Ralph Henderson
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Nice start JC... Greatly enjoy watching your builds. Just like one giant "How To" session...
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Nice job JC. Great tutorial on how to use those chassis with the 1st Gen AMT's...
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WAY cool... where did you get that intake? and you might try to raise the engine a bit.
That would be a fun ride!!
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7 hours ago, afx said:
Wheel/tire mockup - looks pretty good. Wheel openings will need to be modified.
Looks GREAT!! it's one on my list...
if you need some decals, check with camaro69 here on the forum...
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14 hours ago, 37 caddy said:
It would be neat if they had done it with the car hauler,kind off like the old tournament of thrills set,the trailer and 3 of the rat fink cars and the ford C-600.That would have been something Ed Roth might have actually done back in the day.That way you could justify it having chrome spoke wheels i have never seen any Semi with a chrome spoke wheel. Harvey
problem with that is, Revell did the Ed Roth "Rat Fink" cars, and Round 2 has this round of licensing.
If we can get the decals, we can use them for any truck/trailer combo. Round 2 has a nice stand alone Rat Fink decal sheet out now, available at Round 2 or where ever Round 2 decals are sold. Some on ebay too..
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Fun stuff Ray!!
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other thought is. a couple months after the kit is released, you'll be able to buy the decals from Round 2 to put on any trailer you want..
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17 hours ago, tim boyd said:
More on the Ford Super Duty family including the 534 V8 in the AMT kit.... Another Forgotten Ford Big Block: The Giant 534 SD V8 | Mac's Motor City Garage (macsmotorcitygarage.com)
TIM
Ooooh. one of those Dumas boats, and a spare 534, and some scratch built turbos.... hmmmm.
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Spectacular!!
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On 10/12/2021 at 5:32 AM, Gramps46 said:
I used the Pactra slot car body as a female mold and applied Bondo to the inside of it with a putty knife. I did use a mold release agent before applying the Bondo though. I let it set for a day and then carefully pried the Bondo shell out of the vacuum formed body. The Bondo body will require a lot of clean up on the inside to smooth it out. The body shown in the middle is the result of the molding process and the finished body required very little in the way of changes. I did have to scratch build a chassis and interior though. Pattosplace.com in Australia lists the slot car body as being available.
Thanks!! That clears it up a lot!!
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10 hours ago, Gramps46 said:
It was 1963 and Shelby had purchased a couple of Cooper T61s to enter in the United States Road Racing Championship, USRRC. In the former Reventlow Scarab shop on Princeton Ave in Venice CA the Shelby crew installed Cobraized Ford 289 engines complete with stove pipe exhausts and Webers.
Here at the back of the shop it is starting to get dark and the team needed to get loaded up and off to the races. Looking back it seems odd to see the shop truck pulling a single axle trailer.
And now the rest of the old school modeling story. No digital drawings or 3D printing, no high end Japanese kits, just a few bucks.
Hey Gramps, Beautiful!!
But I don't understand the Vac u form+bondo=finished body.
How does one accomplish that??
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Yep. That'll do nicely...
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8 minutes ago, vamach1 said:
Search GTM models in www.1999.co.jp and it should come up.
Thanks Rex, I think I got it this time.
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does anybody have a link to the purchase of this kit? I cannot find it anywhere on the above site, and I'm usually pretty good a tracking stuff down..
I too have modified a Sunny to more resemble a true 289 roadster.. like to have one of these kits..
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What a great build!! But knowing it began as a simple "?" AMT kit and seeing all the scratch building and planning it took takes it to another level!
Fantastic!!
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I don't know. It seems if you wait long enough, a couple bidders will fight over it.
Bidding is up to almost $350 right now, with less than a day to go...
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quite amazing, Bill. I too am enjoying it, but it is WAY to rich for my wallet..
Still fun to watch though...
Thanks for the ride along...
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On 4/26/2021 at 8:46 PM, Venom said:
I gotta say, I think I like the body of the Shelby better. I feel like there are some remarkable body line similarities of the Daytona Coupe to the 66 Jaguar XKE. Am I the only one?
I can see the similarities. I too like the Cobra more, but those GTO's are pretty timeless....
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nice work and tutorial. Thanks for the ride along!
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Nicely done. Tough caster to get to come out that nice.. you did a great job!!
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Nice job Ray. I've ridden in a 427. I cannot IMAGINE going 201. wow....
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absolutely stunning, Bruce. everything is right about it. You did a GREAT job...
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How cool is that!!??
I'll be watching! good work so far!
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Geez Dave, your scratch building chops are second too none...... Thanks for the tutorial....