Longbox55

You're right about Mysterion, slipped my mind at just how Roth put the thing together. On the Showboat, those engines are connected crank to crank, front to back. The engines on the right side are connected to the rear axle, the left engines connect to the front. They are not connected side to side. The Mickey Thompson Challenger is setup the same way.

AMT Double Dragster. The Revell Roth Mysterion should have one, too.

I can give some info about the Super Duallie, the Snap Fast Chevrolet, and the Ford F350. The Snap-Fast Chevrolet is really just an unassembled promo, molded in a dark maroon. Only builds stock. The basic cab and bed go together the same as the C-1500 glue kits, the bed is directly interchangeable with the C-1500 cab, and fits the longbed version once the wheel locater pins are removed from the underside of the bed. The hood is separate, and there is some underhood detail from the original kit it was tooled from. The chassis is a basic engraved plate chassis, it does have very well done detail, with an accurate 14 bolt rear axle. The tires are BF Goodrich Radial Long Trail T/As, which are inaccurate for truck of that weight class (they only come in P rated). Wheels are 4 hole duals in chrome with accurate lug details and the Chevy Bowtie on the centercap. The rear caps are a bit shallow compared to the 1:1. Note, these wheels are available in modified form from Modelhaus, with more appropriate tires. Only difference I can see is that the Bowtie has been removed from the centers. The interior, molded in tan, is very similar to the C-1500 kits, with similar seats and identical dashboard. It is stretched to include the rear extended cab seats. The steering wheel is a separately molded black item, and is the airbag style wheel. A note on the interior, it is incorrect for the 1996 model year truck stated on the box. The dash is the '88-'94 style. That can be easily corrected by swapping it with the one from the Tahoe, which has the correct dash. The Monogram F350 is pretty much identical to the recently reissued F-250 kit, with the duallie wheels and bedsides in place of the single wheel items. The optional parts are the same between the kits. The dual wheels from the kit are very well detailed, and, other than being a little undersize, are pretty accurate for most 16" duallie wheels. Tires are the same Goodyear tires found in the F-250, as well as many Monogram muscle car kits. The MPC Super Duallie is strictly a custom job, and does not build as an accurate duallie truck. The basic kit is the MPC '78 Chevy 4x4 Annual kit, and has the same cab, chassis, engine, and drivetrain. The wheels are the same 8 spoke style wheels found in the annual, with addition of a duallie adapter for the rear very similar to what the MPC '68-'72 Chevy truck kits came with. The bed is a 1 piece + tailgate Stepside bed, with widened fenders that have faired in tail lights and a ribbed pattern on the tops. No stock grille or engine intake or offered, only the custom grille and tunnel ram from the '78 2wd are offered. It also includes the optional tonneau cover from the 2wd kit. There is also a full grille guard, and a large cowl type hood scoop.

That's just covering aftermarket swaps and semi production conversions. You might surprised at what you find under the hood of regular production vehicles. Case in point, the Saturn Vue. This is a GM vehicle, with an Ecotech 4 cylinder base engine plus 2 optional V6 engines. One of the V6 engines is the GM 3.0 liter V6 which would be expected. The other option engine, though, is a Honda 3.5 liter engine. GM specified the engine to have a different intake manifold, with any reference to being a Honda removed. The Honda powered version also used a Honda spec transmission. Another one with a factory installed import engine was the Taurus SHO, which used a Yamaha engine. Plus there's plenty of Chrysler products with Mitsubishi engines, and GM products with Isuzu engines. I'm only counting vehicles made by their respective companies with outside sourced engines, not rebadged "captive import" vehicles like the Chevy LUV, Ford Courier, and Dodge Ram 50. Switching the other way, Isuzu had a 3.4 liter GM option in the Rodeo, and Land Rover uses Buick V8s (actually, the predecessor engine to the 300 that is mentioned by lordairgtar).

Nice!

Funny you post those, Greg. I have a build in the works of a Modal A roadster pickup that's going to have a Ferrari engine and running gear in it.

I'll have to take a look in my scrap parts stash, I might still have a few bodies I messed up using too hot of a primer on that crazed very badly. Both are circa 1989 AMT kits, both done with Rustoleum primer. They're the reason I stopped using Rustoleum on models.

What you'll see is crazing, basically the surface will looked like it's severely cracked, and the low spots in the cracked areas will look shiny. Usually appears around edges and detail areas, but can show up in the middle of flat areas if it's too hot.

