richcrabman

Yeah your right John,to hell with it!!.....the model is on fictitious anyway,and not based on any real life car.....apart from it being based on a camaro. So it's having a hemi stuck in it,with some alterations to make it fit. And the beers are on me guys. Thanks, Rich

I'm sorry fellas I'm rubish with engine knowlege.I havnt a clue were goes what,and how things work.I'm just guessing with parts and goggle but that isn't helping!!......so what i will do is mock some more up on the engine,and fit all the supercharger parts from the kit,then you guys can give me some of you expertise. Then I'll post some more pics up. Thanks, Rich

oh right .....OK here is what I've managed to come up with.mpc dodge charger 500 engine and the revell camaro gearbox.seems to fit OK but with the supercharger on the top,doesn't allow the hood to shut.so might have to leave it off? OK guys please let me know what you think,and any suggestions you may want to share. thanks, rich

I was thinking why the face?.....anyway I will take a look at the kits mentioned for when i need the replacement engine for my charger 500.as I've nicked the hemi from that and now trying to make it fit into a camero engine bay,not easy!!.....I will get some pics up later and then you guys can see where I'm going with this.and hopefully advise on what i need to do on the engine to make it all look right in the car. Btw if an engine is fitted with a super charger,does the car still have a fan for the radiator? Thanks, Rich

######!!....there fine looking engines.yep i think a hemi will finish the car off. I've got a 426 hemi from a 69 charger 500.but then there Is a 71 cuda 440 on eBay or a 67 dodge charger or a 71 dodge challenger 440 on eBay.which one to go for????

Hi John,thanks i like the stance aswell....i have a Pontiac firebird kit,think it's a 70 sumthing.so would the engine fit from that into my camero? Rich

Well the plan is to nick a 426 hemi from my 69 dodge charger 500 and replace it with a 440.that's if i can get a model kit with a 440 engine in it. We call what you guys call trash cans,we sat dustbins:) Rich

Hi fellas,all this talk of putting a hemi in my camero.would a 71 hemi Plymouth cuda 426 engine fit in a camero? Also are there any 440 hemi engine available in 1:25? Thanks, Rich

Really?......and in england,a junkyard is a scrapyard.I'm not going to use the blower as i thought it would be to much like a ford falcon.so will get the engine mocked up,and it will have cone air filters on so it will sit just under the bonnet/hood air intake. Thanks, Rich

Hi Andrew,very carefully!....i used my dremel with the sanding drum,and just sanded until you can see through the grill.then used a thin scalpel blade to remove all the tabs from inside the grill. Thanks, Rich

Well the camero is 1:25 so I guess it has to be a 1:25 engine.and just had a look at the 60 charger engine,it will fit With a little work.and I'll use the Gear box from the camero......hope it works. Thanks for all your comment guys,keep um coming. Rich

Cool,that's shed some light on engine choices for me.i have the engine from the charger fast and fourious With the super charger on it.would that fit in the camero?

It's to fast for anyone to shoot the driver,and i would hope he wouldn't duck The car would just be for high pursuit if it was real.and i just wanted to make it a little mad max with out copying to much of the interceptor.hence the propain tank in the back seat......and it holds more fuel than the stock tank would of done.so more driving time. Thanks, Rich

There is one on eBay at the moment at £26.00 from tiewan.

Just checked google,and tamiya do a 1:24 jeep cheroke V8 and a jeep wrangler open top. Rich

Tamiya or fujimi did a cheroke?

Sorry,i should of said.I'm not that clued up about engines and what goes in what.i just make models.....so a hemi engine out of what kit would fit my camero? Thanks, Rich

I have been wanting to put a diffrent engine in,but ain't sure what will fit......and it need to be fitted with cone air cleaners. Suggestions guys? Rich

....yeah guess it would be scary,but its double skinned and the driver is HaRd .....but it is only fictitious,and thanks for the comments. rich

OK thought i would try and finish this off...as I've got models stacking up ready to be started.interior is almost complete,just making sure i like where everything is then ill glue down....got most of the interior painted with Matt black for the floor,semi gloss for door cards,drive shaft tunnel,rear panel,and seat.also painted the diamond plating with aluminum paint.the nos bottle is made from a fire extinguisher so quite pleased with that.....also got the c.b to dry brush,paint the dash light and the steering wheel,which is from a Chevy van. as for the exterior of the car,I've used some old mad max decals as this is a fictitious police car.wheels are also from the planet x mad max car as I've got replacements for that......had to modify the rear wheel arches to accept the wider wheels.hope you like. thanks for looking,ant comments welcome............... rich

Thanks mike. Rich

Thanks mike......and what is hok paint? Rich Oh and it should of been mad max,not madam

Wicked!.....what paints did you use? And what's the paint codes? As I've got a couple of the ford falcon models from madam to build,the colours codes would come in very handy. Thanks, Rich

where is the front of the car from in the first piture? and would it fit a 69 dodge charger 500? thanks, rich