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Thanks Mike. I ordered distributors and carbs. Wanted to try them out. I have used distributors from Connkur and thought they were good. I then tried making my own, but I don't like how they turn out most of the time.

Has anyone done business with MAD? How was your experience? I ordered from them 2 weeks ago and have not heard anything from them.

Thanks Alex. It would look better if it was lowered a bit, but I've already got most of the chassis done and painted. I think the stock tires would have made it look lower. I'm not very good at figuring out how to lower it but I will look at it to see if there is something I can do to get it down a bit.

Rainy and humid today but I got the color on ok.

Thanks Joe. Thanks David.

Thank you Joe. Your comments are much appreciated. It was frustrating as you know, but it sits proudly on my shelf.

Saw in one of your videos where you picked up that #29 Cartoon Network NASCAR model. I built a lot of the old Monogram NASCAR kits back in the day, you got a good deal on that one. I never built that one, but I did online racing back then with the old Papyrus NASCAR 2000 PC game. We had a online racing club where we ran NASCAR races once a week competing with each other on one of the game servers. That #29 Cartoon Network car was the car I ran most of time, so that brought back some memories. I've seen the kit on ebay going for around 15 to 25 bucks. I may just pick one up and build it.

Suggestions, comments etc. all welcome. Thanks for looking.

I think this is about where I want it. I'm using tires from a 97 Mustang, they are wider and a little shorter than the stock tires. They may make the front look a little too high maybe? The rears stick out just a hair from the fenders, doesn't look too bad I don't think but I could tuck them in a little by snipping some off the metal axle.

Yea, that's looking great Bob.

Got the Desoto Firedome Hemi ready, just need to do some paint touchup. Got primer on the body, I'll be going with Tamiya X-28 Green. Plan on doing white accents if possible, I've always liked the paint scheme on Tim Allen's 56 model.

That's looking good. I don't plan on lowering mine, but I want to try and use some different tires. Thanks Bob.

That's the engine I'll be using. I mocked it up and looks like the bottom of the front cover mounts to the front cross member and there is a small tab on the rear of the trans that hooks over the trans crossmember, and that sits the trans in the right position.

Starting this one next. Planning on going stock/custom with it. Maybe green and white paint.

Thank you. Thanks.

Justin Johnson covers Skynyrds Four Walls of Raiford using a shot glass slide......

Thanks Mike. Thank you. Thanks.

Finally got one of these.

This thing gave me all kinds of problems, but I finally got it done. The hood is not hinged, I had to use some styrene tube to build up the hinge area to get the hood to fit up and back so it would close a big gap at the top of the firewall. I used Tamiya blue and cleared with Revive It floor polish. At one point I messed up the paint on the top and had to spot spray it. Nothing seemed to fit right on this kit and for some reason my glue wasn't holding parts on very good and stuff kept falling off. But, here it is warts and all. All comments welcome and thanks for looking.

Calling it done. Photos under glass. Thanks for all the comments.

Thanks Bob. It gave me a fit but I did finish it.

Thanks. I had put the headers on the wrong sides, once I swapped them it was ok.

I sanded the area a little then shot some color over it. It looks ok, but if you look close you can tell it was redone. I mocked up everything and it's a mess. I have about a 1/2 inch gap between the hood and the cab. Not sure why it's not fitting right, but something is way off. Also the metal axles are too short and the wheels will not even go on them, plus the rear tires are too big for the wheels, lots of slop in them. I don't know what is going on with this kit, I don't remember others having these problems with it. I'll keep plugging away at it. I need to take some photos.

I did a bunch of NASCAR Craftsman Truck series trucks back in the day. They are a fun kit, but I haven't seen any in quite some time. I was hoping Salvinos would do some.

About ready to put this one back in box. Nothing but problems. Spilled alcohol on top of the cab, of course it took the paint off. Already got decals on it, so not sure if I want to strip it and start over or just brush paint the spot. Nothing is staying glued, stuff is falling off every time I try to add another part, it's beginning to look like a glue bomb. The interior is not fitting right because the windshield is not fitting right. I don't know if it's me of I got a defected kit.