roadhawg

As an Alps printer guru and leading advisor on the groups.IO page I'm sure you know the beloved Tango Papa decal paper is still available from CMR Products | Trains & Everything Else!

Looking good!!BIG gasser fan here!!!I"m currently working on the Mobius 65 Nova trying to make it more period correct and if if you can get to Ringgold GA, the Southeast Gassers association make their return to rainerd OPtimist dragstrip this upcoming year March 24th. close to 100 Authentic period correct gassers competing heads up first to the finish line wins the way drag racing used to be. they put on an awesome show!!!their motto is "Follow us to 1967!!!"

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Beautiful, but I'm partial to this body style....it's my favorite generation of Camaro. I had a white '91. After seeing this, I wish it had been blue lol.

Speedway Decals has them but you'll have to email, they're not listed on the website. speedwaydecals@yahoo.com

If you’re going for accuracy, a bigger problem will be the engine accessories. All ‘78 pace cars were fully loaded, A/C, power steering, etc. The kit provides none of that, just an alternator. I started trying to fix that on mine but got sidetracked, and now it’s on the backburner. I should get it back out…….

I don't have a printer myself, but I have a friend that does. I'll go back on Cults and maybe look a little harder. Thank you!

Like the title says, a lot of kits don't include horns, and on some cars it's very visible.......for instance, a '70 Road Runner (or Superbird) isn't really complete without that purple horn. Resin or 3D, or a printable file would be ok too. Thanks!

Sir, if you will PM me your address, I'll get that out to you.....although be aware it might be a week or so. I have the '77 that I'm converting to a '73, so I won't need the bumper.

Most Lowes home improvement stores carry it, I’ve been using it for awhile now. Great stuff!

Looks good. Baldwin Motion actually made 454 powered Vegas.

One of my favorite kits and looking great so far. The interior is very nice! One thing, though.......the rear panel appears to be flush with the body when it should be inset a bit. Compare the picture of yours to the picture of the real one. It's an easy fix, IF you haven't painted it already.

Lee that is outstanding, one of my favorites from you. It just has the right look. Nicely done!

Speedway Decals has a 73.

This is my first build of the Salvinos JR/Wes's Model Car Corner Modified kit. I'm a bit of a fan of North Carolina's Bowman Gray Stadium, and Jonathan Brown is one of the most popular drivers there, so I chose his red and white car to build first. While the kit itself requires some patience and test fitting, the biggest two things that concerned me were the engine and the tires. The engine is not really anything real.....the block, heads, valve covers, and headers are small block Chevy, but the timing cover, water pump, and intake runner spacing are more Ford-ish. To further confuse things, the instructions have you mount the distributor either in the front or the rear, depending on which hood option you choose. I plan on leaving hoods on these models, so it really doesn't matter to me, but if you plan on some super detailing, you have some research to do.... Now the tires. The kit tires just looked too big to me, so to settle this for good I got out my calipers and started measuring. The real Hoosier 1320s these cars run on are 26" in diameter, and the kit tires scale out to 28", so my eyes didn't lie. The asphalt modified tires made by Plastic Performance Products scale out to a perfect 26" so I went with those. They're still about 2 scale inches too wide (4 scale inches for Bowman Gray Cars), but I'll live with that. Anyway, enough rambling. Here's the model. All kit parts except the tires and the decals (Jonathan Brown set from Speedway Decals). I made a few mistakes, but I think my next one will build up easier. Thanks for looking!

Looks good to me, from the era when racing was fun! I've started several of these, after seeing your I might dig one back out and finish it.

Tamiya TS-63 Nato Black, which I think looks more like black primer than actual black primer lol.

Thanks, y'all!!!

Can't really see the interior, so here it is before it went in.....

A few years ago I was searching for something on the internet and ran across a picture of a '32 Ford coupe. It reminded me of the kind of stuff I grew up around. Back in the 70's, we weren't so concerned with having pretty stuff as much as we were about having fun with it. It was very common to see unfinished hot rods and street machines running around town, with the owners fixing them up as their budgets allowed. Heck, I even drove around myself in primered, unfinished cars from time to time. These were NOT rat rods.....rat rods are built to look unfinished on PURPOSE. These kinds of cars were mechanically good, just "works in progress" if you will. I just fell in love with this '32. It had the right look. It had a healthy looking big block Chevy and it was mean and dirty, ready to do some serious crusing on Friday night. I just HAD to try to build a model using it as a guide. The chassis and front suspension is from the Revell '32 kit. The rear suspension I cobbled together from the parts box. The engine, Turbo 400 transmission, and wheels/tires are also from the parts box. The body is the chopped 5 window from Drag City Castings. I tried to catch the late 70s vibe, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Let's fill up with some 75 cent per gallon gas and go cruising!

That looks great! Bob Glidden was a class act, don't see the Fairmont built too often.

Maybe at non-sanctioned tracks, I don't know, but Nascar rules dictate same size tires all the way around.

Looks good! Stance is perfect!

Has anyone tried that stuff made for fingernails? Apparently you apply a black gel coat, dry that under a UV light, rub on some chrome powder, buff it to a shine, then apply a clear gel coat and dry that under a UV light. I have no idea if it would work on model parts, but it looks just like chrome on women's fingernails.

For what it's worth, I saw the other day where Iceman Collections has announced an upcoming 3D printed '72 Maverick kit.