moparmagiclives

"hi, this is my brother Gregg and my other brother Gregg..."

Try a little baking soda mixed in a brown paint and flicked off a tooth brush

Great job, I would love to get a few of those. You put a very clean model together and congrats on your first year. I've found models to be very theroputic for lots of things.

Its the first pinned topic in the general section. Just playing devils advicate. but isnt this part of our profile already? that no one seems to fill out?

You could combine it with the "face to builder" thread Harry.

Thanks guys.

Thanks guys. Art you had me there for a min, and then it was gone.... But I will look for .125 evergreen ( I rounded up to .13), I just wasnt sure how it was sold. Thanks again

Lets say I wanted to do 2" pleats in a 1/16 model, I know its .13 of an inch. Is there a size of half round styrene I should look for? I know its a stupid question, but I'm not sure how these are marked and packaged. I dont live any where near a hobby store that carries these things But I will be passing through a town that does soon, and I want to be ready to drop in real quick. Thanks for any help !!!

I don't know about eBay, but why not ask the person your working a trade with to send a pic of it boxed up, if you don't like it, don't trade.

Go for it Cochran, you can see the "alleged" leak, running down the pan. even over the reflection of the axle in the pan. That makes it part of the pan right? .....i had to throw that in there I was'nt trying to make a big production of this one picture or vehicle, my question was open to everyone about "A" vehicle that they may have featured in a magazine for a Cover shot. I realize the Cover shot may not show it very well, but the inside spread of said vehicle does. So My question again, If you (not this guy) had a vehicle (not this one) on a magazine cover, or even a full spread inside. Would you make sure it didnt have any leaks? And on a side note, some have made the comment that its a race car, what do you expect. I dont know all the ins and outs, but would a leaking front crank seal, running oil down the pan and under car, pass safety inspection?

I find myself lurking around here waiting for the right spark to ignite the fire again.

Really? Cool !! Was it on the cover ? Full spread of your chrome oil pan, axle, starter, gear box ? And everything else you could put on there to draw attention ?

They had eyes ???

The blower belt was made from black electrical tape cut into a strip, and wrapped about 3 to 4 times around the pully system. I started and ended on the crank shaft to keep the seam hidden as much as possible. I hope this helps someone out, I've gotten so much info from everyone on this forum, I feel I need to give some back. Thanks everyone !

Care Needs to be taken to make sure the bearing is centered as the material is removed around it. I've also removed some from the back side to sink it into the pully for contest and interest. Once it's pressed together, a little detail painting and she's ready to be put to work. Two more to go... I like the looks of black against the aluminum tube, with the hardware picked out with a silver sharpie.

First, I would like to say I hope this hasn't been posted already, I did a quick search and didn't come up with anything, I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes. So here goes. I was showing my buds son some of my projects the other day, and he really dug my funny car engine, mostly the pully and belt setup on it. So I thought some of you guys might as well. We will start with a bare blower belt set up And add a little 1/4 inch aluminum tubbing Here you can see the pully next to the tube, I feel the kit belt is a little to thin. So I will slice the tube a little thicker and work it from there. Here you can see the belt surface of the new Pully next to the stock. A little work with a sanding stick and it's starting to take shape. Now it's time for the pully bearing and retainer. Now we need to make one fit inside the other. A little more work with the sanding stick and it should press in with a little force.

I didn't use the wire, but the insulation makes for cool boot material. One of the guys at work was at auto zone and picked up a pair of ear buds on clearence, but the insulation is a cloth weave. I'm in the hunt !

Man, I didn't realize how big that thing is, untill I seen you holding the seat. That's a table monster for sure !!!

FLATHEAD !!!!!

I guess I never though about having enough to need to Inventory, you guys are pretty intense !! Cool info !

So, if im not collecting money, are they still profalactics ? "I swear officer, she only paid for the yoga lessons"

I would love to know what the guy who's car didn't make the cover thinks...

Major, no Makes it any less of an incredible car, no REALLY hard to see, don't think so. Just. Something I noticed and thought I would bring up, see what everyone else though, I don't think it calls for a total tear down, heck I would probly run it, and who knows, maybe it has a crankcase problem with the super charger. But a rag would have taken care of it for the shoot.

Scrapped rockers are a little different then oil leaks. That's kind of badge of honer, like a quarter panel full of tire/bleach box left overs. You would expect that from those types of vehicles. As much as I tried when I was little, my mom wouldn't let me out of the house come hell or high water with out combing my hair and tucking my shirt in. I guess I figured the cover shot ment a little more then some have expressed.

There are a few company's, I have a few already, I don't want a complete car, as I said, I have a few body's I would like to build into slot cars.