Dennis Lacy

Thanks, Greg! I’m really glad I got one. I tried convincing myself that the kit body would be okay and that was fine for a while. You’ll notice I did everything else but paint the body and with how the rest of the parts and assemblies turned out I just couldn’t do it. It figures I’d hear from you after I found one elsewhere, LOL! Totally joking there! Mike made me a deal I’m happy with so it’s all good.

Would have been cooler if they included 2 pairs of slicks so that way we’d be able to have 2 full sets of wheels and tires. Still pretty neat that they packaged the wheels and tires at all, though.

Nice! Looks fantastic in metallic green and I’m generally not a fan of rally stripes but they work great here. I also like the addition of the treaded tires.

I’m surprised no one complained about the big block Chevy yet! Very nice color scheme. What paint processes did you use on the valve covers? They look like a perfect match for Moroso Gold.

This is absolutely fantastic. The weathering is very realistic and I just love the name. My parents had a ‘77 in exactly the same color scheme when I was a little kid so I especially love that!

That’s one heck of a nice for a bunch of leftovers. You made it look like they all belong together. Stance and proportions are right-on and I really like the color.

Oh I get it! “Breaking” news ? Sorry they snapped on you but I have total faith that you’ll get taken care of. Probably a thin under liner (.005 or.010”) wouldn’t be a bad idea.

Absolutely beautiful model, Tim. I don’t know anything about this era of drag racing but you sure do!

Count me as one who had never heard of this kit before. Definitely a funky body but I like it. Looks tuff! Really like the fade paint job you did!

I’d be proud of that paint job, too, it looks killer! Very nice work throughout. Where does this 427 SOHC fall in the scope of accuracy since every kit featuring them seem to get something wrong?

That Brilliant Orange is a dead-ringer for the box art. Turned out quite nice despite its challenges going together and the blown small block looks perfect in there.

Ha! Great story!!! ?

You must not have been around here when the kit was being developed and then came out, LOL! The thread in the Kit Review section was something special and earned this kit the nickname “the kit that shall not be named”, haha.

UPDATE! I have exceptionally good news. As of today I have in my possession one of the corrected LX Coupe bodies. A HUGE shout out to @Maindrian Pace for hooking it up so that this model can be everything it should be. For those who don’t know, he’s the one who built the master body that these are cast from. Here’s a few comparison pics with the kit body. Not only did he correct the very incorrect roof height, he also corrected the rear wheel openings to stock size (Revell made them oversized for the big drag slicks), the edge of the trunk lid so it has the correct little lip to it and the rear bumper which stuck out too far beyond the taillights. The workmanship is superb and the quality of the casting is excellent! Onward!!! ?

I don’t know about that but thank you! Then my mission was accomplished! ? Ha! I don’t know about that but thanks, Phil! Not sure I can picture that color scheme on one of these, interesting… Thank you so very much! LS engines wouldn’t exist for another 7 years when this car was built. Paint definitely isn’t flawless, I just took pictures at the right angles! ? Pounding out that ZZ Top Afterburner album! Do The Velcro Fly! ?

Your wagon looks fantastic in TS58. Perfect kind of color for one of these.

As far as I’m concerned the Tim Burton Batmobile is THE Batmobile and you did it great justice. The finish is right-on. ?

Ditto! That’s a perfect color for the wagon.

Leaving no stone unturned, those dash rail caps are a nice finishing touch! Belly pan is shaping out awesome, too. I like your title update, hahaha. Be sure and leave room for paint. That seems to get you, me and RRR almost every time!

