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Here are some comparisons when using the newly released Revell Nova kit, the engine seems more at home on this car!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I even compared it to the engine from my recently completed Starliner and look at how big it is considering that the Starliner was a pretty big car!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Okay guys, I have been doing my homework and yes, Chris was right, the engine seems to be a bit too big! I took several pictures of the mocked engine without the headers and transmission and inserted it into the engine bay. I know that in the 1/1 world some guys have put enormous engines on cars but this one just doesn't seem right. I also took pictures of the engine inside the new Revell Nova so that you guys can see what I am talking about. You tell me how it looks, I need all the advice I can get even though I loved the suggestion about the Buick Grand National engine! Hosted on Fotki This is the engine held together with 3M white glue, very similar to the Elmers brand. Looks gorgeous and it doesn't even have the headers and the transmission added!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki In this shot it just has the intake manifold added and just look at how big it looks!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Here you can see how much bigger it is with the rest of the upper part of the engine put together. Hosted on Fotki And yes, the oil pan is pretty low and knowing how low this car will sit chances are I will have to play around with the height of the engine vs the hood also.

Looks awesome man!!!!

It looks like you are about 1 1/2 to 2 hours from the CPMCC club that Andy talked about. It's a little far but our club is worth attending even if you can't make it every Saturday!!!

Very cool, I have always liked these Celicas, nice job!!!!

Again, that's why I love this forum!!! What a great idea Mike, I have about 2 or 3 grand nationals around here, if it all fails I will definetly keep that in mind and since it's a 6 cylinder it will go in there just perfect!!!! great idea, thanks.....

Yes Chris, it does look pretty big! Once I mock it up I will try to fit it in the engine bay and see how it will look scalewise. If I don't like it I can always use it in another model. I just hope I can get a nice little engine for the Vega that will look good, the one in the kit kinda sucks....

The variety of aftermarket products that we have available nowadays is phenomenal. Things like Bare Metal Foil,flocking, photo-etch and others are simply things we never thought of obtaining several years ago. In the case of photo-etch, in my humble opinion, we have made improvements when attempting to simulate a lot of the kit parts to make them look even more realistic. With that said, there are still details that are better to work at with some kits even if they require more work. I decided to work on the grille openigs on the Vega. I thought that the depth of the grille looks a lot more realistic than using a photo-etch one. Like I said, it was tedious but with the right tools it can be achieved. Hosted on Fotki These are the tools I used to achive this, it was taking way too long with just the sanding stick!! The dremel tool helped a lot of course but I had to be very careful not to sand through. I like the one I own, it's battery operated and it also runs at a very slow speed specially when the battery is a little drained. Hosted on Fotki In this photo I can see the light!! Of course this is when I have to be very careful not to sand through. At this point I stopped using the dermel tool and concentrated on using the sanding stick to help me finish off the job. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Once you get to this stage, the plastic just "falls off the bone". Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki As I said, I really like the depth that the grille has, definetly superior to it's photo-etch counterpart. Next step is to smooth it out some more with finer grits and later shoot my ALclad onto it. Stay tuned!!!!

Welcome my friend, lots of good people and talent here, I know you will like it!!!

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I feel like a kid in the middle of Toys"R"us, my Ross Gibson engine came in today and I just can't believe how quick this happened!! Thank you Scaledreams!!! As promised, I took several pictures of this beauty, needs a little cleaning like any other resin piece but I think it looks very good!! This thing even brought a small sheet of photo-etch, looks like wire looms and throttle linkage material!! It also contains a piece of masking tape and instructions to duplicate the belts at the front. I will be posting the progress on this engine which I will consider it to be a kit in itself so wish me luck. I will consider the advise given to me by my boy Chris Coller, looks like there will be a few fit issues but that's why we are modelers, we have to work around all that stuff. Now, let me shut up and show you guys the pictures Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Hosted on Fotki Mine is done, had a couple of fit issues with the chassis to body phase but overall it was pretty good. I re-scribed all my panel and side molding lines, take your time here, you will be glad at the end.....

WOW!! Too cool!!!!

This is really cool man, good luck on your project!!

WOW!! Between you and Dave's suggestions I might just go w/ the yellow!!! I love this forum, thanks guys!!!!

Managed to do some more work on the Vega! Even though it was pretty tedious I finally opened up the the small vents on the rear hatch door but it was well worth it, with some paint it will definetly look better. Hosted on Fotki Back side... Hosted on Fotki I still have to do a bit more cleaning but it sure looks better!! I had to also add some plastic not only on the hatch but on the body, the fit was pretty bad here. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Thanks Mike, like I said, all ideas are welcomed!!!

Another alien just joined our ranks!!!

I want that Olds real bad!!!

Lots of great ideas my friend, looks like you have your hands full. I can't work on more than 1 thing at the same time, I start a project and it will get done, that's my policy... If not, it will not get done.

Very cool, can't never go wrong w/ a red 'Vette!! Welcome!!!

Thanks for the heads up Chris, I will be posting the progress on the engine, like everything resin, I am sure I will have to work around it, wish everything resin was like Norm's and Harold's quality!! I will take pictures when I first receive it also.

###### Irv!! You are living my fantasy, working on a 1/1 instead of a 1/25!!! That's gonna be gorgeuous man, can't wait to see it finished. Good luck with it man!!!!

Okay my friend, I am done posting for now, tell me which ones you like the most, I promise not to post while your'e doing so also!!!

For the powerplant I went with a small block crate engine from Ross gibson. I have heard good and bad things about these resin engines, I will make sure to make it a positive experience!! Hosted on Fotki I still don't know which color to paint it, it will come to me down the road but suggestions are welcomed. I do like the yellow shade with the rims.....