the Rods front wheels to the Bugattis tires, the RommelRods tires were smaller, added the German skull hood ornament to the ew grille. Added a few more guns from a 1/35th tank kit. Painted Tamiya Dark Yellow (a tip from member 'showrods' on this forum) Getting closer and the hard stuffs done but still alot to do.
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Thanks to all who have helped , but Im going another route without the body using the Rommels Rod parts.
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I had this one 99% done, two tone paint came out fine, mucho baremetal foil done all chrome on, interior done and in, contiental kit on and of course it took three tries to get the front and rear glass to fit pretty good, but then the idea machine went on.....decals. I found some Revell flames in blue that went great with the blue on the 56 but even with micro sol and micro set the decals went funky. I let it dry and they were foggy in some areas and crinkled on the edges. I tried to get them off as best as I could but the paint under the decal was clearly off so into the remover it goes. It sat for a few days in SuperClean but Tamiya paint holds firm. Next is EZ Off Oven or brake fluid..after new paint and foil go on I wont even consider using decals.
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21 hours ago, Dave Van said:
Nice work....always liked that one.....when was it reissued???? Must have missed it!
2003..
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6 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:
The 56 Chrysler is a cool looking car. I became custodian of three of these little gems a number of years ago. There is a Chrysler, a Buick, an Olds and one other that I cant remember. They are all cool and quite detailed especially for 1/32 scale
Mercury,Buick Ford,Cadillac and Lincoln Mark II.
I never saw the Olds.
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8 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said:
How was the fit, were the decals OK, how many extra parts are there, could you move the engine and body forward? Thanks for your response.
Fit was fine on mine except headers. Decals were fine, and the extra stuff :
Engine parts , roof, rear body and wheels.
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I have a few of these multi-piece body kits so I figured whats another headache or 2. Lots of flash on this old school tool , after that was cleaned up I started putting left side, right side, trunk with part of rear fenders, firewall with 'A' frame, front fender tops with wheelwells , front filler panel, radiator and core support, roof and hood. When they say multi piece body they mean it. To my surprise nothing was warped. I used liquid glue and once the part cured upI ran a bead of Bob Smiths epoxy on the inside seam. This 1/32nd scale kit has pretty good detail for its time. This one going to get all the parts in the box built, but may leave the 3 rear fins off. The entire body would be tighter if I glue fixed the hood shut but I wanted the motor. I made templates and cut provided clear plastic for windows. I may try sticking a Ulrich mini-men driver inside, but the 1/32nd mini guy I built looks a little odd, big torso and short thighs and legs compared to the women. I'll work with it until the next headache starts😁
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20 hours ago, Tony Coomer said:
Great looking build, where did you get that body?
JimmyFlintstone resin
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This is the AMT reissue of the MPC Switchers kit. This one had mant options for engine, wheels and body (roof ,pickup bed ,turtle deck). I chose to do the hardtop with pickup bed and big velocity stacks and paint it with a 70's flavor color to go along with the decals. Dark green Fuzzy fur carpet . Only thing thats not kit are the rear tires, they are solid rubber Mickey Thompsons wides , the kit tires were not wide enough. This was the old Buyers Choice release and had no warp in the kit except headers and I had to modify them, the decals good and of course I had to remove chrome off one entire tree, on some kits they love to chrome everything. In some of the pictures I show other optional looks with the extra body parts.
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Very cool build of a pretty rare kit.
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Its a combination of J/F resin body ,AMT parts. Full front interior, rear seat delete, back half of chassis is from an AMT AWB kit, front half is from AMT 62 Chevy kit modified to fit interiorand kit 409. Parts box tires and wheels , moon tank and decals. Paint was Testors Extreme Lacquer Inca Gold. The bare metal foil was hard to use on the 62's thin trim.
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Moving it along this week, interior done, engine almost done, a few odds and ends on the chassis to complete while the paint cures up before foil.
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Started on this AWB last week but wanted to try combining the front half of the AMT kit chassis and the rear of the Chevy II AWB kit chassis. After measuring and cutting and much test fitting I got the body cleaned up and this is where Im at. Flintstone resin body. Parts box slicks and rollbar. Working on using the 409 with a high rise. Extended package shelf from scrap sheet plastic.
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18 hours ago, Oldriginal86 said:
I have a warped second version that won’t be assembled by me.
That warped body would be one hard kit to keep everything aligned with opening doors,trunk and hood ,plus being a convertible.
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48 minutes ago, vamach1 said:
I believe one of the original IMC ones.
The first issue had more custom parts and I think black stripes, 2nd issue had blue and the one I built has a blue/green stripe that I opted out off, they seamed a little crunchy to try.
RatFink and BigDaddy go to Indy
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What do you do with a 1989 era Indy car when you've had it for awhile and it never gets a 2nd look, have some fun with it..