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Tim, thanks for update. I've got a bunch of these, original issue great. http://www.bonediggers.com/1-2/deora/deora3.html Bonedigger's site has nice article about the car, kit, and a few things that varied. The taillight panel did not have external lense, it used reflection from above IIRC. A few other minor things too, and fun trivia about the car. Glad I get more clear covers out of this. I buy builders with the bubbles/tonneau. Original mags were small, kind of Halibrandy. Tires had add on plastic sidewalls for width, Firestone markings. Wheelwells narrow, so need to rout out if you want bigger tires.

Not Bill, but yes. New Ala-Kart way too small, original Kart decent. This one is nice. Have one in a T-bucket, and one in a Stude. 8 carb log manifold pretty nice too. Port spacing decent

One piece like low riders iirc. Look great. Width on the money. Have been in last few issues, 510 too I wish the 510 with stock seats came back. I think stock door panels on back side of race door panels, clever for '70's.

The BRE had race seat IIRC. Can't find any of my earlier issues, or photos, but there was a race seat, along with both stock seats. Z kit race seat was different than 510 race seat

The GTO they recently did was the GS iirc. GS did a SWB too. Here's hoping for the Italeri. Much better. Esci is trash. Very abnormal for Esci, their other stuff is pretty nice, big thread about them somewhere here.

Wheels and fenders useless. I bought a few cheap for the 40 chassis for some resin projects. Body ok save for the visor, but ok. Cannot believe it went thru tooling to this. Guess I don't understand the biz.

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LOL Bill, fill in da blank. I actually thought it made the 914 look a little better in rear, bigger wheel openings. Get the nice 914-6 GT conversion and it'll be good.

Great cars. I ended up with 6800 mi 73 in family since new. Had Minilites, Spook, 40 dcoes, cam, header new. I put dog clutch 2000 5 spd, 42 dcoes, threaded collar Konis, 3.9/4.11 rears, and sent motor to Electrodyne with JDM 3.0 forged L diesel crank and lots of head work. Thing crushed 911s. Persimmon Red over black, A/C car. SCCA C production was owned by these cars, as was CSP in my corner of the world. Epic for cheap.

Truly, really delicate trim. Also, the seam between nose and fender is very slender but is not molded in, nor are the headlight covers. The seam should be there. Here's a decent 1:1 pic that show this. Love these cars, never should have sold any of mine. The wheel rim tree mounting points also can leave divits in rim if not careful. Chrome was mostly stainless, and wheels were not shiny. Bumper really only bright chrome on it, grilles were a medium metallic grey. Sorry for all the details. Really forgot how much I love these things. Landmark sportscar. Build a BRE 2000 roadster too, another awesome race car.

Biggest issue could be rear panel, it's separate. Nose also separate, but really goes on pretty well. Not enough support on taillight panel to body to align great, but tack in place and add couple small tab supports/gussets at bottom of rear valance, and it's good. Slide chassis in from front too. TL panel was grey, so seam is ok. My head didn't hurt after messing with it on a couple builds. The glass is hugely thick, but side and rear glass easy to make from sheet plastic. . Windshield tolerable so could punt. Found pic of nice build on Canadian modeler site. Need to remove side markers too, I forgot. See what I mean about window frames and driprails?

Likely same as previous issues, I've had a few, original BRE, Walt Maas. Been looking for you, here's best I cold find, the stocker http://www.automodeler.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=4877 The BRE has race seat, roll bar, oil coolers, solid HL covers, spook spoiler, rear spoiler, Webers and header. Awesome American mags, not Libres, but correct. Plain bumper, no rear bumper, straight exhaust, and now have the decent fat tires rather than the awful 2 piece ones in many early issues. Fun build, need to drop it down a little, but easy fiddle with struts. Nice detail, east to paint. Window frames a bit clunky, trim down, and paint /foil flat part only, use thin black paint for rubber gaskets either side of moldinds with ultra-fine sharpie. I've had 3 original 240's, so I'm picky, and it's very nice.

They didn't know that , but they recognized cool decals need a home. Oh the predictability of the lunatic fringe. Did they run from any message boards, or tell you we're lucky to get cracking decals, a "super-secret mosaic effect"?? Post it up, looks cool. Fun races to watch.

Brilliant service, and a freebie that likely will sell another kit. They're new, and they understand the "bidness" everyone talks about.

