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Very nice.

One can say Revell/Monogram entered the "modern" nitro racing era at the worst time back in 1985 with the Funny Cars kits and 1987 with the Top Fuel kits, the evolution in the nitro classes both technically and visually was so fast in the mid 80's and 90's so it was hard to keep up as it changed all the time, and every time Revell did updates to the kits they still fell behind as they didn't do enough and the progress in the sport was so fast...but that progress slowed down and stabilized in the early 2000's so if they had persevered and had done the necessary updates to the last kits the kits would have been a lot more accurate even for today as most of the progress are internal and technical. The Top Fuel kits from 2002 are the last issued from Revell, but they did not do all the necessary updates on these kits and that I can't understand as it wasn't that much, they did some updates but not everything needed to even do the cars correct for what they were supposed to be. The things needed updating in these kits to be what they use today are mostly a different roll cage with a head shield and a larger wind whield, or a DSR canopy, the ignition should have larger 44 amp MSD magnetos instead of the smaller Mallory Super Mag III magnetos, the fuel system needs Sid Waterman inline fuel gear pumps instead of the old style side by side Enderle rotor pumps, a set back 14-71 blower and intake manifold, new titanium valve covers with spark plug shields, a one piece front wing mounted in front of the nose instead of the two wings mounted to the sides of the nose, a 3 element rear wing with updated side panels instead of the 2 element wing, a larger puke can, and a belly pan...and that's about it...there are also some explosion blankets and hold down straps on the engines but they are easy to do. If Revell had done most of these updates to the Tony Schumacher ARMY Dragster and the Kenny Bernstein Budwaiser King Dragster wich were the last issued from Revell they would pretty much have been up to date even today 23 years later...except for wheels wich change all the time, the rest is what they still use to this day. For the Funny Cars they need to do the same things to the engine as with the Top Fuel Dragsters, a fuel tank with a dry sump oil tank beside it (funny cars have dry sump systems to be able to mount the engine lower in the chassis), change the roll cage some and put on a head shield and padding, and of course the bodies and the wheels.

Nice build, very well detailed and right for the time period.

I believe so. The new AMT kit of the CO 4070A is based on the original ERTL release, and as they didn't have the tooling wich was altered to the CO 4070B Transtar II back in 1976 they scanned the old kit and made new and improved ones.

I believe it's the only release as this kit never was re-issued after the 4300 came, the kit number 8001 IH 4270 was in the ERTL catalog for quite a while tho', at least up to 1980, so they might not have sold very well.

Nice one Tommy

I believe Sox & Martin had two different Superbird's, one ran in the Super Stock E class and the other in C Modified Production class, the difference is the blue metallic painted roof on the SS/E car and a Six Pack hood scoop and a black vinyl top on the C/MP car, none of them had the small rearward facing scoops on top of the front fenders. The Super Stock car was one of only two built and they ran it for a very short period in just a few races as it wasn't exactly legal, Sox & Martin got one with a manual for SS/E and Jack Werst got the other and ran an automatic so it had SS/EA classfication, the clutch pedal was still in Jack's car tho' put all the way up against the firewall. And it was the mechanic Jake King who painted the engines he built Ford engine blue and all engines used by Sox & Martin wasn't blue, just the engines Jake built.

Revell/Monogram took some liberty when the designed the engine bay and the shock/spring towers on the model kits. Here is how the real Boss 429 tower to the left looks like compared with the stock Mustang tower to the right.

Your're welcome.

I don't know the make on the suspension they use...but they looks kind of like Neway or something similar.

No problem. The axles are low mount air ride axles and I have found a few pictures of the underside of a Featherlite trailer.

There are some and here is what I have found out during my researches on the subject as I have plans to do one myself. The modern Featherlite trailers are 53-53.6 feet long, 102 inches wide and 13.6 inches total hight with a 31-37 inch drop, axle spread 10.1 feet. Wheels are often low profile 255/70R-22.5. Some measurements can vary as all trailers are cutom made as you can get them as you wish, but these are the most common ones. Here is a couple of drawings I found of a Featherlite trailer, you can use them as a guide.

Looks nice for your first truck build, but it would look even better if the rear wheels was mounted as they should be. Here is how they should look, quite a noticable difference. The lip on the wheels goes inside the tires...like this. This is not an uncommon thing and many don't think about it and mount the wheels from the front as on most kits...but that's not the case on the Revell US snap kits. Don't get me wrong, it's just a friendly tip to make even better models in the future.

Looks good.

I have a couple of these KFS "Yellow Engines" in my stash.