samdiego

The Coronado kit does have a motor. 5 pieces with the heads, valve covers, intake and exhaust as 1 piece on the chrome tree. It doesn't match photos I've found online. The kit motor looks more like a V6. Lots of reference available. I found one for sale for under $15,000. It listed a Gray Marine 327 V8 w/238 hp. Yes, it's the 1/25 Miss Bud. I found it in the used pile at a friend's Hobby Shop a few years ago. I was pleasantly surprised to find the silk screened vinyl and most of the decals still usable

since we're showing boats

Well, almost unbuilt. Obviously untreed. I've glued the 3 piece hull together, those seams look like easy ones. The deck is a bit warped but that looks like an easy fix too. The very nice decals are from Cartograph and include instrument faces. 7 faces for 5 instruments, I'll figure that out when I get there,

Nice, nice, nice. Love the boats, Tim. I just got the Coronado today. Probably the most flash I've seen on a kit in a long time. The engraving is a little wonky in spots. I'm still a bit geeked over it though. I'll order the Owens as well. More please! Maybe a nice tailfinned ski boat

I've just noticed that the instructions completely overlook the nicely done 60's era two piece payphone that's on the same tree as the dash. I've been looking at reference photos for hours and I'm not seein' where on the car this could possibly go. Why is there a nicely done 60's era two piece payphone? Seems like an odd thing to tool in a Tiger kit. I'm planning on using the Revell Lowrider tires, they fit the Minilites nicely but the wheels may need to be trimmed through the axle stem for track width. I'm not using the fender flares. There are two types, I have both the 60 and 64 Implalas and don't remember which set I grabbed. One set feels like PVC, the other kit's tires were more rubbery. I'm using the rubbery set.

Really nice. Did you make any special modifications yourself?

Still need to add the dark blue on the hood and upper cab among other things

Really nice kit. The drivetrain and chassis go together nicely, not too much flash. Some of my chrome is a bit spotty. The tires are great. I love having this line of kits back. The Hobby Lobby price, with coupon was about $26. I'm down to paint and decals. The decal sheet, despite being huge doesn't cover anything below the doors. All of the darker blue and the red on the fenders must be painted. An odd feature of this kit is that the outlines for all of the graphics are raised on the body parts. A throwback to some of the plane kits of the early 60s. I don't have any allegiance to this particular truck I just liked the drag Semi aspect, so I am changing the paint scheme around the bottom. I shot the fenders and sponsons with Star Spangled Blue One Coat and will still use all of the original decals and painted stripes up top.

Classic Indy and F-1 cars from the 40s - 60s. Transporters and large trucks from the same era. Early Bonneville cars. A belly tanker. A '64 Corvair. '67 Ranchero. An Airstream trailer. Vista Cruisers. The early 60s Ford pickups. The Exner New Yorkers and letter cars

Tower Hobbies shows the Drag car but that isn't the kit they are shipping now. I'm a little disappointed that neither the Cragars or the drag decals came in this stock only kit.

If Revell really loved me they would do a '67 Ranchero

I'm not crazy about the vinyl tubing, but have found that a gentle dose of heat will soften the tube, allowing easy install. Then it contracts a bit when it cools giving a fairly secure connection. I didn't glue the tire halves, I just let the rim halves pinch them together.

Thanks guys. The gauge cluster fits onto the tongue sticking out of the triple tree. Not well represented in the instructions. It does have enough surface area for a good bond and is fairly sturdy when done. The instructions are also a little vague about clocking the inputs of the gauges. I haven't run those cables yet so I don't know if pointing them straight back was a good idea or not. The tires are one piece but the fit to the rim is poor and they are a bit misshapen. I'd recommend it, It does finish nicely and there are tons of reference online. I can't remember the last time I saw one on the street. I got this from Tower Hobbies online. Waiting way too long before ordering it Tuesday the 22nd of December. Taking advantage of their free shipping, I figured I'd have it by the end of the following week. Seems they saw fit to ship it on a faster drone and it actually arrived on Christmas Eve. Nice touch and I really appreciated the gesture. Just sayin'

There really aren't any pitfalls. You can assemble the lower end of the motor before installation. Lots of chrome removal or dullcoating. One aspect that gave me a few minutes of pause was the gauges. The characters are raised on the backside of the lenses. It finally dawned on me to mask the faces and shoot the backs with a thin coat of black. When this had set, I polished the high spots clear with a piece of 1200 grit, picked out the needles with orange and back-painted them with white. They came out just as good as I had hoped. The handlebars were made from an old T'rantula header, close enough diameter and it had the right curves. Clubman style bars were hot in the 70's. The air cleaners are ribbed caps from tiny craft glue tubes, painted white. I'm not revealing how I re-jetted the carbs.

