69NovaYenko

I'm excited to see ANY American Motors Company car released..hurray!!!!

Today I was on the AMT site and read that they intend to release a newly tooled `68 Plymouth Road Runner sometime in September 2013. The new Roadrunner will have a highly detailed chassis and the interior builds up platform style which will make detailing and painting the interior a whole lot easier. There will be two build versions, one will be a stock version and the other will be a street machine version. I was wondering if anyone can shed additional light on new AMT release i.e. the online picture shows the car with a vinyl roof, will that be molded in, what is the engine displacement (please let it be something other than a 426 Hemi), will it be bucket or bench seats ( please let them be bench) etc.

George you have got one AWESOME work area!!!!! There`s plenty of elbow room and I like the way you got everything organized into specific work areas. I also like the over the bench display area..very cool!

If the cast looks anything like the `39 Zephyr pictured above count me in!!! That would be a great companion for my `49 Merc led sled.

BINGO...that's it!!!!!!!! A friend had an unopened the Polar Lights `64 GTO kit in his stash and let me take a peak and low and behold there they were. He said he had no need for them so I volunteered to give them a home. Come to Papa! Many thanks Matt T.

Hi Fury it good to hear from you. As I stated earlier I`m building both the `67 and `68 Camaro`s. This is good news to hear that both the Modelhaus and Time Machine Rally Sport resin grilles fit just fine. I hadn't given it any thought until you mentioned it, but based i the overall design of the RS grill it makes sense that the Rally Sport package would have its turn signal/parking lamps relocated from the grille to the front valance panel. Like you I`m puzzled why some resin caster has not addressed this detail.Thanks for bringing that detail to light..now I`ll have to ponder how to address it.

Thanks everyone for the Speed City and Stacy David 32 rat roaster suggestions. The AMT option is a viable one if I can not a pair with the groves tread. Someone at my LHS mentioned to me that there used to be resin caster by the name of Ma`s Resin that made a very nice set of grooved pie crust slicks..but they had not heard anything about in a long time...is anyone familiar with them? Are they still around?

Looking for two to three sets of 1/25th scale Pie Crust DOT Slicks similar to these with the grooves notched in the tread. Does anyone cast them? Are they available in a kit? The ones that are in the trunk go on the `64 Dodge 330 Super Stock Die-Cast by Highway 61 but are 1/18 scale...darn the luck..because they are exactly what I`m looking for. .

I just love an AMC build..they are far and few in between. Nice job Dude!

The shop I frequent is CRM Hobby. To my knowledge CRM is the last of the independently owned hobby shops in the St Louis Mo. area that is solely dedicated to the modeling hobby. The shop opened in 1988 and has been responsible for providing the serious modeler with hard to find out of production kits as well as aftermarket and detail supplies. When you walk into CRM you will not find any model railroading, radio controlled cars, remote control planes, die-cast subject matter, slot cars, beads /brick-a-barrack or such.The only thing they stock is aisles and aisles of styrene plastic and that's a wonderful and rare thing now-a- days. The owners name is Chis Merseal; not only is he a very cool guy and all around great human being he is a walking encyclopedia of modeling knowledge and trivia. The CRM link takes you to their homepage where it states "we are a shop with ambiance", and that's the absolute truth...no bull! In every sense of the word CRM is a "Old School" hobby shop. Every aisle is packed full with kits, paints, tools/modeling supplies, modeling magazines and subject reference books. They cater to the entire spectrum of styrene enthusiast. CRM carries cars, trucks, big rigs, ships, armor, aircraft, military figures,monster figures, space craft etc. And, if Chris doesn`t have what you are looking for in stock he will order it for you. CRM also buys collections and takes in kits on consignment. I have also known him to get intentional orders on occasion. Additionally, CRM is a place were like minded plastic hobbyist regularly congregate to share one another`s company, hobby stories and advise. If Chris is not there he has a friendly and very helpful staff that is always willing and able to assist. So,if you are in the St. Louis area please drop by and if not feel free to contact CRM by e-mail or phone I promise you won`t regret it. P.S. CRM may be coming to your town, Chis and his staff travel the model show circuit every summer..so keep your eyes peeled for them and drop by his booth. Location: 5101 Eichelberger Street St Louis Missouri 63109 Phone: 314-832-4840 E-Mail : crm@inlink.com. Hours of operation are Mon-Thur 11-5, Fri 11-7, and Sat 10-7

Yep..I know that feeling. In fact some kits should have "Assembling this kit has been known to cause anger issues in some people!!!" printed on the top of the box.

Just what the hobby needed particularly sine the demised of Shabo dry transfer lettering.

