Exotics_Builder

Got mine from Wes's Model Car Corner https://wesmodelcarcorner.myshopify.com/

Arrived yesterday

I found the Pix. Just scanned a few to whet the appetite

I was able to see this car in detail when it was owned by Tom Armstrong of Issaquah Washington. He had it at his "garage" along with other racing cars such as a Lola T70 and Ford GT40. My best friend was good friends with him, and I was able to get access to his garage often. We also had an annual Puget Sound Auto Modelers Association meeting at his garage. I have a bunch of detail photos of the car that I should scan and post. May do it after the holidays. He raced that in SVRA, hence the safety equipment as required by them. The color, when I was seeing it was a Chrysler Blue that was close to the racing color but much more easily obtainable (and repairable as he had some "events" with it including a broken half shaft at Goodwood that did a little bodywork damage. The numbers matching 377 CID small block was removed and on a stand. In its stead was a replacement more modern small block that was configured the same. He sold it in 2003 or 2004, just after I was transferred to Chicago. He was a great guy, and I got to meet a lot of racers at the SVRA event at SIR in the 90's, including Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan and Maurício Gugelmin. Tom was an investor in PacWest Indycar team.

Here's their website contact link, check with them directly. https://salvinosjrmodels.com/pages/contact-us

TDR is no more. This was on their FB group.

I'll second that!!!

Used up the .030 so can't show. Would still need some "massaging"

Nice find. I have the full detail and it is a very finicky build.

Well I had the .040 out (I think I also have the .030) but I just taped it to the Revell 57 for an idea. Would need to spend more time thinking on it, but not in the near term

I've got some downstairs. I'll have to check who they are from and size.

I haven't looked at the model that much as the 57 is my least favorite of the tri-5's. But I would look at using Evergreen triangle rod in the smallest size to build the peak and then putty/sand as needed.

https://staceydavid.com/projects/guitars/rat-roaster-guitar

Looks like the one in the Revell Rat Roaster kit. The one in the Dodge Magnum kit (1/25) is different.

Laser or inkjet? I use laser paper. I've used with Sunnyscopa Waterslide Decal Paper for LASER Printer (both clear and white) with success. Can't offer any advice on inkjet paper. The stripes on the 69 Pace Car were done with the Sunnyscopa clear decal paper on a HP color LaserJet. The reason for the custom decal is that the stripes are Hugger Orange, and the decal set is too orange. The biggest deal is quality of the graphic. If possible, vector versus bitmap is preferable.

This is the California Wheels issue from a few years ago.

I know. I give a week to be on the UBER safe side. I live in the Pacific Northwest. I always prime and I did the wheels along with some other parts. I have sprayed over other colors and also older chrome that was intact but not great shape

Revell spray over Mr Hobby 1500 Black Surface Primer. Wheels are 3D printed. Dried for one week.

https://www.threeinchesunder.com/shop/20128038/funeral-and-hearse

This is good info. I won one at our club's contest in May but have yet to try it since I have several other brushes, mainly Iwatas. Guess I should check it out and see how well it works.

Getting closer. Brought this back to the bench. Got the body through base coat, first clear coat, decals (a whole story on that one because no decal offered is Hugger Orange) and second clear coat. This clear coat is sanded down to 10,000 grit ready for final clear. Then the "marriage" of body to interior and chassis and finally the last PE details. Will be glad to get this done. Took these photos at the club meeting on Sunday.

Looks like you're in the zone. Sometimes rear seats don't go all the way to the side panels (there is a little filler gap) but usually do. Looks a good fit to the 1:1

Well, i went to the stash and checked my unbuilt 66, 67, and 69 Corvair kits and all have the flying buttresses for the convertible (as already stated). The 65 GTO from AMT also suffers from this and if I looked into some of the other kits, there are likely more. The interesting thing about the 67 is that it also has the automatic transmission lever on the console as well as the manual gear shift (and this is the Yenko Stinger option kit).

Yes. Still have it. It is in the To Sell stash.

I'll check the stash tomorrow AM and let you know