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*** NOTICE *** 1/24 Scale Autocar ACL B Conversion Kit Pattern work is complete and we are now accepting orders on a "Made to Order" basis only. Selling price is $95.00 per kit and includes the parts shown below. A 50% deposit ($47.50) is required with each order and is payable through PayPal. Delivery is approximately 4 to 6 weeks after receipt of deposit with Free Shipping in the USA. International buyers PM for shipping quote. Available exclusively from TL Model Trucks. (Pattern work by Dave Bish and castings by Mark Savage) Thank You. https://www.facebook.com/TLModelTruck
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If I Recall Correctly. If they're on photobucket, have him try another browser as Rob suggested.
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Are they attachments, or posted from a hosting site like Photobucket? IIRC you need to be logged in to see attachments.
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Best 1/25 Ford 351 Cleveland engine?
Chuck Most replied to br67's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
The SMBC one is pretty nice, but to echo what others have said, using a Thunderbird Winston Cup kit engine and "stock-ifying" it works as well. I believe the Bronco had a Windsor, but I don't have one in the stash anymore so I can't verify that and I could be wrong. -
MAD Hudson 308 I6 finned cylinder head
Chuck Most replied to Chuck Most's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
Make no mistake Steve.... Kris isn't in the dairy business. I've got a couple dozen of his parts in the stash, and there's not a baddie in the bunch. I do have some other Hudson-specific engine stuff in mind, it's just a matter of getting them made. -
Just has a "stock-ish" exhaust setup... I was going to run straight pipes out the side, but I figured the thing was over-the-top enough as it is. Blower manifold is a heavily-modified kit piece I went underslung on the front just because I wanted the thing to sit ridiculously low. Rear suspension is mostly stock '41 Chevy, but the frame is Z'd just behind the cab.
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Yes... it seems like the "locker room" odor is prevalent in any sort of indoor gathering- especially when it's hot and humid and the building doesn't have the greatest ventilation.
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My most recent completion, which I actually started a couple of years ago. My main inspiration was the "Nashty Habit" coupe... high-mounted supercharged engine, horizontal radiator, metallic paint (Testors One Coat Bronze) but with no polishing or clearcoat. I left the bodywork less-than-perfect in a few spots on purpose. It's basically a hodge-podge of stuff, though I can tell you the pulleys are from Machined Aluminum Specialties (belt is black electrical tape), the MSD ignition box is from Morgan Automotive Detail, and the pulley faces are from Detail Resources. I just felt compelled to slap some Rat Fink decals on it, too.
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These aren't up on the Morgan Automotive Detail website just yet, but they are available for 3.00 a pair plus postage. I actually mastered these for a rat-rod pickup and a dragster (a few dragsters/funny cars in the '60's used 8-bolt truck rear axles), but obviously they'd work for a stock pickup.They are 3/4" in diameter and made to fit the tire from Monogram's '41 Lincoln kit. The center is molded open so you can use whatever type of hub you want- flush, full floater, grease cap, 4wd locking hub, etc.. http://www.madmodeling.com/store/
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Building an old school two door sedan.
Chuck Most replied to Greg Myers's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
The most recent reissue of the AMT 5-window (2007 or so) has the stock and street rod parts in the box, but only the street rod version is shown or described. -
I got sick of having to make one whenever I built a hopped-up Hudson Hornet engine, so I sent one off to Kris Morgan, and now I (and you) don't need to do that. Just plunk down three bucks, wait for the USPS folks to bring it to you (as a bonus Kris' order turnaround time is pretty quick), and you're done. This isn't based on any particular aftermarket Hudson head, it's just a finned aluminum style. The bottom is flat- due to ease moldmaking, the two locator pins present on the bottom of the Moebius head had to be removed. Note that the 3.00 price is for one, not a pair like in the picture. http://www.madmodeling.com/store/
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Now available from Morgan Automotive Detail. I'm the one who did the master, so I can't comment on the quality of that aspect, but the casting quality is, as is Kris's standard, fantastic- it looks just like a molded styrene part. And it'll only set you back five bucks, plus shipping. It's not up on the site yet, but here's a link to the MAD home page anyway. http://www.madmodeling.com/store/
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GRILL FOR '73 FORD PICK UP
Chuck Most replied to RAT-T's topic in Truck Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
VCG Resins casts one- he lists it as a '75, but '73-'75 were the same. http://vcgresin.atspace.com/ Here it is foiled and paint detailed. -
Box art and your decision?
Chuck Most replied to Petetrucker07's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I like different types of box art... "retro" paintings and photos of the actual kit can both be effective ways to sell a kit. But it all boils down to subject matter for me- if I don't want a 1:25 scale 1977 Bohemian Opera Coupe, I won't buy the kit, no matter how cool the box art is. -
This is it - The all new Ford GT
Chuck Most replied to carsntrucks4you's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Gotta laugh at all the people going on and on about how "American" the V8 engine is. The V8 was a French invention. It was popular there for quite a time before it became popular here. Info's out there... look it up. For the record, I suppose I should state that I am in no way anti-V8... more than half of the vehicles I've owned have been so equipped, My current daily driver is powered by a V8. But even with gas prices as (relatively) low as they currently are, there are times when I wish it wasn't. So I can see both sides of the coin. -
All this chatter is going to seem so silly in a thousand years when people are zipping around on beams of pure energy.
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Originality Counts?
Chuck Most replied to Jantrix's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Originality is pretty much impossible at this point- everything you can think of has been done, and in some cases is completely played out. Every good idea has been tried, meaning that all the ideas left are the bad (or at least mediocre) ones. Not that that stops anybody from trying them out. Rectangular headlights on street rods comes to mind there. It might be a bit more doable on a model than on a real car, just because you can get away with the result. Sure, you could stuff a big-block Chevy into a Miata in real life, or splice together a '57 Plymouth and a Chevy S10, but then you'd have to live with the resulting machine and all of its faults. With a model, you can do something like that without having to deal with any repercussions like you would on a real vehicle. -
Just like the '15 Mustang... those headlights are gonna need some serious help. Still looks pretty workable.
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Showed up here yesterday.
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Took about 30 steps back with my rotary Courier... but it's still on the to-do pile.