Yes, that motor was in that kit, a couple of the IMC Ford GT's too. Maybe a little small, but convincing. I was just wishing for a more readily available motor, the IMC's are pretty much collector status/thin on the ground. 29 A with DOHC 255 and bundle of snakes out the top with Franklin QC and some other hardware another project I'll never finish, but it'll be the coolest estate sale ever

The cammers in the 66, 69XL, 68 Shelby are easy and nice. I looked for a nice 57 post with cammer tucked in like it grew there but can't find it. Can't wait to see the fixes on the DR Andy. A nice 312 Fcode and a Cammer version prob what I need. Or put a McCullough on the cammer. Have one of those in a 63 F100

Tom, I know some vendors like that, and they do sell some stuff, trade too. The vendors that baffle me are the ones with same Grail kits, same huge prices, but everyone has a story, flaw(s), and I've watched the boxes get shelf worn over the years. No deals for imperfect kits, boxes that are 6-7/10 at best. I've even tried to buy from a few of these guys for a builder so I can blow off my MIB whatever. No go. Stuff is too scruffy for museum display, but that's what their inventory is, a hands on history of kits. Based on some other observations, they'd be better served with the $. That said, I've bagged some incredible deals at shows, sold some great deals. Nice to see a grail find as the provider.

No, you are both good. I didn't mean you pointing it out was wrong, just if I did. Andy showed same glitch so that's kinder. Plus, there is no such thing as a bad cammer. i couldn't wire a motor if you held gun at my head, so I'm last guy to be schoolin' anyone. I've watched model judges and 1:1 judges rip stuff apart, and they'd never touched the real deal. The good judges pull someone aside and make suggestions. The bad ones call it wrong and diss the builder . Easy mistakes in common are just that. You both had plugs in right place Nascar SOHC would have crushed. Twin cam Hemi too. Learning everyday. The Del Rio could benefit from a cammer too.

I hate being a river counter on someone's build. Saw it but it and yours are nice. Iirc instructions aren't great about that but you're correct about chain clearance. Picking on new kits is one thing picking on build mistakes is another Mall we need now is a readily available twincam Ford Indy v8 and I'm good. IMC was ok but hard to find. I have original issues of this and the 66 7liter convert. My convert has clear up top. Was that from the 66, or did I put one in from 65 Galaxie convert?? Kits not handy and I have 2 clear uptops in both 65-66.

LOL. I drilled the mounts deeper. Probably best to get unmod head, or better yet, put motor in, and get exhaust where you want, then tack it and mark it, or the old paint on the header flanges once all lined up. Those heads are far friendlier than they look. Waves everywhere . Drill exhaust mounts and flatten everything out. Dual plane manifold looks great but bear to fit under stock hood of a 65 Continental or 63 Park Lane convert.

Awesome. Like the box art too. That an ssr roof on the towncar? Paint does amazing things to these, and wheels. The SSJ conversion cool, like mine that sits 80%. Messing with lower body to get chassis less visible. Like the Pierce too. Cool builds. These kits smell different too when you open them. Odd but unmistakeable. The airplane stuff was really innovative. And really fun to build. The cars went together nicely without paint, and looked great on shelf. Pretty amazing the number of builts that survive well.

The head bases at the block are the issue iirc. Same issue on the cammer in the 68 Shelby too. Deck height with manifold and head for is the start point then fiddling top of heads and chain drive front cover fit. Original tool had the issues so doubt much change. I've built a lot of cammers as I'm stupid for them, put them in many mid 60's Fords. I'd completely forgotten that issue, but once you get the geometry right once, the subsequent ones are easy. Elmers or small tack points let you see where issues are and you blow it apart. Manifolds needed angle changes and deck galley sanding as did head bottoms and chain cover back to snug stuff up. Sorry for poor how to but I remember messing with it for awhile, and more copies fell together. Hth. Looks nice Mike.

Careful about some tires on older stuff, and resin doesn't tolerate huge swings very well. Older shrink wrap on sealed stuff can get crunchy. Lastly vermin and bugs like boxes/decals/ instructions. I've been lucky but I've seen some ugliness.

The Revival cars come in color flips. Seems like they molded kits in all one color, then another, and mixed interior and exteriors. I've got all the flips. Red body and white body Mercer, tan and brown bodied Duesy, pale blue and white bodied Bugattis, etc. took a long time to find a Jordan flip but they're light blue and dark blue bodied. All have the contrasting color interior. Ive got a couple Pierces, but no color flip there I've seen. Just burgundy plastic. If anyone has seen a flip on a Pierce please let me know Cool kits, the military stuff was fun to build too.

There's a fourth group : guys that price stuff stratospherically, and drag same kits to shows year after year. Boxes more worn, prices if anything go up. Reissued? No problem. Original stuff still priced sky high. See these guys on EB too. 120-150 for kits that aren't rare. Or rarer kits at $3-500. Cracktastic! The kits broken up into individual parts or sprues sort of fit here too. Takes all kinds. I'd get sick of looking at stuff though.