W-409

Thanks for the pictures again, Mike! They do help me... And wow, that's expensive kit! I've seen those kits with $30 some where, maybe on eBay, but that $149 is really high price... Well, I'm happy I got this one and I can build Race Car from this version too.

Great looking Vette 4X4! That looks very good, I mean that the chassis fits nicely with Corvette body. Finishing is cool.

This is great. Slingshot Dragsters are nice, and I like seeing something different too. This has just correct look for Low Budget racer, bit dirty and then that Slant Six engine... Great Job Overall!

This is cool project, Altereds are great and this paint scheme on that Altered looks very good. You did great job on the engine detailing, and it looks very good overall. Needs to get one Winged Express kit some day.

Well, this is going to be some kind of Bracket Car. For West Coast Street Cup, and class would be ET Bracket. That's my choice, because rules are quite "free". Thanks for those pics of the Beretta, that first one helps me with the firewall issue. I think, I'll do the firewall before I cut those front fenders off. And yes, that one piece front end sounds like very creative.

Andy: You're right! They are cool. Thanks, I guess that 1005 Cid. engine is big enough too. And needs to say, that those cylinders are Huge, if cantaloupe fits inside!

Thanks Fellas! Yeah, that's what I mean. Is there a better name for it? No big progress yet, still thinking, should I glue that hood on its place and cut fenders off, or build the firewall before cutting anything. I sanded those rear fenders, and I'm going to put some more bondo there.

Here are few of my Favorites. 348 Tri Power ' 409 '63 427 Z11 Or then this, 899 Cid. Pro Mod engine Who Makes the 1050 Cid. V8 engine?

Moebius Models Hudson Hornet has real nice Straight Six engine. Maybe it would be easier to use that as a basis. I don't know, where are you going to install thay engine, but maybe some European or japanese model kits have straight six engines too.

Liam, it looks very good! I guess, I will enter with '82 Corvette Outlaw Street. It's a Drag Racer. Then I can work with two Corvettes at the same time, other one is the Roadsport V8 version, and other is Outlaw Street version. I count myself in.

Looking great so far! This Chevy Van kit is something, I should buy too, this project gives lots of inspiration. That bodywork looks good, and paintjob is great. Color fits nicely to that body.

That's cool Bantam Altered, really like the detail all over, especially on that engine. Paintjob looks very good too, and it's very clean build all over. Thanx for sharing it.

Well this is interesting. Your Builds are always very nice, and Nova is great subject. Looks very good already, keep updates coming. One Nova, I'd like to see, or build myself, is '76 Nova with Pro Sportsman chassis....

Turned out real Nice Pro Stocker! Really great job overall, the body looks very good to me. That paintjob is shiny and smooth, engine detail looks very good too, I really like this one.

This turned out very nice! I like the paintjob on it, and decals look good. Engine detailing is great too. These X-Frame Chevrolets are always nice to see, especially Stockers and Super Stockers. Thanks for sharing this build.

That's great information, Alan! Thanks. Now I know, that those can be used to A Body Mopar, but not to Cuda and Dart. Actually I care about the details, in these builds. When I build somekind of fast and not so detailed build, then it doesn't matter. But especially in these Stockers, I care about the details.

Yeah Thanks, I'm not sure about the car category yet, maybe that Outlaw 10,5 would be a good choice. I guess I'll be able to do some work for it today, so stay tuned for an update. The advice on Flip Nose is also welcome.

Well, it has been a while, but actually almost every day I've been thinking about this project, and it looks like, it's going to be Large one. I have finished that rear wheel opening area from both sides, well there's some bondo work left, but no styrene should be used anymore. I need to sand those smooth next, and then I can look about the front end. I'm going for Flip Nose, but before doing anything, I'd like to hear some advice, what's the best way of making Flip Nose. And should I build that firewall before cutting front end away? These first two pictures are from test fit of those rear slicks, and they aren't perfectly on their place, but they fit alright and look good.

Huge Thanks to Walter (6bblbird), who sent me NHRA Rulebook! This is great book, and helps me alot, not only in these Stockers, but other projects too. But I guess, those Stocker pages are going to get read very often. Thanks again! I also uninstalled that Carburetor, it needs some work before I can change it again.

Thanks, Brad! Yeah, sure. Here you go: I have to say, that those Cragar wheels look really good to me. Don't know yet, where I'm going to use them but maybe in some Street Car.

It would be Great thing to have Resin kit of this. I've been thinking about making one Chevelle from that Oval Tracker, but it's quite large conversion. The Body of course, then the engine bay, interior and chassis too.

Do You Mean those Valve covers? Yes, they are aluminium, as I've been looking for those NASCAR engines.. This project is getting finally back on the bench, I guess. There's some putty work to do before painting or primering, but it's slowly getting there. I'm going to eliminate every mold line, ejector pin mark, etc. I see. I hope the end result with this build is going to be great.

All you say is true. Rochester carburetors are really good when they are tuned right. If you look at these Stockers on real Drag Strip, they go really nicely, doesn't matter that there's Rochester carburetor under the hood.

Thanks Guys! Didn't know about the wheels, thanks for correcting my mistake! They were sold as Centerlines, but luckily I know, what they are really. What Dave said on his first post, that center cap will stay there, since those wheels are resin and I don't wan't to do too big modifications to them. But "drill the alternate bolt pattern into the wheels between the lug nuts" is something, what I should try. So I hope I can post some progress pictures soon, stay tuned.

This is very cool build of that Legendary Explosion. Great job with it, looks just like real Boom. I can't say more, it's amazing. But that explosion was 1970, here's a video of it.