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I so appreciate this build. Amazing build with great photos to help others. Can you share your source for both the hollow steel tube and the thickness gauge.

Since you have a mill and a rotary table, why not make bolt heads for the spring retainers?

I see this as a big problem with EVs. Some manufacturers insist that you replace the whole battery if a cell goes bad. Others, such as Toyota and their Prius allow you to replace individual cells. If that was the case with this Ford, the replacement cost of a bad cell would be in the $1000 range. I see this as a manufacturer design to increase repair costs to benefit dealers that will be loosing routine maintenance such as oil changes.

VERRRRRY Nice!

Its a race car.....black wall.

Here's the best source of info: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1811/0745/files/Inch_to_Scale_Inch.pdf?18336730453498616087/ Research the type of car to find the appropriate size. Most roll cages are terribly oversized.

Not a 1961 but the 1965 by AMT is available for a whole lot less.

I had one of these and saw potential. I also saw to make it right would require a bunch of work. I appreciate your effrots.

VERY IMPRESSIVE. I've also thought about making a bead roller. Yours is interesting especially how your's is designed to let you adapt to different metal thicknesses. Do you have a female die under he metal?

First off what body? To throw a monkey wrench in it, what about the wheels and tires from the Smoothster?

Looking at magazine listings on an auction site, it might have been in the Drag Racing Magazine February 1973 issue. I'm also not sure if the name is gold or yellow on the actual car. The decals are much better than the original issue.

If anyone gets ahold of this can you please post a good scan of the decals? I really want to build this but the make or break is how nice the decals are. Based upon the video I know they don't include the blue fades for the body which I'm okay with. The question is how sharp are the decals. I've attached a photo of the actual car.

The 1/25 dragster is also interesting. Revell's RE dragster is the standard of excellence for that era dragster. The MPC mold (Garlits/ Prudhomme and McEwen) are still fairly attainable. AMT's Ivo mold is in their current catalog. I believe the last time the Revell mold was available was the Jungle Jim release form five years ago or so. Hopefully Atlantis will have better quality control than Revell as some issues had huge issues with the frame being straight. Maybe we'll get a Keeling and Clayton reissue although Atlantis would really need to step up their decal game.

I too remember this kit. Your choice of rear tires is far superior to what Revell used which were the thingies from their first funny cars like the Maverick.

I wonder if they finally modified the Datsun hood unit or cab so they'll actually fit. I've never seen one yet that does.

Oh yes! Bet this would upset a bunch of IPMS memebers.

Amazing work.

Is the parachute pack (not sure what the right name is) all one piece? If not how did you join the metal?

I took a look at your other Nascar build. It looked like you'd made good progress and looked good. I hope you return to it.

Serious question.....what scale is this? I remember looking at one and thinking it was bigger than 1/24. I'm still impressed with how nicely this one is coming along.

A question about this kit. Is this a new mold or a re-release of a previous kit? This looks like a lovely kit. I can see Italeri becoming one of my favorite kit manufacturers.

Tameo kits are amazing. The fact they're able to squeeze that much detail into 1/43 always amazes me. It looks like you're doing the kit justice.

Looks like you're off to a great start. I love the seat. Great job on that.

Looks great.

I see this as a future project.