Your `69 Nova is awesome. It`s always a pleasant surprise to see a main-streamer build. Very few builders take on the "base line model" car subject matter, hence that's what makes these builds so different. In fact the majority of kited model cars were never the major portion of Detroit`s "Big Three" production sales. The big block, high performance cars were relatively a small percentage of the cars most of us saw on the streets. Main-streamers with small engine displacements, bench seats, column shift, base-line hub caps, A.M. radio, manual breaks/steering, no air conditioning, no chrome, no frills "Grocery Getter`s" were what most people bought from the dealers in the day. in fact base-line models or close to it are what most people still buy today. Reminds me of my first car, it was a base line model six cylinder `63 Nova, automatic, plaid bench seat, manual tune A.M. radio, cigarette lighter, heater but no air conditioning, crank windows with manual steering,manual brakes and rubber floor mates. It was affordable basic transportation to school, prom, church, work and to take my date out.

Nice...very, very nice so far. Hope to see the completed project.

Now that you mention it I do recall Reliable Resin doing a Firebird Trans-Am at one time.

Thanks for the lead.

Since many of us attend various car shows all over the country and take pictures I was wondering if any one out there seen this car and taken pictures of it. This is a `68 427 tri-power Camaro that was the creation of Dana Chevrolet. My understanding this is a one of one Dana car. From what I can gather at one point it was owned by car collector Kevin Suydam. I`m particularly interested in detail shots of the engine bay, interior, and undercarriage. Any and all reference picture are welcomed.. Thanks

I`m currently building both the AMT `67 and `68 Camaro kits and wanted to convert one of them to an RS Camaro. It was also suggested to me that I contact Modelhaus for the RS grill. So I called them and actually spoke directly with the folks at Modelhaus. They told me "These grilles fit only the original issues of the `68/`67 Camaro kits and not any reissues from the 70ties 80ties era." "The `67-`68 AMT kits that most of us have are reproductions from the 80ties or so and will not accommodate the original Modelhaus `67 or `68 grills cast for the original issued 60ties era kits." Later someone else told me that the problem was the original `67 Camaro kit grill (the one that Modelhaus cast is from) has more "V" in it than the later AMT kits, hence it will stick out in the middle. They said inorder to make the Modelhause grill fit correctly the grill had to be cut in the middle and then filed from the center on both sides until each half would fit together and layed in grill opening flush with the "V" of the body and then the two half's had to be glued back together at the correct angle. They also advised that I shouldn`t get the Modelhause grill for the MPC '68 Camaro, because it would have the same fit problems. However, I am hoping I have found a solution to my RS grill problem. I stumbled upon a `67-`68 Camaro RS grill cast by Time Machine Resin. I have placed an order for Option #2 the 1967-1968 Camaro SS Grill with Hideaways part # PT-0004 which is the RS grill by itself. NOTE: The part has not arrived so I cannot speak to how well this aftermarket `67-`68 RS Camaro grill actually fits...sorry. But, I`ll post the final results once it arrives and I have test fitted everything. :-) Time Machine Resin has two options: Option #1-1967Camaro SS with Hideaway Set #H-007. It fits the AMT/ERTL kits and includes SS hood, RS grill and SS gas tank cap. Option #2-1967-68 Camaro SS Grill with Hideaways #PT-0004. It fits the AMT/ERTL kits and includes only the RS grill . Hope this helps. 69NovaYenko

SStacey47 I have an intrest in your resin peices. Like to have a chat about aquiring some of your parts. Small Ingination Box#1 Small Ingination Box#2 Twin Elec. Fuel Pump Tracton Bars BBC Valve Covers

The "Hone-O-Drive" is a 60ties/70ties mechanical unit that allowed your vehicle to have overdrive. The engagement/disengagement was operated by a lever mounted to the transmission tunnel and overdrive was available at any time with no neutral or freewheeling. You just eased off the throttle for a moment, to lighten the drive train load, and then moved the shift lever. The Hone-O-Drive case was an aircraft-grade, heat-treated cast aluminum unit. The inside gears had helical teeth to minimize noise. The Hone-O-Drive model 300 was 17 inches in length and 6 1/4 inches in diameter. This unit could also be installed on all makes and models of vehicles; be they manual or automatic transmission. It was basically coupled to the transmission yoke and drive shaft. The Model 300 was a standard "option" for all of the Baldwin Motion Chevy`s.

For me my stash has grown based on two things: Kits I want to build: When i run across something I`d like to build in the near or far future I snap it up while it`s still "readily" available. If I don`t a year or so later, after the the kit is out of production, "supply and demand" kicks in. In other words, the limited number of unbuilt kits that remain in the market place escalate in cost because they are getting harder to find. Cannot tell you how many times I kicked myself for not acting when I had a chance to acquire a kit at a reasonable price and did`nt do it. So, in the end, I had to pay a marked up price for a kit on the on-line auction boards due to "supply and demand." Kit bashing: When i find a kit that has really cools parts that lend themselves to other builds I grab mulitples of it for future kit bashing sessions. ..

Smokey was crtainly one of NASCAR`s more colorful charters.

A Bladwin `73 Laguna is what I`m go to build once it`s ready...great job guys...let us know when it ready

We will be contacting you next week...Thanks!!!

Is there still anyone out there that will print up a couple of custom water slide decals. I already have the artwork in hand it just needs to be sized (1/25 scale) and printed on water slide film. Thanks for any suggestions in advance.