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On again off again 1/25 scale Belly Tank project. Thanks go out to fellow MCM modeler Jim Lewis for his 3D Printed parts...I will try to do them justice....

I never owned an original of this extinct kit...I lucked out at a club auction a couple of years ago and bid $20.00 for a disassembled glue bomb in the original box...and after some careful restoration succeeded in saving it. It builds up pretty nice...for a 1966-67 kit.

Thanks Bob. Let us all know if you get that 3D version together...

Thanks Carl. I challenged myself to rescue that old glue bomb from certain death.

I did a restoration of a disassembled glue bomb of a kit I picked up for $20.00 at a club auction...but yours takes this long extinct kit to another level with those wire wheels. Well done.

Nice color ! Is that Tamiya...Mica Blue...or something else ?

I pretty much used Testors clear canopy glue for anchoring clear plastic pieces...and recently discovered a similar glue made by the Evergreen plastics people. I once used plain old Elmers white school glue to set the glass in a 23-window Revell VW van...and its still locked in place...years later.

Exactly...I tried the same thing with an ancient Aurora "Wolf Wagon" kit. ( trophies look out of scale...but the motor dropped right in...)

Hello Tim. Don't recall ever posting pics of this build of mine anywhere. I started it many many years ago after reading an informative series of articles in the '95 Plastic Fanatic magazine #'s 44-49 by Dan Harrison entitled "A Tale of Two Roadsters" in which he builds two projects based on AMT's popular '29 Model A kit...one a highboy drag car based on Hugh Tucker's formidable AA/ SR '28 Chevy...the other a channeled hot rod based on Dave Whitehead's show rod " The Jewel "...both featured in early 60's editions of Hot Rod magazine. It was a multi part build series that ended at Part 5 before the builds were completed ( perhaps due to a falling out between the writer and the publisher ) ...but being a recent returnee to the hobby back then I found the series immensely informative as far as kit bashing parts. Looking through my pages...the rear end treatment you mention is illustrated in Pts 1 & 2 of the series.

You're right...I've been thinking along similar lines for awhile now and those ancient HAWK Bonneville Streamliner rubber band powered " toys " are a great starting point. But as you noted...a desire to render one in 1/24-25 scale necessitates adding height to the body shell to make room for even a low profile front blower engine. I used Evergreen sheet to add about 3-4 inches to the body height. Lot of putty and primer coats to get it smooth.

Agreed...Norm has some great vintage Flathead stuff...like this Eddie Meyer of Hollywood carb and air cleaner set up I used on my '29 Model A racer.....

I think the topic covered rare kits that have been desired, found, secured, or pretty much impossible to do any of the above. When a blown up old '66-'67 era Monogram " Uncertain T " kit showed up at a club auction last spring I jumped at a chance to bid for it. Given its rareness...couldnt believe I got it for $25.00....guess many of the younger attendees werent sure what it was....

Blown up glue bomb restoration....

My thoughts exactly. I thought... " OK...that's the real car...now where's the pics of the model ? "

I recently stocked up on some Tamiya rattle cans...both Mica Red and Bright Mica Red among them. Just curious...did you use the Tamiya Clear ? I read some stuff online here about how careful you have to be with the Tamiya Clear coat. How long a wait did you give the red before clear coating? Did you build up mist coats before the wet coat of clear ?

....now to choose some nifty racing wheels to go with them...maybe something period correct ...from the mid to late sixties to early 70's.

You're right Mark. I dont have many MPC kits...but the first box I checked was the Ramchargers dragster I bought many many years ago and evidently I put the beefy slicks from that kit in my build box. I also checked my MPC More American Graffiti Milner dragster kit...they're Goodyear Blue Streak Dragway Specials...so it was definitely the Ramchargers dragster. I knew the knowledge and experience on this Forum would narrow it down...thanks Steve & Mark !

OK...I have two or three MPC kits in my stash...think I'll check those kit boxes to see if I grabbed them from there. Thanks for the tip !

Revisiting a sports car build I wanted to modify for the quarter mile strip...I discovered this pair of soft vinyl slicks...with crisp M&H Racemaster lettering. I pulled them from somewhere...cuz they looked about as bad ass as a scale slick could look...without being over the top cartoonish. Wanting to complete the build I hope to identify the source ...especially if I want to source them again from the mountain of kits in my mancave. Any help from you knowledgeable modelers would be much appreciated. P.S. Actual measurements of each slick are 1-5/16 inches in diameter with about a 5/8 inch opening , and a 1/2 thickness....making it one of the largest slicks Ive come across in 1/25 scale ( probably why I pulled them from a kit years ago )

Thats a shame. Wonder what became of them. I never built one...but they were unique for the time. Now and then I used to see one of those pop up on eBay...and they'd command righteous bucks.

No....you need to move it to " Under Glass ". Or start a Diorama build.

Perfect capper to this Build thread !

A sample of some of the diverse builds on display Saturday....