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Looked once more in the build instruction There were two "boxes" for final assembly, one for stock execution and one for custom. The stock instruction actually showed only one exhaust (on the right side) , but the custom instruction showed two Was not observant here So I have installed two pipes/mufflers with appropriate amounts of glue and pinning the joints and thereafter the rear axle in place = no way to take away the superfluous left one without risks for damage = It will stay, Silly but this obviously happens. Age .....? / Gunnar

Coming back to this old topic of the exhaus cross over pipe Is it so that this crossover pipe was used on cars, which had only a single exhaust pipe ? The AMT 49 coupe kit I´m working on has two "full length" pipes , one on each side of the car Is the crossover pipe thereby superfluous / not used/ omitted / not installed ? There is no such cross over in the kit. And the car from which I had a photo with the crossover, actually had only one exhaust pipe. So the kit may be correct, two exhaust pipes = no cross over ? Then comes the obvious question : which -49 V8 cars had single pipe and which had two pipes ? Sorry for bothering with old topic , but .... Gunnar

Thanks for your comments / Gunnar

Thanks for kind words Comforting to know that I was not completely erratic concerning those cornering lamps, though I think it would look better without. Yes it can easily be built without spoiler. There are no holes or other kinds of fixing points, just a smooth decklid ( and fenders)

The revell kit, quite nice to build (though somehow I do not feel the actual shape of the body has been fully captured ?) Though I did misread the instructions / put on front cornering lights, which should be a custom feature only. Well, once it was there ..... According to the net info they built only 6 or 8 Judges in M69 with white exterior / red interior Only polished plastic on the exterior with white paint on the inside On the underbody picture it looks like the chrome has partially disaapeared, but that is the mirroring of the white table below Some haze from CA glue on the windscreen Last build of "Co Vid BMF", got new sheet now for next build, so much better

Håkan Greg and Bill Thanks for your inputs My suspicion was confirmed : the heater hose comes out down in the crowded corner Found a way to sneak in the hose, though not entirely correct, but at least there will be one there. Agree with Håkan ; there are several simplifications though I must also give some understanding for this, as particularly the front end of the engine is quite crowded. Not so easy to mold / create parts, space and assembly order for them there. Will make my best to make something similar, though being an amateur builder, it will be definetly rather crude Fun anyway and these communications on this forum and internet searches to find information is quite entertaining. Fob me a big part of the pleasure in model car building

Next tricky question: On the front right side of the engine there is an outlet for a hose to the heating system Should be close to the water pump I presume Cannot find any info where it connects And it semms to be a very crowded corner with the exhaust dump tube, one of the cooling system return hoses, the ignition coil and the distributor all in this area = Where to connect / find space also for a heating hose ?

Thanks Bill and Håkan for fast clarification Very helpful Gunnar

I am building a AMT -49 Ford and need help concerning uncertainty on the cooling systeme scheme On the top of the two cylinder heads there are two hoses going into the radiator Very clear But in the kit there is nothing in "the bottom for the water to return to the engine" At the bottom of the engine on each side of the crank case pulley there are the two water pumps depicted, and they shall have an inlet hole for the water, easy to drill Have seen photos of actual engine on a stand, where these holes are connected by a pipe going across the car On attached photo of a -49 car, one can see a pipe going across the car in front of the anti-sway bar / behind a transverse structural beam Is this a pipe for cooling water ? If so , how does the water flow from the radiator back to the engine ? Or is this pipe something else ? If so, what is it ? Have also seen photos of replacement radiators, which have two outlet holes at the bottom of the radiator, which seems to be natural to connect via short hoses to the holes in the respective water pumps Perhaps these replacement have a different design vs the original one ? = What is the correct standard/ original lay out ? Info / advices much appreciated

Thanks Bill for your help with photos On Youtube I found a couple of commercial films for the launch of the -49 ford There they showed on a rotating podium a L6 ( quite dark blue engine) and a V8 (bronze engine) Both had black bell housings and gearboxe Which seems to be in line with the black-white photo from Bill At least the V8 oil pan was also black, to me a little unexpected Also on the L6 these parts were black but more difficult to judge, could be the dark blue also On the V8 - photo the oil pan seems to be obscured by the assemby jig Have also found a couple of YT films on old cars, certainly not renovated during the last decades They both had black gearboxes and bronze bell housings In the end I think I will go with the commercial film scheme.

Thanks Bill for your input I found the ad you have copied (clever idea to look after ads / missed that), enlarged it and to my eyes it looks like the gear box actually is dark/ black Found now on the net a couple of old engines/transmissions for sale, both with bronze engine, no doubts about that. The gearboxes in both cases were very rusty , really no paint left but PERHAPS once they were black Found an old car with 3 speed manual + overdrive. The bellhousing and presumably the rest (was hidden) bronze, no doubt The overdrive black So it is slightly unclear what was the original practice Your initial idea, that the engine and transmission were painted together after being joined/assembled , hence should have the same color, sounds quite logical. So ... wondering how to proceed ?

Need some help with info below: I am building an AMT -49 "shoebox", and have decided the engine color shall be according to a late -49 car, i.e. with a "bronze age motor". What would be the correct color on the transmission / gear box with such an engine ? Black -bronze as the engine - "iron gray" ? Or something else ? Your advices will be most appreciated / have so far found no info on the net.

Beautiful

Really nice Now I have a refrence for my own build, halfway

Perhapse everything neccessary already said but : Beautiful !!!

Thanks all for kind word Next job: -69 GTO, also white / Gunnar

Such a nice collection Compliments !

The Revell kit with some wirining and hoses in the engine bay Nice to build, though the decals were too old/ disintegrated = had to do some "badge painting". Painted the inside of the body with 2 layers of (any) white to prevent "shine through", thereafter the black interior Exterior just polished plastic

Personally I find an important part of the pleasure of building is to figure out small personal additions to the engine bay . How did it look, what material to use , do I gave a useful part lying among the spares, how to arrange the build sequence of these additions etc etc

Beautiful and unusual

Perfectly catching the car and the environment. Tip my hat

Beautiful

So nice Have one in my stash. Now know where to look how it shall be done.

Thanks all for the kind words received Two info items: - The wheels are stock from the kit (a quite nice kit overall with the exception for the snap fit system for the wheels to the axles Either very hard (too hard) to press on, or after some very slight sanding of assumed burrs etc, too loose, falling off. The tyres could be reversed , with black sides, giving a more "restrained" look - The green exterior is Humbrol enamel Brunswick Green, no 3 (actually a classic Ford colour I think) PS Just learned that Packard were probably the first ones in the car industry to apply steering by wheel, on their 1903 cars. A device perhaps on its (slow) way out now ? At least now not always round.

A fine kit, yes the Monogram, bought ca 2005 and finally finished