I spoke to one of their vendors last weekend at the HMCA show, they've been working on trying to get caught up on the backlog of orders from the retirement announcement. You might have a little longer wait for getting any orders put in now until they get caught up.

Krylon is usually pretty safe on styrene, but I really don't know about this particular product. I'd say test it some scrap first, see what it does.

The MPC duallie was based on the '78 Chevy 4x4 annual kit, and was more of a custom truck than an actual accurate 1 ton. It was a short bed 1/2 ton with a Stepside bed with wider fenders and custom faired in tail lights, a pair of dual wheel adapters similar to what was in their '68-'72 Chevy truck kits, and a pair of extra Desert Dog tires. The balance of the kit is the same as the other MPC 4x4 Chevies, except that it only had the custom grille and a tunnel ram intake, no stock options for those. It also included a hood scoop identical to the one found in the Ground Pounder version.

The engine in the AMT/Lindberg '34 pickup is the same as the one found in the AMT '32 Ford 5 window, Phaeton, and Vicky kits, and is also very similar to the one in their '40 Coupe/'39/'40 Sedan kits. They're not really the best blocks to start with, very basic. The one from the AMT '34 Sedan Roger mentions is much better. The one from Replicas and Miniatures is even better, though you will need to pick through the available parts to get the exact version you want, as I'm not sure if they sell it as a complete kit.

I'll be keeping this in mind as well.

4-71 Detroit Diesel, the source of said blower.

Here's a couple of good reference sites for those trucks http://www.sweptlinetruck.com/ http://www.allpar.com/model/ram/ram-trucks-D.html

This isn't an automotive application, but that big unit mounted to the end of this engine is the blower. Before anyone asks, this is for a Cannon class destroyer, the USS Slater. This engine also saw use in submarines, my Dad used to service them on the USS Chivo (the Goat Boat) back when he was in the Navy.

As I stated in my second post, it might have been a mid year addition. According to the specs, which are from the beginning of the model year, https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Camaro/1968-Chevrolet-Camaro.pdf (page 12), LeMans Blue is not listed for a Camaro. DuPont also does not list it in '68 for anything other than Corvette. That's not to say that none were made.

I was looking at '69 colors, in which case, it was Oldsmobile. In '65, it was available, on Corvette only.http://historicalcolorlibrary.axaltacs.com/hcl/search/imageViewer.jsp?imgurl=/hcl/data/Data/Domestic Cars/GM/Gm 1965-1967/CHE 1965/003784.jpg&mode=fullscrn

BTW, Nassau Blue is an Oldsmobile color name, it's Glacier Blue on a Chevrolet. http://historicalcolorlibrary.axaltacs.com/hcl/search/imageViewer.jsp?imgurl=/hcl/data/Data/Domestic Cars/GM/Gm 1968-1971/CHE 1969/003939.jpg&mode=fullscrn

According to the specs from GM Heritage and the DuPont Historical Library, it was Corvette only. But most of the spec sheets from GM are from the start of the model year, and do not include any mid year additions, with a few exceptions. The DuPont site, however, does include full model year colors, including mid year additions and seasonal colors not generally listed.

Don't forget the Blower Bentley 4 1/2 Liter from the late '20s/early '30s. Little known fact, unless you read the original books, a 1930 Blower Bentley was James Bonds personal car, rather than the Aston Martin that he is most commonly associated with. The car only appears in one of the films, either Dr No or From Russia With Love (been a while since I've seen either one).

Looks a little dark to be Grotto Blue. Like Frank says, the lighting in the picture isn't the best. LeMans Blue was a Corvette only color for '68, but Teal Blue was a '68 color, and is very similar to LeMans Blue. Tripoli Turquoise looks pretty close, too. http://historicalcolorlibrary.axaltacs.com/hcl/search/imageViewer.jsp?imgurl=/hcl/data/Data/Domestic Cars/GM/Gm 1968-1971/CHE 1968/003908.jpg&mode=fullscrn

Some of the trailer kits also have hitches with them for the tow vehicle. Also, the AMT '55 and '57 Stepside kits have a hitch ball in them.

I ran across some of the Zee/Zylmex motorcycles over the weekend at the HMCA show in Indy, they're made by Motor Max now. Saw a Yamaha street bike, the Harley "Captain America" style chopper (green instead of white, same markings, though), and a Kawasaki police bike. I managed to pick up the Kawasaki, the other 2 had sold by the time I got back to the vendors table.

Those are both 216 Chevrolet engines, incorrect for any Chevrolet after '53. What you need is the 235 from the AMT '60 Chevrolet truck.