DougS

Thanks for all the positive comments! Yes, it is an actual license plate.

Correction: Not the 32 Chrysler, it was the MONOGRAM 1934 DUESENBERG which can be picked up on e-bay sometimes pretty cheap.

I am using wheels and tires from the gangbusters 1932 Chrysler on my 1935 Gilmore Special that is from this same Indy series. They're not perfect but I think they are a great improvement over the kit wheels. My original tires were very brittle and cracked. On the replacement tires I painted the whitewall inserts flat black and still need to add the knock-offs to cover the center of the wheels. These wheels are a little smaller than what are on the car you're working on but may look OK.

Here's what I'm working with. It will be a long time before I start rebuilding. I've got the frame cut down and now disassembling everything trying to remove all the excess glue and straightening every part. It seems like everything was put together at the wrong angle and flooded with glue. When finished I will post this build on its own post. (probably years from now! )

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I have a 1/6 scale Harley FLH basket case that I'm thinking about chopping off the top half of the frame and making a companion for this Honda.

Thanks Jim

I've always wanted this kit but couldn't justify the price. But then I found a box of parts on e-bay and after studying all the pictures thought it looked fairly complete. I won the auction fairly cheap and after inventorying found it was missing the base, right side cover, one exhaust clamp and the intake manifolds. It had a few modifications like velocity stacks instead of the air box and the wheel spokes had been removed. I made new pieces to replace everything missing and was about to make a wooden base when I noticed an old cycle license plate on the work bench. The plate turned out to be the perfect size and made the whole project unique in my opinion. I have always tried to find incomplete models or glue-bombs to get get the models I wanted for as cheap as possible (I've always been a cheapskate, I guess I get it from my Dad always trying to get a bargain..

I've been collecting models now for too many years to count including the Testors visible engine thinking I would have plenty of time to build them when I retire. I've been retired now for about eight years and haven't built much of anything yet. I finally decided I need to make time to have a little fun. Here's a couple of pictures of the finished engine. I bought it as-is and it was missing about half of the internal parts so that's why it is only half visible. I thought the carb was pretty poorly done so I did an internet search and found out it isn't a carb but fuel injected, but still pretty basic. I did quite a bit of modifying to make the efi a little more realistic by adding screws, making springs, installing choke plate, opening up air cleaner mounting holes and electrical conections and reshaping other areas. I've left the air cleaner off so everything can be seen. Now I'm inspired to keep going on my hundreds of projects.

Does anybody have one of these kits in their stash. I am missing one part and need detailed pictures and measurements so I can reconstruct the part. It's the back half of the cylinders. It's the part where the carbs attach and the main part that holds all the other parts in position so without it I just have a crankcase with nothing above it.

Just bought several built Protar motorcycles and the tires on all of them seem to be softening the rims and destroying the chrome. I've removed all of the tires so they wouldn't get worse. Now I need some advise on what to coat the tires or the rims with to prevent this.

Great job! I've been planning on doing this same kit but have had trouble finding reference photos. Your car looks very accurate. Did you have a good source of detail photos?

Steve, that's a great looking model! You really put my attempts to shame.?

I just acquired an AMT 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible. I noticed on the underside there is all kinds of information molded in. Like type of antifreeze, lubrication frequency, special coatings, etc. Is this something that was common practice around this time? I started building models a few years after this and have never seen this before on anything.

I just bought this kit used and it looks like its pretty complete but it had no instructions. I found a download on scalemates for the instructions but it looks like they aren't complete. It goes to #84 but never shows anything about the weber carbs. Does anyone have these instructions that they could scan for me the missing sections?

I just used some random electrical wire I had laying around. I don't throw anything away. It was fairly soft to work with but not sure what type of metal.

Here are the springs I made by winding wire around a screw then winding each end tighter to create a slight taper. They don't really look like the box picture but I think they are pretty close to the google picture. I may keep working to get closer to the box picture but this first try should work for now.

Great idea, a Batmobile. I'll have to keep my eyes open for one to drop it in.

Thanks Ace, This is exactly what I was looking for as an answer. I couldn't of asked for more, photos of the unbuilt engine, instructions, built engines in vehicles and a lot of history on this and of turbines!

I picked up this engine up the other day with a group of old built model cars. I was wondering if anyone had any idea what the heck it is. To me it looks like some type of turbine. It appears to be about 1/25 scale and because it is chromed I thought it was probably not from a plane. I have no idea if it is anywhere near complete but because of the size I think it might make a good custom car power source.

Got a donor kit today. An exact match as far as the molding goes and a very slight difference in the sponsor decals. The decals have water damage so I may not even use them at all. The clear kit says it's the car driven midway through 1997 and the donor kit says it's the 1998 Daytona winner. The only differencr in the instructions are the color of the chassis and other color details. One has a red chassis and the other a grey one. I'll probably go with the red chassis because it should be more striking as seen through the clear body. Now I just need to find more reference photos and the time to actually get started. Thanks everyone for the replies for finding a slab side donor.

I may, but it seems to me the clear plastic is way more brittle to work with and harder to glue and the paint doesn't adhere as well as the colored styrene plastic.

These are pictures showing the side of the body. Do these look like the slab sides?

I was wanting to build this kit with just the body clear so i wondering if anybody knows if any of the other Monogram or Revell Monte Carlos would be a direct replacement for the Chassis and the rest of the kit? I know sometimes the same molds were used for other cars but I don't have any of the other kits of these brands to compare it to. I thought it would be easier to paint and modify a colored plastic rather than the clear.

Keep the pictures coming! These are GREAT!

Thanks for the suggestion. I did find with a google search a picture of the actual springs laying on a ruler. Now to try and get something wound that's wider in the middle and tapers at each end.