Scott Eriksen

Brian,that came out great!!!!

That looks great!!

I've been fiddling with this over a year,,it's a Masterpiece Models ASPB ,,resin cast 1/35th scale.It's going to be in the diorama along with the guntruck along with a Tamiya PBR and some other pieces for the land based convoy .I made all the rails and and masts from K&S brass rod and Evergreen styrene rod I'm just about ready for primer and paint .The canvass is done with styrene and brass rod and the supports will go into predrilled holes.I replaced the barrels in the turrets with brass . My diorama will be based on the activity during Operation Coronado in the Mekong Delta /Vung Tau/Dong Tam areas .The ASPB's were built by Gunderson Brothers and had twin 12V-71 Detroits with props but in a "tunnel drive" design,,shallow draft .Steel and aluminum

I got these coming for another project I've been tinkering with on and off for a year now,,,I'll post a pic of it later,,it doesn't have wheels! ,,,,,a pair of M134's ,Dragon Hobby ,,ebay ,2 different versions,, Dillon Aero M134D

My beef with most of the 1/35th armor and other military stuff is,,,, no engine detailing ,,,,fantastic otherwise ,, My Tamiya PBR Mk2 river boat would have been fantastic with a pair of 6V-53 Detroits and Jacuzzi pump jets

Just about done with this,an inbetweener while I still gather up stuff for the FDNY Wrecker,,, I'll use the guntruck in a diorama I have planned

I got them from Terry at STS,,$30 ,,I sent him pictures of the actual car and tell him what model kit I'm using ,,takes 6-8 weeks when he's busy.He did the Reid Whisnant car too

Terry ,I used white hat pins with the needle cut off ,I painted them to match the car

Here's the actual car at Englishtown years ago with our own Walter Frey track announcer!

Thanks Zip,,yeah fogging the paint was tricky,,,came out ok though,,,I'm going to build that new Moebius 65 Coronet AWB with a straight front axle too

Thanks Mike,STS did the decals for me,they were a bit too big I had to cut and splice them ,but they came out decent

She's done,,,probably going to go straight axle on the Coronet too

..........decals on,not an exact fit ,,had to cut-splice but not too bad,clear coated....doing the glass and Bare Metal now

And the Hurst built 68 Hemi L023 and B029 automatics had 8-3/4's

It wasn't available,,,100% positive on that . They were not upgrading in 65 ......... when the Dana starting becoming available in 66 I'm sure some were swapped out

You can build it anyway you want I'm just saying it wasn't an option in B bodies in 65

I don't like the "open" mold of the kit rear myself,,,I filled mine in with filler and bulked up the center a bit ,,same with the leaf springs ,,,,I compared the rear to an AMT 8-3/4 ,,,not much difference

The Dana 60 wasn't available in B bodies in 1965

Really not that bad compared to a pic of the actual

Will you guys quit whining about those Mopar rims,,they're not that bad jesssus! .The 8-3/4 is a pretty stout rear,,especially with a 489 case 10 spline pinion ,,, ask me how I know

I got the AWB version at the same time,,not sure how I'm going to build it ,,possibly this >>

Finished her up this week

Yep,Fireball carbs

From what I understand it was one of only 2 red with red interior Coronet A990's ,,it had a white stripe running down the upper portion of the sides,,I simplified it a bit