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And again people are jumping to conclusions about something on the internet without looking closely at the remarks. The answer from Moebius said that the "fake box" showing up for years on the internet is just that, a fake, and followed that with what really should be the center of attention and that is to not think that it is something that is just around the corner. Notice he didn't say it was just someone's pipe dream and would NEVER be seen, but just to not expect it to be right around the corner. Now, being of the optimistic sort that is just a nod nod, wink wink way of saying the chances look optimistic, but don't hold your breath waiting because it's gonna take some time, but as we all know good things take time to be developed so I won't say it's NEVER going to see the light of day but don't be really surprised when you see a test run sitting on the display table at a model and toy show.?

I have a complete photo shoot that was done for an article since my shop paid for the shoot (I had done all of the glass work and paint) but in one of the many moves since 1978 they are resting peacefully in a box in the shop, a 20x40 shop that has everything I have collected over the years and my models my daughters Breyer horse and animals collection and I know that if I live long enough to get "a round to it" I'm going to find things that I had no idea I still owned them. Unfortunately it's only been in the past year or so that I got intelligent enough to write what is in the large boxes, cabinets, and dressers with a sharpie. Efficient, but takes the Christmas morning feeling out of going through the boxes looking for a particular part or kit. But my wife gets exasperated with that method because I always seem to find several kits or projects that I need to get started on again right now! But if I manage to find the photo album of things I did while in the paint business I will definitely put some of them up for viewing.

I want one of the Bantam bodies and I already have the right 392to build a model of what I wanted my brother to do with the 392 out of his blown Sanger flat bottom drag boat, with the adapters available to put a big block Chevy water pump on the front and several different auto trans adapters available a Street Roadster that had a resemblance to a AA/FA it would definitely be a hit with the cruising crowd.

Decal sheet says it's a 429.

Blazer. Could be interesting if you combined it with the Fleetside pickup for a little more detail. (Like maybe an engine and opening hood)

If you want a fairly easy almost goof proof candy use a metallic that is really close to the color you want and then top coat it with the transparent/candy of choice, you can even mix bases and top coat colors to get some really nice looking different colors, personally I used a "Metal Flecks" blue for a base and their purple anodizing color for the top coat before clear and came out with a deep purple that looks like it was shot over a metalflake base. As a tip if you use the Metal Flecks or the Anodizing paints swap out the spray nozzle for one from a Tamiya or Testors that uses one that will fit the can right, the other paints are putting out waaay to much material at a ridiculously high pressure.

Try epoxying the sprue into a couple of aluminum tubing pieces so they will spin truer in the drill chuck and use the tubing to start the trueing process and the tubing you're gonna just hack off anyway when you get done. Or you can pick up some round transparent rods and dip the finished light into the transparent red and some clear if you can't find red, but clear and the fluorescent colors like orange and red can be tinted with transparent red easier than the clear even.

Want to add a really cool little vintage touch? Pick up a package of multi color sew on sequins at the local craft store and if you look closely in the bottom of the little bag you'll find a bunch of the little dots that are from the centers of the sequins where they punched the hole in them. Just pick out the blue ones and file a tiny flat spot on the ends of those cool bullets you turned and touch it with a straight pin point with a super tiny bit of epoxy, or clear enamel and drop on that little piece of the sequin and voila! Instant (well almost) blue dot tail lights.

The blue is nice but it reminds me of a locally built 1:1 Deuce Phaeton that was the ISCA Grand Champion the it was shown on the show circuit, it was a two tone with a lighter metallic blue on the main body and about the color you are going for on the fenders and frame. My personal choice would probably be the gold or a bright green, maybe even a transparent green over the gold, or a pure yellow kandy over the gold for a nice Kandy lemon yellow.

I'm going a little old school and using the wires with big'n littles from the Revellogram 1/24th scale Deuce Roadster, they are a lot like the True spokes even though I think they are supposed to be Buck wires except except the wide and widers aren't anything like something Buick released. But I think they are a lot better than the Kelsey Hayes that came in the sedan kit.

Or in a lot of instances the builder went for a station wagon or van roof panel cut to fit the opening and it was even better if it had ribs or even wider grooves in it. They helped immensely with preventing "oil canning" and added to the ability of roof to absorb outside noise like rain etc. and wasn't prone to getting innocent dents or ripples from the idaknow or the notme critters.. In scale the roof from the late '70s Dodge van worked out pretty well and it wasn't as hard to get the double contours into it.

Great to hear about that, because as you know the first thing is to toss the instructions in the Circular File but then when something goes wrong and doesn't fit like we THINK it should we end up in the garbage can with our feet hanging out the top hoping that the cat litter was bagged BEFORE being tossed in the dumpster.

I bought of the Polar Lights kits over 10 years ago and paid $12 for it at a Longs Drug store and thought it was overpriced but I really wanted it, it came with wire wheel looking wheels and mid size whitewalls it's been waiting for me to get the mood for a fancy cruiser aka the Tony Stewart one.

I wish they had carried it over into the newest Boss 302 kit. I have some cool ideas for a '60s - '70s dirt track modified. They ran a modified class here that was basically the same as the Super Modifieds but were limited to 302 c.i. flat tappet cam and a single four barrel carb and run gasoline only also the body had to be of steel construction. No Fibreglass allowed..

These were actually offered by Chevrolet dealers up through the 1939.model year, there is a small door directly under the bed and the spare tire is located there in the same location as the coupe except the coupes lacked the little door.

Now you need to have a build off for a AA truck with a trailer and flatbed so everything can make it to the show in REAL style.??

Thanks, but being in Northern California we don't have any Ollies stores here I can still get one from Hobby Lobby at a 40% off every other week, but I miss their old online coupons because they worked on anything that wasn't already marked down.

Cool, another kit I need to get now.??

I was going through my "toss it in there, it'll be super safe" box for resin stuff that seems to always somewhere else when I look for a part and to my surprise came up with one of the rare (?) Autolite/Weber inline four barrel carbs and intake that I picked up from someone I have forgotten about,. I think it would be a perfect oddity intake set up. The thing I was thinking of was putting two together but then it would just look like a normal Weber set up and I still have a set or two from the original ITC(?) Cougar concept car.

Is that tonneau cover on the bed the one from the Monogram custom S-10 kit?

The cool thing about that original sedan body is it doesn't take much to make it look a Chevrolet body for an older oval track racer.

I wish someone would produce the parts to get make the Bonneville Salt racing version with all the streaming stuff added (and removed) that would be perfect for the 429 "Shotgun" with two fours and it would probably fit under the factory hood without a added hood bubble for it.

The AMT '57 hardtop has an excellent Y block and speed equipment too and the factory three speed and I need to dig one of mine out but I seem to think it might have an overdrive solenoid on it too. Another source for a Y block would be the original Revell '56 Ford pickup it's a stock only but does have the funky front crossover pipe that the Y block engines were noted for.

Might be better for everyone in the long run if all tools that could be get returned to the USA. Cut down on redos in and shipping times and costs for kits and test runs. With rising fuel costs bumping up shipping costs how much are the manufacturers saving by having China produce kits any longer?

There is also a Dodge (Chrysler) Kit car Challenger that a "young newbie" tested and managed to find a wall but no real serious damage resulted. And it might be one of the few tests that were done on a dirt track.