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Years ago in a 1:1 scale car mag there was a rendering of a 60's (63-65) Jeep Wagoneer that was black with flames down the belt line, had a 32 Ford grille and a canvas slide back top. Anyone remember this? Do you know what issue mag it was or remember the artist? I'd like to find a copy of that drawing. Later-

QUOTE: heres a parts list of what i used i promised to my uncle for safety issues i wouldnt show how it would be assembled and im sticking to it but it was pretty straight forward. Guess I'll have to Google how to wire a rheostat. I could go for a tool like this. I'm sure that you'd have to go easy as not to burn through the paint. I see why you'd practice on an old orange peeled build first. BTW- those hand done pinstripes look good. Later-

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I'm enjoying the work on this one, but as always, life keeps getting in the way. LOL. I got the engine block repainted the other night. Still trying to find the time to get out to the hobby room for an extended sit at the bench. Working nights with split days off (Tue/ Sat), working on the garden (gotta eat somehow), dentist office visits and many other chores. Doesn't leave much play time. Later-

Bruce- The work looks good on this one. The bed shortening went well and the grille detail is sharp. Nice looking truck. Later-

Thanks for the great comments guys. It's keeping me going, although at a snails pace. Started a new job this last week so I'm still trying to figure out the schedule. I'm working nights. Anywho- I got a chance Friday to do some work. I couldn't find a tunnel ram that looked anything like the one on the car, The closest I could find was the 1/24 scale one from the 70 Coronet. The one I had was already assembled from an older build. I tore it apart and cut about two blade widths out of the center between the two stacks. Then I glued it back together and shaved off the inlets because they were directed wrong. Next I filled the V section in the center so I could reshape it flat and began adding the inlets using sanded down rod. Eight inlets later and this is what I had. I also added some triangular bits on the ends as molding fins (Love the technical terms?) and began shaping them and the bottom flange. I also worked on cutting the hole in the hood. I think that it is where I need it. Check out the old X-Acto packs a friend of mine gave me. I've never seen packs like these. Not sure how old they are. They are 5 packs. My next session will be cleaning up the tunnel ram, painting the engine block the proper Orange color and painting the hood. Thanks for following along. Later-

I have a bottle of Testors lacquer Chrysler Engine red and painted it on my 383 but it looks, as the bottle says, red instead of the orange like I see on the 1:1 photos of the 383's. Is this the right color for the engine? I can't find any paints at the LHS that are listed as Chrysler engine ORANGE, so I would think this is the color. But it doesn't look right. I didn't want to buy a spray can of Hemi Orange for $6.99, but it looked like a closer color. What do you think? Later-

I've got one that I built. I need to replace the rear view mirror. It fell off somewhere. I also need to repaint the front air dam. The paint on it wasn't good and I had to strip it. The whole thing needs a good cleaning now. I like the two that Marc did. Very nice. Later-

I'll say it again, I like that color. You did a fantastic job spraying that. Keep it up. Later-

Nice job on the details so far. I really like the green color too. To answer the question (if it was asked)-The old Pro Street version of this kit had two dashes also. Later-

Erik- That engine is a wonderful piece of work. It's great to see the work you do step by step. Makes it look possible to do just by thinking of each part in its basic shapes. Keep it up. Later-

That looks cool. I, too, would love to see it finished. Where did you get the gold line tires? I'd like to get a set or two. Later-

Thanks guys for the comments. Zuki- Yeah, that's what I was thinking last night while looking at it. I think if I put the front shackle just ahead of the K member it will work out. Unfortunately I only had three PE shackles last night instead of four. I guess I'll have to fab up something else for shackles. Maybe some from some aluminum can. Got busy with other things today so I didn't get to it. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the rest of the painting done. Still fighting the weather here. It wants to rain off and on every day. It's getting frustrating. Later-

Rodney- Beautifully smooth paint. I'm with you. I like the Tamiya quality, but not the price. I painted a 2006 Mustang that Mica Blue. It was fantastic. Went on smooth and shiny. Unfortunately, sometime after my move down to WA from Alaska, while the body was sitting in my new unventilated model area, the body warped like nothing I've ever seen before. My wife said that it looked like a teenager had stole his parents car and hit a telephone pole. I still cry a bit when I think about it.--excuse me The Samurai looks good. Later-

Rodney- That is looking good. I love those times when you've got nothing to have to do but build. It's like being young again. No responsibilities. Those times are few and far between now. Keep it up. Later-

Last night I also got a little of the suspension ironed out. I glued on some PE brackets for the traction bars and started gluing on some resin bolt heads that I got from Ma's resin a whle back. Thanks Alan. The ladder bars are scratch-built to resemble the ones from the car(as far as I could tell). It doesn't look like much yet. Once it's all painted I think it will look like the picture. I'm still ironing out the location of the front axle and PE brackets. I'm trying to make sure I get the axle centered but out of the way of the K member. Can anyone tell me from the last photo if I got the steering box located correctly? There isn't an exact mounting point. The shaft seems to be too low but it doesn't seem to fit any higher. Next is probably to paint the chassis parts and perhaps start on the interior. Any comments or critiques welcomed. Later-

I finally got some time to sit at the bench unhindered last night. After a long search I received some deep Cragars from Plowboy this week and had to do quite a bit of sanding down the rims and hogging out the tires to get them to fit. I wish I could have gotten the tires hogged out a bit better, but I think they'll look alright once they're painted. If not I'll try some repairs. I BMF'ed the emblems before primer so that I can use the ol' Qtip in thinner once the paint is dry. I got the first few coats of paint on. Paint is Testors Lacquer MM Dark Bronze Metallic. I painted the body, dash, radiator support, grille support (piece under grille) and hood striker plate. I filled the hood cut out hole with putty and primed it, but still had some ghosting, so I had to hold off painting the hood. Should get to it and the tops of the interior door panels today. More in the next post. Later-

Didn't the AMT 68 El Camino kit have an air intake box (sat on top of the carbs) that was molded to look like a rectangular aluminum box similar to what some of the Trans/Am racers had? Does anyone have any photos, and or measurements of the this part? I know that this is pretty vague, but maybe someone knows what I'm looking for. Later-

Hizoot- Those are nicely done. I really like that Black Force. Later-

42 of 48. I'd love to have that 55 Coronet and 55 Desoto. Later-

The wheels from the Super Coupe have AMT printed repeatedly as the tread. They hit the parts box ASAP! Nothing like screaming TOY!!! Later-

I built the one called Super Coupe. Nice, little, easy build. Wheels and tires from the Testors Coupster. Painted gloss black with a Duplicolor Prisma paint for the sparkles. Parts box taillights. I wouldn't mind getting another one of these and one or two of the Ramblurs. Later-

Diymirage- What build did you have? Let's see some photos of your progress. Keep working on it. I'm on my way out to the hobbyroom to work on mine now. Later-

Here in the Spokane area the best place to buy kits is a place called The White Elephant. They have two locations and are much cheaper than anywhere else around here. They have a great selection and each store carries a little different variety. They had the Testors One Coat Lacquer paints earlier this winter for $2.99!! Later-

Some of the more expensive, soft dog and cat food (Fancy Feast for example)come in handy little plastic containers with snap on lids. Later-