It was going just fine until the same urges hit that occurred when I was riding in the 70's. Header, air cleaners and jets, handlebars. Now I'm deciding on whether or not to bob the fenders and paint them to match the tank (probably). The tank and seat aren't fastened and I've got plumbing to do. Wish the tire fit was better. This kit is typical 70's MPC. Not bad, not great. A nice couple of weekends.

There was a build review a few years ago but I can't remember which MC issue or who wrote it. Oh yeah, I wrote it, but I still can't remember which issue it was in. I do remember that it was run in black and white, which made my mostly flat light blue look like grey primer. Not a bad kit, upper tier for the time I would say.

I'm in the finishing stages with mine, wish I had seen this post first. I built mine like an airplane kit. Everything inside was finished and the body halves sealed around it. I Masked the windows and openings and shot the body. It came out pretty well but would really benefit from the Deeks cycle wheels. Does this car have any basis in realty?

Another Icon? THE Icon! Yeah, he was a little wacky but I'm going to have to throw in that he was the best known custom builder in the country for a few decades. You don't get to that point by laying low. I've been in the sign business for 30 years, vaguely similar, the shop owner always takes the credit. The Hirohata Merc may have been more Sam than George but it's my favorite Merc. Can't believe the Hollywood Reporter didn't catch the caption reading Chuck Barris instead of G.B., a little harsh. I think Chuck is still here. The man deserves more respect than that. I figure that very few of us here know the true stories. I don't, so I'm not going to slam the man post-mortem. I do remember an episode of Chop, Cut, Rebuild. They revisited the Supervan after restoration. Dan, the Host sees GB's sig on the nose and comments. The shop owner repiles "Try and stop him! I turned my back and he was signing everything!" The King of Promotion, he was really good at it. RIP, George. Thank You for the years of modeling that you made possible for me.

I Wish it had been done in the same scale as the Tamiya (1:6) so I could use the parts I have from the Tamiya original release. I still have the bag of chain links, Too fiddly for 10 year old me back in the day. I'm planning to build mine with the mods most of us made to our riceburners in the 70s. Header, lower handlebars, a mild shaving of the unnecessary parts. Rejetting the 1/8 scale carbs could be challenging.

Nice, now can anybody post pics of their 1:1 CB750 Four?

A masterpiece of the Alexander Brothers. I've always liked this truck a lot. It's awesome that it's still around and still so appreciated

I think the HotWheels Deora II was a new design from HWs. Foose may have had something to do with a full size realization of that car. The main design feature was that it used a Taurus wagon for the front much as the original used a Ford Station Wagon.

Another vote for AMT. Even with the door alignment issues.

I had partial cans of both Red and Orange One-Coat. I would make a pass with the red and immediately make a second pass with the orange until I had what looked close. One Coat seems to be pretty tolerant of being applied wet on wet. I used the "scoopless decal under the unglued scoop so i could still drop a motor in, if I get the urge. I like this car a lot but everything looks better with a blower poking out of it. The blue and white decal halfway up the nose was the least objectionable camo for where I rubbed through the ink getting it into place. Russ, I agree with your Ranchero lament. I drove a '67 for about 10 years.

Thanks, Guys. I shot this with Testors One Coat, spraying both red and orange at the same time. I should have made one more pass with the orange. The wheel covers, scoop and hatch were done with reg Testors True Blue Pearl. reg Testors clear went over everything. Considering its age, this is a really nice kit. Panel fit was pretty good, flash was minimal and the wheels and tires are well done. One exception was the blower drive. I've never seen the rubber band approach work very well. Mine snapped after a few days, but not before causing the input shaft to droop. It isn't really a rubber band but molded in the same vinyl as the tires. I decided to use it in the AMT double dragster streamliner. I've built several of the other versions but never the full bodied car, so . . .