Casey

I bought one in '99 or so, and cut the body up to make a Funny Car. The kit itself is typical "can-be-motorized" '70s Japanese, which is to say the body is accurate for the most part, but everything else you can immediately see (engine, chassis, interior, etc.) is kind if generic and half-thought out. I think Chuck "ratnasty" has one currently.

So, you're not looking at the Chrysler 200 anymore, huh? I see some rallying in Joe's future!

Two very nice, clean builds, Clifford.

You've nailed the '80s IMSA looks for sure, Sean. What did you use for the rear spoiler? I wasn't sure if that is/was a kit part or not.

Every single resin part is not scratchbuilt, but rather copies of the master parts...but you already know this, Romell. I think you're splitting hairs by claiming it's 100% scratchbuilt, but if buying and using pre-made parts on a build still makes the build fall under the "100% scratchbuilt" category for you, so be it. You have every right to be proud of what you've built, but the wheels, tires, body and engine are the most visible parts of this build, and you created none of them with your own hands.

Very smooth and very clean. Nice.

Maybe not super obscure, but I didn't know there was a 1/16 Ford GT40 'til I saw this:

I don't see how you can boast it's "100% scratchbuilt" when the body and fifteen packages of resin-cast parts from Flashpoint were used, not to mention the wheels and tires weren't made by you either. I guess "scratchbuilt" has a very different meaning to you... There are a lot of nice details and you certainly did a fine job scratchbuilding the chassis from brass tube and rod, but little details such as the tail lights, the crooked engine, and the misaligned header tips, really stand out against all of the other work.

Very cool indeed. Lots of scratchbuilding for sure, and replicating actual parts and components, which takes a good eye and even better hands. Here's the build topic: http://csjunkies.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1691&start=0&sid=bb4ccec76fed07625380277dd788dcfd

There are a few more early '70s snowmobile kits from Japanese manufacturers, too, which I've seen on eBay.

Those two images look like facing pages of a book, rather than box tops.

No offense to the O.P., which what exactly does "most tooled" mean? Each kit must be molded from a unique tool set? Are various modified and straight reissues considered to be the same? Hard to agree on an answer when the question is so open ended.

Clear tubing for a fuel line would never cut it on a real engine. I have seen people use red fishing line to replicate the lines from a fuel log/mainfold to a multi-carb setup (say, three Stromberg carbs) on a vintage/period build, but steel and rubber are much more realistic for an engine such as this. Here's an image of how the fuel line departs from the fuel pump on a 1:1 Pontiac:

Works fine for me:

Easy Off oven cleaner in the yellow can will remove the aluminum plating in under five minutes, then you leave it immersed for another 24 hours to remove all of the yellowish undercoating. You can get a huge can of it from Home Depot in the cleaning products aisle for $5.00 or so.

Please, please, please drill out the molded in headlights. Nothing looks more toy-like than chrome headlights on a model. It looks good so far, but I would also suggest you re-do the gridwork so it matches the 1:1 8x5 pattern, with each of the three openings having 40 holes: I realize I'm being picky, but I'd like to see it made as accurately as possible since I'm sure quite a few people would like to have one to use with a 1/25 MPC cab. Did you use the GMC nameplate/emblem from the Syclone kit's grille?

Let's see some oddball kits of automotive related subjects you or others may not know existed in scale. Lindberg Ford Granada:

I tried to stand up, but slipped. I decided to split after that.

1 - No idea 2 - Good kit, well worth $5.00 3 - Very good kit, much like the '68 Roadrunner. A Steal at $5.00 4 - Newer designed kit, no major issue I recall reading about. 5 - Older (early '70s) Monogram kit, decent, but nothing to wow you. Might want to pass on this one and pick up another '69 GTX

Thanks, Rodney. Looks like they used the Pac-Man font for that lettering.

Wow, there are a bunch of bad puns in this thread.

Very nice work, Rob. Is that a Right Said Fred cassingle I see on the console?

Which tires were included with the Brookfield Collectors Guild Dodge Intrepid ES (and other LH series cars) promos? They should be 16" as on the 1:1 cars, but I would like to know if they came with Goodyear Eagle GA or other tires:

There were a few MPC '71s, but I don't think any were stock: http://ultimategto.com/modbox7.htm No kit has been made of the Colonade bodystyle '73 GTO, and probably never will be. MPC did annual Pontiac Ventura kits Including '71-'72 Sprints), so the '72 kit or the resin cast body from Jimmy Flintstone is about as close as you'll come to a '74. More info here: http://ultimategto.com/modbox8.htm

Reminds me a little of this one.