Chuck Most

I'm going to bring down the hood a bit, but it'll still be over the fender line. In addition to jutting out, it's also slightly higher in front than in back- I think it would look a lot better if it were shorter in front and tapered up toward the cowl. Fortunately there's plenty of thickness in the resin, so I have quite a bit of material to grind away to accomplish that!

I used this same body on an old JoHan Olds ('63 or '64) fullsize 'coaster' chassis, and employed a cut-down '66 Riv interior. I left the hood sealed on this one, and since the chassis had no provision for an engine that saved quite a bit of time. The Olds factory wheelbase was also quite a bit closer than the '51 Chevy. Oh, and in this pic you can also see the 'bulbous' nature of the front edge of the hood I was talking about earlier- I want to streamline the front profile of this one a bit.

Depends on what body you're using. For this one I had to stretch the chassis quite a bit to match the Buick wheelbase. I also had to trim off the molded-in floor just behind the rear frame crossmemer, and cut down the rear wheel openings to get it to fit up into the body.

The inner fender wells should go on the outside of the firewall ridges if I recall- but it has been quite a while since I've built the '51 Chevy kit. They didn't follow the shape of the '50 grille all that well, so I'm going to redo them. The hood is also a bit too bulbous in front, and I wanted to tone that down a bit.

I don't sell those, but I'm sure Norm would be more than happy to help you out- : replmincomd@aol.com

An early Hemi is a scientifically proven way to improve any vehicle, even a GM vehicle! Love that Deuce roadster, too. Even though it too could use a Hemi.

Love it.

Nah- gotta keep the Hudson grille... that's AMC-themed too, after all. Besides, where the bleepity blank am I gonna find an Airflow grille in 1:25? I didn't fill in the JoHan block- I happened to have an old Monogram Jeep 304 block laying around, so I just adapted the JoHan parts to that. Even though it's 1:24 and the Rambler stuff is 1:25, everything matched up pretty well. And yes, those rollers are from the Black Widow reissue.

I vote 'keep it as-is' as well. Also- if I'm not too late, I'd also say keep the Mario Andretti #11 Mercury you painted the wrong colors the way it is too. So what if the car didn't really exist- it looks good, and might net you a few priceless looks at shows.

Made up a finned cylinder head for the '52 custom I'm working on now, and wired the ignition.

What Harry said, but since you are aware of them being absent, no need to rub it in. The car looks very good with those wheels, and in that shade of green.

Piddling with this a little bit last night, after almost a year of inactivity. That's kind of how this whole project has worked thus far... a few days of feverish work, followed by months-long periods of Project Purgatory. I'm kind of wondering what to do about the skirts. I'd originally planned on doing totally smooth quarters, as shown, but now I'm having second thoughts. Should I go with this? Or maybe add some '50's style long skirts? Or maybe just some cut lines in the quarters to suggest skirts? The mind reels...

Another minor little fork in the road- I'm repowering an older build of mine with a Rambler V8. The engine itself is a hodgepodge of Monogram Jeep and Rambler V8 parts, the latter of which I got from Casey. (I'm guessing the unused engine from his GT?) Some parts box carbs and Parks aluminum velocity stacks are the highlights. Here it is with the Olds V8 with which it was originally built... And here's how it looks as of tonight...

Changed my mind on the engine... this one is now HEMI powered! At least I'm not breaking the scale rule now.

Good old Model Master Sublime Green, actually. And for the white I just masked off the white plastic.

Care to take a guess which specific green that is, Casey?

The one in the pic you posted is one of the 'Vinage Dirt Modifieds' reissued as a pair by Model King a few years back, the Kustom Koffin being the other. They're a bit crude but they look pretty cool when build up properly.

What he said, because I just now realize I didn't come out and say so myself.

Valwag!!!!

Thought the name sounded familiar... Welcome aboard, Carl!

That slammed '79 looks killer- I've wanted to do something similar in 1:1 for years.

Best thing to do would be to check out the Kit Reviews section of the forum- many kits are discussed in detail there, and if you cannot find a thread on a particular kit, asking about it will bring all sorts of comments about it.

I might take a few of the 'unwanted' remainder of the kit off your hands in that case, Mike! Thanks for the info Mike and Bill- I know I'll be getting at least one to see what's up with the plow, but I can certainly see a few uses for the truck.

So... if I'm reading this right, the plow might be this kit's big selling point. How's the actual truck itself? Is it closer to the GMC Wrekcer or the '76 C10 Street Machine, detail-wise? I built the Monogram Chevy K10 Sportside (blue plastic) about 20 years ago, and remember it being a pretty decent kit. If this one is fairly close to that I might be in for a couple.

Very cool! I'm sure Peter Steele would have loved it, being a car guy and something of a hot rodder himself.