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Very nice.

Nice. This kit is the old Tom "Mongoo$e" McEwens Hot Wheels Funny Car with different decals and added light bar.

I don't know of anyone who makes the DC16 V8 because I haven't seen one yet or even anyone who makes parts to convert the old DS14 to look like the newer DC16. There are loads of aftermarket parts for Scanias like correct hubs, suspensions, battery boxes, tanks, interior parts, conversion kits and lots of other stuff, but not much when it comes to engines and transmissions...I know KFS had a 6 cylinder DC13 but that looks to be out of production now. The Italeri Volvo kits have the same problem with outdated engines as most of the kits have the TD120F from the first Volvo F12 kits from 1981. When Italeri came with the F16 kit 1991 it should have had the then new 16.1 litre four valve per cylinder TD162 wich looks different than the old TD120, the later D16A and B wich should have been in the early FH16 kits looks basically the same as the TD162 but these kits still has the same old TD120 engine like the ones before...nordictruckdetails.com has resin valve covers available to upgrade the TD120 to look more like the TD162/D16A-B The D16C came 2006 so all Volvo FH16 kits after that should have that one, it's different from the TD162/D16A-B as this engine has a common head and valve cover for all 6 cylinders and the older ones has one head and valve cover for each cylinder, but no updates in that area until the latest FH4 kit from 2018-19 wich finally has a later version of that particular engine...it was about time. The FH12 should have had the D12 with a common head for all cylinders wich came 1993 (the TD120 has separate heads), and the D13 came 2005 and looks basically the same, but the early FH12 kits has the old TD120, P&B Models did a D12 in resin but it seems to have disappeared from the market.

Nice work. Remember to line up the U-joints or the car will vibrate like god knows what. It looks like the yoke on the transmission and the yoke on the rear axle are a quarter turn from each other and that will not work on a real car and cause huge vibrations, the U-joints are meant to take up angle differences they have to be lined up so the joints can work properly. Yes it's a model but details like that does much to a good model.

I saw him together with John D'Agostino and Bo Huff at the Bo Huff Rockabilly Extravaganza show in Riverside CA back in 2012, now both Barris and Huff are gone.

Well I have seen the Beebe Bros car both with and without the bumper and here is a picture with bumper. But it was most likely hard to get to stay on the car, or broke, so they took it away.

Ok, cool.

I agree with you on that, he took credit for many things he did not do, and Sam was the better builder.

Looking good. Now I know where all the Grand Sport Corvette kits ended up. There were only five of these cars built of the 125 originally planned, are you doing all versions of them used over the years?

If it's there it should be on the chrome sprue. On the real car the front bumper was most likely a fiberglass copy painted to look like chrome and not a steel chrome plated piece. But if you can't find one you can do the car without it because on most pictures I have seen of the Beebe Bros car it did not have a front bumper.

Looks nice Gareth.

If you have the most recent issue of the "Ohio George" Montgomery 33 Willys from 2012 you get two sets of rear wheels, a set of four slots to do the original car and a set of five slots to do the restored car.

I took a couple of pictures of the car at the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas, I thought it was cool to take a F-104 Starfighter, take off the wings and put wheels on it and try to set land speed records.

Well I just think it's a pity that Italeri didn't do it right and cut corners in that area when mostly everything else is updated and good and the quality would have been even better if they had done it right. If they had tooled up the DC16 engine when it came 20 years ago it would have been correct for the kits from that time up to today as the differences between the versions of them are small, so the tooling would for sure have paid for itself after 20 years of use and it will be more as this engine configuration will stay for a long time yet. But, that doesn't take anything away from your build Tiago, you are doing a good job and I understand your confusion when you did the research and found a completely different engine than what's in the kit...now you know why.

Cool, I will follow this closely as it's an era I like. But his name was Hubert wasn't it?

Silly and overpriced is the least one can say about this, I mean $60 for an empty box with instructions...well hopefully no one will go for that scheme.

Hehe, yeah...and they wonder why the don't get any bids.

Yes I saw that, so you are only off by 1.12 mm...good eyeballin'.

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It looks like you are very close, 180 inches is slightly over 180mm in 1:25th scale, 182.88mm to be exact.

I don't know if the CO-4070B Transtar II Eagle was available with that type of air ride, I just have heard that reason for the change.

I think the last model kit with beer advertising was the Revell Kenny Bernstein Budweser King Top Fuel Dragster from 2002, it was marked as an "Adult Collectible - Ages 21 and Over". So if Round 2 is going to have the Miller Beer decals they probably have to do something similar to be politically correct.

Unfortunately this "car" is no more, the driver of this car Jessi Combs known from the TV shows Mythbusters and Overhaulin' died August 27th 2019 after a fatal crash caused by a front wheel failure at 550 mph, may she rest in peace.

You're welcome...glad I could help.

I believe the standard wheelbase on the K100 with the 108 inch Aero Cab was 180 inches measured from the center of the front wheel hub to the center of the tandem, the chassis in the kit is a lot longer.