Brett Barrow

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Back in High School, a couple of buddies and I made a "racing" lawnmower, we just took an old chain-drive mower and reversed the sprockets, putting the big one on the engine and the little one on the axle. You had to push start it, it felt like it did 96.5 MPH when you were riding that thing, was probably closer to 30-35 MPH, it was as fast as a go-kart. Turning was an adventure.

Ummmm... It's a Revell kit, it is brand new and IMO it is as good as the AMT 62 Pontiac Catalina.

Sweet! Even a stopped clock is right twice a day...

I dabble in stick and tissue, I haven't done much in a few years, but I still have all the supplies. Some of that stuff smells gooooooooood!!!! I can point you to a really good tutorial here - http://www.ffscale.co.uk/comper.htm there's lots of good info on the site Home page - Mike's Flying Scale Models It's hard to get good dope in the US , so his method of sticking the tissue to the frame doesn't work as well over here, I've had good results using UHU glue sticks and alcohol instead, and using Krylon Crystal Cote instead of dope as a sealer coat, then you can paint with pretty much any regular hobby paint you want.

I like it! What I really like is the finish on the blower and injectors, how did you paint them?

Warped parts are a lot easier to fix before you start painting stuff, that's why test-fitting is such a good idea, I always try to test-fit at least the major parts of a kit (body, chassis/frame, interior bucket, etc...) some people even go so far as to test build the entire kit with white glue and then they soak it in water to break the glue and then they build it for real.

A little Wd-40 on a Q-tip should work just fine.

Cat. I fixed it.

This is what I left the store with tonight - -and- -and then what's waiting in the mailbox when I get home?? And on top of that I bought the Chi-Town Hustler on Wednesday, could you buy 4 things that were any more unrelated?

I think the heater hose was just some kind of electronics wire that had printing on it, don't think it was meant to replicate "Gates" or "Goodyear" or whatever printing is on real hoses, was just a happy coincidence. You could probably take a white gel pen and make little marks on plug wire and get a similar effect.

My earliest modeling memory is painting the turn signals on that black Trans-Am that has popped up a couple times in this thread, but I know I didn't build it, it was either my brother or cousin. I don't remember my first model, but I do remember my first Tamiya model, now that was the start of a real love affair It was the 1/35 German WWII 8-ton Halftrack w/ Flakvierling My first Tamiya car model was the 1/20 Williams FW11, and my first Tamiya motorcycle was the 1/12 Ducati 900 NCR Racer - which has to this day remained my all-time favorite model. I have the recent re-issue of this kit (w/ Cartograf decals) on the pile right now.

I wish I had more hands... ...so I could give this model 4 Thumbs Up!!!!!

I'd give a look at TS-68 Wooden Deck Tan, too, if it's not too late...

I'm not so sure the Hawaiian will share the same body with the CTH. The body and chassis come packed together and the bag is marked "Dodge Charger Funny Car Chi-Town Hustler". To be fair, all the bags say that, but I wouldn't be surprised if the 2 kits have a lot less in common than we're assuming, the sprues don't really seem to be laid out for a lot of commonality, other than the white plastic engine parts.

That struck me too when I opened the box, I can't remember a kit with such shiny parts, even the sprues are shiny!!!

The front wheels aren't quite the snap-fit of the rears, but you can see the fineness of the sprue gates on the front wheel. On older Revell kits, the larger part of the sprue would come closer to the part, making it hard to get even my sharp-pointed Tamiya sprue cutters cleanly against the part, but that doesn't appear to be a problem with this kit, it's the very first thing I noticed when I opened the box. More to come later...

Here's the rear wheel parts and assembly. It practically snaps together, I'm very impressed with the fit and tooling, even if this isn't the right "vintage" wheel. Right, wrong or indifferent, you can fault this kit for being poorly tooled.

Ok, since the discussion has focused largely on the tires, I'll post the pics I took of the tires and wheels. I'm pretty sure now that the tires are based on the tires from the Blue Max kit, the number tags are also #200 and 210. The trademarks have been removed and the webbing from the rear slick is gone. I took measurements, please note that millimeters read almost directly as 1:1 inches in 25th scale, so if the model tire is 31mm, it represents a real tire approx. 31". Easy, right?!

I saw indie rock legends Superchunk at the Trocadero in Philly. They've been my favorite band since '95 and this was the first time I had the chance to see them since 2002. Check 'em out - www.superchunk.com The show was awesome, but I wouldn't have expected anything less!

I just got my grubby paws on the kit today and I have to say that I'm very impressed with the kit, in slack-jawed awe maybe is a better description. I don't know what this thing is meant to represent exactly, old, new, or in-between, but the tooling is very fine and sharp, Tamiya-esque I would go so far as to say. It doesn't really feel like anything Revell has ever done, it's like a new company almost, right down to the way the sprues flow into the parts. Some folks had speculated that the front tires were just plain Revell muscle car tires, that it not the case, they are smaller and skinnier, I'll be happy to report, I think the tires are the same as what's coming in the new reissue Mongoose Duster as well. I just got in from a concert and I'm tired and going to bed, but if there is anything in this kit you guys want nice close-up pictures of let me know, I plan on taking some pictures after work tommorrow. It may not build into a perfect CTH, but I think it bodes very well for the more generic Hawaiian kit due out in a month or two, that should be much better received because of it's suitability as a donor kit for aftermarket bodies and decals.

Yeah, I got from reading her email to me that once she got it pinned or set that she could get back to moving around and helping with orders, she didn't say it would delay anything with my order.

I'm really liking that color!!!

I think the tires look just fine when the kit is built - Here's a photo of Mr. Kustov's. Of course he had to have it posed in what looks like sand!!! ;)

Paint racks are a big investment, it's true, but they'll pay for themselves in a short time. I have customers from 3 states away that come to our shop because we have a Vallejo rack. People have no problem buying kits online and on Ebay, but it seems no one likes buying paint that way! Paint racks and other building supplies are a great way for a hobby shop to have an advantage over the internet when it comes to folks' hobby dollars. We make sure our paint racks, K&S racks, Plastruct and Evergreen racks and all our consumable supplies are always well stocked. The kits we don't worry nearly as much about.