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I'm looking for a well detailed 4 cylinder water cooled engine to put into a race version of AMT's Scirocco. I know many modelers discount this kit much as I did but after playing with it a bit realize it is not the dog kit I thought it was. Any good pictures or comments on the Revell Volkswagen motor? Any other suggestions? THANKS!

While the article says both cars are in SoCal, I know the Mooneyes was at Garlits before the clone was built. I took pictures of it in the early 90's. Proof which one is the clone is the firewall. The original has a full firewall and the clone has edges wrapped by the body.

Holy Cow Batman......I've been active in this hobby since 1970. I'd heard of the AMT 1911 Chevrolet as a mythical unicorn. I really didn't think they existed. And to see two. WOW.

What's interesting is that thirty years ago when the Thomas Flyer was released, it was viewed as possibly AMT's worst selling kit EVER.

I'm curious about how the Mr. Norm decals were changed, beyond that, total lack of interest.

Who was/is DM?

This and the Sportster would be so nice to have reissued.

Maybe this will be a real boon to Atlantis and Moebius who mold in the US.

What I find noteworthy is the paint looks accurate. What I mean is it looks like the real car scaled down and not the over gloss of many models. The reflections look like what I'd expect from a restored Lotus at a car show. Did any Lotus have an engine compartment that clean?

If you're going to the expense of a CNC program to create the parts, you're better to 3D print with a resin printer. Can you CNC styrene, yes.....I've done it several times before. The problem you experience is plastic produces a great deal of heat when machined and often the removed plastic remelts into some sort of blob. To do it well, you need something like a blast of air to keep it cool and remove your waste. The 3D part would more than likely give you a better result with less frustration.

When I return the super clean to the contaner, I use a coffee filter to strain it with.

The wheels in the Revell kits are quite nice. The problem is if you find an original kit, odds are the tires are on the wheels. If they are, at least one of the wheels will be attacked by the tire.

The parts in these kits are very well detailed. The body is better proportioned than the AMT. The engines pose problems in the way they are molded but they're worth the effort. There really isn't must to say negative about the kit. It will be nice to have this kit for parts if nothing else.

I rarely look at dioramas. I'm glad I did this one. Its a beauty!

Love it.....there's been a lot of interesting slot car bodies that never made it to being a scale model. This is a great build.

This build is very nice.....I agree it captures the 1:1 feel so well.

How did you print the decals? Car looks really like a local bracket or lower class race car.

Very nice build.

Dan, I don't think that was the car. Pete died in 1971 driving a full bodied car with a weird mid frame downforce system. Something broke, and all ............broke loose. A series of failures resulting in Pete perishing in the carnage.

Where's the list? George Carlin is curious.

It's interesting they are releasing the Copperhead. I thought they were re-releasing the Tommy Ivo dragster. Is this an attempt to get another kit out of the molds like the Tom McEwen fantasy wedge dragster? I guess Round 2 is trying to get a last run out of the Chevy II AWB before the Moebius gets released. As for the Lotus, I agree the 1963 Lotus. It would have been nice to have the 1968 Olsonite Eagle instead.

It is obvious you know the subject well. You're replication efforts and scratch building is amazing.

Once again Dan you throw out something that is a great detail I'd never had thought of.

One thing to remember about Chuck and several others, they've been doing this a LOOOOOOONG time. I first saw Chuck as a show somewhere between 1995 and 1998.