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  1. Shark
    Nice, I always liked that old kit. Will be following along. What direction are you heading with it.
  2. Shark
    Same here
  3. Shark
    I agree with you on all points. Excellent job on this build. The cars were actually great race cars along with the Caprice a year or two later. One advantage they had with the long front end was the natural engine set back for better weight distribution.
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    I think one of the Polar Lights 1969 Torinos or Cyclones should work. One piece chassis, nice roll cage and 427 and 429 engines. You can still find them for about $30.
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    I'm not much of a Walmart person either, but the hobby shops around me are all gone for some years now. I would buy some kits at WM though. So it's mail order or Hobby Lobby.
  6. Shark
    What did you think it with?
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    I wish I could add to your list, but the 4 closest to me don't carry them. I see 3 or 4 in your picture I would get.
  8. Shark
    Steve, where do you get your magnets?
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    Since we're talking tools, I take a paper hole punch, the kind you squeeze, and punch out discs of various grits of sandpaper and glue them to the end of my hobby knives. Good for reaching tight places.
  10. Shark
    If you are using a hot paint, make sure to use a sealer or some of those emblems will ghost up in your paint job no matter how smooth it was.
  11. Shark
    I forgot you said 1/8 scale. When doing 1/25 scale parts, you can get a lot of parts on one of the racks, breaking the price per kit down.
  12. Shark
    You can strip the parts, remove any seams or flash, then get in touch with Spotlight Hobbies. They can chrome plate parts like most model companies do.
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    Out of curiosity I got the Canuck front bumper and held it up against the Salvino bumper. The Canuck bumper was about 3/32" wider, which would be easy to section. I couldn't hold it against the body due to the mounting pins on the Canuck part. To
  14. Shark
    I was wondering that also. You would have to make race modifications to them. I have a 1977 Monte Carlo by Bandit Resin that I grafted a single headlight Canuck conversion piece onto it.
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    You can really crank them out and to a high degree of quality
  16. Shark
    The top sheet looks like a Fred Cady decal. They are still floating around and hold up well.
  17. Shark
    I would easily put the Revell Thunderbolt kit in my top 10 favorite kits to build. Go together very well and look good straight out of the box.
  18. Shark
    On the Thunderbolts I built, I sprayed the chassis in red primer, then over sprayed the edges body color. Suspension parts black. I seen pictures of a restored Tbolt where everything was satin black, but I don't trust restored cars that much.
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    That is probably not just a straight repop of a common kit, most likely something has been modified for someone to cast it. Do you have the rest of the parts such as a body or just the chassis.
  20. Shark
    You did a fantastic job on this one, enjoyed following along. And going the extra mile to convert a couple to a big block roadster.
  21. Shark
    Grant, you are getting to be quite a Nascar builder, look forward to checking in on your WIPs and final assemblies. Plus it seems you like the stuff from the same era that I do.
  22. Shark
    Not trying to tell you what to do, but I cut the center grill section out and moved it forward. The nose on the kits is too flat across the front.
  23. Shark
    Hey Kevin, on the hood supports, are those from Jaye also and were they hard to install? Never had any luck with photo etched ones.
  24. Shark
    Mike's Decals is taking pre-orders for the upcoming Salvino JR kit. Said it is a 2025 Mustang on the box, so I guess it's a new body.
  25. Shark
    His early Plymouths, including the 1967 had Ford colors on the body, same as the Comet. Once the Chrysler people figured it out, they put a stop to it
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