bluestringer

I live in South Georgia and it can get really hot here. Right now the heat index is 98. My shed has no AC and it's where most all my kits are, as well as some built models. I have not seen any problem so far, but I plan on getting a small window AC unit for the Summer as this is where my work area is and trying to build in that hot environment is not fun.

Thanks Carl. I think it will.

Looks great. Love the color. The stance looks fine to me.

Interior will be Ceramcoat Wedgewood Green...............

Thanks guys. All good suggestions. I think I will keep instructions, maybe send to Casey or keep for future reference as was mentioned. There are a few box tops/art that I will keep for the wall. The rest of the boxes will be recycled or trashed/burned. I will surely keep all leftover parts for future use and to help someone out if they need a part that I can help with.

Grumpy Jenkins 4 speed shifting, cigar smoking cool.

Looks really good Bob.

Thanks Carl.

Thanks Bob. Thank you. Appreciate the comment.

It's not that I've built a whole lot of kits in a year, I just don't have a lot of space. I've been in the hobby off and on since I was 12, I'm 70 now. The last time I got out of the hobby was about 20 years ago. When I retired 11 years ago we moved from the city to the country and I sold or gave away all my stash and built kits when we made the move. I got back in the hobby a year ago and since I'm retired I've had more time to build kits. Most of my stuff is in my shed, I've built shelves for my builds, but the shed is small and it's also my music room, woodworking shed, and my ammo reloading center, so it's stuffed. I also keep some of builds in the house, and need to build some more shelves in it. Probably be buying another small shed in the future. I don't really care about the empty boxes, so I will probably just trash them. May keep instructions to share, and will certainly keep spare parts.

So I've been back in the hobby for about a year now and I've accumulated lots of extra parts, empty kit boxes and instructions. And I have a little stash of kits waiting to be built. Now I'm running out of space. I know it's good to keep extra parts, so I've been clipping stuff off trees and storing them in a kit box or plastic container. What do you do with the empty kit boxes and instructions, keep them, throw them away, burn them? I've got a couple of models that didn't turn out like I planned so I just put them back in the box to either fix later or for parts.

Well after about 3 beers I said the heck with it and went on with the build. As you can see the engine mounts didn't line up but everything back of the trans was fine. I'll have to deal with the front when the time comes, may have to shorten the rad hoses.

Yes, I found that I can just hold it my hand and drill heads for spark wires easily. Doesn't take much pressure because they are so sharp.

I just started using it and found out the stem is adjustable. You can pull it out a little further to let it reach further into the bottle. I like it, and I also started using their regular cement for larger parts, works well.

I'll be watching. Don't have this kit yet, but plan on getting it. Also interesting in the Tamiya acrylic paint. Been thinking of trying it. That sky blue looks nice.

I hear ya. I wonder if anyone else has had this problem when building the B version in the kit.

That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to install it as is. I think the only problem I'll have at the front will be the rad hoses being too long, I can just snip them off. If I install the engine with the front mounts in correct position I'll have to do some work to the crossmember and shorten the driveshaft.

In those pictures in the instructions the 70 frame and the 77 frame look the same, and if I use that frame it all works. But the 77 frame is different, and later in the instructions it shows a different one.

I doubled checked, and I'm using the frame that's numbered 77 and crossmember 141. This is what I want because I'm building the B version. Here's something strange, I fitted the engine in the other frame and crossmember and it's fits fine. I have my parts left over from my first build which I built the A version, so I grabbed the number 77 frame and 141 crossmember from that kit and the engine does not fit it either. I'm sure this kit only has the one engine block, so I don't know what's going on. I either have to put the engine in with the hole in the trans in the peg on the crossmember and leave the mounts as they are and hope every thing fits up front. If I put the engine into the mounts correctly I will have to do something to the rear crossmember because the pan hits it and I will have to shorten the driveshaft also. I'm getting frustrated with this B build, may just build another A with the tri-carb setup.

Mocked up the rear end and driveshaft and it fits fine. If I move the engine back to where the mounts fit into the right spot then the driveshaft is too long. I will need to leave it as is, but don't know if things in the front will fit correctly.

Thanks. On yours and Bob's the rear pan looks closer to the crossmember than on mine, I wonder if the hole for the pin is in the wrong spot. I'll try to find out what's going on tomorrow.

Yea, I've got to figure out what's going on, it's not going to work like this. I'll mock up the rear end and driveshaft to see if it's off. If I cut that pin off the crossmember and slide the engine into the mounts, then the shaft may be too short. Something ain't right. I didn't have this problem on the first one.

Ok, engine is about ready. But what's up with this....with the rear peg on the crossmember in the hole on the trans, the motor mounts do not line up. What did I do wrong. I'm sure it's the correct frame and crossmember.

Thanks Bob.

Good job on the weathering Bob. Looking good. I need to get me another 50 Chevy, I did a poor job on my first one.