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I do this printing stuff for a living. The USA decals ARE NOT out of register. If they were, they would show slight errors in several places, not the large error of the arrow. Wat they are, is poorly designed. Maybe the slam locks are correct for some liveries. Or maybe this was a way to justify to American modelers to buy the RoG kit.

The OGM Willys has a distributor at a right angle from the crank. It sits in pretty much the "normal" position.

Where'd you get the o-rings?

I'm a sucker for the Tony Nancy double kits. There's so many possibilities and Revell did such a good job in scale fidelity its hard to think of a better dragster.

I'm betting these won't be reissued in my lifetime.

What were Slixx's suggestions?

Thanks for the words of wisdom. I've done a couple of dragsters, an altered and a Piranha. This is a different design than I'm used to. I really am concerned with the glue selection. I'll get some more Plasti Weld.

The level of detail of the 3D printed stuff keeps getting better.

I'm getting ready to do a tube chassis using Evergreen plastic. In the past I've used Ambroid glue but that's no longer available. I'm debating between Plastistruct Plastic Weld, CA and Tamiya Thin. Any recommendations? I'm looking for quick dry time and strength. Of course, I could also solder it. Also at one point there was a pretty good pdf on how to construct a pro mod or pro stock chassis. I thought I saved it but it seems to have disappeared. If you've got that, could you send it to me? Thanks, Mike

There were many descriptions for Barris. Many of praise and several less so. See: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/11/custom-car-legend-george-barris-dead-89/ https://www.gbfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3196 https://www.motor1.com/news/77089/george-barris-iconic-tv-carbuilders-career-not-without-blemishes/ But he died famous.

This car just looks right, more like an actual car restoration than a model car.

Online research shows the Ridge Runner being released in 1975. MPC offered a 1977 and 1978 Pinto.

Why oh, why did they bring back the AMT Pinto? The MPC kit was heads and heals better.

Please make a set of sawhorses for the body ad leave that chassis for all to see. If I had not watched this build, there is no way I'd believe it was a 1/25 scale model.

I've known the kits history. Growing up, there was a store that seemed to have five or six of each Aurora Battle Aces of the Road. Like most drag racing obsessed kids of the era, I foolishly ignored them. The Ferrari GTO has been re-released by Monogram several times. It seems nicely detailed but the body is typically derided. Another is the Ford GT40, which I also believe has issues. There was also a Chaparral which I know nothing about. Very likely, the Porsche is the best detailed of the lot. Your build looks masterful.

Based upon this kits history, I am quite surprised by the overall detail level. I'm looking forward to this build.

Chop it and you'll have a 2019 Deora.

The Firebird looks like Monogram's. Sold as Prudhomme Pepsi Challenger and Miller High Life Warrior of Dale Pulde.

I'm pretty sure that's a 1953 Ford. Shipping weight was about 3100 pounds. With a 427, it would need to weigh over 5500 pounds to be a NHRA E/G car. As a B/G car, it would need to weigh 3843. I'm not sure when Modified Production started, but it sure looks like a M/P car to me. It's easy to get overly paranoid over the class designation. If you really want to throw the "experts" tell them its either built to AHRA or NASCAR (yes they did run drag cars in the 60's). Very few people are going to have a clue whether you're right or wrong. Adding an AHRA decal would seal the deal.

I think you got the spirit of two or three guys getting together a building a car in 1963 or '64. Its a nice build that apparently fought you along the way.

Seeing where you started from, this is a very impressive build.

That's about $200,000 optimistic. Maybe at NASCAR's zenith but when Bristol closes grandstands and Charlotte takes out seats to give fans more room, this wonderful won't bring that price.

Or you can order boxes from USPS and drop off the ones you ordered and did not use. Whatever you do, don't buy boxes from the post office. Typically they're almost $4 or $5 each and near the same size as the free boxes from the post office. I concur with Michael. free Priority Mail boxes are NOT the same as Flat Rate. I've had success in some cases with Regional A boxes but the Regional Bs have been useless to me as they're almost as expensive as Flat Rate.

Wow...... There's so much to like. MADD skills.

Kurt trust me, I know about being delayed. My shop has been slowly coming out of boxes for the last FOUR years. I'm finally able to connect my spray booth and who knows, maybe even destroy some plastic.