UPDATE! The priority this weekend was finishing my ‘63 Nova Wagon, which I did. Then I got some unexpected extra bench time so I decided to get some more done on this ‘65. I filled the front frame rails with strips of .040” Evergreen. This isn’t necessary on the ‘64 kit because the inner fender panels cover the top of the frame but on the ‘65 the panels are deleted leaving the top of the frame in plain sight. I made the inner wheel rims from generic AMT pieces and adapted the wheels to the kit axle by cutting the ends of the axle off and inserting .060” pins which fit the wheels perfect. Out back I glued the axle halves together then cleaned up the seams along with the mold seams on the springs. The springs were glued to the axle. Like the front, I made some inner wheel rims from more generic AMT pieces, cut off the ends of the axle and inserted .060” rod. After getting the springs glued to the axle I realized that I am going to need to build some spacers into the insides of the wheel that are flush with the edges of the rims (which is how that kit wheels are done) because as things are now the insides of the slicks hit the springs before the wheels are fully on. I will do this in a way that looks like brake drums. I mocked up the rear axle, springs and one of the ladder bars to show that everything fits with the “aftermarket” exhaust from the sister ‘64 SS kit. The only issue I’m seeing is that the pipes are going to interfere with the shocks so I’ll have to tweak where they mount to the floor. After mentioning to my pal @Rocking Rodney Rat that I needed to find a proper looking hood scoop he dug through his junk and found the perfect one and put it in the mail. After getting it I stripped the blue paint off with a bath in Dot 3 brake fluid and today got it fit to the hood. I trimmed off the bulky base of the scoop and had to add a strip of plastic across the rear of the hood hole. I also removed a section of the hood center peak so the scoop would sit flush and this also gave me an alignment point front to back. That’s where I’m at now. Some solid progress considering I did t expect to be able to work on this project this weekend. Next will be trying to get this thing mocked up onto its wheels and tires and some big block detail work.

Roof looks good to me!

Starting with AMT’s 1963 Nova Wagon “Craftsman” low detail curbside kit, the original plan was to put a motor in it, set a lowered & raked stance and put some big & little rubber with American 5-spokes. It was supposed to be a simple project as a breather between heavier projects and then it snowballed into what you see here, set into motion by a simple wheel change! Born in 1979, this is the predominant build style I grew up with at car shows in the 80’s and early 90’s, the Smooth Billet era. Now in my early 40’s, over the last couple of years I’ve developed a nostalgia towards the style and decided I needed to “bring billet back” in scale. - AMT ‘63 Nova Wagon body with all side trim deleted, bumpers and grill chrome stripped and oval hole cut in hood for air filters to poke through. Front fender depressions filled. Scratch built air dam. - Under hood detail added including brake booster/master cylinder from Revell ‘32 Ford series with vacuum hose to engine, windshield wiper motor with washer fluid line to reservoir, fuel pressure regulator with Detail Master plumbing, battery from full-detail Customizing release of Nova Wagon. Radiator heavily modified from Revell ‘90 Mustang LX with scratch built overflow tank and electric fan from Revell ‘32 Ford series. - Revell ‘29 Roadster Chevy block, auto trans, heads, timing cover, belt drive and alternator. Revell Stacy David ‘32 Roadster Weiand supercharger, dual Holley carbs, tall air filters and blower belt drive. AMT ‘66 Nova Pro Street Weiand valve covers with breathers added. Revell ‘37 Ford Sedan block hugger headers. Revell ‘67 Chevelle Pro Street exhaust pipes and Supertrapp mufflers. Detail Master wired distributor and wire dividers. - Revell ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe wheels. Revell ‘40 Ford street rod rear tires. Revell ‘67 Chevelle Pro Street skinny front tires. - Interior HEAVILY modified. Molded-in front bench seat cut out and floor filled in its place. Entire face of dashboard cut out and replaced with flat panel. Sides panels smoothed, door lines cut and raised detail panels scratch built. Two pairs of buckets seats fit from Revell Dan Fink ‘32 Speedwagon Woodie. Revell ‘37 Ford Sedan tilt column. Revell ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe steering wheel. Center console, subwoofer box, subwoofer faces and amplifiers scratch built. Detail Master dash panel with digital gauges, stereo head unit and graphic equalizer, door handles, pedal pads and speaker grills. Spare tire cover opened and matching spare wheel added. Squirrel stuffed animal from kit. - Tamiya TS92 Pure Red over their fine gray primer with their gloss clear on top. Polished and waxed with Adam’s products. Interior colors: Tamiya AS15 Tan, AS16 Light Gray and TS62 NATO Brown.

And that’s a wrap! Keep an eye out Under Glass, finished photo thread coming soon. Under Glass thread here:

That’s a great color!

Thanks! Those rear 3/4 shots with the quarters shining make me smile. Not bad for a spray can job, eh? ?