Chuck Most

Little more work on the Hudson roundy-rounder. I still need to decide on alternator or generator, and what type of oil filter to use, but the basic chassis is done. That meant I could turn my attention to the body.

This is a pre-production sample kit of the Ford. Like the '54 Hudson, it does have the "eggshell" type texture on the body, but as with the Hudson, it is not a problem unless you don't plan to paint the model. I removed the trim, left the tailgate off, and swapped in '53 F-100 side mirrors, snow tires from a Pacer, and a hitch from the Revell '65 Chevy. I also made my own rear bumper, and reconfigured the spare tire and carrier for a front-mounted "cowcatcher" setup. I also misaligned the cab and bed in an attempt to replicate a failing driver's side cab mount. Rust abounds, but I didn't add any holes to this one. Paint is Tamiya deck tan, which does look like faded, dulled Ford Mojave Tan. This one's a warm-up- I have something similar looking in mind, but a bit more detailed and rustier.

The smaller-sized AMT Goodyears from the parts pack fit the kit wheels just fine, though personally I'm not digging the look of the RWL tires with the stock wheel covers. That being said, if those fit, other AMT and MPC tires should fit, provided they aren't too wide (like the larger AMT Goodyears). If they're solid you can just file off the "paddles" from the wheels. On the flip side, the printed narrow whites, while lacking lettering, still look good, and could be used as a replacement on an AMT '60's compact or mid-size car.

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It's your kit- do as you please. You got a screaming deal on it, and since that kit was just reissued, the early versions likely won't jump up in value any time soon. It's not like some important piece of history will be lost if you make it into a zombie hunter... and this is coming from a guy who had enough of the whole "zombie" thing ages ago.

You people are crazy. There's only one real Batmobile...

I think he means cars of which no examples are left, not cars from defunct manufacturers. There are still examples of cars from some of those defunct manufacturers. But there may be a car built by a manufacturer still in business, but none of that particular model are left.

Right... because a 2015 Taurus looks EXACTLY LIKE a 2015 Cadillac ATS. No difference between a Camaro and a Civic. Yep, they all look the same. Weird question- when's the last time you saw an optometrist?

Awful movie, but a great car. I'll be watching this one.

Sheesh... forgot the Revell (nee Monogram) Datsun 720 is technically a snap kit, just not marketed as such for the current reissue. So...

Originally that was a Palmer (or was it Pyro?) kit. I don't know if it was actually reverse engineered from the AMT kit, but I do know that more than a few parts interchange between the the Lindberg reissue and the AMT kits.Makes you think.

I'll second "How to build a Traditional Ford Hot Rod". Vern Tardel is a traditional rodding expert (no quote marks there) who actually deserves that title. He knows his stuff. He was still building them the way guys did 70 years ago... decades after they'd fallen out of favor and decades before people started jumping back on that buggy-sprung bandwagon.

The first caster to do a wagon transkit for this will all but certainly be getting some of my money. I have to say I wasn't keen on the idea of this subject at first, but after seeing the kit in person, I might actually end up buying a couple of them. But for now I just need to settle on what to do with the one I have now... mild period street machine, or straight-axle drag car...

This. I seriously don't understand why there's such a huge divide (figuratively) between the two scales in so many people's minds.

Revell Build and Play '15 Mustang GT with paint and a few minor tweaks. A couple of the Revell '97 Ford Expedition SSV kits in fire and police livery... Lindberg Crown Vic with Modelhaus wheels and hubcaps. And the Revell Build and Play CV. And this one is a little further along than in this pic, but it's a Revell Caprice which will be built as Michigan Motor Carrier car.

These are not the best pics, but this is a '52 Hudson Hornet built in a sort of '60's/'70's "Saturday Night Special" style. According to some old-time racers in my area, guys were still running Hudsons into the mid '80's, though by then a lot of them had been repowered. I'm sticking with the 308 for this version, though.

You had my attention at Farmall...

Ordered this on Saturday, and got it today. Nice little surprise for when I got home from work.

I must have missed that announcement! I'll replace it with this one...

This one is based on a few "bench racing" sessions from high school. Quite a few guys had Fox-body Mustangs... there was a really nice '84 GT, a somewhat ratty '84 convertible with a V6, an extremely nasty '86 LX 5.0, and even an '87 LX coupe with a 2.3. In auto shop class, and hanging out elsewhere, we'd all talk about building the "ultimate" Mustang, whatever that meant at whatever particular time we were discussing the subject. One idea was just a low-buck LX coupe- nothing fancy, maybe even with a backyard-sprayed olive drab paint job, and some type of potent, but oddball, engine. This model is sort of inspired by that idea. The Center Line wheels are from Pegasus- narrowed a bit to fit inside the Mustang's fender wells. I started with the drag kit by Revell. There's a 'hidden stock building option in that kit- all of the stock parts still come in the kit, and there's even a full set of stock tires. So I stashed all the drag-specific parts sans the cowl hood to use on another Mustang project and used the stock suspension, etc.. I still don't know if I'll go with a stock-type exhaust or some SuperTrap type mufflers just ahead of the rear tires, but I'm calling it done for now. The "backyard sprayed" Olive Drab is Tamiya, and I painted the hood flat black to represent an unpainted fiberglass unit- I may or may not add hood pins to it. The paint is intentionally less-than perfect, and I rubbed through to the red primer in a few spots. The Michigan "Stang" plate is from a Monogram '94. I left the front turn signal lenses clear to represent those clear "euro" lenses everybody was using 10-15 years ago. As for that potent but oddball engine? It's a 3.8 V6 with a supercharger, swiped from a Revell '92 Thunderbird SC. I also used the T-Bird's radiator and electric fan. The air cleaner box is the Mustang piece, spliced into the T-Bird intake tract. I may eventually install the spoiler, add some kind of WW2-inspired graphics, and of course sort out the exhaust situation, but it'll look alright on the shelf as-is for the time being.

Oh, there'd be interest in the subject. There just doesn't seem to be that much interest in this section of the forum, apparently.

When I saw the box art I thought "Why is Brad Pitt about to jump out of the buggy?"