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I'm wanting to machine some 1/16 aluminum wheels. I'm pretty sure I'm getting a Sherline and rotary table. Any recommendations on what end mills such as shape and size I should buy? Thanks! Mike

Those headlights are quite good and clever.

Anyone have a connection with Vaughn Hart? He made a Challenger conversion that I could use a couple of. Thanks, Mike

I thought seriously of the Miss Deal chassis but I remember the bolt on Instant Funny car kits.......I wanted one badly as a 12 year old. Going to get one in scale.

Absolutely amazing. No other words are adequate.

That is so spot on to what I want to build. Even the injected motor is right.

I believe there was a solid resin cast. Several people bought it, a few actually received it. Cool car.

A tip of the hat to Merkur XR4Ti (Steve Salhany). Good communication, good packing. What a trade should be.

There's a lot of reasonable thoughts and unfortunately a lot of venom in this thread. I agree with Gary R that this thread should be left to die. I think most of us can be charitable and say Steve Scott is being a bit unrealistic in his place in hot rodding history. He had one magnificent show car unlike the multiple cars of Barris or Roth. If he'd followed it up with other noteworthy cars, he might be justified in placing himself on a self promoting pedestal like Barris. Instead he had one noteworthy car that was made into a noteworthy model. Its sorta like the race driver who won one race fifty years ago (yes it was fifty years ago) who expects to be recognized and honored for that one win. There are a couple of questions left unanswered. What happen to the Uncertain T and why has the kit never been reissued? I suspect like many race cars and show cars of the 60's and 70's, after its show days it fell into disrepair and slowly got stripped of parts. Exposed to the elements, I doubt it still exists in a recognizable form. If it does, whoever owns it, may be keeping it in hiding to avoid dealing with Mr. Scott. In that same vein, if the molds do still exist of if Monogram had any desire to reverse engineer it, they may believe that any profit would be meager after dealing with license and/or legal fees. I do agree that a good version could be scratch built fairly easily although some parts would be hard to acquire. Seems like a good project.

That's sweet. Scratch built or resin?

I looked at one of my nearby (less than an hour drive) for the Grumpy Nova version. All they had was the pro street. Guess I'll keep looking.

The Mustang shares the lackluster chassis. I'll pick up a Nova in a few days.....I'd forgotten they were reissued.

Its an option.....need to find one.

This is a kit that is sorta mixed blessing for me. I love what I see the finished car being but struggle with the details of the kit. In my mind I see something like the Instant Funny cars, but struggle with the chassis. I'd really like to build the type of weekend warrior car that a couple of guys would buy the early Nova and swap in the high performance goodies off another car. Doable but..... But the chassis should be a unibody unlike the generic tube chassis of the kit. I've thought about possible options, Miss Deal seems to come to mind but that's not the unibody chassis this car should have. I've looked at both Revell and AMT early Camaros but those chassis are too small. Any suggestions as to what might work? Thanks, Mike

To expand this thread a bit......what about hobby shops in the tradition of the old hobby shops. Nitro Hobby in Nitro, WV is a large full selection shop (with a heavier emphasis on trains ) that has been around with two owners since the 60's. Go there every time a new issue comes out. About twenty years ago they started Teays Valley Hobby in Teays Valley, WV. Teays Valley is the larger shop with a large selection of RC, plastic kits, some Sci-Fi, tools, paints, railroading and general supplies. Both stores also carry craft items to serve the female clientele. Plus they've offered a space for meetings as some of the guys are trying to launch a club.

I saw a Honda 750.....must have. I couldn't find the chopper and info?

MERCY.......that's pretty. Shame to put it under a body.

More details please...... Where did you get the decals, motor, wheels, tires, WIP pics? This is a great build of a difficult kit that I actually have.

Mercy it raining Monzas! What a good thing to see growing! Both of these builds are wonderful. Can't wait to see them finished.

My two cents......leave the Borsch hemi out of it. Few gasser folks ran 426s, as most were 392s. I'd also look into reinforcing the Plymouth frame instead of the truck frame. More than likely if it is going to have a blown motor, it would have aftermarket wheels. I totally agree with the comments about the slicks. These cars ran in the 60's. Wide tires were an invention of the 70's. A better kit to steal from is the Revell Miss Deal......a whole lot there can be stolen for your build.

Absolutely stunning. Where do you get the decals and the other non standard stuff? Truly getting me to want to try my hand at this type of conversion.

Mercy.....you're inspirational.

I'd love to find some 1/16 decals for the Charger Daytona.

Looks great....even more so when I know it came from a snapper.

The skill on this site always amazes me. Beautiful model......thanks for showing some of the WIP pictures.