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As you see on Dale's picture the 6 foot chain drives both cams...and one cam was actually set a couple of degrees before the other to compensate for chain slack. Yes the engine was a true beast with 12.0:1 compression, 2.250" intake and 1.90" exhaust valves, roller rockers, huge intake and exhaust ports with great flow and two carbs.

Thanks guys!

The blue covers on the timing cover on Ace's photo is to get access to the tensioner and idler wheel for the 6 feet secondary timing chain, the cam shafts are directly under the wide valve covers. This engine is a true Hemi as the combustion chambers are hemisferical and the 427 SOHC put out 616 hp at 7000 rpm and 515 lbs/ft torque at 3800 rpm when Ford dyno tested one back in 1964....not bad for an engine developed in 90 days.

Nice and clean.

Nice car!

Very nice!

I thought I would show another of my old builds, this time a Revell 1966 Pontiac GTO I did this one for a christmas display at our local hobby shop some years ago. I have friends in this hobby who think you have to super detail to do a nice model and win prices and say that they can't do it and that they will never win anything...I told them the the only thing necessary is to do a nice and clean build where you fix everything thats visible from any angle with sanding and paint and you will have a good model with a chance in a contest...so I did just that and it took only a week to do from start to finish...I got the kit from the hobby shop one friday and delivered it back to the shop friday the week after. So this build was a nice break from my ordinary builds detailed with wires, photo etch parts and other stuff and it's built out of box with just basic building techniques and only detailed with paint and BMF...and I did the redline tires myself as I didn't like the decals. I had a short time frame to do this and had to wait for the paint (a Volvo color) over the weekend and got it on the monday after, so the paintjob isn't polished as the paint didn't have time to cure completely to withstand a polish before I had to put it together, but it came out half decent anyway. To the pictures. Enjoy!

Well it depends on where you're going to drive with your model. On smooth asfalt or concrete highways you don't need an aggressive tread pattern and the steer type tread rolls easier and are more fuel efficient...and might even last longer, but on sand, mud, snow and ice it's another deal, then you need a more aggressive tread to get grip. To be honnest, I have never done anything about this yet but I might in the future...and Ben does have great tires.

Thanks!!

I think you are in the wrong section, this fits better in the 1:1 Car Reference Pictures category.

Thanks for the nice comments.

Time to show another of my old builds...this time an AMT 62 Chevy Bel Air built back in the mid 90's. The inspiration for this build came from a magazine article in the now defunct Car Modeler Magazine about a 61 Buick Invicta back in 1994-5 or something like that...I couldn't find a 61 Buick so a 62 Bel Air had to do. The color is Testors Colors By Boyd CheZoom Teal as the Buick was in the magazine article, the wheels are from the AMT 63 Corvette with AMT tires in front and Revell tires in back, the ribbed valve covers comes from the AMT old tool 57 Chevy kit, the air cleaners comes from the AMT 69 Plymouth GTX kit and the engine is detailed with some wires and other bits and pieces. The suspension is lowered by cutting a couple of turns of the rear coil springs and I turned the front spindles upside down to get the stance I was after, and I mounted Detail Master drilled disc brakes in front...otherwise it's built out of box...oh yes...I made the missing rear panel trim out of a strip of Evergreen plastic and all trim is then foiled with BMF, I also sanded the backside of the grille so it's now open. To the pics. Enjoy.

I don't think Tyrone Malone had a special hauler for the Defiance like the Mama Truck for the Boss Truck, Papa Truck for the Super Boss and Hideout Truck for the Bandag Bandit, I have seen pictures of it hauled on a yellow lowboy trailer together with The Hurricane KW and Smokey Bear Corvette and on another blue lowboy trailer together with The Hurricane KW pulled by a KW W900B Aerodyne.

I have bought several decal sets from Jerry at Modeltruckin' and have got nothing other than great service and nice products.

Thanks again. I will show more of my work later,

As far as I know the only difference was the 427 L88 and 454, otherwise they were built the same...at first...they did the changes to the "camera car" engine later during the movie production.

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Thanks a lot guys, more will come later. Bob: I cheated on the doors...I don't open them anyway so I glued them shut.

I haven't shown much of my work on this forum so I thought I would change that and show some pics of one of my old builds. I saw a nice 58 Impala with yellow and white paint and green interrior here in town when we had a car show back in 1995 and I thought I should do a copy of that one, so this model was started in 1996 and finished a couple of years later. It's an old AMT kit built mostly out of box but with some detailing and aftermarket stuff such as American Satco tires, Model Car Garage photo etch set, BMF for the trim, flocking and some wiring and photo etched pieces for the engine. The paint is rattle can car touch up paint, the yellow is a VW/Audi color and the white is Volvo, and finally clear over the whole thing.

Nice build Sean!!

Here is a link to a nice set of Daisys on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Resin-1-25-American-200-S-Daisy-Mag-Wheels-Wide-Narrow-Set-/321268246808?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item4acd146918

I'm eager to see this project in the works...so hurry up will you.

No offence taken.

Yes I know that, but the first Badman kit I built back in the mid 70's had two Daisy Mags...I still have them. But they are not that difficult to find on the aftermarket in resin. Daniel: The TLB movie isn't that good at all due to the reasons you gave, it's just the car that's cool...very cool. They had planned to end the movie with a crash, but they decided to leave it to the viewer to figure it out by themselves and did the ending with the film stopping in the projector gate and got burned through by the hot bulb instead...that's why the stunt car never were used in the TLB movie.

Why would you want them to be removable...I mean it's on a model and how often do you think you will take them off? But if you want them to be removable just take a look at how real ones are attached on the particular car in question and you will probably get an idea how to do this, but there are as many attachment setups as there are manufacturers of fender skirts.