Mr. Metallic

I love those wheels from the Revell snap 57, but always struggled with putting them on a hot rod because of the sheer size of the fronts. but pairing them with the fronts from the revell model A's solves that problem elegantly. Well done

I think the most recent version of that kit was the Pepper Shaker, which was out just a few years ago. I would be willing to loan you that blower to make a mold as you mentioned. If still interested PM me.

I'm glad when people bump this thread because I get to read through all the great fabrication that take us through again Bill. Just like all your other build threads. Hoping this will eventually make it back to your bench.

That supercharger has been in every issue of the original tool AMT 57 Bel Air from the early 60's (with the possible exception of a couple issues where the owners of AMT at the given time pulled all the custom parts out to make it stock only)

Thank you very much for your response. I happen to have a few of the 40 cabs floating around, so I may go that route. Although, i do detest the opening doors on that cab so maybe the 37 would be better.

Hey Bill. I realize this thread hasn't been touched in 9 years, but you shared it the other dy in another post so i decided to check it out. Great idea of using the Monogram 36 fenders to get the beefier look of the 38 truck fenders. I had heard that the 40 Ford pickup cab was a better starting point to make a 38. Any thoughts?

See, I thought I was crazy. I swore I had never seen that color in that line before. Really hoping we get more new colors if that's the case. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Extreme Lacquer line survived the culling of Testors paint lines. it seems to be pretty readily available at Hobby Lobby again, along with their standard line of paints Michael, love the color, and the mods you're making are spot on. it's nice to see someone treat the front shock mounts and other suspension points as metal and not chrome like they should be

This looking really tough. Great stance, nice chop. @tim boyd needs to see this, he's a big proponent of this kits merits Curious, it looks like you may have used the rear crossmember from the Revell 40 as well? What's the reasoning behind that? Making it easy to mate up with the revell 40 suspension, or something else?

With the way you have the engine dressed, this is my favorite companion wheel/tire setup. However, there are other choices you presented that would look great too, it's just this is my favorite Glad you're taking the time to file away the extra long ribs on the floor pan so the frame sits flush. That gains you about a scale inch of lowering. You probably already planned to, but please fill the notches in the floor pan where the interior side panels slot in.

I found the article. August 1964 issue of Rod & Custom. I have already started the version on the left of the Surf Woody from memory. Now I can get back to it.

No, that's not the one I was thinking of. Armed with Vince's information below it looks like I'm off to dig out my 64 R+C's. I do like that illustration though, especially the low slung style of the carbs/scoops. Thanks Vince. I'll be going home to dig out my 1964 R+C's to start with. What you describe sounds like the artwork I'm thinking of.

Misha, I know this is a long shot since this thread is 6 years old, but I have a feeling this pic is the artwork I'm looking for. I saw the Tom Daniels sketch of the original idea he had for the Surf Woody in an old magazine, but have been unable to find it again. I would like to build a version closer to his original sketch. Anyone have any idea what magazine it was in? From what i remember it was a small sketch, about 4x4 inches. May have been part of a bigger article about building ideas like they used to do back then.

Still swimming in Apache wheels Casey? ? But seriously, wish Round2 could find the tooling and give us at least one of these versions. Image the MachOne with pad printed gold line tires, the Apache wheels and a tinted clear tree to go with stock clear one? Then offer those gold lines in a Parts pack! daydreaming again ?

I really wish they would off a lower cost airbrush friendly option. What i mean is the chrome spray by itself in a small quantity without all the other stuff, so it would come out cheaper than the 12oz spray bomb. I may go with the 12oz spray to get my feet wet, so to speak, based on your recommendation. But like you said, you're wasting quite a bit with the spray can instead of airbrush. Maybe someone should start a new topic with this to keep it focused on what appears to be a possibly revolutionary product for our hobby?

I don't think they can. Someone will surely correct me, but something to do with the tooling being altered into a monster truck i seem to recall

Dragging up a very old topic, but I just scored a rough builtup Turbo Vette. Sadly missing the clear roof and one of the exhaust manifolds (anyone, lol???) The point of my bringing this up is the frame was very heavily glued. Almost nothing was salvageable except the wheels and tires. How close is the Mako(later Custom Corvette) frame to this one? I know both of those kits are also hard to get at this point, but at least it broadens my search options. It really a shame because this kit had the metal springs and articulating front suspension, but man this kid used a LOT of glue.

I'm only throwing the HEMI out there based on the builtup that Mr Duff shared from the kit announcement at IPMS. The original double kit that featured the Fiat had the nailhead in the box, so I'm hoping that's what they include this time as well.

Nabbed this pic from James Duff's coverage of the IPMS Nationals last year where these kits were announced. Not saying for sure this is one of the engines included in the upcoming kit, but it looks like a HEMI poking out from under that hood.

Classic look

They should still be in the most recent release of the kit. Either that or they're pretty common, maybe a fellow builder will help you out?

I scored one awhile back. The box is roached out (it's barely intact enough to hold the contents. i should probably put it in a container so i don't lose anything.) I want to build one with the working "levitation" feature

This, but instead of the wires (which look cool on this car, but don't really fit with your build) how about the wide 5 style wheels (think AMT 36 Ford) but with the center picked out in a different color (or chrome would look sharp)

This, right here...is money! If you can nail down that stance this will be a home run. Like Dennis said, this just shows there's more than one way to backdate the Revell 32 frame. I've tackled that a bunch of times on the Revell 32 frame, but never on the 32 from from the Model A kits. I suppose that might be easier since the floor board is separate.

Another one I built as a kid when it was new. However this one is still in one piece on my shelf.

Cool. I built this as a kid when it was new, and it actually turned out well. However, being a kid I later stripped it for parts for other projects. I do have a mint kit in my stash for an "adult" build someday.